Contents

Audience

LSF Suite 3.2

LSF Enterprise Edition

LSF Standard Edition

Related Documents

Online Documentation

Technical Assistance

LSF Products

Choosing Hosts for the Cluster

Client Hosts and Server Hosts

LSF Directory Structure

Choosing the Installation Directories

LSF Variables

LSF Distribution Files

Loading LSF on UNIX

Loading LSF on Windows NT

Disk Space Requirements

Installation Account and Privileges

LSF Administrator's Account

Platform-Specific Notes

Licensing Information

Getting a License Key

Backing Up the System Disk

Introduction

What the Default Installation Assumes

What You Will Do In This Section

Default Installation Procedures

Installing LSF Software for the Initial Host Type

Installing LSF Software for Additional Host Types

LSF Host Setup

Mounting the LSF_TOP/mnt Directory

Executing the Host Setup Procedure

Next Steps

Introduction

What You Will Do In This Section

Custom Installation Procedures

Installing LSF Software for the Initial Host Type

Installing LSF Software for Additional Host Types

LSF Host Setup

Mounting the LSF_TOP/mnt Directory

Executing the Host Setup Procedure

Next Steps

Getting a License Key

Licensing the Different LSF Products

Getting License Key Information

Setting Up the License Key

Installing a DEMO License

Installing a New Permanent License

Adding a Permanent License

Updating an LSF License

Starting the License Server Daemons at Boot Time

Verifying License Server Status

The License File

Installation Overview

What you need to begin

Requirements for running LSF Setup

Requirements for Windows NT Hosts running LSF

Self-Extracting Executable file

License file

Running LSF Setup for the first time

Starting LSF Setup

Setup Options

LSF Products

LSF User Domain

LSF Primary Administrator User Account

LSF User Group

LSF Administrator Groups

Cluster Information

Host Selection

LSF Top Directory

Default Local Directory

Host Configuration

License Installation Options

License File Selection

Summary

Running LSF Setup to modify an existing cluster

Building a Mixed NT/UNIX cluster

Combining Intel Pentium and Alpha machines in cluster

Combining hosts from multiple domains in a cluster

Adding a host

Removing a host

Adding or upgrading a license

Upgrading LSF

Uninstalling LSF

After Installation

Permanent Licenses

Environment Variables

Starting LSF

User Setup

Checking Cluster Configuration

Checking Batch Daemon Configuration

Starting the LSF Daemons

Testing the LSF Cluster

Testing LIM

Testing RES

Testing LSF Batch

Configuring LSF MultiCluster

Configuring LSF JobScheduler

Providing LSF to Users

Using xlsadmin

Additional Distribution File(s)

Checking the Initial Installation

Adding a Host Type

Default Procedure

Custom Procedure

Next Steps

Host Types and Distribution Files

Host Setup Procedures

Adding Host Information to the Cluster Configuration File

Reconfiguring the Cluster

Registering LSF Service Ports

NIS Services Database

Configuring Services in lsf.conf

Starting LSF Servers at Boot Time

Obtaining the Distribution File(s)

Upgrading the License Key

The Upgrade Procedure

LSF Distribution Files

Updating the License Key

Adding a Product

Introduction

Pre-Installation

Choosing the LSF Administrator

LSF Installation Directory

Additional Notes

Installing LSF

After Installing LSF

Installing the LSF AFS Distribution

AFS Token Encryption

AFS Token Renewal Kit

Setup on the AFS server host

Setup on LSF Server Hosts

Introduction

Pre-Installation

Choosing the LSF Administrator

LSF Installation Directory

Additional Notes

Installing LSF

After Installing LSF

Installing the LSF DCE Distribution

Credential Encryption

LSF License Management

How FLEXlm Works

Updating an LSF License

Changing the FLEXlm Server TCP Port

Modifying LSF Products and Licensing

Introduction

Hosts with Multiple Addresses

Configuring NQS Interoperation

Registering LSF with NQS

lsb.nqsmaps

Configuring Queues for NQS Jobs

Handling Cray NQS Incompatibilities

NQS Forward Queues

The lsb.nqsmaps File

Hosts

Users