HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2

E Customizing Client Node Disks................................................................................199
E.1 Overview of Client Node Disk Imaging.......................................................................................199
E.2 Dynamically Configuring Client Node Disks...............................................................................199
E.2.1 Component Files Required for Dynamic Configuration of Client Node Disks...................200
E.2.2 Example 1: Modifying Partitions Using Fixed Sizes and Defining an Additional
Partition..........................................................................................................................................201
E.2.3 Example 2: Changing Default Partition Sizes and Swap Space for All Client Nodes..........202
E.2.4 Example 3: Customizing Partition Sizes on a Group of Client Nodes.................................203
E.2.5 Example 4: Customizing Partition Sizes to Maximize File System Performance.................204
E.3 Statically Configuring Client Node Disks ....................................................................................205
E.3.1 Enable Static Disk Configuration..........................................................................................206
E.3.2 Customize Client Disk Configuration..................................................................................206
E.3.2.1 Example 1: Changing an Existing .conf File.................................................................206
E.3.2.2 Example 2: Creating a New .conf File and Associated Master Autoinstallation
Script.........................................................................................................................................207
F Description of Node Roles, Services, and the Default Configuration...................209
F.1 Default Node Role Assignments...................................................................................................209
F.2 Special Considerations for Modifying Default Node Role Assignments......................................209
F.2.1 General Considerations.........................................................................................................209
F.2.2 Special Considerations for Hardware Configurations with 63 or Fewer Nodes..................210
F.2.3 Special Considerations for Hardware Configurations with 64 or More Nodes....................210
F.2.4 Special Considerations for Improved Availability................................................................210
F.3 Role Definitions.............................................................................................................................210
F.3.1 Availability Role....................................................................................................................211
F.3.2 Avail_node_management Role..............................................................................................211
F.3.3 Common Role........................................................................................................................211
F.3.4 Compute Role........................................................................................................................211
F.3.5 Console_network Role...........................................................................................................212
F.3.6 Disk_io Role...........................................................................................................................212
F.3.7 External Role..........................................................................................................................212
F.3.8 Login Role..............................................................................................................................212
F.3.9 Management Hub Role..........................................................................................................213
F.3.10 Management Server Role.....................................................................................................213
F.3.11 NIS Server Role....................................................................................................................213
F.3.12 Node Management Role......................................................................................................213
F.3.13 Resource Management Role................................................................................................214
G Using the cluster_config Command-Line Menu......................................................215
G.1 Overview of the cluster_config Command-Line Menu...............................................................215
G.2 Displaying Node Configuration Information..............................................................................215
G.3 Modifying a Node........................................................................................................................216
G.4 Configuring an Ethernet Connection...........................................................................................216
G.5 Modifying Node Role Assignments.............................................................................................217
G.6 Analyzing Current Role Assignments Against HP Recommendations.......................................218
G.7 Customize Service and Client Configurations.............................................................................219
G.7.1 Services Configuration Commands......................................................................................220
H Determining the Network Type................................................................................223
I LSF and SLURM Environment Variables....................................................................225
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