Linux® Resource Administration Guide

Document Number: 007-4413-008

Front Matter

| List of Figures | List of Examples | List of Tables | List of Procedures |


Table of Contents

New Features in This Manual
Major Documentation Changes

About This Guide
Related Publications
Obtaining Publications
Conventions
Reader Comments

1. Linux Kernel Jobs
Linux Kernel Job Overview
Job Library
Installing and Configuring Linux Kernel Jobs for Use with CSA

2. Comprehensive System Accounting
CSA Overview
Concepts and Terminology
Enabling or Disabling CSA
CSA Files and Directories
CSA Expanded Description
CSA Reports
CSA Man Pages

3. Array Services
Array Services Package
Installing and Configuring Array Services for Single Host Systems
Installing and Configuring Array Services for Cluster or Partitioned Systems
Using an Array
Managing Local Processes
Using Array Services Commands
Summary of Common Command Options
Interrogating the Array
Managing Distributed Processes
About Array Configuration
Configuring Arrays and Machines
Configuring Authentication Codes
Configuring Array Commands

4. CPU Memory Sets and Scheduling
Memory Management Terminology
CpuMemSet System Implementation
Installing, Configuring, and Tuning CpuMemSets
Using CpuMemSets
Hard Partitioning versus CpuMemSets
Error Messages

5. Cpusets on SGI ProPack 3 for Linux
Cpusets on Linux versus IRIX
Bootcpuset
Using Cpusets
Restrictions on CPUs within Cpusets
Cpuset System Examples
Cpuset Configuration File
Installing the Cpuset System
Using the Cpuset Library
Cpuset System Man Pages

6. Cpusets on SGI ProPack 4 for Linux
Cpuset Facility Overview
Cpuset Programming Model
Cpuset Directory Files
Cpuset Permissions
CPU Scheduling and Memory Allocation for Cpusets
Using Cpusets at the Shell Prompt
Cpuset Command Line Utility
Using Scheduling and Memory Management System Calls with Cpusets
Boot Cpuset
Cpuset Text Format
Modifying the CPUs in a Cpuset and Kernel Processing

7. NUMA Tools

A. Application Programming Interface for the Cpuset System on SGI ProPack 3
Application Programming Interface for the Cpuset System

B. SGI ProPack 4 Cpuset Library Functions
Extensible Application Programming Interface
Basic Cpuset Library Functions
Advanced Cpuset Library Functions

C. Application Programming Interface for the Comprehensive System Accounting (CSA)
Linux CSA Application Interface Library

Index