This document describes the procedure for installing Sun HPC ClusterTools trademark 8.2 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 10 Operating System, 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 8.2 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 install the Solaris OS-based version of the Sun HPC ClusterTools software command-line interface (CLI) tools.

Chapter 4 explains how to install and verify the Linux-based version of Sun HPC ClusterTools software.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on 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.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html

Shell Prompts

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

Application	Title	Part Number
Sun HPC ClusterTools Software	Sun HPC ClusterTools 8.2 Software Release Notes Sun HPC ClusterTools 8.2 Software User’s Guide	821-0223-10 821-0225-10

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Preface