Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of Public/User_Guide/News

Timestamp:

Sep 23, 2020, 9:51:23 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

Jochen Kreutz

Comment:

Minor updates to reflect current system status

Public/User_Guide/News

@@ -5 +5 @@
 This is a summary of the latest news concerning the system. For a list of known problems related to the system, please refer to [wiki:Public/User_Guide/PaS this page].
 
-''Last update: 2020-09-07''
-
+''Last update: 2020-09-23''
+{{{!#comment 
 [[span(style=color: #FF0000, System will be in maintenance in CW37 (Monday, 2020-09-07 to Friday 2020-09-11))]]
+}}}
 
 == System hardware ==
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 === CM nodes ===
 
- 
+- EnergyMeter kernel module has been updated 
 
 === ESB nodes ===
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 - all nodes still run in app-direct mode for the DCPMM (see #2366)
 
-- BIOS update is being tested and will be rolled out to all DAM nodes soon
+- BIOS update has been rolled out to all DAM nodes soon
 
 === Network Federation Gateways ===
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 === Global resources ===
 
-{{{#!comment
 ==== NAM ====
 
-- A mock-up of the NAM management software will be developed in the next weeks to allow working in parallel on the development of the real NAM manager and its integration with the system software (`psmgmnt` and `psslurm`).
-}}}
+- a NAM SW implementation has been done, a test environment on the DAM is being prepared
 
 === File Systems ===
 
-- DEEP-EST storage is being rebuilt in CW37 for performance reasons
-  - affecting `/usr/local` and `/work`
-  - BeeGFS servers and clients will be updated
-
-- **Due to the BeeGFS updates for the DEEP-EST storage the SDV will be de-couled meaning that after CW37 the SDV nodes will only mount `/sdv-work` (not `/work`) and the DEEP-EST nodes will only mount `/work` (not `/sdv-work`)** 
+- DEEP-EST storage has been rebuilt for performance reasons
+  - BeeGFS servers and clients have been updated
+  - the SDV is de-coupled now meaning that the SDV nodes only mount `/sdv-work` (not `/work`) and the DEEP-EST nodes only mount `/work` (not `/sdv-work`)
 
 - BeeGFS (`/work`) will get user quotas (see section "User management")
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   - burst buffer pluggin
 
-- new 2020a Easybuild stage is currently being set up 
+- 2020a Easybuild stage is currently being set up 
 
-- new ParaStationMPI version (5.4.6-1) has been installed and is used as default now
+- ParaStationMPI version (5.4.6-1) has been installed and is used as default now
 
-{{{#!comment
-- modules successfully tested in the Devel stage will be included in the production (default) stage
-  - currently, the latest ParaStationMPI (including pscom) can be tested in the Devel stage
-}}}
+
 
 === User management ===
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 ==== BeeGFS Quotas ====
 
-- a quota for the BeeGFS file system (mounted to /work) is being implemented
+- a quota for the BeeGFS file system (mounted to /work) has been implemented
+  - thresholds to be defined