Preface

The Sun HPC ClusterTools Software Administrator's Guide explains how to configure and manage a cluster of one or more Sun trademark servers running the Sun Cluster Runtime Environment (CRE) job-management software. These instructions are designed for an experienced system administrator with networking knowledge.

Several distributed resource management packages can be used with Sun CRE to provide effective resource management and utilization accounting in conjunction with the Sun MPI parallel applications:

Sun Grid Engine SGE Version 5.3 and Sun Grid Engine Enterprise Edition SGEEE Version 5.3

Load Sharing Facility Version 4.x of Platform Computing

Portable Batch System (PBS) PBS Pro 5.x.x of Veridian

For information about these packages, see the documentation provided with each respective package.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.

See one or more of the following for this information:

Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

AnswerBook2 online documentation for the Solaris operating environment

Other software documentation that you received with your system

Typographic Conventions

Typeface`^[1]`	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

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Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Related Documentation

Application	Title	Part Number
Sun HPC ClusterTools software documentation	Read Me First: Guide to Sun HPC ClusterTools Software Documentation	817-0096-10
Sun HPC ClusterTools software	Sun HPC ClusterTools 5 Software Product Notes Sun HPC ClusterTools 5 Software Installation Guide Sun HPC ClusterTools 5 Software Performance Guide Sun HPC ClusterTools 5 Software User's Guide	817-0081-10 817-0082-10 817-0090-10 817-0084-10
Sun MPI programming	Sun MPI 6.0 Software Programming and Reference Guide	817-0085-10
Sun S3L software	Sun S3L 4.0 Software Programming Guide Sun S3L 4.0 Software Reference Manual	817-0086-10 817-0087-10
Prism graphical programming environment	Prism 7.0 Software User's Guide Prism 7.0 Software Reference Manual	817-0088-10 817-0089-10

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