IRIDIA cluster installing an OS on the servers
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You should install a Linux distribution on the servers. Debian has proved itself appropriate and the documentation here is based on Debian. So unless you are a very adventureous spirit with too much time on your hands, you should stick to Debian.
Install Debian in a minimal version
Notice that polyphemus has two NICs while majorana has three. The 100 Mbit NICs connects the servers to the world, so configure those if you do a network install.
Post installation
Enable the Gigabit Ethernet NICs in:
/etc/network/interfaces
After Debian has been installed move on to install the cluster server daemons.
