HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2

List of Tables
1 Installation Types..........................................................................................................................17
2 Naming Conventions....................................................................................................................18
1-1 Improved Availability Summary...................................................................................................30
1-2 Role and Service Placement for Improved Availability................................................................32
1-3 Availability Sets Worksheet...........................................................................................................35
2-1 HP XC Software Stack...................................................................................................................38
2-2 Default Values in the ks.cfg File....................................................................................................39
2-3 Default Disk Partition Layout on the Head Node.........................................................................40
2-4 Criteria for 4 GB /hptc_cluster Partition........................................................................................40
2-5 Chip Architecture by Cluster Platform.........................................................................................42
2-6 Information Required for the Kickstart Installation Session.........................................................42
2-7 Kickstart Boot Command Line......................................................................................................45
2-8 Additional Boot Command Line Options For Specific Server Blade Hardware Models.............48
3-1 Information Required by the cluster_prep Command.................................................................56
3-2 Information Required by the discover Command........................................................................58
3-3 Information Required by the cluster_config Utility......................................................................59
3-4 System Environment Setup Tasks.................................................................................................74
3-5 HP XC Default User and Group Account IDs...............................................................................83
3-6 Default Client Node Partition Layout...........................................................................................83
3-7 Number of NFS Daemons Based on System Size..........................................................................91
3-8 LSF-HPC with SLURM and Standard LSF Features.....................................................................96
3-9 startsys Command-Line Options Based on Hardware Configuration........................................102
5-1 Supported Upgrade Paths...........................................................................................................119
5-2 Upgrade Characteristics..............................................................................................................120
5-3 Commands Used During the Upgrade Process..........................................................................121
5-4 Upgrade Readiness Criteria........................................................................................................121
5-5 Files Containing User Customizations........................................................................................126
5-6 Upgrade Options for the cluster_config Utility..........................................................................127
5-7 Responding to cluster_config Prompts During an Upgrade......................................................128
5-8 Upgrade startsys Command-Line Options Based on Hardware Configuration........................130
7-1 Requirements...............................................................................................................................137
7-2 Red Hat Installation Settings.......................................................................................................139
7-3 Determining the Appropriate Support Contact..........................................................................142
8-1 Commands Used During the HP XC on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Upgrade Process...............144
8-2 Upgrade Readiness Criteria........................................................................................................144
10-1 Maui Scheduler Readiness Criteria.............................................................................................157
10-2 Maui Scheduler Diagnostic Commands......................................................................................161
12-1 Diagnosing System Imaging Problems.......................................................................................170
12-2 Software Upgrade Log Files........................................................................................................177
A-1 Installation and Configuration Checklist....................................................................................182
D-1 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses for Reduced
Bandwidth...................................................................................................................................191
D-2 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses for Full
Bandwidth...................................................................................................................................192
D-3 Myrinet Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses.................................194
D-4 InfiniBand Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses............................196
D-5 InfiniBand Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses For Hardware
Configurations With HP Server Blades and Enclosures.............................................................196
F-1 Default Role Assignments Based on Number of Total Nodes....................................................209
G-1 Description of cluster_config Command-Line Menu Options....................................................215
G-2 First Portion of cluster_config Analysis Option..........................................................................218
G-3 Second Portion of cluster_config Analysis Option......................................................................219
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