Cluster Manager Administration (Platform Manager on SGI Altix XE)

Topics Covered

• Altix XE hardware overview
• IPMI configuration
• Platform Manager install and configuration
• Cluster configuration using Scali tools
• Cluster imaging using Platform Manager
• Cluster monitoring using Platform Manager
• Scali MPI
• PBSPro installation and overview
• PBS for administrators
• PBS for users
• PBS scheduler and queue structures
• Voltaire Infiniband software install
• Voltaire overview
• Voltaire MPI
• Intel MPI

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Use the ipmi tools to setup for cluster imaging
• Setup Serial Over Lan for console access and power control
• Install Platform Manager
• Configure a cluster using the Platform Manager tools
• Image compute nodes with Platform Manager
• Monitor a running cluster with Platform Manager
• Configure Scali MPI
• Install and setup PBSPro
• Configure PBS queue structures
• Administer PBS queue structures
• Submit batch jobs with PBSPro
• Install Voltaire Infiniband software
• Configure Voltaire MPI
• Configure Intel MPI
• Run MPI application across the cluster

Target Audience

• Experienced Linux system administrators
• Experienced Linux users who must maintain their own systems

Prerequisites

• Altix System Administration I and Altix System Administration II (SuSE)
• Linux Network Administration