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HP CMU

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Overview

HP CMU is an efficient and robust tool for the management of Linux-based nodes in HPC clusters and compute farms.  A simple graphic interface enables centralized console management, monitoring of cluster-wide and node-specific metrics, and software installation.  CMU enables rapid provisioning and management of multiple images, making it ideal for a site with frequent changes to the software configuration across the cluster or on a subset of the cluster.  

CMU is highly flexible, and is being used to deploy a range of software environments, from simple compute farms to highly customized, application-specific configurations.  CMU is available for HP ProLiant and Integrity servers and HP BladeSystems, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Novell SUSE Linux operating systems.

Features

  • Initial configuration support
    • Automatic registration of nodes, with network parameters, in the HP CMU database

  • A robust cloning utility that remotely performs the full compute node installation by system image propagation.
    • For the first installation or for future updates, the cluster administrator has the capability to propagate a system configuration image to all or a part of the compute nodes in the cluster.

  • A scalable and customizable monitoring tool
    • At a glance, a system manager can see the complete behaviour of the cluster or part of it without to painfully analyze the performance of the individual compute nodes. Sensors can be easily defined.
    • monitors enable rapid drill down and understanding of cluster performance and system health
    • summarizes the states of all the nodes and a summary per group
    • displays customizable information and alerts on all the nodes of the cluster

  • A graphic user interface for system administration
    • From HP CMU you can administrate your cluster (eg: halt, boot reboot, power off, broadcast commands from a single keyboard session Interfaces),

  • A command line interface option for day-to-day system administration, with support for scripting
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