Preface

The Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1 User's Guide includes the following:

• A description of the primary role of N1 Grid Engine 6.1 software in complex computing environments

• A description of the major components of the product, along with definitions of the functions of each

• A glossary of terms that are important to know in an N1 Grid Engine 6.1 software environment

Who Should Use This Book

This manual is for engineers and technical professionals, who need to use the N1 Grid Engine 6.1 software. Also, you should understand the concepts in this book if you are responsible for administering the system of networked computer hosts that run the N1 Grid Engine 6.1 software.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Introduction to the N1^TM Grid Engine 6.1 Software describes the concepts and major components of the N1 Grid Engine 6.1 software. This chapter also includes a summary of user commands, and introduces the QMON graphical user interface.

Chapter 2, Navigating the Grid Engine System describes how to display information about components of the system of networked computer hosts that run the N1 Grid Engine 6.1 software such as users, queues, hosts, and job attributes.

Chapter 3, Submitting Jobs provides information about how to submit jobs for processing.

Chapter 4, Monitoring and Controlling Jobs and Queues provides information about how to monitor and control jobs and queues. The chapter also includes information about job checkpointing. .

Chapter 5, Accounting and Reporting describes how to use the accounting and reporting console.

Chapter 6, Automating Grid Engine Functions Through the Distributed Resource Management Application API explains how to automate N1 Grid Engine functions through a C or Java-based DRMAA API.

Chapter 7, Error Messages, and Troubleshooting contains common problems and their solutions.

Appendix A, Database Schemas describes in detail the reporting database data model

Glossary is a list of product-specific words and phrases and their definitions.

Related Books

Other books in the N1 Grid Engine 6.1 softwaredocumentation collection include:

• Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1 Installation Guide

• Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1 Administration Guide

• Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1 Release Notes

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
aabbcc123	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell for superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	#