Installation guide

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Installation Guide
Bull Novascale Server Overview
Bull NovaScale Servers for business and scientific applications are based upon the FAME
architecture (Flexible Architecture for Multiple Environments), leveraging the latest generation
of Intel Itanium 2 processors.
Servers are designed to operate as one to eight hardware-independent SMP systems or
domains, each running an Operating System instance and a specific set of applications.
According to version, servers are delivered rack-mounted and ready-to-use in high or low
cabinets.
Figure 1. Bull NovaScale Server cabinets
Dynamic Partitioning
Bull NovaScale Servers can be dynamically partitioned into physically independent ccNUMA
(Cache Coherent Non Uniform Memory Access) SMP systems or domains, each running an
Operating System instance and a specific set of applications.
Extended Configurations
Several Bull NovaScale Servers may be administered through a single instance of PAM
software.
Cluster Configurations
Several Bull NovaScale Servers may be grouped to act like a single system, enabling high
availability, load balancing and parallel processing.