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