HP SVA V2.1 System Administration Guide

1.1.3 Section and Tag Contents
There are three Configuration Data Files that interact to provide input to a job whenever you
start a visualization session:
Site Configuration File.
User Configuration File.
Job Settings File.
Because the three files overlap in several (but not all) of their settings, a hierarchy exists for the
use of values specified from the command line or existing in more than one file. This hierarchy
is as follows:
1. Command line options.
2. The Job Settings File.
3. The User Configuration File.
4. Any Display Surface values defined in the Display Surface declaration section of the Site
Configuration File, for example, SVA_TILE_GEOMETRY.
5. The Site Configuration File.
1.1.3.1 Site Configuration File
The Site Configuration File contains default system settings. It is located on the head node at
/hptc_cluster/sva/etc/sva.conf. HP generates the file automatically using the
svaconfigure utility after the cluster operating system software is installed. Use the
svaconfigure utility to add or remove a node from the cluster. See Section 1.2 for more
information.
The Site Configuration File typically contains the following sections and tags. The following tags
and their values are examples only; tags are site-specific. Complete list of tags and their definitions
are in Table 1-1, Table 1-2, Table 1-3, and Table 1-4.
# Declare the name of the cluster
# This is set during configuration from
# the node name of the head nodes
# external network connection.
[SVA_CLUSTER]
SVA_CLUSTER_NAME="svared"
SVA_KVM="nokvm"
SVA_NUM_TILES="1"
SVA_SUPPORTED_RESOLUTIONS="1280x1024,1920x1200,1920x1080,1600x1200,1400x1050,1280x960,1152x900,
1024x768,1024x768_60,800x600,640x480"
SVA_TILE_GEOMETRY="1280x1024"
SVA_TILE_ORIENTATION=""
# Declare the role for each host
[SVA_ROLES]
SVA_COMPUTE_HOSTS="red5"
SVA_DISPLAY_HOSTS="red[1-2]"
SVA_RENDER_HOSTS="red[3-4]"
SVA_ONE_GPU_HOSTS="red1"
SVA_TWO_GPU_HOSTS="red2"
SVA_NO_GPU_HOSTS="red[3-4]"
# Declare job defaults
[SVA_JOB]
SVA_CAVELIB_PORT=""
SVA_DISPLAY_SURFACE="SVA_DS_1_1"
SVA_PARTITION=""
SVA_RENDER_COUNT="2"
SVA_USE_DMX="No"
SVA_USE_REMOTE3D="No"
SVA_X_OPTIONS=""
SVA_UNCLUTTER="1"
# List all available display surfaces.
[SVA_DISPLAY_SURFACES]
SVA_SURFACE_NAMES="SVA_DS_1_1,RED2,RED1,SVA_DS_1_2"
#
# Declare a display surface
[SVA_DS_1_1]
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