Distributed Image Management for Linux Clusters

Operating systems: Linux®

Hardware:

• ppc64 or x86_64
• Cell Broadband Engine™

Software:

• BusyBox
• Perl Net-SNMP
• Perl XML-Simple
• Perl XML-Parser

1. Install the Distributed Image Management for Linux Clusters RPM package to /opt/dim, as follows:

   
   rpm -i dim-0.9.12-3.noarch.rpm
   
   

2. Download the following non-standard Linux tools:
   • BusyBox
   • Perl Net-SNMP
   • Perl XML-Simple
   • Perl XML-Parser
3. Unpack and install the Perl libraries to /opt/dim/lib, as follows:

   
   make -f /opt/dim/doc/Makefile.perl
   make 
      -f /opt/dim/doc/Makefile.perl install
   
   

4. Unpack the BusyBox package and apply the following configuration:

   
   tar xzf busybox-1.1.3.tar.gz
   cp 
      /opt/dim/doc/busybox.config 
      busybox-1.1.3/.config
   
   

5. The BusyBox udhcp module needs a small patch to enable the rootpath option:

   
   patch -p0 < /opt/dim/doc/busybox.patch
   
   

6. Build and install the BusyBox binary, as follows:

   
   cd busybox-1.1.3
   make
   cp busybox 
      /opt/dim/dist/busybox.x86
   
   

7. For PowerPC®-based nodes BusyBox must be compiled on a ppc64 platform:

   
   cp busybox /opt/dim/dist/busybox.ppc
   
   

In order to set up and configure Distributed Image Management for Linux Clusters, please follow the detailed instructions in /opt/dim/doc/SETUP.

Available on the download page are set-up instructions for using this tool with QS21.