Red_Hat_HPC_Solution-5.3-Installation_Guide-en-US

RedHatHPCSolution5.3InstallationGuideCreating,managingandusinghighperformancecomputingclustersrunningRedHat®EnterpriseLinux.MarkBlackKailashSethuramanDanielRiekInstallationGuideRedHatHPCSolution5.3InstallationGuideCreating,managingandusinghighperformancecomputingclustersrunningRedHat®[e-mail][e-mail]@redhat.comCopyright©2008RedHatandCopyright©2008PlatformComputingInc.ThismaterialmayonlybedistributedsubjecttothetermsandconditionssetforthintheOpenPublicationLicense,V1.0orlaterwiththerestrictionsnotedbelow(thelatestversionoftheOPLispresentlyavailableat).Distributionofsubstantivelymodifiedversionsofthisdocumentisprohibitedwithouttheexplicitpermissionofthecopyrightholder.Distributionoftheworkorderivativeoftheworkinanystandard(paper)bookformforcommercialpurposesisprohibitedunlesspriorpermissionisobtainedfromthecopyrightholder.RedHatandtheRedHatShadowManlogoareregisteredtrademarksofRedHat,Inc.intheUnitedStatesandothercountries.Allothertrademarksreferencedhereinaret[e-mail]:CA2086862BD69DFC65F6ECC4219180CDDB42A60E1801VarsityDriveRaleigh,NC27606-2072USAPhone:[phone]Phone:[phone]Fax:[phone]POBox13588ResearchTrianglePark,NC27709USATheRedHatHPCSolutionisafullyintegratedsoftwarestackthatenablesthecreation,managementandusageofahighperformancecomputingclusterrunningRedHatEnterpriseLinux.iiiPrefacev1.DocumentConventions...................................................................................................v1.1.TypographicConventions......................................................................................v1.2.Pull-quoteConventions........................................................................................vi1.3.NotesandWarnings............................................................................................vii1.WhatistheRedHatHPCSolution12.InstallationPrerequisites33.InstallationProcedure53.1.RecommendedNetworkTopology.................................................................................53.2.StartingtheInstall........................................................................................................63.3.UpdatinganExistingInstallation...................................................................................74.UpdatingtheInstallerNodeandtheComputeNodeRepository115.InstallingAdditionalRedHatHPCKits136.ViewingAvailableRedHatHPCKits157.VerifyingtheRedHatHPCinstall178.AddingNodestotheCluster199.ManagingNodeGroups259.1.AddingRPMPackagesinRHELtoNodeGroups.........................................................259.2.AddingRPMPackagesnotinRHELtoNodeGroups...................................................269.3.AddingKitComponentstoNodeGroups.....................................................................2710.SynchronizingFilesintheCluster2911.NoteonABIStability3112.KnownIssues33A.RevisionHistory35ivvPreface1.DocumentConventionsThismanualusesseveralconventionstohighlightcertainwordsandphrasesanddrawattentiontospecificpiecesofinformation.InPDFandpapereditions,thismanualusestypefacesdrawnfromtheLiberationFonts1set.TheLiberationFontssetisalsousedinHTMLeditionsifthesetisinstalledonyoursystem.Ifnot,alternativebutequivalenttypefacesaredisplayed.Note:RedHatEnterpriseLinux5andlaterincludestheLiberationFontssetbydefault.1.1.TypographicConventionsFourtypographicconventionsareusedtocallattentiontospecificwordsandphrases.Theseconventions,andthecircumstancestheyapplyto,areasfollows.Mono-spacedBoldUsedtohighlightsysteminput,includingshellcommands,filenamesandpaths.Alsousedtohighlightkeycapsandkeycombinations.Forexample:Toseethecontentsofthefilemy_next_bestselling_novelinyourcurrentworkingdirectory,enterthecatmy_next_bestselling_novelcommandattheshellpromptandpressEntertoexecutethecommand.Theaboveincludesafilename,ashellcommandandakeycap,allpresentedinmono-spacedboldandalldistinguishablethankstocontext.Keycombinationscanbedistinguishedfromkeycapsbythehyphenconnectingeachpartofakeycombination.Forexample:PressEntertoexecutethecommand.PressCtrl+Alt+F2toswitchtothefirstvirtualterminal.PressCtrl+Alt+F1toreturntoyourX-Windowssession.Thefirstparagraphhighlightstheparticularkeycaptopress.Thesecondhighlightstwokeycombinations(eachasetofthreekeycapswitheachsetpressedsimultaneously).Ifsourcecodeisdiscussed,classnames,methods,functions,variablenamesandreturnedvaluesmentionedwithinaparagraphwillbepresentedasabove,inmono-spacedbold.Forexample:File-relatedclassesincludefilesystemforfilesystems,fileforfiles,anddirfordirectories.Eachclasshasitsownassociatedsetofpermissions.ProportionalBoldThisdenoteswordsorphrasesencounteredonasystem,includingapplicationnames;dialogboxtext;labeledbuttons;check-boxandradiobuttonlabels;menutitlesandsub-menutitles.Forexample:ChooseSystem→Preferences→MousefromthemainmenubartolaunchMousePreferences.IntheButtonstab,clicktheLeft-handed