HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2

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 not shipped on the HP XC documentation CD. It
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
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
website:
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 website:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/ha.html
HP Scalable Visualization Array
The HP Scalable Visualization Array (SVA) is a scalable visualization solution that is integrated
with the HP XC System Software. The SVA documentation is available at the following website:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/linuxhpc.html
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