Recommended update for release-notes-hpc

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:2225-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • HPC Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for release-notes-hpc improves documentation about:

  • rasdaemon - Utility to Log RAS Error Tracings. (fate#318824)
  • PowerMan - Centralized Power Control for Clusters. (fate#321725)
  • Migration from SP2 to SP3 when HPC Module is selected. (fate#323911, bsc#1049960)
  • Slurm - Utility for HPC Workload Management. (fate#316379)
  • mrsh/mrlogin - Remote Login Using "munge" Authentication. (fate#321722)
  • ohpc - OpenHPC Compatibility Macros. (fate#320596)
  • GNU Compiler Collection for HPC. (fate#321705)
  • OpenBLAS Library - Optimized BLAS Library. (fate#321708)
  • HDF5 HPC Library - Model, Library, File Format for Storing and Managing Data. (fate#321710)
  • ScaLAPACK HPC Library - LAPACK Routines. (fate#321715)
  • FFTW HPC Library - Discrete Fourier Transforms. (fate#321716)
  • PETSc HPC Library - Solver for Partial Differential Equations. (fate#321718)
  • NetCDF HPC Library - Implementation of Self-Describing Data Formats. (fate#321719)
  • PAPI HPC Library - Consistent Interface for Hardware Performance Counters. (fate#321720)
  • Ganglia Monitoring System. (fate#323979)
  • Slurm Has Been Updated to Version 17.02.9. (fate#324026)
  • ConMan Has Been Updated to Version 0.2.8. (fate#324168)
  • pdsh Has Been Updated to Version 2.33. (fate#324169)
  • Support for Intel Knights Mill CPUs in cpuid. (fate#324170)
  • Lmod Has Been Updated to Version 7.6. (fate#324199)
  • Support for genders in pdsh. (fate#325288)
  • NumPy Python Library. (fate#321709)
  • Support for Genders Static Cluster Configuration Database. (fate#324149)
  • Libraries. (fate#325660)
  • memkind - Heap Manager for Heterogeneous Memory Platforms and Mixed Memory Policies. (fate#318914)
  • hwloc - Portable Abstraction of Hierarchical Architectures for High-Performance Computing. (fate#319511)
  • cpuid - x86 CPU Identification Tool. (fate#319512)
  • Lmod - Lua-based Environment Modules. (fate#321704)
  • pdsh - Parallel Remote Shell Program. (fate#321714)
  • ConMan - The Console Manager. (fate#321724)
  • Error on Migration From SP2 to SP3 When HPC Module Is Selected. (fate#323911, bsc#1049960)
  • Removed misleading release date.
  • Formatting, typographical, and wording fixes throughout the document.
  • Upgrading to SLE 15. (FATE#325666)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • HPC Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-12-2018-1506=1

Package List:

  • HPC Module 12 (noarch)
    • release-notes-hpc-12.20180724-3.9.1

References: