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

Table of Contents
About This Document.......................................................................................................15
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................15
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................15
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................15
HP XC and Related HP Products Information.....................................................................................16
Related Information..............................................................................................................................17
Manpages..............................................................................................................................................20
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................21
1 Overview of the User Environment.............................................................................23
1.1 System Architecture........................................................................................................................23
1.1.1 HP XC System Software..........................................................................................................23
1.1.2 Operating System....................................................................................................................23
1.1.3 Node Platforms.......................................................................................................................23
1.1.4 Node Specialization.................................................................................................................24
1.1.5 Storage and I/O........................................................................................................................25
1.1.6 File System...............................................................................................................................25
1.1.7 System Interconnect Network.................................................................................................26
1.1.8 Network Address Translation (NAT)......................................................................................27
1.2 Determining System Configuration Information............................................................................27
1.3 User Environment...........................................................................................................................27
1.3.1 LVS...........................................................................................................................................27
1.3.2 Modules...................................................................................................................................27
1.3.3 Commands..............................................................................................................................28
1.4 Application Development Environment.........................................................................................28
1.4.1 Parallel Applications...............................................................................................................28
1.4.2 Serial Applications..................................................................................................................29
1.5 Run-Time Environment...................................................................................................................29
1.5.1 SLURM....................................................................................................................................29
1.5.2 Load Sharing Facility (LSF-HPC)............................................................................................29
1.5.3 Standard LSF...........................................................................................................................30
1.5.4 How LSF-HPC and SLURM Interact.......................................................................................30
1.5.5 HP-MPI....................................................................................................................................30
1.6 Components, Tools, Compilers, Libraries, and Debuggers............................................................31
2 Using the System..........................................................................................................33
2.1 Logging In to the System.................................................................................................................33
2.1.1 LVS Login Routing..................................................................................................................33
2.1.2 Using the Secure Shell to Log In.............................................................................................33
2.2 Overview of Launching and Managing Jobs..................................................................................33
2.2.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................34
2.2.2 Getting Information About Queues........................................................................................34
2.2.3 Getting Information About Resources....................................................................................34
2.2.4 Getting Information About System Partitions........................................................................35
2.2.5 Launching Jobs........................................................................................................................35
2.2.6 Getting Information About Your Jobs.....................................................................................35
2.2.7 Stopping and Suspending Jobs...............................................................................................35
2.2.8 Resuming Suspended Jobs......................................................................................................35
2.3 Performing Other Common User Tasks..........................................................................................35
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