This document discusses Linux Advanced Cluster Environment (ACE) release 1.4 running on SGI 1400 and SGI 1200 systems. It assumes that the Linux operating system (SuSE 6.4, Red Hat 6.2, or TurboLinux 6.0/6.02) has already been installed on the systems in your cluster. This release also supports SGI ProPack for Linux version 1.4; by using SGI ProPack, you can avoid rebuilding the kernel for use with some products.
This document explains how to perform configuration, installation, and administrative tasks specific to Linux ACE.
The following documents and Web sites contain additional information that may be helpful:
ACE Web Site: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ace
ACE man pages:
aceinfo(1), which displays information about the ACE environment
cping(1), which performs a cluster-wide ping
crsh(1), which executes a command on all nodes in the cluster
confidence(1), which tests that the cluster has basic PBS and MPICH functionality.
creboot(8), which reboots all nodes in the cluster
chalt(8), which halts all nodes in the cluster
uninstallace(8), which removes ACE software from the cluster
SGI ProPack:
SGI ProPack site: http://support.sgi.com/linux/index.html
SGI ProPack 1.4 for Linux Start Here
General Linux Clusters:
How to Build a Beowulf: A Guide to the Implementation and Application of PC Clusters. Thomas L. Sterling, John Salmon, Donald J. Becker, Daniel F. Savarese. ISBN: 026269218X.
How to Build a Beowulf: a Tutorial http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/beowulf/tutorial/tutorial.html
Beowulf Installation and Administration HOWTO http://buweb.parl.clemson.edu/doc_project/BIAA-HOWTO/Beowulf-Installation-and-Administration-HOWTO.html
Portable Batch System (PBS):
PBS Web site: http://www.openpbs.org
PBS Administrator's Guide on the installed ACE system in /usr/doc/OpenPBS-version/pbs_admin_guide.pdf (and .ps)
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) (orderable through SGI):
PCP open source Web site: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/pcp
PCP product web page: http://www.sgi.com/software/co-pilot
Manuals available from the SGI online Technical Publications Library http://techpubs.sgi.com/:
Performance Co-Pilot User's and Administrator's Guide
Performance Co-Pilot Programmer's Guide
Ethernet MPICH:
/usr/doc/mpich-version/install.ps.gz for the Installation Guide for mpich, a Portable Implementation of MPI
/usr/doc/mpich-version/guide.ps.gz for the User's Guide for mpich, a Portable Implementation of MPI
/usr/doc/mpich-version/index.html for online help
MPICH home page: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich
Myricom GM MPICH:
/usr/doc/mpich-version/install.ps.gz for the Installation Guide for mpich, a Portable Implementation of MPI
/usr/doc/mpich/version/guide.ps.gz for the User's Guide for mpich, a Portable Implementation of MPI
/usr/doc/mpich/version/www/index.hmlt for online help
Myricom home page: http://www.myri.com/
SGI SystemImager:
SGI SystemImager Software Installation and Administration Guideavailable from the SGI online Technical Publications Library http://techpubs.sgi.com/
The SGI SystemImager tool is based on the VA SystemImager product. For more information on VA SystemImager, see the following site:
http://www.systemimager.org/
Documentation in the /mnt/cdrom/doc/sgi/ace-extras directory on the CD and (after installation) in /usr/share/doc/ace-extras/sgi-SystemImager-version/SIGUI_AG directory
Digi International: http://www.digi.com/
Comtrol: http://www.comtrol.com
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