HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 3.1

13 Managing Local User Accounts and Passwords...................................................149
13.1 HP XC User and Group Accounts.....................................................................................................149
13.2 General Procedures for Administering Local User Accounts...............................................................149
13.3 Adding a Local User Account...........................................................................................................149
13.4 Modifying a Local User Account.......................................................................................................150
13.5 Deleting a Local User Account..........................................................................................................151
13.6 Configuring the ssh Keys for a User..................................................................................................151
13.7 Synchronizing the NIS Database.......................................................................................................151
13.8 Changing Administrative Passwords................................................................................................152
13.8.1 Changing the Superuser Password............................................................................................152
13.8.2 Changing the CMDB Password.................................................................................................152
13.8.3 Changing the Interconnect Password.........................................................................................153
13.8.3.1 ProCurve Switch..............................................................................................................153
13.8.3.2 Quadrics Elan4................................................................................................................153
13.8.3.3 Voltaire InfiniBand...........................................................................................................153
13.8.4 Changing the Console Port Password........................................................................................154
13.8.5 Synchronizing the BMC/IPMI Password for CP6000 Systems......................................................154
13.8.5.1 Setting the BMI/IPMI Password Using an External Connection to the Head Node Management
Port.............................................................................................................................................154
13.8.5.2 Internal Connection to the Head Node's Console Port.........................................................155
13.8.6 Changing the Nagios Administrator Password...........................................................................155
13.8.7 Changing the LSF Administrator Password...............................................................................155
14 Managing SLURM...................................................................................................157
14.1 Overview of SLURM........................................................................................................................157
14.2 Configuring SLURM........................................................................................................................158
14.2.1 Configuring SLURM System Interconnect Support.....................................................................159
14.2.2 Configuring SLURM Servers.....................................................................................................159
14.2.3 Configuring Nodes in SLURM..................................................................................................160
14.2.4 Configuring SLURM Partitions.................................................................................................161
14.2.5 Configuring SLURM Features...................................................................................................162
14.2.6 Propagating Resource Limits....................................................................................................163
14.3 Restricting User Access to Nodes......................................................................................................165
14.4 Job Accounting................................................................................................................................165
14.4.1 Using the sacct Command........................................................................................................166
14.4.2 Disabling Job Accounting.........................................................................................................167
14.4.3 Configuring Job Accounting.....................................................................................................167
14.5 Monitoring SLURM.........................................................................................................................169
14.6 Draining Nodes...............................................................................................................................170
14.7 Configuring the SLURM Epilog Script...............................................................................................171
14.8 Maintaining the SLURM Daemon Log...............................................................................................172
14.9 Enabling SLURM to Recognize a New Node......................................................................................173
14.10 Removing SLURM.........................................................................................................................174
15 Managing LSF..........................................................................................................177
15.1 Standard LSF-HPC...........................................................................................................................177
15.2 LSF-HPC with SLURM.....................................................................................................................178
15.2.1 Integration of LSF-HPC with SLURM........................................................................................178
15.2.1.1 Job Starter Scripts.............................................................................................................179
15.2.1.2 SLURM External Scheduler...............................................................................................181
15.2.1.3 SLURM lsf Partition.........................................................................................................181
15.2.1.4 LSF-HPC with SLURM Failover........................................................................................181
15.3 Switching the Type of LSF Installed...................................................................................................182
15.4 LSF-HPC with SLURM Installation...................................................................................................182
15.5 LSF-HPC with SLURM Startup and Shutdown..................................................................................183
15.5.1 Starting Up LSF-HPC with SLURM...........................................................................................183
15.5.2 Shutting Down LSF-HPC with SLURM.....................................................................................184
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