On 11/12/12 6:53 PM, Hearns, John wrote: > Hi folks, > > We are still on the way of building our first small-cluster. Right now > we have 16 diskless nodes 8GB RAM on X7DWT-INF and a master also on > > > Also, if you are rolling your own cluster, learn how to configure the IPMI > cards on the motherboards (referred to as BMCs also) > You use IPMI/BMC cards to provide remote serial consoles via the head node, > and to remotely power up/power down the nodes. > > You do NOT want to go down to the server room and plug in a monitor/keyboard > to these systems > Every time one goes down and you want to run some diagnostics on it, or > figure out why it is not booting. > > Similarly you want to remotely control the power to the nodes, simply by ssh > into the cluster head node > and powering them up and down from the comfort of your swivel chair.
Thanks John. This is also new to me. I know that I can remotely access to nodes/servers (currently with ssh and nomachine), and that I can reboot these systems, but not to turn them on (power up?). More works for me now :). D. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
