Intel® Cluster Ready Reference_Implementation_S3000PT-ICR1.1-POCS-RH4-C1-Release Notes

Document Number: 320600-001US

Overview
What's New
Known Limitations
Version History
Technical Support
Disclaimer and Legal Information

Overview

Intel® Cluster Ready - Reference Implementation, S3000PT-ICR1.1-POCS-RH4-C1 version 1.1, Gold

Product Contents

Product	Description
Reference Implementation Recipe, S3000PT-ICR1.1-POCS-RH4-C1	Cluster Frontend and Compute nodes installation instructions
Intel® Cluster Checker XML configuration file	Defines Intel® Cluster Checker tests modules configuration options
Frontend node checksums validation file	Contains the checksums of the Frontend node files. To be used by Intel® Cluster Checker copy_exactly test module
Compute nodes checksums validation file	Contains the checksums of the compute nodes files. To be used by Intel® Cluster Checker copy_exactly test module

Ingredients (Bill of Materials)

These are components used in the Reference Implementation Recipe. These components are note included in this package.

Software

Product	Version
Intel® Cluster Checker	1.2
Platform* OCS Base Roll	4.5.1
Platform* OCS Intel Cluster Runtime Roll	4.5.1
Platform* OCS Intel Cluster Checker Roll	4.5.1
32 bits Java* Runtime Environment 6u6.	1.6.0_06
64 bits Java* Runtime Environment 6u6.	1.6.0_06
Firefox*	2.0.0.15
Open Fabrics* Enterprise Distribution	1.3.1

Hardware

Product
Intel® Server Board S3000PT
Evercase* Server Chassis R913-PTS
4x 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300
250Gb SATA Hard Disk Drive
Infiniband* Host Channel Adapter and C4X4-2M cable
Gigabit Ethernet Switch
4x DDR Infiniband Switch
KVM over IP Solution
External USB DVD Drive

Related Products and Services

Refer to Intel® Cluster Ready website for information of the program.

Some of the related products include:

The Intel® Cluster Checker simplifies the task of checking and validating Intel® Cluster Ready certified clusters. Intel® Cluster Checker addresses the needs of cluster builders, programmers, and users by assessing a cluster's construction, configuration, and performance.
The Intel® Cluster Tools including the The Intel® Cluster Toolkit for Linux*, the Intel® MPI Library for Linux*, the Intel® Trace Analyzer and Collector for Linux*, the Intel® Math Kernel Library for Windows* and Linux* help to create, analyze, and optimize high-performance applications on clusters of Intel® processor-based systems.

What's New

New Features

The recipe is fully functional and compliant with the Intel® Cluster Ready Specification version 1.1 and was certified with Intel® Cluster Checker version 1.2.
The certification was performed on a scale out of 32 compute nodes in addition to the head node.
Checksums for each software component included.
Instructions to compile, install and configure OFED version 1.3.1 package.

New Components

Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 4 Update 5
Platform* OCS Base Roll and OCS Intel Cluster Runtime version 4.5.1
BIOS version 47
Firefox* version 2.0.0.15
Intel® Cluster Checker 1.2

Resolved Issues

N/A

Known Limitations

The OFED 1.3.1 package has a known issue in which a harmless warning is displayed when installing the kernel-ib package. This warning is caused by a missing dependency against the pci-utils package used to locate available ports on the Infiniband devices.

Version History

Ver 1.0 07-2008

Reference implementation creation
Compliant with Intel Cluster Ready Specification 1.0
Certified with Intel® Cluster Checker Ver 1.1.
Components:

Ver 4.4.0-0, 32 and 64 bits Java* Runtime Environment 6u6 Ver 1.6.0_02, Firefox* Ver 2.0.0.3, BIOS Ver 41, Open Fabrics* Enterprise Distribution Ver 1.2.5

Technical Support

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The registration process is the following:

Intel® Cluster Ready Partner Program Sign-Up
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Your registration log-in should apply to the Intel® Premier Support as well.

The hardware product support web site, http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s3000pt/, provides top technical issues, frequently asked questions, product documentation, and product errata.

Submitting Issues

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On the "Product Name" scroll-down select "Intel (R) Cluster Ready"
Fill all the requested data of the issue and click on the "Submit Issue" button.

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