diff --git a/docs/source/advanced/kit/hpc/quickstart.rst b/docs/source/advanced/kit/hpc/quickstart.rst index de25f7367..5a6174215 100644 --- a/docs/source/advanced/kit/hpc/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/source/advanced/kit/hpc/quickstart.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Quick Start Guide ================= -This quick start is provided to guide users through the steps required to install the IBM High Performance Computing (HPC) software stack on a cluster managed by xCAT. +This quick start is provided to guide users through the steps required to install the IBM High Performance Computing (HPC) software stack on a cluster managed by xCAT. (*NOTE:* xCAT provides XLC and XLF partial kits, but all other HPC kits are provided by the HPC products teams, xCAT may not have any knowledges of their dependencies and requirements) The following software kits will be used to install the IBM HPC software stack on to a RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.2 operating system running on ppc64le architecture. @@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ The following software kits will be used to install the IBM HPC software stack o addkitcomp -a -i rhels7.2-ppc64le-install-compute \ essl-computenode-3264rtecuda-5.4.0-0-rhels-7.2-ppc64le + If the system doesn't have GPU and the CUDA toolkit is not needed, the adminstrator should not add the following kit components that requires the CUDA packages: ``essl-loginnode-5.4.0-0-rhels-7.2-ppc64le``, ``essl-computenode-3264rte-5.4.0-0-rhels-7.2-ppc64le`` and ``essl-computenode-3264rtecuda-5.4.0-0-rhels-7.2-ppc64le``. Please check the ESSL installation guide: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFHY8_5.4.0/com.ibm.cluster.essl.v5r4.essl300.doc/am5il_xcatinstall.htm #. Add the **Parallel ESSL** kitcomponents to osimage. - *Note:* ESSL kitcomponents are required for the PESSL. :: + **Note:** ESSL kitcomponents are required for the PESSL. :: addkitcomp -a -i rhels7.2-ppc64le-install-compute \ pessl-loginnode-5.2.0-0-rhels-7.2-ppc64le diff --git a/docs/source/advanced/kit/hpc/software/essl.rst b/docs/source/advanced/kit/hpc/software/essl.rst index 511201abe..a39c4b91e 100644 --- a/docs/source/advanced/kit/hpc/software/essl.rst +++ b/docs/source/advanced/kit/hpc/software/essl.rst @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Dependencies addkitcomp -a -i rhels7.2-ppc64le-install-compute \ essl-computenode-3264rte-5.4.0-0-rhels-7.2-ppc64le +Reference +--------- + Refer to ESSL installation guide for more information: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFHY8_5.4.0/com.ibm.cluster.essl.v5r4.essl300.doc/am5il_xcatinstall.htm .. [#] If using an older release, refer to `IBM HPC Stack in an xCAT Cluster `_