HP XC System Software Release Notes for Version 4.0

5.5.4 HP ProLiant DL145 G3 Node Imaging Fails When Graphics Cards Are Present..................22
6 Software Upgrades......................................................................................................25
6.1 Upgrade Requires a Minimum of 2 GB Free Space in the root Partition .......................................25
6.2 Remove Older Versions of hp-OpenIPMI.......................................................................................25
6.3 Benign Message Displayed By preupgradesys Command.........................................................25
6.4 Upgrade Process Installs the OFED InfiniBand Software Stack by Default...................................25
7 System Administration, Management, and Monitoring...........................................27
7.1 LDAP over SSL Is Not Supported...................................................................................................27
7.2 Issues with Kernel Dumps .............................................................................................................27
7.3 Stopping Nagios Before Resetting the Database.............................................................................27
7.4 Benign sysctl Message When Network Service Is Restarted..........................................................28
7.5 Benign collectl Message............................................................................................................28
7.6 Cannot Lock RRD Error If /hptc_cluster Is Not Mounted with flock Option.........................28
7.7 Warning in shownode metrics load Output...........................................................................28
7.8 Serviceguard Monitors Only Bonded InfiniBand Networks..........................................................29
7.9 Use Caution When Powering Off a Node Running Serviceguard..................................................29
8 Load Sharing Facility and Job Management............................................................31
8.1 Load Sharing Facility.......................................................................................................................31
8.1.1 Some Commands Hang When LSF is Down..........................................................................31
8.2 Job Management..............................................................................................................................31
8.2.1 hptc_cluster_fs Package Failover Can Negatively Affect Running Jobs.................................31
9 Cluster Platform 3000..................................................................................................33
10 Cluster Platform 4000................................................................................................35
10.1 Some ProLiant DL145 G3 Nodes Hang at 23:59 GMT..................................................................35
11 Cluster Platform 6000................................................................................................37
11.1 Finding the IP Address of a Management Processor....................................................................37
12 Interconnects...............................................................................................................39
12.1 Installing the OpenSM Subnet Manager.......................................................................................39
12.2 InfiniBand Interconnect.................................................................................................................39
12.2.1 An enable Password Problem with Voltaire Switch Version 4.1...........................................39
12.2.2 Benign Messages with Cisco InfiniBand Switches................................................................39
12.3 Myrinet Interconnect.....................................................................................................................40
12.3.1 Myrinet Monitoring Line Card Can Become Unresponsive.................................................40
12.3.2 The clear_counters Command Does Not Work on the 256 Port Switch........................40
12.4 QsNet
II
Interconnect......................................................................................................................40
12.4.1 Possible Conflict with Use of SIGUSR2.................................................................................40
12.4.2 The qsnet Database Might Contain Entries to Nonexistent Switch Modules.......................40
13 Documentation............................................................................................................43
13.1 HP XC System Software Administration Guide.................................................................................43
13.2 HP XC Manpages..........................................................................................................................43
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