SGI Management Center Administration - on SGI UV Systems

Languages: English | Available as: Classroom, Virtual
Course Length: 3.0 days

This course provides system administrators with knowledge and practice in basic SGI Altix UV SMC administration areas, including: installing and configuring the software; building payloads, kernels, and images for Altix UV SSI systems; monitoring the system environment; setting up SLES software repositories; and performing system updates. (This course includes lab access to SGI Altix XE based SMNs and partitioned SGI Altix UV systems.)

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Skills Addressed

Describe the UV/SMN network connections
Explain SGI Management Center cluster terminology
Install SGI Management Center on the SMN
Configure the SMN
Define/build a payload
Define/build a kernel
Defind/build and modify an image
Use command line tools to control power on nodes of the cluster
Use command line tools to connect to a node's serial console
Provision a node
Manage images
Monitor the system with SGI Management Center
Update your system using Novell's Subscription Management Tool (SMT)

Target Audience

Experienced Linux System Administrators
Experienced Linux users who must maintain their own systems

Prerequisites

Training and experience administering a Linux system
Completion of SGI Altix UV System Administration I or SGI UV Hardware Maintenance course
Completion of the following courses is highly recommended: SGI Linux System Administration, SGI Linux Network Administration