From the perspective of mpadmin, a Sun HPC cluster consists of a system of objects, which include
The cluster itself
Each node contained in the cluster
Each partition (logical group of nodes) defined in the cluster
The net work interfaces used by the nodes
Each type of object has a set of attributes whose values can be operated on via mpadmin commands. These attributes control various aspects of their respective objects. For example, a node's enabled attribute can be
set to make the node available for use
unset to prevent it from being used
The CRE sets many attributes in a cluster to default values each time it boots up. Except for attribute modifications described here and in Chapter 6, mpadmin: Detailed Description, do not change attribute values.