HP XC System 2.x Software manual HP XC Information, Linux Administration Handbook

•Chapter 9 describes how to use MLIB on the HP XC system.

•Appendix A provides examples of HP XC applications.

•The Glossary provides definitions of the terms used in this manual.

HP XC Information

The HP XC System Software Documentation Set includes the following core documents. All XC documents, except the HP XC System Software Release Notes, are shipped on the XC documentation CD. All XC documents, including the HP XC System Software Release Notes, are available on line at the following URL:

http://www.hp.com/techservers/clusters/xc_clusters.html

HP XC System Software Release Notes	Contains important, last-minute information about
	firmware, software, or hardware that might affect your
	system. This document is only available on line.
HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide	Describes tasks specific to HP XC that are required to
	prepare each supported cluster platform for installation
	and configuration, including the specific placement of
	nodes in the switches.
HP XC System Software Installation Guide	Provides step-by-step instructions for installing the HP
	XC System Software on the head node and configuring
	the system.

HP XC System Software Administration Guide

Provides an overview of the HP XC system administration environment and describes cluster administration tasks, node maintenance tasks, LSF® administration tasks, and troubleshooting procedures.

HP XC System Software User’s Guide	Provides an overview of managing the HP XC user
	environment with modules, managing jobs with LSF,
	and how to build, run, debug, and troubleshoot serial
	and parallel applications on an HP XC system.

The following documents are also provided by HP for use with your HP XC system:

Linux Administration Handbook

A third-party Linux reference manual, Linux Administration Handbook, is shipped with the HP XC System Software Documentation Set. This manual was authored by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, et al (NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002).

QuickSpecs for HP XC System Software

Provides a product overview, hardware requirements, software requirements, software licensing information, ordering information, and information about commercially available software that has been qualified to interoperate with the HP XC System Software.

The QuickSpecs are located at the following URL:

http://www.hp.com/techservers/clusters/xc_clusters.html

HP XC Program Development Environment

The following URL provides pointers to tools that have been tested in the HP XC program development environment (for example, TotalView® and other debuggers, compilers, and so on):

ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/xc/pde/index.html

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