HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 4.0
Table Of Contents
- XC Administration Guide
- Table of Contents
- About This Document
- 1 HP XC Administration Environment
- 1.1 Understanding Nodes, Services, and Roles
- 1.2 File System
- 1.3 HP XC Command Environment
- 1.4 Configuration and Management Database
- 1.5 HP XC Configuration File Guidelines
- 1.6 Installation and Software Distribution
- 1.7 Improved Availability
- 1.8 Networking
- 1.9 Modulefiles
- 1.10 Security
- 1.11 Recommended Administrative Tasks
- 2 Improved Availability
- 3 Starting Up and Shutting Down the HP XC System
- 4 Managing and Customizing System Services
- 4.1 HP XC System Services
- 4.2 Displaying Services Information
- 4.3 Restarting a Service
- 4.4 Stopping a Service
- 4.5 Global System Services
- 4.6 Customizing Services and Roles
- 4.6.1 Overview of the HP XC Services Configuration
- 4.6.2 Service Configuration Sequence of Operation
- 4.6.3 Assigning Roles with the cluster_config Utility
- 4.6.4 The *config.d Directories
- 4.6.5 Configuration Scripts
- 4.6.6 Understanding Global Configuration Scripts
- 4.6.7 Advance Planning
- 4.6.8 Editing the roles_services.ini File
- 4.6.9 Creating a service.ini File
- 4.6.10 Adding a New Service
- 4.6.11 Verifying a New Service
- 5 Managing Licenses
- 6 Managing the Configuration and Management Database
- 6.1 Accessing the Configuration and Management Database
- 6.2 Querying the Configuration and Management Database
- 6.3 Finding and Setting System Attribute Values
- 6.4 Backing Up the Configuration Database
- 6.5 Restoring the Configuration Database from a Backup File
- 6.6 Archiving Sensor Data from the Configuration Database
- 6.7 Restoring the Sensor Data from an Archive File
- 6.8 Purging Sensor Data from the Configuration and Management Database
- 6.9 Dumping the Configuration and Management Database
- 7 Monitoring the System
- 7.1 Monitoring Tools
- 7.2 Monitoring Strategy
- 7.3 Displaying System Environment Data
- 7.4 Monitoring Disks
- 7.5 Displaying System Statistics
- 7.6 Logging Node Events
- 7.7 The collectl Utility
- 7.8 Using HP Graph To Display Network Bandwidth and System Use
- 7.9 The resmon Utility
- 7.10 The kdump Mechanism and the crash Utility
- 8 Monitoring the System with Nagios
- 8.1 Nagios Overview
- 8.2 Using the Nagios Web Interface
- 8.3 Adjusting the Nagios Configuration
- 8.4 Configuring Nagios on HP XC Systems
- 8.5 Using the Nan Notification Aggregator and Delimiter To Control Nagios Messages
- 8.6 Nagios Report Generator Utility
- 8.7 Modifying Nagios To Effect Changes
- 9 Network Administration
- 10 Managing Patches and RPM Updates
- 11 Distributing Software Throughout the System
- 11.1 Overview of the Image Replication and Distribution Environment
- 11.2 Installing and Distributing Software Patches
- 11.3 Adding Software or Modifying Files on the Golden Client
- 11.4 Determining Which Nodes Will Be Imaged
- 11.5 Updating the Golden Image
- 11.6 Propagating the Golden Image to All Nodes
- 11.7 Maintaining a Global Service Configuration
- 12 Opening an IP Port in the Firewall
- 13 Connecting to a Remote Console
- 14 Managing Local User Accounts and Passwords
- 14.1 HP XC User and Group Accounts
- 14.2 General Procedures for Administering Local User Accounts
- 14.3 Adding a Local User Account
- 14.4 Modifying a Local User Account
- 14.5 Deleting a Local User Account
- 14.6 Configuring the ssh Keys for a User
- 14.7 Synchronizing the NIS Database
- 14.8 Changing Administrative Passwords
- 14.8.1 Changing the Superuser Password
- 14.8.2 Changing the CMDB Password
- 14.8.3 Changing the Interconnect Password
- 14.8.4 Changing the Console Port Password
- 14.8.5 Synchronizing the BMC/IPMI Password for CP6000 Systems
- 14.8.6 Changing the Nagios Administrator Password
- 14.8.7 Changing the LSF Administrator Password
- 15 Managing SLURM
