HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.0

List of Tables
1-1 Installation Types..................................................................................................................................21
1-2 Naming Conventions............................................................................................................................21
3-1 HP XC Software Stack..........................................................................................................................28
3-2 Default Values in the ks.cfg File..............................................................................................................29
3-3 Default Disk Partition Layout on the Head Node.......................................................................................29
3-4 Processor Architecture by Cluster Platform................................................................................................29
3-5 Distribution Media...............................................................................................................................30
3-6 Information Required for the Kickstart Installation Session...........................................................................30
3-7 Upgrade Boot Command Line Based on Cluster Platform Architecture..........................................................31
4-1 Information Required During System Configuration...................................................................................37
4-2 System Setup Tasks...............................................................................................................................45
4-3 HP XC User and Group Accounts...........................................................................................................50
4-4 Default Client Node Partition Layout.......................................................................................................50
4-5 Number of NFS Daemons Based on System Size......................................................................................53
4-6 Characteristics of LSF-HPC with SLURM and Standard LSF..........................................................................56
4-7 The startsys Command Line Options.......................................................................................................61
7-1 Supported Upgrade Paths.....................................................................................................................77
7-2 Upgrade Characteristics.......................................................................................................................78
7-3 Upgrade Readiness Criteria..................................................................................................................78
7-4 Upgrade Boot Command Line Based on Cluster Platform Architecture..........................................................80
7-5 Merging User Customizations After An Upgrade......................................................................................82
7-6 Files Containing User Customizations......................................................................................................82
7-7 Upgrade Options for the cluster_config Utility..........................................................................................83
7-8 Answers to cluster_config Prompts..........................................................................................................84
8-1 Default Role Assignments Based on System Size.......................................................................................91
A-1 Installation and Configuration Checklist..................................................................................................98
D-1 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses For Reduced Bandwidth................105
D-2 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses For Full Bandwidth........................106
D-3 Myrinet Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses.....................................................108
D-4 InfiniBand Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses.................................................109
F-1 Description of cluster_config Menu Options...........................................................................................117
F-2 General Command Output of the Analyze Option..................................................................................119
F-3 Specific Node-By-Node Output of the Analyze Option............................................................................120
F-4 Service Configuration Command Descriptions........................................................................................123
G-1 Network Type Based on System Topology.............................................................................................125
H-1 Default Installation Values for LSF.........................................................................................................128
J-1 Maui Scheduler Readiness Criteria.......................................................................................................135
K-1 Diagnosing System Imaging Problems...................................................................................................145
K-2 Software Upgrade Log Files.................................................................................................................146
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