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Windows HPC Server 2008 and Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Command Reference

Updated: December 11, 2010

Applies To: Windows HPC Server 2008

This reference provides command descriptions and syntax for all HPC cluster-specific command-line commands used in Windows® HPC Server 2008 and Windows® HPC Server 2008 R2. The command-line commands provide a keyboard alternative to most actions that you would otherwise perform with HPC Cluster Manager or HPC Job Manager.

The following table lists the commands that Windows HPC Server 2008 and Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 provide. Both versions support the commands unless otherwise noted.

 

Command Description

cluscfg

Provides subcommands for viewing and changing the configuration of the HPC Job Scheduler Service.

clusrun

Runs the specified command on multiple nodes, and redirects the output of all instances of the specified command to the node on which you ran the clusrun command.

etl2clog

Formats an event log (.etl) file as a CLOG event file for use with the Argonne National Laboratory Jumpshot viewer.

etl2otf

Formats an event log (.etl) file as an Open Trace Format (.otf) file.

hpcfile

Uploads, downloads, deletes, or lists files on a cluster node, including Windows Azure Worker Role nodes.

hpcfwutil

Detects, clears, or repairs HPC-specific firewall rules for an HPC cluster. This command is supported only for Windows HPC Server 2008 R2.

hpcpack

Packages and uploads files to a Windows Azure storage account.

hpcsync

Deploys file packages from Windows Azure storage to Windows Azure worker nodes.

job

Provides subcommands for managing jobs.

jobtemplate

Provides subcommands for managing job templates.

mpicsync

Correlates the event time-stamps for each of the .etl files.

mpiexec

Launches an application.

mpipingpong

Runs the Message Passing Interface (MPI) ping-pong test by sending packets of data back and forth between paired nodes repeatedly, and displays or saves the latency and throughput measurements and statistics from the test to an XML file.

node

Provides subcommands for managing nodes.

task

Provides subcommands for managing tasks.

test

Provides subcommands for managing diagnostic tests. This command is supported only for Windows HPC Server 2008 R2.

The cluscfg, job, jobtemplate, node, task, and test commands each have multiple subcommands. For information about the subcommands of one of these commands, see the reference topic for the command.

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