HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 3.1
• New section on switching the type of LSF installed.
• New chapter on software RAID.
• The section on the ovp diagnostic tool is expanded for the new Performance Health tests.
• New section for General Troubleshooting
• New section for Nagios Troubleshooting
• New section on software RAID disk replacement.
• New appendix for MPICH, a freely available, portable implementation of the message passing libraries.
• New appendix for Modular Cooling System (MCS) monitoring.
3 Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions:
%, $, or #
A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign
represents the system prompt for the Korn, POSIX, and Bourne shells. A
number sign represents the superuser prompt.
audit(5) A manpage. The manpage name is audit, and it is located in Section 5.
Command
A command name or qualified command phrase.
Computer output
Text displayed by the computer.
Ctrl+x A key sequence. A sequence such as Ctrl+x indicates that you must hold
down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key or mouse button.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE The name of an environment variable, for example, PATH.
[ERROR NAME]
The name of an error, usually returned in the errno variable.
Key The name of a keyboard key. Return and Enter both refer to the same key.
Term The defined use of an important word or phrase.
User input
Commands and other text that you type.
Variable
The name of a placeholder in a command, function, or other syntax display
that you replace with an actual value.
[ ] The contents are optional in syntax. If the contents are a list separated by
|, you can choose one of the items.
{ } The contents are required in syntax. If the contents are a list separated by
|, you must choose one of the items.
. . . The preceding element can be repeated an arbitrary number of times.
| Separates items in a list of choices.
WARNING A warning calls attention to important information that if not understood
or followed will result in personal injury or nonrecoverable system
problems.
CAUTION A caution calls attention to important information that if not understood
or followed will result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware
or software.
IMPORTANT This alert provides essential information to explain a concept or to complete
a task
NOTE A note contains additional information to emphasize or supplement
important points of the main text.
4 HP XC and Related HP Products Information
The HP XC System Software Documentation Set, the Master Firmware List, and HP XC HowTo documents
are available at the following Web site:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html
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