Gilles, thank you for the information. Just to confirm that I understand correctly, the vendor-supplied a replacement/substitute for syscfg. You then wrote a slurm plugin for it that used the vendor-supplied tool.
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 11:58 PM, <gil...@rist.or.jp> wrote: > Kenneth, > > > > i cannot tell whether syscfg works with Supermicro KNL boards or not, and > i guess you just have to try > > (you can refer to the source code of the knl_generic plugin to figure out > which commands are issued) > > > > i installed slurm on a KNL cluster from an other vendor on which syscfg > cannot be used to > > query/set the memory/cluster mode, and here is what i found > > - the knl_generic plugin can be used "as is" as long as you have an > utility that can > > individually query/set the cluster/memory mode : you simply need to write > your own wrapper > > and point knl_generic.conf to it > > - in my case, cluster and memory mode must be set all at once, so it was > not possible to write a wrapper > > - i ended up duplicating the knl_generic plugin > > * i use /var/run/hwloc/knl_memoryside_cache to query the cluster and > memory mode (this file is generated by xppssl-hwloc-sbin package) > > * a wrapper is invoked to set memory *and* cluster mode all at once > > * i removed some logic used to build the command line and parse the > output of the intel syscfg command > > imho, the knl_generic plugin could be revamped to be more generic by > wrapping the intel syscfg into a script that > > *atomically* query/set cluster and memory mode，with an easily parsable > command line and output format > > > > i hope this helps > > > > Gilles > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Does slurm also work well with Supermicro KNL boards, such as > > https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/2U/5028/SYS-5028TK-HTR.cfm > > My understanding is that slurm uses syscfg, provided by Intel, to > configure a KNL node: > > https://slurm.schedmd.com/intel_knl.html > > I'm not sure if syscfg works on those boards, and whether or not slurm has > a workaround if it doesn't. > >
