HP XC System 4.x Software - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
About This Document.......................................................................................................11
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................11
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................11
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................11
HP XC and Related HP Products Information.....................................................................................12
Related Information..............................................................................................................................13
Manpages..............................................................................................................................................16
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................17
1 Overview of the User Environment.............................................................................19
1.1 System Architecture........................................................................................................................19
1.1.1 HP XC System Software..........................................................................................................19
1.1.2 Operating System....................................................................................................................19
1.1.3 Node Platforms.......................................................................................................................19
1.1.4 Node Specialization.................................................................................................................20
1.1.5 Storage and I/O........................................................................................................................21
1.1.6 File System...............................................................................................................................21
1.1.7 System Interconnect Network.................................................................................................22
1.1.8 Network Address Translation (NAT)......................................................................................23
1.2 Determining System Configuration Information............................................................................23
1.3 User Environment...........................................................................................................................23
1.3.1 LVS...........................................................................................................................................23
1.3.2 Modules...................................................................................................................................23
1.3.3 Commands..............................................................................................................................24
1.4 Application Development Environment.........................................................................................24
1.4.1 Parallel Applications...............................................................................................................24
1.4.2 Serial Applications..................................................................................................................25
1.5 Run-Time Environment...................................................................................................................25
1.5.1 SLURM....................................................................................................................................25
1.5.2 Load Sharing Facility (LSF).....................................................................................................25
1.5.3 Standard LSF...........................................................................................................................25
1.5.4 How LSF and SLURM Interact................................................................................................26
1.5.5 HP-MPI....................................................................................................................................26
1.6 Components, Tools, Compilers, Libraries, and Debuggers............................................................27
2 Using the System..........................................................................................................29
2.1 Logging In to the System.................................................................................................................29
2.1.1 LVS Login Routing..................................................................................................................29
2.1.2 Using the Secure Shell to Log In.............................................................................................29
2.2 Overview of Launching and Managing Jobs..................................................................................29
2.2.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................30
2.2.2 Getting Information About Queues........................................................................................30
2.2.3 Getting Information About Resources....................................................................................30
2.2.4 Getting Information About System Partitions........................................................................31
2.2.5 Launching Jobs........................................................................................................................31
2.2.6 Getting Information About Your Jobs.....................................................................................31
2.2.7 Stopping and Suspending Jobs...............................................................................................31
2.2.8 Resuming Suspended Jobs......................................................................................................31
2.3 Performing Other Common User Tasks..........................................................................................31
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