Windows HPC Server 2008 Getting Started Guide
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Windows HPC Server 2008 provides an integrated application platform for developing, deploying, running, and managing high-performance computing (HPC) applications. The "Windows HPC Server 2008 Getting Started Guide" provides basic conceptual information and general procedures for installing an HPC cluster using Windows HPC Server 2008. You can use this guide as a reference when you deploy and configure the head node in your HPC cluster, add compute nodes to the cluster, and verify that your cluster deployment has been successful. Checklists are provided for every task to guide you in the procedures.
The guide begins with the first step in the deployment of your HPC cluster: making important decisions, such as deciding how you will be adding nodes and choosing a network topology. The next portion of the guide deals with deploying the head node; this involves installing Windows Server 2008 on the designated head node computer, joining that computer to a domain, and installing the Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 on the head node computer. After you have deployed the head node of your HPC cluster, you must configure it by following the configuration to-do list in HPC Cluster Manager. Once this is complete, the guide shows you how to add the compute nodes to the cluster. Next, the guide describes how Windows HPC Server 2008 simplifies the deploying process of compute nodes by providing automatic node imaging and naming, and other capabilities to streamline deployment tasks. Windows HPC Server 2008 also provides tools that you can use to monitor the progress of your deployment.
Finally, after you have configured your head node and added all compute nodes to the cluster, the guide describes how to run diagnostic tests to validate cluster functionality and troubleshoot any configuration issues.
