Platform Cluster : Index

Platform HPC

• Topics below include information based on 2.0, 2.0.1 and 3.0

Users

• Add Users

Compute, Login & Unmanaged Nodes

• Install Login Node in PCM
• Change Master Public IP Address
• Add Hosts
• Delete Hosts
• Re-provision Node After Motherboard Replacement
• Associate Node Group with Multiple OS Update kits
• Add Unmanaged Hosts
• Force PXEBoot
• Cross provision Centos on compute nodes (form RHEL headnode)

Tools & Software

• VNC through PMC VncViewer.jar
• Using PDSH

Web Interface

• Enabling https access for the PCM GUI
• Online resizing of the users' HOME and /(ROOT) directories
• Assign Nodes to Rack in PCM Web GUI

Licences

• License Expire Alert - PCM 3.0
• Setup redundant license servers in PCM 2.1

Packages & Repos

• Add Packages
• Scripting the Addition of Packages
• Change a repository name
• PCM Repo Updates

Networks and Interfaces

• Change DNS on headnode
• Add IPMI Network
• Add IPoIB Network

Jobs and Queues

• Max Job ID
• Re-open Closed Queue

Other Useful Information

• Using Cron
• Configuring SNMP Vendor MIBs
• snmpd: messages in /var/log/messages
• Dual Boot Windows 2008 R2
• Login Node IPTABLES
• Platform Kusu DB
• Post Installation Custom Scripts
• Diskless CUDA Installation
• Permissions in CFM
• Setup HPC HA (Platform HPC 3.0)
• Remote Visualisation
• Unmount Home Directory
• Green Data Centre Daemons - gdd
• Backup
• Delete Postgres Archive
• Stop OFED From Compiling at Boot Up

Install Intel Runtime and Intel Cluster Ready Without Platform Kits

• Intel Runtime and ICR

Working with Kits

• Add Kits
• build.kit Example File
• Intel Cluster Ready Kit
• Remove Kits

LSF Topics

• LSF Commands
• Job Information
• Take LSF Node Offline
• LSF Logs
• Setup Email with Postfix
• Setup an Interactive Queue
• Specifying Resources for Nodes
• Resource Allocation Limits
• Limit Jobs for Users
• Runtime Resource Usage Limits
• MPI Job Placement
• BSUB Job Submission
• Using esub scripts
• Scheduling Speed
• Monthly Report for User Usage
• PCM 2.0.1 Cfmsync -f restarts LSF - Disable
• Setup Application Profiles
• Patching LSF
• RUNLIMIT Bug - Patching LSF
• Using egroup in LSF
• Job Group Limits
• Absolute Priority Scheduling
• Calculating Fairshare - bhpart
• LSF Multicluster
• LSF Matlab ELIM
• Preemptable Low Priority Queue
• Enable Processor Binding for Jobs

Platform MPI

• Platform MPI General
• MPICH2 Under PCM

Platform MISC Debugging

• Debug Command
• PCM Mysql Table Repair
• Cannot connect to LSF. Please wait...
• bhosts reports nodes as down
• PMC Data source initialize failed...
• PMC/PAC Failed to connect to database server
• Check LSF Variables Set
• Check hopen hclose history
• Tftpboot files zero size
• Dynamically enabling higher debugging levels
• Debug SSUSP Suspended Jobs
• addhost -u not running badmin reconfig

Platform Patches

• Adaptec 5805 raid disk not detected

Rock vs Platform Commands

• Rocks vs Platform

NEEDS UPDATING

• VNC Access on headnode
• Install CUDA 4.x on PCM 2.0.1/2.1
• Register License
• Create Repo for Applications
• Platform Automated Shutdown Scripts
• BLCR Integration
• Build New Kit

• Enable X11 on Compute Nodes
• X11 Forwarding for compute nodes