Run cluster_tool_setup

You can use the CCM tools to install on up to 16 nodes at a time. For clusters with more than 16 nodes, you will have to repeat the installation process on groups of up to 16 nodes at a time until you have installed the software on the entire cluster.

This step is optional. If you have chosen the cluster-tool method of installation and plan to use the CCM tools, you need to run the cluster_tool_setup script first. This loads the CCM administration tools onto a machine and creates a cluster configuration file that is used by CCM applications. See Appendix B, Cluster Management ToolsB for a description of the three CCM applications, cconsole, ctelnet, and crlogin.

cconsole requires the nodes to be connected to a terminal concentrator. The other two, ctelnet and crlogin, do not.

If you want to use cconsole to monitor messages generated while rebooting the cluster nodes, you will need to launch it from a machine outside the cluster. If you launch if from a cluster node, it will be disabled when the node from which it is launched reboots.

Perform the following steps, as root, to run cluster_tool_setup.

1. Go to the Product directory on the Sun HPC ClusterTools 3.0 distribution CD-ROM.

   Note that this directory must be mounted on (accessible by) all nodes in the cluster.

   # cd /cdrom/hpc_3_0_ct/Product/Install_Utilities

2. If you are running on a node within the cluster, perform Step a. If you are running on a machine outside the cluster, perform Step b.

   1. Within the cluster, run cluster_tool_setup -c.

      Run cluster_tool_setup; use the -c tag to specify the directory containing the hpc_config file.

      # ./cluster_tool_setup -c /config_dir_install

   2. Outside the cluster, run cluster_tool_setup -c -f.

      Run cluster_tool_setup; use the -c tag to specify the directory containing the hpc_config file, plus a trailing -f tag.

      # ./cluster_tool_setup -c /config_dir_install -f

3. Set the DISPLAY environment variable to the machine on which you will be running the CCM tools.

   # setenv DISPLAY hostname:0

   (This example uses C-shell syntax.)

4. Invoke the CCM tool of your choice: cconsole (if the nodes are connected to a terminal concentrator), ctelnet, or crlogin.

   All three tools reside in /opt/SUNWcluster/bin. For example,

   # /opt/SUNWcluster/bin/ctelnet clustername

   where clustername is the name of the LSF cluster. All three CCM tools require the name of the cluster as an argument.

   The CCM tool then creates a Common Window and separate Term Windows for all the nodes in the cluster.

5. Position the cursor in the Common Window and press Return.

   This activates a prompt in each Term Window. Note that the Common Window does not echo keyboard entries. These appear only in the Term Windows.

You can now use CCM to remove previous release packages, as described in "Removing and Reinstalling Individual Packages"", or to install the software packages, as described in "Installing Software Packages"."