SGI® ICE™ X Installation and Configuration Guide
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SGI® ICE™ X Installation and Configuration Guide
Document Number: 007-5917-003
Front Matter
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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List of Procedures
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Table of Contents
New Features
About This Guide
Related Publications
Obtaining Publications
Conventions
Reader Comments
1.
SGI ICE X System Software Overview
SGI ICE X System Component Overview
SGI ICE X Networks
2.
Customizing a Factory-installed SGI ICE X System
About Customizing a Factory-installed SGI ICE X System
Obtaining Information
Changing the Password and Specifying Network Information
Completing the Customization
Pushing Changes to the Compute Nodes
Configuring Additional Features
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Installing and Configuring an SGI ICE X System
About Performing a New Installation and Configuring the Software on an SGI ICE X System
Planning the Boot Slots and the Disk Partitions
Preparing to Install Software on an SGI ICE X System
(Conditional) Setting a Static IP Address for the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in the System Admin Node (SAC)
(Optional) Configuring a Highly Available System Admin Controller (SAC) or a Highly Available Rack Leader Controller (RLC)
Booting the System
Configuring the Operating System on the System Admin Controller (SAC) Node
Running the Cluster Configuration Tool
(Conditional) Configuring External Domain Name Service (DNS) Servers
(Optional) Configuring the Intel Data Center Manager (DCM) Software Development Kit (SDK)
Synchronizing the Software Repository, Installing Software Updates, and Cloning the Images
(Conditional) Downloading the Intel Manycore Platform Software Stack (MPSS) Software and Creating Images
Configuring the Switches
Configuring the Rack Leader Controllers (RLCs) and Service Nodes with the discover Command
(Optional) Configuring a Backup Domain Name Service (DNS) Server
Configuring the InfiniBand Subnetworks
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Configuring Additional Features
Enabling Hardware Event Tracker (HET) Notifications
CPU Frequency Scaling
Installing MPI on a Running SGI ICE X System
Troubleshooting Configuration Changes
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Troubleshooting
About Troubleshooting
Using the switchconfig Command
Repairing a Broken DCM Enablement
Compute Nodes Are Taking Too Long To Boot
Verify the Bonding Mode on the Rack Leader Controller (RLC)
cimage --push-rack Pushes Too Many (or Too Few) Expansions
Cannot ping the CMCs from the Rack Leader Controller (RLC)
Restarting the blademond Daemon
Log Files
CMC slot_map / blademond Debugging Hints
Resolving CMC Slot Map Ordering Issues
In tmpfs Mode, File Has Date in the Future Warnings
Ensuring Hardware Clock Has the Correct Time
Troubleshooting a Rack Leader Controller (RLC) With Misconfigured Switch Information
Switch Wiring Rules
System Admin Controller (SAC) eth2 Link in the Bond is Down
Installing SGI Tempo Versions Older than 2.9.0
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YaST2 Navigation
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Subnetwork Information
About the SCI ICE X Subnetworks
VLAN Ethernet Network Configurations
SGI ICE X IP Address Ranges and VLANs for Management and Application Software
SGI ICE X Subnetworks for Systems That Include MIC Devices
Component Naming Conventions
System Control Configuration
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MCell Network IP Addresses
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Legacy Partition Layout Information
About the Legacy Partition Layout
Legacy Partition Layout for a One-slot SGI ICE X System
Legacy Partition Layout for a Two-slot SGI ICE X System
Legacy Partition Layout for a Five-slot SGI ICE X System
Index