HP XC System Software Release Notes for Version 2.1

• Chapter 8 contains notes that apply to the Load Sharing Facility (LSF
®
) and
interactive job management commands.
• Chapter 9 contains notes that apply only to Xeon
®
with EMT64-based systems.
• Chapter 10 contains notes that apply only to AMD Opteron™-based systems.
• Chapter 11 contains notes that apply only to Intel
®
Itanium
®
-based systems.
• Chapter 12 contains notes that apply to the interconnects.
• Chapter 13 contains notes that apply to the HP XC System Software
Documentation Set and XC manpages.
HP XC Information
The HP XC System Software Documentation Set includes the following core
documents. All XC documents except the HP XC System Software Release Notes
are shipped on the XC documentation CD. All XC documents, including the HP XC
System Software Release Notes, are available on line at the following 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
available only 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 connections of nodes to
switch ports.
HP XC System Software Installation
Guide
Provides step-by-step instructions for installing
the 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 managing the HP XC
user environment with modules, managing jobs
with LSF, and how to build, run, debug, and
troubleshoot serial and parallel applications on
an HP XC system.
The following documents are also provided by HP for use with your HP XC system:
Linux Administration Handbook
A third-party Linux reference manual, Linux Administration Handbook, is shipped
with the HP XC System Software Documentation Set. This manual was authored
by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, et al (NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002).
QuickSpecs for HP XC System Software
Provides a product overview, hardware requirements, software requirements,
software licensing information, ordering information, and information about
commercially available software that has been qualified to interoperate with the
HP XC System Software.
The QuickSpecs are located at the following URL:
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