HP XC System 3.x Software - Manual (Page 6)

Using Labels with mpirun and Other Distribution Utilities..........................................................69
Collecting Data on Multiple Nodes......................................................................................................70
Consolidating and Synchronizing Data..........................................................................................70
Selecting Output Data for Specific Systems....................................................................................70
Example Using HP-LSF, SLURM, and MPI.....................................................................................70
Creating the Common HPCPI Directory and Epoch.................................................................70
Submitting the Job......................................................................................................................71
prolog File..................................................................................................................................71
epilog File...................................................................................................................................72
Collecting Data on One Node...............................................................................................................73
Starting a Distribution Utility from hpcpictl label.................................................................73
7 Using Xtools..................................................................................................................75
Xtools Overview....................................................................................................................................76
Using xclus and xcxclus..................................................................................................................76
Starting xclus and xcxclus...............................................................................................................78
Step 1: Setting Up the Xtools Environment.....................................................................................78
Step 2: Setting the DISPLAY Environment Variable........................................................................78
Step 3: Starting xclus or xcxclus................................................................................................78
Starting xclus...........................................................................................................................78
Specifying Nodes with xclus..............................................................................................78
Starting xcxclus.......................................................................................................................78
Specifying Nodes with xcxclus.........................................................................................79
Specifying Nodes for xclus or xcxclus.................................................................................79
Specifying Nodes with -nodes............................................................................................79
Creating a Cluster File..........................................................................................................79
Viewing xclus and xcxclus Displays...............................................................................................81
Viewing xclus (Enhanced) Itanium Icons.....................................................................................82
Viewing xclus (Enhanced) Single-Core and Dual-Core AMD Opteron Node Icons...................83
Viewing xclus(Enhanced) Native Quad-Core AMD Opteron Node Icons..................................84
Viewing xcxclus (Generic) Node Icons........................................................................................85
Showing Statistic Names and Descriptions.....................................................................................86
Showing Bandwidth or Utilization Rates........................................................................................86
Showing HyperTransport Data Statistics or Data and Control Statistics........................................86
Changing the Refresh Rate..............................................................................................................86
Hiding Statistic Values.....................................................................................................................86
Suspending the Display...................................................................................................................86
Modifying the Display Size and Layout..........................................................................................86
Using Enhanced (xclus) Menu Options........................................................................................87
Using Generic (xcxclus) Menu Options.......................................................................................87
Recording, Replaying, and Plotting xclus and xcxclus Data..........................................................89
Recording Data................................................................................................................................89
Suppressing the Display (-quiet)............................................................................................89
Replaying Data................................................................................................................................89
Plotting Data....................................................................................................................................89
Starting xperf or xcxperf from xclus or xcxclus........................................................................92
Viewing Grouped Nodes......................................................................................................................92
Viewing Individual Node Icons......................................................................................................92
Controlling Group Displays............................................................................................................92
Modifying the Parameters that Define a Group........................................................................92
Using xperf and xcxperf..................................................................................................................94
Starting xperf and xcxperf...............................................................................................................94
Viewing xperf and xcxperf Displays...............................................................................................95
Viewing Itanium xperf (Enhanced) Statistics...............................................................................96
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