Linux_hpc_swstack - Aug 2009 - Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition 2.0 Announcement

I''m pleased to announce the official release of the Sun HPC Software,  
Linux Edition 2.0 (SHSLE) product.  Please see our product page at
http://www.sun.com/software/products/hpcsoftware/index.xml
  for complete details and a download link.

The major new features of this release are:

- Support for SLES 10sp2 - a key feature in offering single point of  
contact support

- Inclusion of Sun supported cluster software, such as:
	- Sun Clustertools 8.1  (8.2 will be available in SHSLE 2.0.1, to be  
released shortly)
	- SunStudio 12u1
	- Sun Grid Engine 6.2u2 (SGE 6.2u3 will be available also in SHSLE  
2.0.1)

- A management database ("gtdb") for storing cluster configuration  
information and automatic generation of config files, along with  
scriptable, command-line tools ("gtt") to manipulate this database

- Lustre 1.8.0.1 with pre-built Linux kernels with Lustre patches

- MPI libraries pre-built for Pathscale and SunStudio x86 compilers,  
in addition to previously supported libraries and compilers

- Simplified installation and setup - new scripts have been included  
to automate the routine portions of the head node installation

- Several package upgrades too numerous to mention here, as well as  
many minor defect fixes.   See the Release Notes for the List of  
Contents and Resolved Issues.

- Certification to run on RHEL 5.3, SLES 10sp2, and CentOS 5.3.

2.0 has been tested on a wide variety of the latest Sun hardware -  
see  the Release Notes for the Tested Platforms list

A point release (SHSLE 2.0.1) is currently being developed that will  
include OFED 1.4.1, Sun Grid Engine 6.2u3, and ClusterTools 8.2.    
This should be available soon.

Thanks to the ''Giraffe'' team for the quality teamwork and
ongoing
extra effort required to produce these releases.

Best regards,

Bryon Neitzel

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