
IPU-POD128 build and test guide
4.1.6 User accounts and groups
contains details of the accounts that are required as part of the default server configuration:
Table 4.5: Account creation
Account
Description
root
A root user account secured with a password is recommended.
itadmin
An admin account secured with a password is recommended. Home directory located
at
/home/itadmin
, using Bash shell.
ipuuser
An account dedicated to IPU software and IPU-POD management software is manda-
tory. Home directory located at
/home/ipuuser
, using Bash shell.
poplaruser
An account dedicated to Poplar software is mandatory. Home directory located at
/
home/poplaruser
, using Bash shell.
gives the default usernames provided on the IPU-POD
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Table 4.6: Default usernames
Log in to
Username
IPU-M2000 BMC OS
root
IPU-M2000 GW OS
itadmin
Server as Poplar SDK user
poplaruser
Server as IPU-POD admin user
ipuuser
Server as IT admin user
itadmin
Server iDRAC port
root
100GbE RDMA switch
admin
1GbE Management switch
admin
PDU
apc
The default passwords are available from Graphcore
contains the required groups provided on the IPU-POD
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Table 4.7: Required user groups
Groups
Description
root
A root group to locate the root account is mandatory.
dhcpd
A group to allocate the DHCP service is mandatory (this is usually configured automati-
cally while installing the DHCP service).
ipugroup
A group to allocate ipuuser is mandatory.
poplargroup
A group to allocate poplaruser is mandatory.
ipupodgroup
A group to allocate both ipuuser and poplaruser is mandatory.
Note that all users need to have unique user IDs and group IDs.
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