diff --git a/doc/html/programmer_guide.html b/doc/html/programmer_guide.html index 98cea506ba706addbd782a10e3bead90167f36d4..8a51c8272bfe4a1b903e83e1de5c317bc9a1ac14 100644 --- a/doc/html/programmer_guide.html +++ b/doc/html/programmer_guide.html @@ -182,11 +182,16 @@ and the daemons initiated. About 110 test scripts exercise all SLURM commands and options including stress tests. Get these test from <a href="ftp://ftp.llnl.gov/pub/linux/slurm-qa">ftp://ftp.llnl.gov/pub/linux/slurm-qa</a></p> -<h3>Cheats</h3> +<h3>Tricks of the Trade</h3> <p>You can make a single node appear to SLURM as a Linux cluster by manually defining <b>HAVE_FRONT_END</b> to have a non-zero value in the file <b>config.h</b>. -All nodes should be defined in the <b>slurm.conf</b> file to have a <b>NodeAddr</b> -value of the node on which the <span class="commandline">slurmd</span> daemon executes. +All (fake) nodes should be defined in the <b>slurm.conf</b> file. +These nodes should be configured with a single <b>NodeAddr</b> value +indicating the node on which single <span class="commandline">slurmd</span> daemon +executes. Initiate one <span class="commandline">slurmd</span> and one +<span class="commandline">slurmctld</span> daemon. Do not initiate too many +simultaneous job steps to avoid overloading the +<span class="commandline">slurmd</span> daemon executing them all.</p> <p class="footer"><a href="#top">top</a></p></td>