- 16 Managing LSF
- 16.1 Standard LSF
- 16.2 LSF with SLURM
- 16.3 Switching the Type of LSF Installed
- 16.4 LSF with SLURM Installation
- 16.5 LSF with SLURM Startup and Shutdown
- 16.6 Controlling the LSF with SLURM Service
- 16.7 Launching Jobs with LSF with SLURM
- 16.8 Monitoring and Controlling LSF with SLURM Jobs
- 16.9 Maintaining Shell Prompts in LSF Interactive Shells
- 16.10 Job Accounting
- 16.11 LSF Daemon Log Maintenance
- 16.12 Load Indexes and Resource Information
- 16.13 LSF with SLURM Monitoring
- 16.14 LSF with SLURM Failover
- 16.15 Moving SLURM and LSF Daemons to Their Backup Nodes
- 16.16 Enhancing LSF with SLURM
- 16.17 Configuring an External Virtual Host Name for LSF with SLURM on HP XC Systems
- 17 Managing Modulefiles
- 18 Mounting File Systems
- 19 Managing Software RAID Arrays
- 20 Using Diagnostic Tools
- 20.1 Using the sys_check Utility
- 20.2 Using the ovp Utility for System Verification
- 20.3 Using the dgemm Utility to Analyze Performance
- 20.4 Using the System Interconnect Diagnostic Tools
- 21 Troubleshooting
- 21.1 General Troubleshooting
- 21.2 Nagios Troubleshooting
- 21.3 Messages Reported by Nagios
- 21.4 System Interconnect Troubleshooting
- 21.5 Improved Availability Issues
- 21.5.1 How To Start HP Serviceguard When Only the Head Node is Running
- 21.5.2 Restart Serviceguard Quorum Server if Quorum Server Node is Re-imaged
- 21.5.3 Known Limitation if Nagios is Configured for Improved Availability
- 21.5.4 Network Restart Command Negatively Affects Serviceguard
- 21.5.5 Problem Failing Over Database Package Under Serviceguard
- 21.6 SLURM Troubleshooting
- 21.7 LSF Troubleshooting
- 22 Servicing the HP XC System
- 22.1 Adding a Node
- 22.2 Replacing a Client Node
- 22.3 Actualizing Planned Nodes
- 22.4 Replacing a Server Blade Enclosure OnBoard Administrator
- 22.5 Replacing a System Interconnect Board in an HP CP6000 System
- 22.6 Software RAID Disk Replacement
- 22.7 Incorporating External Network Interface Cards
- 22.7.1 Gathering Information
- 22.7.2 Editing the platform_vars.ini File
- 22.7.3 Using the device_config Command
- 22.7.4 Updating the Database for the External Network Card
- 22.7.5 Updating the Firewall Custom Configuration
- 22.7.6 Reconfiguring the Nodes
- 22.7.7 Verifying Success
- 22.7.8 Updating the Golden Image
- A Installing LSF with SLURM into an Existing Standard LSF Cluster
- B Setting Up MPICH
- C HP MCS Monitoring
- D CPU Frequency-Based Power-Saving Feature
- Glossary
- Index
1 HP XC Administration Environment
This chapter introduces the HP XC Administration Environment. This chapter addresses the
following topics:
• “Understanding Nodes, Services, and Roles” (page 23)
• “File System” (page 26)
• “HP XC Command Environment” (page 30)
• “Configuration and Management Database” (page 35)
• “HP XC Configuration File Guidelines” (page 35)
• “Installation and Software Distribution” (page 38)
• “Improved Availability” (page 38)
• “Networking” (page 39)
• “Modulefiles” (page 40)
• “Security” (page 41)
• “Recommended Administrative Tasks” (page 42)
1.1 Understanding Nodes, Services, and Roles
The HP XC system consists of individual computers, called nodes, that supply various services.
For example, some nodes provide services that provide networking while others provide services
that allow users to run jobs.
This section describes nodes, services, and roles.
1.1.1 Nodes
Each node of an HP XC system is an individual computer. All nodes of an HP XC system must
be of the same architecture. Some nodes contain their own local storage.
1.1.1.1 Node Types
These are the types of nodes in the HP XC system:
compute nodes Provide the basic services that let users run jobs. Any node in the HP
XC system is capable of being a compute node.
An HP XC system is comprised mostly of compute nodes.
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