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2 Installing HPCPI and Xtools
This chapter describes the installation requirements and procedures for HPCPI and Xtools. This
chapter addresses the following topics:
•
“Installation Requirements” (page 25)
• “RPM Packages” (page 25)
• “Installing the Software” (page 26)
• “Verifying the Installation ” (page 30)
• “Removing the Software” (page 30)
Installation Requirements
This section contains installation requirements.
Patch Requirements
See the HPCPI and Xtools Release Notes for any patch requirements.
Product Dependencies
The xcxclus and xcxperf utilities (the xtools-xc_clients RPM package) require the HP
XC software.
Hardware Requirements
The HPCPI and Xtools bundle is supported on HP Proliant servers and HP XC cluster platforms
with the processors listed in
Table 1-2 (page 20) . The xclus and xperf utilities display enhanced
statistics for the processors listed in Table 1-1 (page 20) . On systems without the processor types
listed, the xclus and xperf utilities display generic statistics.
Firmware Requirements
None.
Operating System Requirements
The HPCPI and Xtools bundle is supported on 2.6–based versions of Red Hat Linux.
Software Requirements
The xcxclus and xcxperf utilities require HP XC software.
Memory Requirements
A minimum of 256 MB per processor core.
I/O Requirements
None.
Disk Space Requirements
40 MB (20 MB for the HPCPI package and 20 MB for the Xtools packages).
RPM Packages
The HPCPI and Xtools bundle contains the following RPM packages:
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