Preface

The Sun HPC ClusterTools Software Administrator's Guide explains how to configure and manage a cluster of one or more Sun trademark servers running the Sun Cluster Runtime Environment (CRE) job-management software. These instructions are designed for an experienced system administrator with networking knowledge.

Several distributed resource management packages can be used with Sun CRE to provide effective resource management and utilization accounting in conjunction with the Sun MPI parallel applications:

Sun N1 Grid Engine (N1GE) Version 6.

Load Sharing Facility (LSF) HPC Version 6.2 from Platform Computing.

OpenPBS Portable Batch System (PBS) 2.3.16 and Altair PBS Professional 7.1.

For information about these packages, see the documentation provided with each respective package.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about 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.sun.com/documentation

Typographic Conventions

Typeface`^[1]`	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Typeface^[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts

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

Related Documentation

This book focuses on Sun MPI and assumes familiarity with the MPI Standard. The following materials provide useful background about using Sun MPI and about the MPI Standard.

Application	Title	Part Number
Sun HPC ClusterTools Documentation	Read Me First: Guide to Sun HPC ClusterTools Software Documentation	819-4136-10
Sun HPC ClusterTools Software	Sun HPC ClusterTools 6 Software Release Notes Sun HPC ClusterTools 6 Software Installation Guide Sun HPC ClusterTools 6 Software Performance Guide Sun HPC ClusterTools 6 Software Administrator's Guide	819-4129-10 819-4130-10 819-4134-10 819-4132-10
Sun MPI Programming	Sun MPI 7.0 Software Programming and Reference Guide	819-4133-10

Application

Title

Part Number

Sun HPC ClusterTools Documentation

Read Me First: Guide to Sun HPC ClusterTools Software Documentation

819-4136-10

Sun HPC ClusterTools Software

Sun HPC ClusterTools 6 Software Release Notes

Sun HPC ClusterTools 6 Software Installation Guide

Sun HPC ClusterTools 6 Software Performance Guide

Sun HPC ClusterTools 6 Software Administrator's Guide

819-4129-10

819-4130-10

819-4134-10

819-4132-10

Sun MPI Programming

Sun MPI 7.0 Software Programming and Reference Guide

819-4133-10

In addition, if you are using Platform Computing's Load Sharing Facility (LSF) Suite, consult the documentation available from their website:

http://www.platform.com

The documents listed as online are available at:

http://www.sun.com/documentation

Table provides a listing of related documentation by title, part number, format, and location for obtaining or viewing the documentation.

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL	Sun Function
Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`	Documentation
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`	Support

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