diff --git a/doc/html/bluegene.html b/doc/html/bluegene.html index 6608decf6690a1788f0ce1f76f2d4b7d01710119..1f2f3f34e1aca4dd5c544bf4c15c2a3de928ff69 100644 --- a/doc/html/bluegene.html +++ b/doc/html/bluegene.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, SLURM, resource management, Linux clusters, high-performance computing, Livermore Computing"> <meta name="LLNLRandR" content="UCRL-WEB-209488"> -<meta name="LLNLRandRdate" content="25 May 2005"> +<meta name="LLNLRandRdate" content="2 June 2005"> <meta name="distribution" content="global"> <meta name="description" content="Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management"> <meta name="copyright" @@ -166,6 +166,24 @@ a a a a . . e e | a a a a . . . # Z </pre> +<p>Note that jobs enter the SLURM state RUNNING as soon as the have been +allocated a bglblock. +If the bglblock is in a READY state, the job will begin execution almost +immediately. +Otherwise the execution of the job will not actually begin until the +bglblock is in a READY state, which can require booting the block and +a delay of minutes to do so. +You can identify the bglblock associated with your job using the command +<i>smap -Dj -c</i> and the state of the bglblock with the command +<i>smap -Db -c</i>. +The time to boot a bglblock is related to its size, but should range from +from a few minutes to about 15 minutes for a bglblock containing 64 +base partitions. +Only after the bglblock is READY will your job's output file be created +and the script execution begin. +If the bglblock boot fails, SLURM will attempt to reboot several times +before draining the associated nodes and aborting the job.</p> + <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p> <h3>System Administration</h3> @@ -478,7 +496,7 @@ nodes, so the message is more meaningful there). </p> <td colspan="3"><hr> <p>For information about this page, contact <a href="mailto:slurm-dev@lists.llnl.gov">slurm-dev@lists.llnl.gov</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.llnl.gov/"><img align=middle src="lll.gif" width="32" height="32" border="0"></a></p> <p class="footer">UCRL-WEB-209488<br> -Last modified 25 May 2005</p></td> +Last modified 2 June 2005</p></td> </tr> </table> </td>