From ea61d4469a2268912a55865f85aeaa13939215d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Moe Jette <jette1@llnl.gov> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:34:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add more documentation on node naming. --- doc/html/quickstart_admin.shtml | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/html/quickstart_admin.shtml b/doc/html/quickstart_admin.shtml index a4bca4b585d..84f1e64c5c0 100644 --- a/doc/html/quickstart_admin.shtml +++ b/doc/html/quickstart_admin.shtml @@ -271,7 +271,14 @@ for the host "mcri". Port numbers to be used for communications are specified as well as various timer values.</p> <p>A description of the nodes and their grouping into partitions is required. -Nodes can be in more than one partition and each partition can have different +Node names can have up to three names specifications: +<b>NodeName</b> is the name used in all SLURM tools when referring to the node, +<b>NodeAddr</b> is the name or IP address SLURM uses to communicate with the node, and +<b>NodeHostname</b> is the name returned by the command <i>/bin/hostname -s</i>. +Only <b>NodeName</b> is required, although by supporting all three parameters +provides complete control over naming and addressing the nodes.</p> + +<p>Nodes can be in more than one partition and each partition can have different constraints (permitted users, time limits, job size limits, etc.). Each partition can thus be considered a separate queue. Partition and node specifications use node range expressions to identify -- GitLab