HP AXCRN3-2G User Manual

HP XC System SoftwareRelease NotesVersion 3.2HP Part Number: A-XCRN3-2GPublished: March 2008

Standard LSF is also available as an alternative resource management system (instead ofLSF-HPC with SLURM) for HP XC. This is the version of LSF that

• http://linuxvirtualserver.orgHome page for the Linux Virtual Server (LVS), the load balancer running on the Linuxoperating system that distributes l

Compiler Web Sites• http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/index.htmWeb site for Intel® compilers.• http://support.intel.com/support/perform

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1 New and Changed FeaturesThis chapter describes the new and changed features delivered in HP XC System Software Version3.2.1.1 Base Distribution and

The following are the key features of SVA:• Capturing and managing visualization-specific cluster information• Managing visualization resources and pr

the login role on the head node yet keep the head node load to a minimum because loginsessions are not being spawned.This configuration choice is docu

1.13 Documentation ChangesThe following changes were made to the HP XC System Software Documentation Set• The following manuals have been affected by

2 Important Release InformationThis chapter contains information that is important to know for this release.2.1 Firmware VersionsThe HP XC System Soft

© Copyright 2007, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or

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3 Hardware PreparationHardware preparation tasks are documented in the HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide. Thischapter contains information that was not

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4 Software Installation On The Head NodeThis chapter contains notes that apply to the HP XC System Software Kickstart installationsession.4.1 Manual I

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5 System Discovery, Configuration, and ImagingThis chapter contains information about configuring the system. Notes that describe additionalconfigurat

# modprobe tg3# modprobe e10007. Follow the instructions in the HP XC System Software Installation Guide to complete the clusterconfiguration process

This message is displayed because the C52xcgraph configuration script is probing the InfiniBandswitch to determine how many HCAs with an IP address ar

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6 Software UpgradesThis chapter contains notes about upgrading the HP XC System Software from a previous releaseto this release.Installation release n

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7 System Administration, Management, and MonitoringThis chapter contains notes about system administration, management, and monitoring.7.1 Perform A D

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8 HP XC System Software On Red Hat Enterprise LinuxThe notes in this chapter apply when the HP XC System Software is installed on Red HatEnterprise Li

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9 Programming and User EnvironmentThis chapter contains information that applies to the programming and user environment.9.1 MPI and OFED InfiniBand S

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10 Cluster Platform 3000At the time of publication, no release notes are specific to Cluster Platform 3000 systems.37

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11 Cluster Platform 4000At the time of publication, no release notes are specific to Cluster Platform 4000 systems.39

5.6.1 HP ProLiant DL140 G3 and DL145 G3 Node Imaging Fails When Graphics Cards ArePresent...

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12 Cluster Platform 6000This chapter contains information that applies only to Cluster Platform 6000 systems.12.1 Network Boot Operation and Imaging F

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13 Integrated Lights Out Console Management DevicesThis chapter contains information that applies to the integrated lights out (iLO and iLO2) consolem

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14 InterconnectsThis chapter contains information that applies to the supported interconnect types:• InfiniBand Interconnect (page 45)• Myrinet Interc

14.3.1 Possible Conflict With Use of SIGUSR2The Quadrics QsNetIIsoftware internally uses SIGUSR2 to manage the interconnect. This canconflict with any

15 DocumentationThis chapter describes known issues with the HP XC documentation.15.1 Documentation CD Search OptionIf you are viewing the main page o

preupgradesys-lxc(8)NAMEpreupgradesys-lxc - Prepares a system for an XC software upgradeSYNOPSISPath: /opt/hptc/lxc-upgrade/sbin/preupgradesys-lxcDESC

The upgradesys-lxc utility is run immediately after the head node isupgraded with the new XC release software and any other requiredthird-party softwa

15.2.3 New preupgradesys-lxc.8...4715.2.4 New upgra

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IndexBbase operating system, 15CC52xcgraph error, 26clear_counters command, 45client node disk partition, 16cluster_config utility, 26C52xcgraph error

OVPenhancements, 17Ppartition size limit, 16patches, 19Qqsnet diagnostics database, 46QsNet interconnect, 45Rreporting documentation errorsfeedback e-

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About This DocumentThis document contains release notes for HP XC System Software Version 3.2. This documentcontains important information about firmw

VariableThe name of a placeholder in a command, function, or othersyntax display that you replace with an actual value.[ ] The contents are optional i

HP XC Program Development EnvironmentThe Program Development Environment home page provide pointers to tools that have beentested in the HP XC program