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Set up the compute nodes

The compute nodes, which are also known as worker nodes, run the workloads.

A minimum of two compute nodes are required. For each compute node, complete the following steps:

  1. From the VDC Instances page, click Start Instance to start the compute instance:

    Screen capture showing the Start instance option of the Actions menu for a compute node.
  2. Quickly establish an SSH session with the compute node to see the boot menu. After the Instance is Powered ON, it will automatically boot from the pre-selected option: LOCAL DISK. We want to boot first from WORKER (BIOS), then from LOCAL DISK.

    Choose WORKER (BIOS) from the menu:


    Screen capture of the PXE Boot Menu with master (bios) selected.
  3. Choose BOOT FROM LOCAL DISK.

    Screen capture of the PXE Boot Menu with BOOT FROM LOCAL DISK selected.

    The worker node is rebooted.

Repeat these steps for all worker nodes.