Installing A Cluster
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Network configuration
Head nodes works as NAT for slave nodes
eth0 connects to outside world eth1 is internal
Internal network is 10.0.200.0/255.0.0.0
OS installation
Normal server Linux install with the following packages:
- ssh server
- tftpd-hpa
- dhcp3-server
- nfs-kernel-server
- debootstrap
Grab pxelinux from the web
Netbooting
Setting up dhcp
Edit /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf as follows:
dhcpd.conf - note comma between dns servers
Edit /etc/default/dhcp3-server
INTERFACES=eth1
This will avoid dhcp serving on the outside network!
service dhcp3-server start
Setting up tftp
Edit /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
RUN_DAEMON="yes" #had problems with inetd in the past OPTIONS="-l -a 10.0.200.1 -s /var/lib/tftpboot"
Setting up nfs
Testing
Scheduler installation
Install
- slurm-llnl
- slurm-llnl-slurmdbd
- slurm-llnl-doc