Module 1: Cluster Components

• Describe HPCM • Describe clusters

• Describe clusters (flat) and distributed (hierarchical) clusters

• Define management, data and rack networks

• List cluster components Admin node

• Compute nodes

• Rack leader nodes

• ICE compute nodes

• Chassis management controllers (CMCs)

• Management interfaces (iLO, LO100i, BMC)

• Management of Ethernet switches

• Fabric switch switches and blades

• Smart PDUs

• Storag

Module 2: HPCM GUI

• Locate system groups

• Locate network groups

• Review image groups

• Use custom groups

• Manage nodes

• SSH to nodes

• Shutdown node

• Power off node

• Reboot node

• Illuminate the locate beacon to identify the chassis

• Run tasks on multiple systems

• Monitor the cluster

• Run commands to apply load on nodes

• View left chart to display CPU load

• View right chart to display memory usage

• Focus on single node

• Focus on group of nodes

• Switch to bar graph or table view

• Turn metrics off and on

• Manage cluster power

• Monitor node power consumption

• Monitor job power consumption

• Monitor system power consumption

Module 3: Operating System Boot Modes and Root Filesystem Modes

• Describe disk mode

• Describe PXE mode

• Describe disk, nfs and tmpfs root file system mode

Module 4: Running Commands to Gather Information on the Cluster

• Describe pdsh

• Use pdsh commands to interrogate the cluster

• Describe output, interleaved stdout, stderr

• Review predefined pdsh node groups

• Add a pdsh node group

• Run a command with the new pdsh node group

• Run a command using the exclude node group format

• Format output from pdsh commands with dshbak –c

• Copy a file to all compute nodes, to all leader nodes, to all ice-compute nodes,

• Retrieve a file from all compute nodes, from all leader nodes, from all ice-compute nodes

• Work with HPCM connector to job scheduler

• Search central log repository

Module 5: CLI Power commands

• Use the cm power command to

• Check the power status of the cluster

• Power on the cluster

• Power off the cluster

• Power on or off individual and groups of nodes

• Turn on and off node identify LEDs

Module 6: CLI Console Feature

• Connect to the node console by using the ole command

• Disconnect from the console session

• Obtain online help in the console session

• Steal write privileges on the console session

• Playback the last 60 lines of cached console outputN

• Troubleshoot failing console command

Module 7: Cluster Configuration

• Save a cluster configuration file

• Backup the cluster database

• Backup and query management switch configurations

• Back up the system admin node with your house olution