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Contents
Figures
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Preface
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How This Redbook Is Organized
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The Team That Wrote This Redbook
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Comments Welcome
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Chapter 1. Overview
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1.1 RS/6000 SP: Hardware and Software
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1.1.1 The Control Workstation
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1.1.2 The Frame
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1.1.3 The High Performance Switch
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1.2 Problem Determination
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Chapter 2. The Installation Process
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2.1 Major Steps in Installing and Configuring RS/6000 SP Software
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2.2 Prepare the Control Workstation
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2.2.1 PSSP Paths
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2.2.2 AIX Software Components
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2.2.3 Disk Space Requirements
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2.2.4 RS-232 Control Lines Diagnostics
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2.2.5 Changing IP Addresses and Hostnames
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2.2.6 Maximum Number of Processes
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2.2.7 Number of Licensed Users
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2.2.8 Tunable Values
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2.2.9 /spdata Directory Structure
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2.2.10 Install PSSP on the Control Workstation
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2.2.11 PSSP 1.2
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2.2.12 PSSP 2.1
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2.2.13 Changes from PSSP 1.2 to PSSP 2.1
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2.2.14 PSSP Software Strategy
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2.2.15 Obtaining PSSP PTFs Using FixDist
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2.2.16 Determining Software Service Level
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2.2.17 Working with PSSP PTFs
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2.3 Authentication Services Diagnostics
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2.4 install_cw Diagnostics
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2.4.1 Problems Solving
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2.5 Problems with spmon
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2.5.1 Problems with System Monitor Commands
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2.5.2 Problems Accessing Pulldown Menus of spmon
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2.5.3 System Monitor Displays Blanks Instead of the Expected Information
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2.5.4 Problems with System Monitor GUI
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2.5.5 Logging Problems
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2.5.6 Example — Some Nodes Are Missing
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2.5.7 Example — spmon Will Not Start
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2.6 Problems with Some PSSP Scripts
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2.6.1 setup_authent Script
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2.6.2 install_cw Script
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2.7 Restore Control Workstation mksysb
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