HP XC System Software Release Notes for Version 2.1

About This Document
This document contains release notes for HP XC System Software Version 2.1. This
document contains important information about firmware, software, or hardware
that may affect your system.
An HP XC system is integrated with several open source software components.
Some open source software components are being used for underlying technology,
and their deployment is transparent. Some open source software components
require HP XC-specific user-level documentation, and that kind of information is
included in this document, if required.
HP relies on the documentation provided by the open source developers to
supply the information you need to use their product. For links to open source
software documentation for products that are integrated with your XC system, see
Supplementary Information.
Documentation for third-party hardware and software components that are
supported on the HP XC system is supplied by the third-party vendor. However,
information about the operation of third-party software is included in this
document if the functionality of the third-party component differs from standard
behavior when used in the XC environment. In this case, HP XC documentation
supersedes information supplied by the third-party vendor. For links to related
third-party Web sites, see Supplementary Information.
Standard Linux
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administrative tasks or the functions provided by standard Linux
tools and commands are documented in commercially available Linux reference
documents and on various Web sites. For more information about obtaining
documentation for standard Linux administrative tasks and associated topics, see
the list of Web sites and additional publications provided in Related Information.
Intended Audience
These release notes are intended for anyone who installs and configures an HP
XC system, for system administrators who maintain the system, for programmers
who write applications to run on the system, and for general users who log in to
the system to run jobs.
The information in this document assumes that you have knowledge of the Linux
operating system.
Document Organization
This document is organized as follows:
• Chapter 1 describes the new features delivered in this release.
• Chapter 2 contains general notes that apply to the overall system.
• Chapter 3 contains notes about hardware preparation tasks.
• Chapter 4 contains notes that apply to installing the base operating system
and XC software.
• Chapter 5 contains notes that apply to configuring the system.
• Chapter 6 contains notes that apply to system administration and system
management tasks.
• Chapter 7 contains notes that apply to programmers and users.
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