Release Notes

ClusterPack V2.5 Release Note
What’s in This Version
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What’s in This Version
Benefits
Manageability is one of the key considerations in cluster technology. ClusterPack V2.5
provides several benefits to system management.
Reduces time and effort spent on repetitive tasks
Reduces overhead associated with maintaining system configurations, software updates,
and user management
Maintains similar or identical configurations of nodes (or groups of nodes) in a cluster
Provides proactive problem detection
Provides flexibility and extensibility
Platforms Supported
ClusterPack V2.5 is available on HP Integrity Servers running either HP-UX 11iv2 Technical
Computing Operating Environment (TCOE) or HP-UX 11iv3 TCOE as the management
server and compute servers. It supports industry-standard Ethernet and InfiniBand as the
cluster interconnect. It also provides console management via the on-board management
processor on HP Integrity Servers.
Features
New features for ClusterPack V2.5 include:
New command line utility for cluster power management (clpower)
New command line utility to manage system file customizations on Compute Nodes
(clsysfile)
Integration with HP system management tools
Flexible configurations
Utilities to preserve system file customizations during cloning
Support for non-intrusive Compute Node addition and deletion
Removal of key configuration restrictions