Document Organization

This document is organized as follows:

Chapter 1: HP XC Administration Environment provides an overview of the HP XC environment.
Chapter 2: Starting Up and Shutting Down the HP XC System gives the procedures for starting up and shutting down the HP XC system.
Chapter 3: Managing System Services describes the services (daemons) used in the management of the HP XC system.
Chapter 4: Managing Licenses provides information on the License Manager.
Chapter 5: Managing the Configuration and Management Database discusses the configuration and management database, which is used by the HP XC system to keep track of nodes and services.
Chapter 6: Monitoring the System describes how to monitor the HP XC system.
Chapter 7: Network Administration
Chapter 8: Distributing Software Throughout the System discusses the distribution of software throughout the HP XC system.
Chapter 9: Opening an IP Port in the Firewall describes how to open IP ports as necessary in the HP XC system firewall.
Chapter 10: Connecting to a Remote Console provides a procedure on connecting to a remote console.
Chapter 11: Managing Local User Accounts describes how to add, modify, and delete local user accounts on the HP XC system and provides a procedure for changing the root password.
Chapter 12: Managing SLURM discusses the Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM).
Chapter 13: Managing LSF provides a brief overview of the Load Sharing Facility (LSF) application from Platform Computing, Inc. and describes common LSF administration tasks.
Chapter 14: Managing Modulefiles describes how to manage modulefiles.
Chapter 15: Mounting File Systems provides information and procedures for mounting internal and external file systems.
Chapter 16: Using Diagnostic Tools discusses diagnostic tools available for the HP XC system.
Chapter 17: Troubleshooting provides troubleshooting information.
Chapter 18: Servicing the HP XC System describes administrative tasks for adding and replacing nodes.
Glossary : Glossary defines terms used in this document.
Appendix A: Installing LSF-HPC for SLURM into an Existing Standard LSF Cluster discusses how to incorporate an HP XC system into an LSF cluster, forming a “cluster within a cluster”.
Appendix B: Installing Standard LSF on a Subset of Nodes provides the information to install Standard LSF on an HP XC system that already runs LSF-HPC on another subset of nodes.
Glossary defines terms used in this document.

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