LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Administering Platform LSF 83
Working with Hosts
Add Host Types and Host Models to lsf.shared
The lsf.shared file contains a list of host type and host model names for most
operating systems. You can add to this list or customize the host type and host
model names. A host type and host model name can be any alphanumeric string up
to 39 characters long.
Add a custom host type or model
1 Log on as the LSF administrator on any host in the cluster.
2 Edit
lsf.shared:
a For a new host type, modify the
HostType section:
Begin HostType
TYPENAME # Keyword
DEFAULT
IBMAIX564
LINUX86
LINUX64
NTX64
NTIA64
SUNSOL
SOL732
SOL64
SGI658
SOLX86
HPPA11
HPUXIA64
MACOSX
End HostType
b For a new host model, modify the HostModel section:
Add the new model and its CPU speed factor relative to other models. For
more details on tuning CPU factors, see Tuning C PU Factors on page 96.
Begin HostModel
MODELNAME CPUFACTOR ARCHITECTURE # keyword
# x86 (Solaris, Windows, Linux): approximate values, based on SpecBench results
# for Intel processors (Sparc/Win) and BogoMIPS results (Linux).
PC75 1.5 (i86pc_75 i586_75 x586_30)
PC90 1.7 (i86pc_90 i586_90 x586_34 x586_35 x586_36)
HP9K715 4.2 (HP9000715_100)
SunSparc 12.0 ()
CRAYJ90 18.0 ()
IBM350 18.0 ()
End HostModel
3 Save the changes to lsf.shared.