About IBM Platform LSF Community Edition 9.1.3

IBM® Platform LSF® Community Edition 9.1.3 is available with IBM Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition 4.2.1 as a single ISO package. The IBM Platform LSF Community Edition 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 Community Edition cluster.

IBM Platform LSF Community Edition 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 Community Edition 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 Community Edition 9.1.3 installer and completing the installation, you have access to 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 at 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 are able to create your LSF cluster. The Platform Cluster Manager Community Edition Web Portal includes a LSF Community cluster template that specifies your LSF cluster settings.

The LSF Community cluster template deploys a cluster that includes the following software:
  • IBM Platform LSF Express Edition 9.1.3
  • IBM Platform Application Center Basic Edition 9.1.4
  • IBM Platform MPI Community Edition 9.1.2

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.