Contents

 

1 Varieties of Cluster Test

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CT Image

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CT Image using a network

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RPM

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2 The Cluster Test GUI

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Starting Cluster Test

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Files generated by Cluster Test

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Running cluster tests

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Configuration settings

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Running tests in a batch

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Using scripts to run tests

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Test descriptions

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Monitoring tests and viewing results

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The nodes monitoring window

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The test output window

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Performance analysis

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Test report

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Checking the InfiniBand fabric

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The Cluster Test toolbar menus

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3 The accelerator test GUI

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Starting accelerator tests

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Files generated by accelerator test

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Running accelerator tests

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4 Cluster Test procedure as recommended by HP

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Additional software

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Configuring Cluster Test when using RPM

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Accelerator test procedure

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The Cluster Test procedure

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5 The performance monitor

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The performance monitor utility

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The xperf utility

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6 Cluster Test tools

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Hardware Inventory

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Firmware Summary

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Server health check

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Excluding the head node from tests

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Disk Scrubber

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7 Running tests in parallel

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8 Creating and changing per node files

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An example per-node directory

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An example cloned per-node directory

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9 NFS performance tuning

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10 Troubleshooting

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Detecting new hardware

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Troubleshooting Cluster Test

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11 Support and other resources

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Scope of this document

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