Introduction to the Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Management Pack

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The Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of the Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 cluster environment. It monitors Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 components – such as the head node, compute nodes, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) broker nodes, workstation nodes, the cluster network, and the HPC Job Scheduler service – to report issues that can cause downtime or poor performance for the cluster that is running Windows HPC Server 2008 R2.

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The Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Management Pack supports both Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 and Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1). For more information, see Supported Configurations.

For an overview of the functionality of the Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Management Pack, see How Health Rolls Up and Key Monitoring Scenarios, later in this guide.

About Windows HPC Server 2008 R2

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 brings high-productivity computing to the mainstream in a familiar Windows-based development environment. It provides a high-performance computing platform that is simple to deploy, operate, and integrate with existing infrastructure and tools.

For detailed technical documentation on deploying and submitting jobs to a Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 cluster, go to the Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Technical Library (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=168271).

Getting the Latest Management Pack and Documentation

You can find the Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Management Pack in the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Catalog (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=82105).