HPC New Cluster Delivery
Pictures from the delivery and installation of the new cluster
The bulk of the hardware for the DLX 2012 cluster was delivered on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Then the real fun began!
Tuesday, 9/4/2012
The theme for Tuesday was "just get it in the Data Center!"
Wednesday, 9/5/2012
The theme for Wednesday was "look at all those cables!"
Thursday, 9/6/2012
Thursday's theme was "waiting". The team can't do a whole lot more until the PDUs (Power Distribution Units) arrive.
Friday, 9/7/2012
Friday the team started system configuration with temporary power to a couple of servers.
Monday, 9/10/2012
Monday, we finally have the last of the racks, although we're still missing some odds and ends.
Tuesday, 9/11/2012
Tuesday, we finally have the PDUs, so we can power up some of the racks.
Wednesday, 9/12/2012
Wednesday, the racks are powered up and the cabling and configuration continue.
Monday, 9/17/2012
Monday, the configuration continues.
Tuesday, 9/18/2012
Tuesday, the configuration continues.
Wednesday, 9/19/2012
Wednesday, the storage has been connected.
Monday, 9/24/2012
Monday, the configuration continues.
9/25/2012 through 10/12/2012
The HPC team, DDN, and Dell spent most of this time installing and testing system software, testing various individual racks of hardware, configuring the storage system, checking the network and InfiniBand, and a host of other mundane (but crucial) and not very photogenic tasks.
Monday, 10/15/2012
Monday is cutover day! The old cluster was shutdown early in the morning, so staff and contractors could begin moving the XDH chilling equipment and some of the power feeds. The new cluster will be powered up in its entirety for the first time late in the afternoon.
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