Manuels d'utilisation pour HP (Hewlett-Packard) AXCRN3-2G

Table des matières

• Release Notes

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• Table of Contents

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• About This Document

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  • Intended Audience

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  • Typographic Conventions

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  • HP XC and Related HP Products Information

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  • Related Information

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  • Manpages

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  • HP Encourages Your Comments

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• 1 New and Changed Features

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  • 1.1 Base Distribution and Kernel

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  • 1.2 Support for Additional Hardware Models

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  • 1.3 OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution for InfiniBand

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  • 1.4 HP Scalable Visualization Array

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  • 1.5 Partition Size Limits on Installation Disk

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  • 1.6 More Flexibility in Customizing Client Node Disk Partitions

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  • 1.7 Enhancements to the discover Command

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  • 1.8 Enhancements to the cluster_config Utility

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  • 1.9 System Management and Monitoring Enhancements

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  • 1.10 Enhancements to the OVP

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  • 1.11 Installing and Upgrading HP XC System Software On Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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  • 1.12 Support For HP Unified Parallel C

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  • 1.13 Documentation Changes

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• 2 Important Release Information

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  • 2.1 Firmware Versions

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  • 2.2 Patches

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• 3 Hardware Preparation

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  • 3.1 Upgrading BMC Firmware On HP ProLiant DL140 G2 and DL145 G2 Nodes

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• 4 Software Installation On The Head Node

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  • 4.1 Manual Installation Required For NC510F Driver

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• 5 System Discovery, Configuration, and Imaging

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  • 5.1 Notes That Apply Before You Invoke The cluster_prep Utility

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    • 5.1.1 Required Task for Some NIC Adapter Models: Verify Correct NIC Device Driver Mapping

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  • 5.2 Notes That Apply To The Discover Process

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    • 5.2.1 Discovery of HP ProLiant DL140 G3 and DL145 G3 Nodes Fails When Graphics Cards Are Present

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  • 5.3 Notes That Apply Before You Invoke The cluster_config Utility

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    • 5.3.1 Adhere To Role Assignment Guidelines for Improved Availability

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  • 5.4 Benign Message From C52xcgraph During cluster_config

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  • 5.5 Processing Time For cluster_config Might Take Longer On A Head Node With Improved Availability

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  • 5.6 Notes That Apply To Imaging

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    • 5.6.1 HP ProLiant DL140 G3 and DL145 G3 Node Imaging Fails When Graphics Cards Are Present

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• 6 Software Upgrades

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  • 6.1 Do Not Upgrade If You Want Or Require The Voltaire InfiniBand Software Stack

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• 7 System Administration, Management, and Monitoring

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  • 7.1 Perform A Dry Run Before Using The si_updateclient Utility To Update Nodes

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  • 7.2 Possible Problem With ext3 File Systems On SAN Storage

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• 8 HP XC System Software On Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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  • 8.1 Enabling 32–bit Applications To Compile and Run

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• 9 Programming and User Environment

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  • 9.1 MPI and OFED InfiniBand Stack Fork Restrictions

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  • 9.2 InfiniBand Multiple Rail Support

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  • 9.3 Benign Messages From HP-MPI Version 2.2.5.1

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• 10 Cluster Platform 3000

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• 11 Cluster Platform 4000

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• 12 Cluster Platform 6000

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  • 12.1 Network Boot Operation and Imaging Failures on HP Integrity rx2600 Systems

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  • 12.2 Notes That Apply To The Management Processor

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    • 12.2.1 Required Task: Change MP Settings on Console Switches

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    • 12.2.2 MP Disables DHCP Automatically

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    • 12.2.3 Finding the IP Address of an MP

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• 13 Integrated Lights Out Console Management Devices

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  • 13.1 iLO2 Devices In Server Blades Can Hang

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• 14 Interconnects

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  • 14.1 InfiniBand Interconnect

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    • 14.1.1 enable Password Problem With Voltaire Switch Version 4.1

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  • 14.2 Myrinet Interconnect

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    • 14.2.1 Myrinet Monitoring Line Card Can Become Unresponsive

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    • 14.2.2 The clear_counters Command Does Not Work On The 256 Port Switch

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  • 14.3 QsNetII Interconnect

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    • 14.3.1 Possible Conflict With Use of SIGUSR2

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    • 14.3.2 The qsnet Database Might Contain Entries To Nonexistent Switch Modules

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• 15 Documentation

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  • 15.1 Documentation CD Search Option

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  • 15.2 HP XC Manpages

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    • 15.2.1 New device_config.8

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    • 15.2.2 Changes to ovp.8

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    • 15.2.3 New preupgradesys-lxc.8

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    • 15.2.4 New upgradesys-lxc.8

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• Index

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