Friday, June 19, 2009

[Tutorial] Installing Windows HPC Server 2008 in Hyper-V
Part 4 – Configuring the Head Node for the HPC Cluster

The last part showed the Domain Controller configuration. This part explains the Head Node setup of the “Head Node” Virtual Machine in Hyper-V. The Head Node acts as main entry point for jobs and central managing and administration entity for the whole HPC Cluster.

  • Start the “Head Node” Virtual Machine and insert the “SRVHPC_EN.iso” into the Virtual Machines DVD drive
  • Boot from the ISO and Install Windows Server 2008 using the standard configuration
  • After the installation was completed, reboot and insert the “HPCEval.iso” into the Virtual Machines DVD drive and start the HPC Pack installation

Head_Node_HPC_Pack1

  • Select to create a new HPC Cluster and a new database instance

Head_Node_HPC_Pack2

  • Install the required components and then start the cluster management console in the next step

Head_Node_HPC_Pack5

  • In the cluster management To-do list, select to configure the network

Head_Node_HPC_Pack6

  • Select the topology with all nodes on enterprise and private networks, specify a static IP address for the Head Node private network and use the firewall default settings

Head_Node_HPC_Pack7

  • Add the domain user credentials to the cluster user group

Head_Node_HPC_Pack12

  • Configure the Compute Node naming series and supply the base image that will later be used for the automatic deployment of Compute Nodes for the HPC Cluster (use the “SRVHPC_EN.iso” in the Virtual Machines DVD drive for this purpose, point to the “setup.exe” file)

Head_Node_HPC_Pack13 Head_Node_HPC_Pack15 Head_Node_HPC_Pack17


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