HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 2.1

Home page for Platform Computing, the developer of the Load Sha ring Facility (LSF
HPC). LSF HPC, the batch system resource manager used o n an XC system, is tightly
integrated with the HP XC a nd SLURM software.
For yo ur conven ience, th e following Platform LSF docum en ts are shipped on the HP
XC documentation CD in PDF format. The Platform LSF docum ents are also available
on the XC Web site.
- Administering Platform LSF
- Administration Primer
- Platform LSF Reference
- Quick Reference Card
- Running Jobs with Platform LSF
• http://www.llnl.gov/LCdocs/slurm/
Home page for the Simple Linux U tility for Resource Managem ent (SLURM), which is
integrated with LSF HPC to manage job and compute resources on an X C system.
• http://www.nagios.org/
Home page for Nagios®, a system and network monitoring application . Nagios watches
specified hosts and services and issues alerts when problem s occur and when problems are
resolved. Nagi os provides the monitoring capabi lities on an XC system.
• http://supermon.sourceforge.net/
Home page for Superm on, a hig h-sp eed cluster mon itoring system that emph asizes low
perturbation, high sampling rates, and an extensib le data protocol and p rogramming
interface. Supermon works in conjunction with Nagios to provide XC system monitoring.
• http://www.llnl.gov/linux/pdsh/
Home page for t he parallel distributed shell (pdsh), which executes commands across X C
client nodes in parallel.
• http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog_ng/
Home page for syslog-ng©, a logging tool that replaces the traditional syslog
functionality. The syslog-ng tool is a flexible and scalable audit trail processing tool,
and it provides a centralized, securely stored log of all devices on your network.
• http://systemimager.org
Home page for SystemImager®, which is the u nderlying technology that is used to install
the X C software, distribute the golden image, and distribute configuration changes.
• http://www.etnus.com
Home page for E tnu s, Inc., maker of the TotalView parallel d ebug ger.
• http://www.macrovision.com
Home page for Macrovision®, developer of the FLEX lm ™ license managem e nt utility,
which is used for HP XC license management.
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/modules/
Home page for Modules, which provide for easy dynamic modification of a user’s
environment through modulefiles, which typically instruct the modul e com mand to alter or
set s hell environment variables.
• http://dev.mysql.com/
Home page for MySQL AB, developer of the MySQL database. This Web site contains a
link to the MySQL documentation, particularly the MySQ L Reference Manual.
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