HA: [ofw] question from customer

[Anatoly Greenblatt]

Hi,
 
Servercore is a naked windows installation. Managed code and other components don't come installed. I think any missing package can be installed on servercore when needed.
Note: on servercore, winof can be installed only in unattended mode. Read release notes for details.
 
Regards,
Anatoly.
 

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От: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org от имени Livingston, James
Отправлено: Чт, 13.11.2008 2:40
Кому: Fab Tillier; Gilad Shainer
Копия: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
Тема: RE: [ofw] question from customer


Hey, thanks for that update, Fab. I think I might give it a try, then. It should be interesting to see what it will do.
 
Cheers,
jwl
 


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	From: Fab Tillier [mailto:ftillier at windows.microsoft.com] 
	Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:55 PM
	To: Livingston, James; Gilad Shainer
	Cc: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
	Subject: RE: [ofw] question from customer
	
	

	Hi James,

	 

	Just because you can't run the HPC Pack on ServerCore doesn't mean that you can't run IB.  You don't have to have the HPC Pack installed to install and use IB - you just won't be running MPI jobs.  But IB storage and networking should be functional.

	 

	-Fab

	 

	From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Livingston, James
	Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:34 AM
	To: Gilad Shainer
	Cc: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
	Subject: RE: [ofw] question from customer

	 

	Ah, now I remember: ServerCore is not supported as a compute node of a HPC Server 2008 cluster, hence IB is not supported as a communication fabric between ServerCore nodes. This results from the absence in ServerCore of capabilities needed by HPC Server 2008 in compute nodes.

	 

	Cheers,

	jwl

		 

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		From: Gilad Shainer [mailto:Shainer at Mellanox.com] 
		Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:45 PM
		To: Livingston, James
		Cc: Anatoly Greenblatt; ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
		Subject: RE: [ofw] question from customer

		Server 2008 is supported, but there were no test done on SeverCore. Would you like to give it a try and report issues if occur?

		 

		Gilad.

		 

		 

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		From: Livingston, James [mailto:James.Livingston at necam.com] 
		Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:04 AM
		To: Gilad Shainer
		Cc: Anatoly Greenblatt; ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
		Subject: RE: [ofw] question from customer

		Gilad,

		 

		ServerCore is a version of Server 2008 that leaves out all but the most crucial of the O/S features. In particular, its user interface is command-line only. It is intended for servers that perform a specific function like DHCP serving, firewalling, and the like. It's distinguished by its small resource footprint.

		 

		Cheers,

		jwl

		 

		James Livingston
		NEC Corporation of America
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		Telephone: 425-3734415
		FAX: 425-643-3154 

			 

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			From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Gilad Shainer
			Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 6:33 AM
			To: Anatoly Greenblatt; ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
			Subject: RE: [ofw] question from customer

			No on Hyper-V, not sure what is severcore

			 

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			From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Anatoly Greenblatt
			Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 5:32 AM
			To: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
			Subject: [ofw] question from customer

			Hi,

			 

			Could anyone help me with answer to this question?

			 

			"Does WinOF supports Hyper-V and ServerCore?"

			 

			Thanks,

			Anatoly.