About IBM Platform LSF Suite for HPC 9.1.3

IBM® Platform LSF® Suite for HPC 9.1.3 is available with IBM Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition 4.2.1 as a single ISO package. The IBM Platform LSF Suite for HPC 9.1.3 ISO package sets up your physical environment using the capabilities of Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition. Once your environment is set up, you can use the Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition Web Portal to deploy your IBM Platform LSF Suite for HPC cluster.

IBM Platform LSF Suite for HPC 9.1.3 is installed on the LSF master host which is also known as the Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition management node. The IBM Platform LSF Suite for HPC 9.1.3 installer uses the capabilities of Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition to set up and configure your private and public networks, enable your firewall, enable a BMC network, specify your hardware settings, and specify other system information. After installation, you have the full set of Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition capabilities to add and provision compute nodes, enable LDAP authentication for easier user management, or create templates to better manage your environment settings.

After running the IBM Platform LSF Suite for HPC 9.1.3 installer and completing the installation, you have access to launch the Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition Web Portal. The Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition Web Portal is a central user interface that delivers a comprehensive set of functions to help manage hardware and software from the infrastructure level. System administrators can manage their cluster infrastructure as a single system with the flexibility to automate deployment of software components. From the Web Portal, you will be able to create your LSF cluster. The Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition Web Portal includes a LSF HPC cluster template that specifies your LSF cluster settings.

The LSF HPC cluster template deploys a cluster that includes the following software:
  • IBM Platform LSF Standard Edition 9.1.3
  • IBM Platform Application Center Standard Edition 9.1.4
  • IBM Platform MPI 9.1.4
  • IBM Platform License Scheduler Basic Edition 9.1.3
  • IBM Platform Process Manager 9.1.3

Other considerations to consider when deploying your LSF cluster is that only one LSF cluster can be deployed with Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition 4.2.1.

Additionally, if you want to enable high availability, you must enable high available during installation and before creating the LSF cluster.