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Cluster Manager Administration (Platform Manager on SGI Altix XE) Exam

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The SGI Cluster Manager Administration (Platform Manager on SGI Altix XE) accreditation exam tests an individual on topics covered in the SGI Cluster Manager Administration (Platform Manager on SGI Altix XE) course.  By successfully completing the exam an individual will earn the SGI Cluster Manager Administration (Platform Manager on SGI Altix XE) credential.

This is an On-Demand Course

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 Subject Matter Topics and Objectives

Topic:  SGI Altix XE Cluster Overview

Objectives:

  • What software components are in an XE cluster
  • What hardware components are with an XE cluster
  • Draw out your cluster used in the training lab including public and private NIC addresses
  • Draw out your cluster used in the training lab including InfiniBand ports and service connections

Topic:  SGI Altix XE Family Components and Configurations

Objectives:

  • Describe the basic components and features of the SGI Altix XE family of systems:  Intel based XE 210, XE 240, Supermicro based - XE 250, XE 310, XE 320
  • Describe Voltaire Switches
  • Describe BIOS Setup Window
  • Describe the layout of Gigabit and InfiniBand Layout

Topic:  Startup - ipmitool

Objectives:

  • Set up IPMI to control the BMC on each node
  • Use ipmitool to access BMC
  • Use ipmitool to get a system console
  • Configure BIOS for needed settings like PXE boot
  • Boot the system from prom

Topic:  Platform Manager Overview

Objectives:

  • Understand the overall Platform Manager architecture

Topic:  Platform Manager GUI

Objectives:

  • Understand the overall Platform Manager architecture

Topic:  Platform Manager CLI

Objectives:

  • Use the Platform Manager command line interface
  • Build Platform Manager packages to be included in the Platform repository

Topic:  Delete and Add Nodes

Objectives:

  • Delete a compute node
  • Add a new compute node

Topic:  InfiniBand Interconnect

Objectives:

  • Identify key IB features
  • Identify IB fabric components and functions
  • Understand basic diagnostics

Topic:  MPI

Objectives:

  • Install the SGI MPT environment
  • Install the Intel MPI environment and push to all nodes
  • Compile an SGI MPT and Intel MPI application
  • Run an SGI MPT and Intel MPI application
  • Know some basic environment variables that affect performance

Topic:  PBSPro Overview

Objectives:

  • List the major components of PBS
  • Define a head node and execution nodes
  • Describe what a queue is
  • Explain the difference between a routing queue and an execution queue

Topic:  Cluster Monitoring

Objectives:

  • Perspectives Used in Monitoring
  • Interconnect Monitoring
  • Monitoring Queue Status
  • Alarms
  • Reports