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Sun HPC ClusterTools 3.0 Administrator's Guide: With CRE

Installing Software Packages

This section describes the procedure for installing the Sun HPC ClusterTools packages. Note that the exact procedure for each step will depend on which installation mode you are in, cluster-tool or rsh.

See Appendix B for more information about the CCM tools that are available to you in cluster-tool mode.

Note -

The hpc_install command writes various SYNC files in the directory containing its configuration file as part of the package installation. If the installation process stops prematurely--if, for example, you press Ctrl-c--some SYNC files may be left. You must remove these files before executing hpc_install again so they don't interfere with the next software installation session.

  1. Log in to each node as root.

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

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


    # cd /cdrom/hpc_3_0_ct/Product/Install_Utilities

  3. Run hpc_install. 


    # ./hpc_install -c /config_dir_install

    where config_dir_install represents the directory containing the hpc_config file.

    The -c tag causes hpc_install to look for a file named hpc_config in the specified directory. If you want to install the software using a configuration file with a different name, you must specify a full path including the new file name after the -c tag.

    Note -

    If the hpc_config file contains an INSTALL_SCI="yes" entry, hpc_install will install the three SCI software packages along with the other Sun HPC ClusterTools packages. When the SCI packages are installed, the installation script will display a message telling you to reboot the nodes. Ignore this message. You must reboot the nodes only after any SCI interface cards are configured. If the system does not include SCI hardware, the nodes do not need to be rebooted.