Bright Cluster Manager 7.1 for HPC enables users to deploy, manage, use and maintain complete HPC clusters over bare metal or in the cloud more effectively. Features include fully integrated support for Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre (IEEL), integrated Dell BIOS operations, and open source Puppet. The integrated IEEL support is designed to allow those who need to deploy, use and maintain a POSIX-compliant parallel file system to do so efficiently with the Bright Cluster Manager interface. Fully integrated support for Puppet ensures services are up and running on the right platforms through enforced configurations. With integrated support for Dell BIOS firmware and configuration settings, users can deploy and maintain supported Dell servers from the BIOS level, using Bright’s interface. Broad support for Slurm, Sun Grid Engine and Univa Grid Engine ensures that it fully integrates the capability to optimally manage HPC workloads. Users can quickly monitor HPC workloads through the Web interface provided by the user portal.
