Bill Middlecamp
The roadmaps presented by Silicon Graphics¨ show that the successors to traditional Cray Research¨ architectures will use the IRIX operating system. However, the UNICOS¨ and UNICOS/mk(TM) operating systems offer many specialized tools for the management of supercomputers. Therefore, Silicon Graphics mobilized immediately after the merger to carry forward these capabilities to the IRIX system. Now, Silicon Graphics is collecting information into a document for system administrators to help them learn the IRIX system and plan for its place in their future supercomputing resources. This presentation offers a preview of the document, which will be published by the end of 1998, and asks for feedback regarding the document's structure and scope.
Tom Roney
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) employs a virtual operator (V-Oper) on UNIX operating systems. V-Oper is a monitoring tool developed at NCSA for the detection of potential system and application problems, and displays warning messages for administrative attention. It is interactive to provide automated implementation of counter measures against reported problems. V-Oper and all other tools used to monitor NCSA systems are being collected to run under a single software package, the Computer Associates’ Unicenter TNG. This paper will discuss the various means by which NCSA effectively pilots a production environment, and the progression toward an integrated monitoring scheme.
Table of Contents | Author Index | CUG Home Page | Home (Title Page)
|