This guide is a reference document for people who manage the operation of SGI computer systems running SGI ProPack 6 for Linux operating system. It explains how to perform general system configuration and operations under the Linux operating system used with SGI servers and superclusters. For information about general Linux system administration, see the “Additional Reading” section of this Preface.
 | Note: For information on system configuration and operation on SGI ProPack 4 for Linux or SGI ProPack 5 for Linux systems, see the 007-4633-009 or 007-4633-0012 version of this manual, respectively. From the current 007-4633-017 version of this manual on the SGI Technical Publications Library, select the additional info link. Click on 007-4633-009 under Other Versions : |
This manual contains the following chapters:
For a list of manuals supporting SGI Linux releases, see the SGI ProPack 6 for Linux Service Pack 5 Start Here.
The following sections describe publications that contain additional information that my be helpful in the administration of your system.
Linux system administration information is available on your system at the following location:
/usr/src/linux/Documentation |
For SLES10 systems, if you install the kernel-source package (not installed by default), then /usr/src/linux will be a symbolic link to the proper location.
Documentation for RHEL5 is located in the /usr/share/doc directory. It contains package-specific documentation. If you install the zisofs module, additional documentation in the form of READMEs can be found in /usr/share/doc/zisofs-tools-1.x.x.
Linux Documentation Project (LDP) also contains useful documentation at: http://tldp.org/.
Documentation for the Intel compilers is located on your system in the /docs directory of the directory tree where your compilers are installed. If you have installed the Intel compilers, the following documentation is available:
Intel C++ Compiler User's Guide (c_ug_lnx.pdf)
Intel Fortran Compiler User's Guide (for_ug_lnx.pdf)
Intel Fortran Programmer's Reference (for_prg.pdf)
Intel Fortran Libraries Reference (for_lib.pdf)
The following documents describe the Itanium (previously called "IA-64") architecture and other topics of interest:
Intel Itanium 2 Processor Reference Manual for Software Development and Optimization, available online at the following location:
http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/manuals/251110.htm
Intel Itanium Architecture Software Developer's Manual, available online at the following location:
http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium/manuals/iiasdmanual.htm
Introduction to Itanium Architecture, available online at the following location:
(secure channel required)http://shale.intel.com/softwarecollege/CourseDetails.asp?courseID=13
The following open-source document may be useful to you.
Debugging with DDD User's Guide and Reference Manual provides information on using the DataDisplayDebugger (DDD). It is available at the following location:
http://www.gnu.org/manual/ddd/pdf/ddd.pdf
You can obtain SGI documentation in the following ways:
See the SGI Technical Publications Library at: http://docs.sgi.com. Various formats are available. This library contains the most recent and most comprehensive set of online books, release notes, man pages, and other information.
Online versions of the SGI ProPack 6 for Linux Service Pack x Start Here, the SGI ProPack 6 release notes, which contain the latest information about software and documentation in this release, the list of RPMs distributed with SGI ProPack 6, and a useful migration guide, which contains helpful hints and advice for customers moving from earlier versions of SGI ProPack to SGI ProPack 6, can be found in the /docs directory on the SGI ProPack 6 for Linux CD.
The SGI ProPack 6 release notes get installed to the following location on a system running SGI ProPack 6: /usr/share/doc/sgi-propack-6/README.txt.
You can view man pages by typing man title on a command line.
The following conventions are used throughout this document:
| Convention | Meaning | |
| command | This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files, routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language structures. | |
| variable | Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined. | |
| user input | This bold, fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user enters in interactive sessions. (Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font.) | |
| [ ] | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line. | |
| ... | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated. |
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