Chapter 16 Managing LSF

The Load Sharing Facility (LSF) from Platform Computing Corporation is a batch system resource manager used on the HP XC system. LSF is an integral part of the HP XC environment.

On an HP XC system, a job is submitted to LSF, which places the job in a queue and allows it to run when the necessary resources become available. In addition to launching jobs, LSF provides extensive job management and information capabilities. LSF schedules, launches, controls, and tracks jobs that are submitted to it according to the policies established by the HP XC site administrator.

Two types of LSF are available for installation on the HP XC:

Standard LSF-HPC
This product is the popular batch system produced by Platform Computing Corporation that has become an industry standard.
For full information about Standard LSF-HPC, refer to the standard LSF documentation set, which is described in the “Related Software Products and Additional Publications” section of this document. LSF manpages are also available online on the HP XC system.
LSF-HPC with SLURM
This product is the High Performance LSF product from Platform Computing Corporation and has been integrated with SLURM to take advantage of SLURM's scalable, efficient resource management and parallel job support.

The intended primary use of the HP XC system determined which of these LSF products was installed.

This chapter addresses the following topics:

For your convenience, the HP XC Documentation CD contains LSF Version 6.2 documentation from Platform Computing.

Chapter 16 Managing LSF

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