Difference between revisions of "LittleFe Cluster"

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* [[LittleFe:Power draw|Power draw]]
 
* [[LittleFe:Power draw|Power draw]]
 
* Motherboard Information
 
* Motherboard Information
** [[http://www.viaembedded.com/product/Download.jsp?motherboardId=81|BIOS downloads]]
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** [http://www.viaembedded.com/product/Download.jsp?motherboardId=81 BIOS downloads]
 
** [http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_m_spec.jsp?motherboardId=81 Overview and Downloads]
 
** [http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_m_spec.jsp?motherboardId=81 Overview and Downloads]
 
** [http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=5&ArticleID=35&P=1 Detailed description]
 
** [http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=5&ArticleID=35&P=1 Detailed description]

Revision as of 18:11, 16 October 2005

To do (before Friday October 21st):

  • Setup pre BCCD environment with two nodes for comparison
  • DHCP/PXE on new BCCD environment (does the BCCD have all the basic software that we need?)
  • Configure diskless booting on new BCCD environment
  • Document and Script
    • How to fossilize BCCD onto basic hardware (mostly instructions)
    • How to customize BCCD into Little-Fe (scripts and instructions)
      • DHCP/PXE configuration
      • Diskless booting configuration
      • Apache configuration
      • Ganglia configuration
      • User create/remove scripts
  • Backup procedure to drive on lf1 from drive on lf0, complete and bootable

Fossilizing the BCCD onto Little-Fe

HPC Wire article (draft)

Hardware Manifest

To Be Sorted