Preface

This document describes the procedure for installing Sun HPC ClusterTools trademark 8 software.

These instructions are intended for an experienced system administrator. For example, to install the cluster tools software on one or more nodes, you must be familiar with the following tasks in the Solaris trademark 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS) or Red Hat or SuSe Linux:

Logging in as superuser

Using the df command to check disk space

Reading /var/adm/messages for possible error messages and debugging information

Exporting and mounting an NFS file system and using commands and scripts, such as mount, share, /etc/init.d/nfs.server

Enabling superuser login access to a server

Setting directory and file permissions to allow read and write access

Before You Read This Book

To follow the procedures described in this document, you should be familiar with the related topics discussed in the following documents:

The Sun HPC ClusterTools 8 Software Release Notes

Documentation that accompanied your server hardware

Documentation for the Solaris 10 OS

If you are using one of the Distributed Resource Manager (DRM) applications, see the related documentation. One example of a DRM is Sun Grid Engine software.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the Sun HPC ClusterTools software installation utilities.

Chapter 2 describes various installation dependencies.

Chapter 3 explains how to use the Solaris OS-based version of the Sun HPC ClusterTools software command-line interface (CLI) tools to install, activate, deactivate, and remove the software in a non-NFS configuration.

Chapter 4 explains how to use the CLI to install and set up the Solaris OS-based version of the Sun HPC ClusterTools software using an NFS server.

Chapter 5 describes a set of post-installation procedures you can perform to verify basic functionality of the cluster.

Chapter 6 explains how to install and verify the Linux-based version of Sun HPC ClusterTools software.

Appendix A lists the Sun HPC ClusterTools software installation packages.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation

Typographic Conventions

Typeface`^[1]`	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Typeface^[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Table with descriptions and examples of the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Table with examples of the types of shell prompts that are used in this book.

Application	Title	Part Number
Sun HPC ClusterTools Software	Sun HPC ClusterTools 8 Software Release Notes Sun HPC ClusterTools 8 Software User’s Guide Open MPI Programming and Reference Guide	820-3174-10 820-3176-10 820-3178-10

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL
Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`

Table provides URLs for locating Sun product documentation, and obtaining support and training services.

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