Readme for 601927

Readme file for IBM® Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 601927

Abstract

P105077. Fix to add a parameter to control MIG GPUs. When enabled, ensures that only GPU jobs with the mig option can use MIG-enabled GPUs.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM Spectrum LSF 10.1 Fix 601927 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix addresses the following issue:

Need to ensure that only GPU jobs with the mig option can use MIG-enabled GPUs.

This fix introduces a new parameter in lsb.params

LSB_ENFORCE_GPU_MIG_JOB

Syntax

LSB_ENFORCE_GPU_MIG_JOB =Y | y | N | n

Description

If set to Y or y, only GPU jobs with the mig option can use MIG-enabled GPUs.

If set to N or n, all GPU jobs can use MIG-enabled GPUs.

Default

Readme file for: IBM® Spectrum LSF

Product or component release: 10.1

Update name: Fix 601927

Fix ID: LSF-10.1-build601927

Publication date: 8 March 2024

Contents

1. List of fixes

2. Download location

3. Product or components affected

4. System requirements

5. Installation and configuration

6. List of files

7. Product notifications

8. Copyright and trademark information

1. List of fixes

P105077

2. Download locations

Download Fix 601927 from the following location: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral

3. Product or components affected

Affected product or components include:

LSF/mbatchd

LSF/mbschd

LSF/bjobs

LSF/ebrokerd

LSF/bhosts

4. System requirements

linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64

linux3.10-glibc2.17-x86_64

5. Installation and configuration

Before you install

LSF_TOP is the full path to the top-level installation directory of LSF.

1. Before you apply this fix make sure that you installed LSF 10.1 Fix Pack 12 or above. You can Download LSF 10.1 Fix Pack 12 from https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral. Search for build600488. Contact IBM LSF Support if you have any questions or problems with installing Fix Pack 12.

2. Starting from LSF 10.1 Fix Pack 13, the default values of the following three GPU parameters are changed to:
LSF_GPU_AUTOCONFIG=Y
LSB_GPU_NEW_SYNTAX=extend
LSF_GPU_RESOURCE_IGNORE=Y

If you have installed LSF 10.1 Fix Pack 13, no further action is needed to set these parameters. If you have installed LSF Fix Pack 12 or ealier Fix Pack, consider explicitly configuring the same values to these three parameters:
LSF_GPU_AUTOCONFIG=N
LSB_GPU_NEW_SYNTAX=N
LSF_GPU_RESOURCE_IGNORE=N

3. Log on to the LSF management host as the LSF primary administrator.

4. Set your environment:
-For csh or tcsh: % source LSF_TOP/conf/cshrc.lsf
-For sh, ksh, or bash: $ . LSF_TOP/conf/profile.lsf

Installation steps

1. Log on to the LSF management host as the root user and set your environment:
-For csh or tcsh: % source LSF_TOP/conf/cshrc.lsf

-For sh, ksh, or bash: $ . LSF_TOP/conf/profile.lsf

2. Go to the install directory: cd $LSF_ENVDIR/../10.1/install/

3. Copy the fix file to the install directory: $LSF_ENVDIR/../10.1/install/

4. Run patchinstall: ./patchinstall <fix>

After you install

1. Log on to the LSF management host as the LSF primary administrator and set your environment:

-For csh or tcsh: % source LSF_TOP/conf/cshrc.lsf

-For sh, ksh, or bash: $ . LSF_TOP/conf/profile.lsf

2. Run badmin mbdrestart -s

Uninstallation

1. Log on to the LSF management host as the root user and set your environment:

-For csh or tcsh: % source LSF_TOP/conf/cshrc.lsf

-For sh, ksh, or bash: $ . LSF_TOP/conf/profile.lsf

2. Go to the install directory: cd $LSF_ENVDIR/../10.1/install/

3. Run ./patchinstall -r <fix>

4. Log on to the LSF management host as the LSF primary administrator and set your environment:

-For csh or tcsh: % source LSF_TOP/conf/cshrc.lsf

-For sh, ksh, or bash: $ . LSF_TOP/conf/profile.lsf

5. Run badmin mbdrestart -s

6. List of files

The following components in all Linux and Unix packages:

LSF/mbatchd

LSF/mbschd

LSF/bjobs

LSF/ebrokerd

LSF/bhosts

7. Product Notifications

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8. Copyright and Trademark Information

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