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HP X C S y s t e m S o f t w ar e
R e lea s e No t e s
V e r si o n 3 .2
HP P ar t Numbe r : A - X CRN3- 2G
P u blished: Mar c h 200 8
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© Copyright 2007, 2008 Hewlett-P ackard Dev elopment Company , L.P . Confidential computer softw are. V alid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with F AR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Softw are, Computer Softw are Documentation, and T echnical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Gov ernment under v endor's standard commercial license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only w arranties for HP products
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T a ble o f C o n t e n ts A bo u t T his Doc ume n t.........................................................................................................7 Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 T ypographic Conv entions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.6.1 HP ProLiant DL140 G3 and DL145 G3 Node Imaging Fails When Graphics Cards Are Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6 S o f t w ar e U pgr ade s................................................................................................
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15.2.3 New preupgradesys-lxc.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 15.2.4 New upgradesys-lxc.8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Index ............
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A bo u t T his Doc ume n t This document contains release notes for HP XC System Softw are V ersion 3.2. This document contains important information about firmw are, softw are, or hardw are that might affect the system. An HP XC system is integrated with sev eral open source softw are components. Some open source softw are components are being used for underlying technology , and their deployment is transparent. Some open source softw are components require user-lev el documentation specific to
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The name of a placeholder in a command, function, or other Variable syntax display that y ou replace with an actual v alue. [ ] The contents are optional in syntax. If the contents are a list separated by |, y ou can choose one of the items. { } The contents are required in syntax. If the contents are a list separated by |, y ou must choose one of the items. . . . The preceding element can be repeated an arbitrary number of times. | Separates items in a list of choices. W ARNING A w arning calls
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HP X C Pr ogr am De v elopm ent En v ir onm ent The Program Dev elopment Environment home page provide pointers to tools that hav e been tested in the HP XC program dev elopment environment (for example, T otalV iew® and other debuggers, compilers, and so on). http://h20311.www2.hp.com/HPC/cache/276321-0-0-0-121.html HP M es sag e P as sing Inter f ace HP Message P assing Interface (HP-MPI) is an implementation of the MPI standard that has been integrated in HP XC systems. The home page and docu
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Standard LSF is also av ailable as an alternativ e resource management system (instead of LSF-HPC with SLURM) for HP XC. This is the v ersion of LSF that is widely discussed on the Platform W eb site. For y our conv enience, the following Platform Computing Corporation LSF documents are shipped on the HP XC documentation CD in PDF format: — Administering Platform LSF — Administration Primer — Platform LSF Refer ence — Quick Refer ence Card — Running Jobs with Platform LSF LSF procedures and info
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• http://linuxvirtualserv er .org Home page for the Linux V irtual Serv er (L VS), the load balancer running on the Linux operating system that distributes login requests on the HP XC system. • http://www .macrovision.com Home page for Macrovision ®, dev eloper of the FLEXlm ™ license management utility , which is used for HP XC license management. • http://sourceforge.net/projects/modules/ W eb site for Modules, which provide for easy dynamic modification of a user's environment through modulef
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Compil er W eb Sites • http://www .intel.com/softw are/products/compilers/index.htm W eb site for Intel ® compilers. • http://support.intel.com/support/performancetools/ W eb site for general Intel softw are dev elopment information. • http://www .pgroup.com/ Home page for The P ortland Group™ , supplier of the PGI® compiler . Debugg er W eb Site http://www .etnus.com Home page for Etnus, Inc., maker of the T otalV iew® parallel debugger . So f t w ar e R AI D W eb Sites • http://www .tldp.org/H
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1 Ne w and C hanged F eatur e s This chapter describes the new and changed features deliv ered in HP XC System Softw are V ersion 3.2. 1 . 1 Ba s e Dis tr ibu ti o n and K e r ne l The following table lists information about the base distribution and kernel for this release as compared to the last HP XC release. HP X C V ersion 3 .2 HP X C V ersion 3 . 1 Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 HP XC kernel v ersion2.6.9-42.9hp.XC HP XC kernel v ersion2.6.9-34.7hp.XC Based on Red
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The following are the key features of SV A: • Capturing and managing visualization-specific cluster information • Managing visualization resources and providing facilities for requesting and allocating resources for a job in a multi-user , multi-session environment • Providing display surface configuration tools to allow easy configuration of multi-panel displays • Providing launch tools, both generic and tailored to a specific application, that launch applications with appropriate environments
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thelogin role on the head node y et keep the head node load to a minimum because login sessions are not being spawned. This configuration choice is documented in the HP XC System Softwar e Installation Guide . 1 .9 S y s t e m Manage me n t and Mo nit o r ing Enhance me n ts System management and monitoring utilities hav e been enhanced as follows: • A new resource monitoring tool,resmon, has been added.resmon is a job-centric resource monitoring W eb page initially inspired by the open-sourcecl
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1 . 1 3 Doc ume n t ati o n C hange s The following changes w ere made to the HP XC System Softw are Documentation Set • The following manuals hav e been affected by the new functionality deliv ered in this release and hav e been revised accordingly: — HP XC Hardwar e Pr eparation Guide — HP XC System Softwar e Installation Guide — HP XC System Softwar e Administration Guide — HP XC System Softwar e User's Guide • The information in the Configuring HP XC Systems W ith HP Server Blades and Enclos
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2 Im po r t an t R e lea s e Inf o r mati o n This chapter contains information that is important to know for this release. 2 . 1 F ir m w ar e V e r si o ns The HP XC System Softw are is tested against specific minimum firmw are v ersions. Follow the instructions in the accompanying hardw are documentation to ensure that all hardw are components are installed with the latest firmw are v ersion. The master firmw are tables for this release are av ailable at the following W eb site: http://www .d
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