Platform LSF Reference Version 6.2

slave.config
Platform LSF Reference
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Parameters
◆ “LSF_ADMINS”
◆ “LSF_LIM_PORT”
◆ “LSF_SERVER_HOSTS”
◆ “LSF_TARDIR”
◆ “LSF_LOCAL_RESOURCES”
◆ “LSF_TOP”
LSF_ADMINS
Syntax
LSF_ADMINS="
user_name [ user_name ... ]"
Description
Required. Lists the LSF administrators. The first user account name in the list is the
primary LSF administrator in
lsf.cluster.cluster_name.
The LSF administrator accounts must exist on all hosts in the LSF cluster before
installing LSF
The primary LSF administrator account is typically named lsfadmin. It owns the LSF
configuration files and log files for job events. It also has permission to reconfigure LSF
and to control batch jobs submitted by other users. It typically does not have authority
to start LSF daemons. Unless an
lsf.sudoers file exists to grant LSF administrators
permission, only root has permission to start LSF daemons.
CAUTION
Yo u sh o ul d not configure the root account as the primary LSF administrator.
Valid Values
User accounts for LSF administrators must exist on all hosts in the LSF cluster before
running
lsfinstall.
Example LSF_ADMINS="lsfadmin user1 user2"
Default
None—required variable
LSF_LIM_PORT
Syntax
LSF_LIM_PORT="
port_number"
Description
Optional. TCP service port for slave host to use for communication with the LSF master
LIM daemon. Use the same port number as LSF_LIM_PORT in
lsf.conf on the
master host.
If not specified, the default
LSF_LIM_PORT="6879" is used.
Default
Undefined
LSF_SERVER_HOSTS
Syntax
LSF_SERVER_HOSTS="
host_name [ host_name ...]"
Description
Optional for shared installation. Required for non-shared installation.
Lists the hosts in the cluster to be set up as LSF server hosts.
Specify a list of host names two ways:
◆ Host names separated by spaces