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 HP BladeSystems, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Novell SUSE Linux operating systems. CMU also includes options for monitoring GPUs and for installing GPU drivers and software.

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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