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Abstract
This IBM Redbook is intended as a problem determination guide for system administrators in a High Performance Computing environment. It can help you find a solution to issues that you encounter on your IBM eServer Blue Gene system.
This redbook includes a problem determination methodology along with the problem determination tools that are available with the basic IBM eServer Blue Gene Solution. It also discusses additional software components that are required for integrating your Blue Gene system in a complex computing environment.
This redbook also describes a GPFS installation procedure that we used in our test environment and several scenarios that describe possible issues and their resolution that we developed following the proposed problem determination methodology.
Finally, this redbook includes a short introduction about to how to integrate your Blue Gene system in a High Performance Computing environment managed by IBM Cluster Systems Management as well as an introduction to how you can use secure shell in such an environment.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Problem determination methodology
Chapter 3. Problem determination tools
Chapter 4. Running jobs
Chapter 5. File systems
Chapter 6. Scenarios
Chapter 7. Additional topics
Appendix A. Installing and setting up LoadLeveler for Blue Gene/L
Appendix B. The sitefs file
Appendix C. The ionode.README file