HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2.1

List of Tables
1 Installation Types..........................................................................................................................15
2 Naming Conventions....................................................................................................................16
1-1 Improved Availability Summary...................................................................................................28
1-2 Role and Service Placement for Improved Availability................................................................30
1-3 Availability Sets Worksheet...........................................................................................................33
2-1 HP XC Software Stack...................................................................................................................36
2-2 Default Values in the ks.cfg File....................................................................................................37
2-3 Default Disk Partition Layout on the Head Node.........................................................................38
2-4 Criteria for 4 GB /hptc_cluster Partition........................................................................................38
2-5 Chip Architecture by Cluster Platform.........................................................................................40
2-6 Information Required for the Kickstart Installation Session.........................................................40
2-7 Kickstart Boot Command Line......................................................................................................43
2-8 Additional Boot Command Line Options For Specific Server Blade Hardware Models.............46
3-1 Information Required by the cluster_prep Command.................................................................54
3-2 Information Required by the discover Command........................................................................56
3-3 Information Required by the cluster_config Utility......................................................................57
3-4 discover Command Options.........................................................................................................66
3-5 System Environment Setup Tasks.................................................................................................76
3-6 HP XC Default User and Group Account IDs...............................................................................84
3-7 Default Client Node Partition Layout...........................................................................................84
3-8 Number of NFS Daemons Based on System Size..........................................................................92
3-9 LSF-HPC with SLURM and Standard LSF Features.....................................................................98
3-10 startsys Command-Line Options Based on Hardware Configuration........................................103
5-1 Supported Upgrade Paths...........................................................................................................121
5-2 Upgrade Characteristics..............................................................................................................122
5-3 Commands Used During the Upgrade Process..........................................................................123
5-4 Upgrade Readiness Criteria........................................................................................................123
5-5 Files Containing User Customizations........................................................................................129
5-6 Upgrade Options for the cluster_config Utility..........................................................................131
5-7 Responding to cluster_config Prompts During an Upgrade......................................................132
5-8 Upgrade startsys Command-Line Options Based on Hardware Configuration........................134
8-1 Maui Scheduler Readiness Criteria.............................................................................................147
8-2 Maui Scheduler Diagnostic Commands......................................................................................151
10-1 Diagnosing System Imaging Problems.......................................................................................160
10-2 Software Upgrade Log Files........................................................................................................167
A-1 Installation and Configuration Checklist....................................................................................172
D-1 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses for Reduced
Bandwidth...................................................................................................................................181
D-2 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses for Full
Bandwidth...................................................................................................................................182
D-3 Myrinet Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses.................................184
D-4 InfiniBand Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses............................186
D-5 InfiniBand Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses For Hardware
Configurations With HP Server Blades and Enclosures.............................................................186
F-1 Default Role Assignments Based on Number of Total Nodes....................................................199
G-1 Description of cluster_config Command-Line Menu Options....................................................207
G-2 First Portion of cluster_config Analysis Option..........................................................................210
G-3 Second Portion of cluster_config Analysis Option......................................................................211
G-4 Service Configuration Command Descriptions..........................................................................213
H-1 Network Type Based on System Topology..................................................................................217
I-1 Default Installation Values for LSF and SLURM.........................................................................219
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