General Installation Information

All installations must complete this section. If you are installing the software locally on a single-node cluster, you can stop after completing this section.

Type of Installation

Three types of installation are possible for Sun HPC ClusterTools 3.0 software:

• nfs - Install the software on an NFS server for remote mounting.

• smp-local - For single-node clusters only: Install the software locally on the node.

• cluster-local - For multinode clusters only: Install the software locally on every node in the cluster.

Specify one of the installation types: nfs, smp-local, or cluster-local. There is no default type of installation.

INSTALL_CONFIG="config_choice"

Installation Location

The way the INSTALL_LOC path is used varies, depending on which type of installation you have chosen.

• Local Installations - For local installations ( smp-local or cluster-local), INSTALL_LOC is the path where the packages will actually be installed.

• NFS installations - For NFS installations ( nfs), INSTALL_LOC is the mount point for the software on the NFS clients.

You must enter a full path name. The default location is /opt. The location must have set (or mounted, if this is an NFS installation) read/write (755) permission on all the nodes in the cluster.

INSTALL_LOC="/opt"

If you choose an installation directory other than the default /opt, a symbolic link is created from /opt/SUNWhpc to the chosen installation point.

CD-ROM Mount Point

Specify a mount point for the CD-ROM. This mount point must be mounted on (that is, NFS-accessible to) all the nodes in the cluster. The default mount point is /cdrom/hpc_3_0_ct. For example:

CD_MOUNT_PT="/cdrom/hpc_3_0_ct"