Linux® Configuration and Operations Guide

Document Number: 007-4633-017

Front Matter

| List of Procedures |


Table of Contents

New Features in This Manual
Major Documentation Changes

About This Guide
Related Publications
Additional Reading
Obtaining Publications
Conventions
Reader Comments

1. SGI LK License Facility
Overview
LK License Considerations
Obtaining Host Information
Obtaining the License Keys from SGI
Installing the License Keys
Verifying the License Keys
Setting Up the LK Floating Licenses lkd Daemon
Using the LK Floating Licenses Facilities

2. Configuring Your System
PCI or PCI-X Card Hot-Plug Software
Faster SCSI Device Booting
Filesystems Changes
I /O Subsystems
System Partitioning
Making Array Services Operational
Floating Point Assist Warnings from Applications
Unaligned Access Warnings

3. System Operation
Booting a System
Halting the System
Recovering from Machine Check Architecture Memory Errors
Connecting to the L1 Controller
Connecting to the L2 Controller
Getting Console Access
Diskless Booting

4. Simple Network Management Protocol
snmpd-a4700 SNMP Agent
snmpd-xe SNMP Agent

5. Kernel Tunable Parameters on SGI ProPack Servers
CPU Scheduler /proc/sys/sched Directory
/etc/sysconfig/dump File
Resetting System Limits
Understanding RSS, SIZE, and SHARE Values for MPI Jobs
Memory (Swap) sysctl Parameters
Load-balancing Algorithms sysctl Parameters
Virtual Memory hugetlb Parameter

Index