Chapter 1. System Overview - IBM eserver Cluster 1350 Installation And Service Manual

Chapter 1. System overview

This chapter provides information about the operating systems that support the IBM
Cluster 1350 components and related documentation.
The Cluster 1350 supports a maximum of 512 nodes in addition to the one required
xSeries
environments). All nodes must run one of the Linux versions shown in the following
table.
The Cluster 1350 uses a primary cabinet and an expansion cabinet. The primary
cabinet contains the management node and console monitor. An expansion cabinet
can contain the following components:
v Cluster or compute nodes
v Storage nodes
v Mass storage devices
Note: An expansion cabinet does not contain a management node or console.
Figure 1 on page 2 illustrates a primary cabinet. Figure 2 on page 3 illustrates an
expansion cabinet containing cluster nodes. Figure 3 on page 4 illustrates an
expansion cabinet containing storage controllers and mass storage.
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345 management node (or an Eserver 325 for 64-bit processing
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Table 1. Linux operating-system support
Microprocessor Operating-system support
32-bit Professional Red Hat Linux version 9.0 (CSM), SUSE LINUX version 8.2 (XCAT)
for Opteron, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 3.0 and
Workstation for Opteron version 3.0 (XCAT), SUSE LINUX version
8.2 (XCAT)
32-bit Enterprise SLES version 8 (XCAT) for Opteron, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL) version 3.0 and Workstation for Opteron version 3.0 (XCAT)
64-bit SLES version 8 for Opteron, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for
Opteron version 3.0 (CSM only)
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