HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 3.1

The HP XC System Software Documentation Set includes the following core documents:
Describes important, last-minute information about firmware, software,
or hardware that might affect the system. This document is available
only on line.
HP XC System Software Release Notes
Describes hardware preparation tasks specific to HP XC that are required
to prepare each supported hardware model for installation and
configuration, including required node and switch connections.
HP XC Hardware Preparation 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 Installation Guide
Provides an overview of the HP XC system administrative environment,
cluster administration tasks, node maintenance tasks, LSF®
administration tasks, and troubleshooting procedures.
HP XC System Software Administration Guide
Provides an overview of managing the HP XC user environment with
modules, managing jobs with LSF, and describes how to build, run,
debug, and troubleshoot serial and parallel applications on an HP XC
system.
HP XC System Software User's Guide
A third-party Linux reference manual, Linux Administration Handbook,
is shipped with the HP XC System Software Documentation Set. This
manual is authored by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, et al
(NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002).
Linux Administration Handbook
The 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 on line:
http://www.hp.com/go/clusters
QuickSpecs for HP XC System Software
See the following sources for information about related HP products.
HP XC Program Development Environment
The Program Development Environment home page provide pointers to tools that have been tested in the
HP XC program development environment (for example, TotalView® and other debuggers, compilers,
and so on).
http://h20311.www2.hp.com/HPC/cache/276321-0-0-0-121.html
HP Message Passing Interface
HP Message Passing Interface (HP-MPI) is an implementation of the MPI standard that has been integrated
in HP XC systems. The home page and documentation is located at the following Web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/mpi
HP Serviceguard
HP Serviceguard is a service availability tool supported on an HP XC system. HP Serviceguard enables
some system services to continue if a hardware or software failure occurs. The HP Serviceguard
documentation is available at the following Web site:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/ha.html
HP Scalable Visual Array (SVA)
The HP Scalable Visual Array is a scalable visualization solution that can be integrated with an HP XC
system. The SVA documentation is available at the following Web site:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html
HP Cluster Platform
The cluster platform documentation describes site requirements, show you how to physically set up the
servers and additional devices, and provide procedures to operate and manage the hardware. These
documents are available at the following Web site:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html
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