How to Build a Cluster Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Recipe ID: 15PLTF240000000100-04
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Contents Introduction .........................................................................................................................4 Overview ..............................................................................................................................4 Hardware Components ......................................................................................................5 Software Used in the Installation ................
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How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Introduction This Intel ESAA recipe describes the steps required to build a High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster based upon the Intel S5000PAL server board; from hardware assembly through performance testing and cluster application development. It includes various options for hardware design, interconnects, management, BIOS and OS provisioning, job schedulers, cluster tools and cluster application development packages and runtime environments.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Hardware Components Quantity per Item node Manufacturer Model 1 Intel ® Server Board Intel S5000PAL 1 Intel ® Server Chassis Intel SR1500 1 Intel ® HDD Backplane – Intel ASR1500PASBP Any supported Please refer to the Tested Memory List at SR1500 1U SATA/SAS passive 4GB Per Memory Server http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s5000 Board pal/sb/CS-022919.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 1 Optional InfiniBand* Host Per Server Board Channel Expansion Module Intel As Needed InfiniBand cables Any supported 1 (min per cluster) InfiniBand switch 1 (min), As Ethernet cables Needed 1 (min per Ethernet switch cluster) AXXIBIOMOD Any supported Any supported Any supported 1 (min per cluster) Keyboard, Video, Any suppo rted Mouse (KVM) switch 1 KVM cables Any supported Table 1 – Hardware Bill of Materials 6
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Software Used in the Installation Dist. By Description File Name Platform Computing Open Cluster Stack (OCS) 4.1.1-1.1 (RHEL 4 Update 3) or Open Cluster Stack (OCS) 4.1.1-2.1 (RHEL 4 Update 4) Intel Intel® Tools 4.1.9.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Remote console configuration / KVMIP Using a KVMIP solution is one method for supplying remote console access to all cluster nodes. Connect and configure the supported KVMIP solution such that there is remote console access for each node in the cluster. Ethernet Switches and Cables Aside from the Front End having more than one Ethernet interface, cluster nodes should only require a single Ethernet interface for management communication.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Rotating InfiniBand Connectors If the InfiniBand cable connector is not properly oriented to fit onto the port receptacle when you attempt to insert it, do not twist the connector to achieve the correct orientation. Figure 2. Rotating InfiniBand* Connectors Instead, reach back a few feet on the cable, and twist the bulk cable to allow the connector to rotate to the proper orientation.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Minimum Cable Bend Radius InfiniBand cables can be damaged if they are bent beyond the minimum bend radius. Damage can occur even if the cables are temporarily bent beyond this limit during installation. It is helpful to “preform” the cables to the bent condition prior to installation. This reduces any undue strain at the plug or receptacle connection at the time of installation.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Connector Side View Connector Top View Wrapping Cable Figure 4.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Server Management The S5000PAL server board comes with a variety of management utilities for updates and maintenance. The Intel System Management Software package will enable remote maintenance and management of the cluster nodes from a centralized system. Download the package here: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-dfexternal/filter_results.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Note: Make sure that the BIOS and Firmware provisioning PXE server is shutdown prior to rebooting the nodes or they will go into a reboot loop and provision the BIOS and Firmware again. At this point the cluster is ready for Operating System (OS) provisioning. Ensure that the provisioning solution begins here so that the next time the cluster nodes are rebooted they will boot from the OS provisioning server.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL The Z RESEARCH* GlusterHPC* Installation - Intel® Server Board S3000AH recipe for this platform can be found on the ESAA website: http://www.esaa-members.com Cluster Tools Once the cluster has been deployed, there are several tool suites that can be used to verify functionality and tune performance. Included in the Platform* OCS* installation is the Intel® MPI Library 2.0.1runtime environment. Additionally, the Intel® Tools suite version 4.1.
How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 6) New licenses can be added by placing them in: /export/apps/intel/licenses on the Front End. If this optional roll was not installed, another choice is to install the Intel Cluster Toolkit for Linux. It can be obtained at the following URL: http://www3.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/cluster/244171.
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