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Compaq AlphaServer SC RMS
Reference Manual
Quadrics Supercomputers World Ltd.
Document Version 7 - June 22nd 2001 - AA-RLAZB-TE
Contents
Main
Document Revision History
Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Introduction
1.1 Scope of Manual
1.2 Audience
1.3 Using this Manual
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1.4 Related Information
1.5 Location of Online Documentation
1.6 Readers Comments
1.7 Conventions
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Overview of RMS
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The System Architecture
2.2.1 Nodes
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2.3 The Role of the RMS
2.3.1 The Structure of the RMS
2.3.2 The RMS Daemons
2.3.3 The RMS Commands
2.3.4 The RMS Database
2.4 RMS Management Functions
2.4.1 Allocating Resources
Parallel
2.4.2 Scheduling
16Nodes
4CPUs
2.4.3 Access Control and Accounting
2.4.4 RMS Conguration
Parallel Programs Under RMS
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Resource Requests
3.3 Loading and Running Programs
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RMS Daemons
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Startup
4.1.2 Log Files
4.1.3 Daemon Status
4.2 The Database Manager
4.3 The Machine Manager
4.3.1 Interaction with the Database
4.4 The Partition Manager
4.4.1 Partition Startup
4.4.2 Interaction with the Database
4.5 The Switch Network Manager
4.5.1 Interaction with the Database
4.6 The Transaction Log Manager
4.6.1 Interaction with the Database
4.7 The Event Manager
4.7.1 Interaction with the Database
4.8 The Process Manager
4.8.1 Interaction with the Database
4.9 The RMS Daemon
4.9.1 Interaction with the Database
RMS Commands
5.1 Introduction
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
WARNINGS
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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WARNINGS
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rmsctl(1)
Tostart the RMS system, use rmsctl as follows:
Toshow the status of the RMS system, use rmsctl as follows:
rcontrol 5-38 RMS Commands
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Access Control, Usage Limits and Accounting
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Users and Projects
6.3 Access Controls
6.3.1 Access Controls Example
6.4 How Access Controls are Applied
6.4.1 Memory Limit Rules
6.4.2 Priority Rules
6.4.3 CPU Usage Limit Rules
6.5 Accounting
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RMS Scheduling
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Scheduling Policies
7.3 Scheduling Constraints
7.4 What Happens When a Request is Received
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7.4.1 Memory Limits
7.4.2 Swap Space
7.4.3 Time Slicing
7.4.4 Suspend and Resume
7.4.5 Idle Time
Event Handling
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 Posting Events
8.1.2 Waiting on Events
8.2 Event Handling
8.3 List of Events Generated
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8.3.1 Extending the RMS Event Handling Mechanism
Setting up RMS
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Installation Planning
9.2.1 Node Names
9.3 Setting up RMS
9.3.1 Starting RMS
9.3.2 Initial Setup with One Partition
9.3.3 Simple Day/Night Setup
9.4 Day-to-Day Operation
9.4.1 Periodic Shift Changes
9.4.2 Backing Up the Database
9.4.3 Summarizing Accounting Data
9.4.4 Archiving Data
9.4.5 Database Maintenance
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9.4.6 Conguring Nodes Out
9.5 Local Customization of RMS
9.5.1 Partition Startup
9.5.2 Core File Handling
9.5.3 Event Handling
9.5.4 Switch Manager Conguration
9.6 Log Files
The RMS Database
10.1 Introduction
10.1.1 General Information about the Tables
10.1.2 Access to the Database
10.1.3 Categories of Table
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10.2 Listing of Tables
10.2.1 The Access Controls Table
10.2.2 The Accounting Statistics Table
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10.2.3 The Attributes Table
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10.2.4 The Elans Table
10.2.5 The Elites Table
10.2.6 The Events Table
10.2.7 The Event Handlers Table
10.2.8 The Fields Table
10.2.9 The Installed Components Table
10.2.10 The Jobs Table
10.2.11 The Link Errors Table
10.2.12 The Modules Table
10.2.13 The Module Types Table
10.2.14 The Nodes Table
10.2.15 The Node Statistics Table
10.2.16 The Partitions Table
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10.2.17 The Projects Table
10.2.18 The Resources Table
10.2.19 The Servers Table
10.2.20 The Services Table
10.2.21 The Software Products Table
10.2.22 The Switch Boards Table
10.2.23 The Transactions Table
10.2.24 The Users Table
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Compaq AlphaServer SC Interconnect Terms
A.1 Introduction
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A.2 Link States
A.3 Link Errors
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RMS Status Values
B.1 Overview
B.2 Generic Status Values
B.3 Job Status Values
B.4 Link Status Values
B.5 Module Status Values
B.6 Node Status Values
B.7 Partition Status Values
B.8 Resource Status Values
B.9 Transaction Status Values
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RMS Kernel Module
C.1 Introduction
C.2 Capabilities
C.3 System Call Interface
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RMS Application Interface
D.1 Introduction
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Accounting Summary Script
E.1 Introduction
E.2 Command Line Interface
E.3 Example Output
E.4 Listing of the Script
Accounting Summary Script E-3
E-4 Accounting Summary Script
Accounting Summary Script E-5
E-6 Accounting Summary Script
Accounting Summary Script E-7
E-8 Accounting Summary Script
Glossary
Abbreviations
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Terms
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Index
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