® ®
The Altix XE Cluster Administration course provides knowledge and practice in basic cluster administration areas such as IPMI configuration, Scali Manage software installation and configuration, PBSPro Installation, configuration and job submittal, Voltaire software installation and configuration and cluster monitoring and troubleshooting using Scali Manage tools and Performance Co-Pilot tools.
Topics Covered
- Altix XE hardware overview
- IPMI configuration
- Scali Manage install and configuration
- Cluster configuration using Scali tools
- Cluster imaging using Scali Manage
- Cluster monitoring using Scali Manage
- Scali MPI
- PBSPro installation and overview
- PBS for administrators
- PBS for users
- Voltaire Infiniband software install
- Voltaire overview
- Voltaire MPI
- Intel MPI
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Use the ipmi tools to setup for cluster imaging
- Setup Serial Over Lan for console access and power control
- Install Scali Manage
- Configure a cluster using the Scali Manage tools
- Image compute nodes with Scali Manage
- Monitor a running cluster with Scali Manage
- Configure Scali MPI
- Install and setup PBSPro
- Configure PBS queue structures
- Administer PBS queue structures
- Submit batch jobs with PBSPro
- Install Voltaire Infiniband software
- Configure Voltaire MPI
- Configure Intel MPI
- Run MPI application across the cluster
Target Audience
- Experienced Linux system administrators
- Experienced Linux users who must maintain their own systems
Prerequisites
- Altix System Administration I and II (SuSE)
- Linux Network Administration
Class Hours
Class starts at 9:00 AM. The course dates and times will be included in the confirmation notice you receive from SGI after you register.
