HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.1

List of Tables
1 Installation Types...................................................................................................................................15
2 Naming Conventions..............................................................................................................................16
1-1 Improved Availability Summary.........................................................................................................27
1-2 Role and Service Placement for Improved Availability..........................................................................29
1-3 Availability Sets Worksheet.................................................................................................................31
2-1 HP XC Software Stack........................................................................................................................33
2-2 Default Values in the ks.cfg File..........................................................................................................34
2-3 Default Disk Partition Layout on the Head Node.................................................................................35
2-4 Chip Architecture by Cluster Platform................................................................................................35
2-5 Information Required for the Kickstart Installation Session...................................................................36
2-6 Kickstart Boot Command Line............................................................................................................38
3-1 Information Required by the cluster_prep Command...........................................................................45
3-2 Information Required by the discover Command.................................................................................47
3-3 Information Required by the cluster_config Utility...............................................................................48
3-4 System Environment Setup Tasks........................................................................................................59
3-5 HP XC Default User and Group Account IDs.......................................................................................63
3-6 Default Client Node Partition Layout..................................................................................................64
3-7 Number of NFS Daemons Based on System Size..................................................................................71
3-8 Characteristics of LSF-HPC with SLURM and Standard LSF.................................................................76
3-9 The startsys Command-Line Options for Initial System Image and Boot................................................81
5-1 Upgrade Types..................................................................................................................................95
5-2 Upgrade Characteristics.....................................................................................................................96
5-3 Supported Upgrade Paths...................................................................................................................96
5-4 Commands Used During the Upgrade Process.....................................................................................97
5-5 Upgrade Readiness Criteria................................................................................................................97
5-6 Upgrade Boot Command Line Based on Cluster Platform Chip Architecture........................................100
5-7 Files Containing User Customizations...............................................................................................103
5-8 Upgrade Options for the cluster_config Utility...................................................................................105
5-9 Responding to cluster_config Prompts During an Upgrade.................................................................106
A-1 Installation and Configuration Checklist............................................................................................114
D-1 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses for Reduced Bandwidth.......123
D-2 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses for Full Bandwidth..............124
D-3 Myrinet Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses.............................................126
D-4 InfiniBand Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses.........................................127
F-1 Default Role Assignments Based on System Size................................................................................137
G-1 Description of cluster_config Command-Line Menu Options..............................................................143
G-2 General Command Output of the Analyze Option..............................................................................146
G-3 Specific Node-By-Node Output of the Analyze Option.......................................................................147
G-4 Service Configuration Command Descriptions...................................................................................149
H-1 Network Type Based on System Topology..........................................................................................151
I-1 Default Installation Values for LSF.....................................................................................................153
M-1 Maui Scheduler Readiness Criteria....................................................................................................183
M-2 Maui Scheduler Diagnostic Commands.............................................................................................187
N-1 Diagnosing System Imaging Problems...............................................................................................193
N-2 Software Upgrade Log Files..............................................................................................................196
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