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 $ oc get managedclusters local-cluster
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-* You must add the `topology.kubernetes.io/zone` label to your bare metal hosts on your management cluster. Otherwise, all of the hosted control plane pods are scheduled on a single node, causing single point of failure.
+* You must add the `topology.kubernetes.io/zone` label to your bare metal hosts on your management cluster, as well as using a different value for this label on each host. Otherwise, all of the hosted control plane pods are scheduled on a single node, causing single point of failure.
 
 * To provision {hcp} on bare metal, you can use the Agent platform. The Agent platform uses the central infrastructure management service to add worker nodes to a hosted cluster. For more information, see _Enabling the central infrastructure management service_.
 
-* You need to install the hosted control plane command line interface.
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+* You need to install the hosted control plane command line interface.