HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 2.1

• Appendix C provides guidelines for v arious pieces of user-defined information that you are
asked to define or supply during the in stallation and configuration process.
• Appendix D provides guidelines for installing optional software from third -par ty vend ors.
• Appendix E provides a description of the sequence of events g enerated by the automated
discovery process as well as troubleshooting techniques.
• Appendix F describes how to enable telnet on nodes using Integrated Lights Out (iLO)
as the console po rt manag ement device.
• Appendix G describes how to configure the interconnect switch monitoring line cards
to enable diagnostic tools to run.
• Appendix H describes d ynamic and static disk configuration methods to modify a client
node’s disk partition layout and file system size, an optional task.
• Appendix I describes how to use the text-based cluster configuration menu to chang e default
role assignments and modify connections to the external network.
• Appendix J describes how to determine the QsNet
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network type.
• Appendix K describes how to reinstall HP X C System Software Version 2.1 on a system that
is already r unning Version 2.1.
• Appendix L describ es h ow to install and configure the Mau i Sch eduler.
•TheGlossary provides definitions of th e terms used in this manual.
HP XC Information
The HP XC System Software Documentation Set includes th e following core docum ents. All
XC docum ents, except the HP XC System Software Release Notes,areshippedontheXC
documentation CD. All XC documents, including the HP XC System S oftware Release Notes,
are available on line at the fo llowing URL:
http://www.hp.com/techservers/clusters/xc_clusters.html
HP XC System Software Release Notes Contains important, last-minute information about
firmware, software, or hardware that might affect your
system. This document is only available on line.
HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide Describes tasks specific to HP XC that are required to
prepare each supported cluster platform for installation
and configuration, including the specific placement of
nodes in the switches.
HP XC System Software Installation Guide Provides step-by-step instructions for installing t he HP
XC System Software on the head node and configuring
the system.
HP XC System Software Administration
Guide
Provides an overview of the HP XC system
administration environment and describes cluster
administration tasks, node maintenance tasks, LSF®
administration tasks, and troubleshooting procedures.
HP XC System Software User’s Guide Provides an overview of m anaging the HP XC user
environment with modules, managing jobs w ith LSF
HPC, and how to build, run, debug, and troubleshoot
serial and parallel applications on an HP XC system.
The f ollow ing docum ents are also provided by HP for use with your HP XC sy stem :
Linux Administration Handbook
A third-party Linux reference manual, Linux Administratio n Hand book, is shipped with the HP
XC System Software Documentation Set. This manual w as authored by Evi Nemeth, Garth
Snyder,TrentR.Hein,etal(NJ:PrenticeHall,2002).
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