About this document, 1 intended audience, 2 new and changed information in this edition – HP XC System 3.x Software User Manual
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About This Document
This document provides information about using the features and functions of the HP XC System Software.
It describes how the HP XC user and programming environments differ from standard Linux® system
environments. In addition, this manual focuses on building and running applications in the HP XC
environment and is intended to guide an application developer to take maximum advantage of HP XC
features and functions by providing an understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the HP XC
programming environment.
An HP XC system is integrated with several open source software components. Some open source software
components are being used for underlying technology, and their deployment is transparent. Some open
source software components require user-level documentation specific to HP XC systems, and that kind
of information is included in this document, if required.
HP relies on the documentation provided by the open source developers to supply the information you
need to use their product. For links to open source software documentation for products that are integrated
with the HP XC system, see
“Supplementary Software Products” (page 15)
.
Documentation for third-party hardware and software components that are supported on the HP XC
system is supplied by the third-party vendor. However, information about the operation of third-party
software is included in this document if the functionality of the third-party component differs from standard
behavior when used in the XC environment. In this case, HP XC documentation supersedes information
supplied by the third-party vendor. For links to related third-party Web sites, see
.
Standard Linux® administrative tasks or the functions provided by standard Linux tools and commands
are documented in commercially available Linux reference manuals and on various Web sites. For more
information about obtaining documentation for standard Linux administrative tasks and associated topics,
see the list of Web sites and additional publications provided in
“Related Software Products and Additional
.
1 Intended Audience
This document is intended for experienced Linux users who run applications developed by others, and
for experienced system or application developers who develop, build, and run application code on an HP
XC system.
This document assumes that the user understands, and has experience with, multiprocessor systems and
the Message Passing Interface (MPI), and is familiar with HP XC architecture and concepts.
2 New and Changed Information in This Edition
•
Table 1–1 was expanded to identify HP CP300BL BladeSystems.
•
Information on the HP Message Passing Interface (HP-MPI), including a section on using the Intel
Trace Collector and Analyzer on HP XC systems, has been added.
•
A new chapter, Monitoring Node Activity, appears in this edition.
•
The chapter on using LSF-HPC was reorganized for ease of use.
•
A new section on MPICH, the portable implementation of the message passing interface, has been
added.
3 Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions:
%
, $, or #
A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign
represents the system prompt for the Korn, POSIX, and Bourne shells. A
number sign represents the superuser prompt.
audit(5)
A manpage. The manpage name is audit, and it is located in Section 5.
Command
A command name or qualified command phrase.
Computer output
Text displayed by the computer.
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