Introduction

The Intel® MPI Library can be installed on a Microsoft* Windows* HPC Server 2008 or Microsoft* Windows* HPC Server 2008 R2 based cluster using node templates to simplify the installation process.

Procedure

1. Open "HPC Cluster Manager", go to "Configuration", and select "Node Templates"
   
   

    

2. Create a new node template by clicking "New..." in the "Node Template Actions" configuration panel.
3. On the second screen of the wizard, select the required deployment type (with or without the operating system).
4. Add any required or desired updates.
5. On the review screen, click "Create".
6. After the new node template is created, select it in the Node Templates and click "Edit..."
7. Add three Maintenance tasks as shown below:
   
   
   
   

   Task #	Description	Command
   1	Create local folder for license file	cmd /C md "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Intel\Licenses"
   2	Copy license file	cmd /C copy <path_to_I_MPI_license_file> "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Intel\Licenses"
   3	Install Intel® MPI Library	<path_to_I_MPI_installer> --silent -a install --eula=accept

    

   The I_MPI license file and installer should be in a shared location visible to the new node.
8. After all of the new Maintenance tasks are entered, click "Save"
9. Assign the node template to all required compute nodes

Notes:

1. If you are using the Intel® MPI Library Runtime Environment, rather than the full SDK, only the third Maintenance task is needed.
2. If a FlexLM* license server will be used instead of the license file, replace the first two Maintenance tasks with a single task:
   
   

   Description	Command
   Add license server to environment	setx -m INTEL_LICENSE_FILE port@host;%INTEL_LICENSE_FILE%