HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 4.0

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................................................................31
1-3 Availability Sets Worksheet...........................................................................................................34
2-1 HP XC Software Stack...................................................................................................................35
2-2 Default Values in the ks.cfg File................................................................................................37
2-3 Default Disk Partition Layout on the Head Node.........................................................................38
2-4 Criteria for 4 GB /hptc_cluster Partition................................................................................38
2-5 Chip Architecture by Cluster Platform.........................................................................................39
2-6 Information Required for the Kickstart Installation Session.........................................................40
2-7 Kickstart Boot Command Lines....................................................................................................43
2-8 Kickstart Boot Command Lines for Server Blades........................................................................46
3-1 Information Required by the cluster_prep Command...........................................................54
4-1 Information Required by the discover Command....................................................................63
4-2 discover Command Options......................................................................................................65
5-1 System Environment Setup Tasks.................................................................................................77
5-2 SFS Client Packages.......................................................................................................................81
5-3 HP XC Default User and Group Account IDs...............................................................................90
5-4 Default Client Node Partition Layout...........................................................................................90
6-1 Information Required by the cluster_config Utility..............................................................95
6-2 Number of NFS Daemons Based on System Size........................................................................106
6-3 LSF with SLURM and Standard LSF Features............................................................................113
6-4 startsys Command-Line Options Based on Hardware Configuration..................................119
9-1 Supported Upgrade Paths...........................................................................................................137
9-2 Upgrade Characteristics..............................................................................................................138
9-3 Commands Used During the Upgrade Process..........................................................................139
9-4 Upgrade Readiness Criteria........................................................................................................140
9-5 Upgrade Boot Command Lines...................................................................................................144
9-6 Files Containing User Customizations........................................................................................147
9-7 Upgrade Options for the cluster_config Utility..................................................................150
9-8 Responses to cluster_config Prompts During an Upgrade.................................................151
9-9 startsys Command-Line Options for Upgrades.....................................................................152
12-1 Maui Scheduler Readiness Criteria.............................................................................................165
12-2 Maui Scheduler Diagnostic Commands......................................................................................169
14-1 Diagnosing System Imaging Problems.......................................................................................178
14-2 Software Upgrade Log Files........................................................................................................185
A-1 Installation and Configuration Checklist....................................................................................187
D-1 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses for Reduced
Bandwidth...................................................................................................................................197
D-2 Quadrics Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses for Full
Bandwidth...................................................................................................................................198
D-3 Myrinet Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses.................................200
D-4 InfiniBand Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses............................201
D-5 InfiniBand Switch Controller Card Naming Conventions and IP Addresses for Hardware
Configurations with HP Server Blades and Enclosures..............................................................202
F-1 Default Role Assignments Based on Number of Total Nodes....................................................215
G-1 cluster_config Command-Line Menu Options....................................................................223
G-2 First Portion of cluster_config Analysis Option..................................................................226
G-3 Second Portion of cluster_config Analysis Option..............................................................227
G-4 Service Configuration Command Descriptions..........................................................................229
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