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N
Nagios, 362
NAMD, 349
name resolution, 101–102, 107
'/etc/hosts', 101, 107
'/etc/resolv.conf', 107
DNS, 102
NIS, 101
namespace in MPI, 271
NAS parallel benchmarks, 14
Nastran, 349
NAT, 100
neighbor exchange, 224
nested-strided access, 497
netCDF, 234
netfilter, 134
netmask, 99
netpipe, 127
netpipe, 14
NetSaint, 362
netstat, 138
network, 583
cluster, 3
network address, 99
network address translation, 100
Network Booting, 56
network broadcast address, 99
network design, 93–96
examples, 94
fully connected, 94
hidden cluster, 95
hidden nodes, 95
single system image, 95
Network File System, see NFS
Network Information Service, see NIS
network interface
configuration, 106
network interface card, 78
network performance, 94, 120–128
bandwidth-delay product, 126
channel bonding, 123
interrupt coalescing, 125–126
jumbo frames, 123–125
multiple networks, 122–123
netperf, 14
netpipe, 14
offloading services, 120–122
problems, 141–142
socket buffers, 126–128
technology specific optimizations, 123–126
Network Queueing System, 447
network topologies
administrative, see network design
network troubleshooting, 137–142
diagnosing problems, 138
example, 139
tools, 138–139
NFS, 61, 102–103
'/etc/exports', 116
'/etc/fstab', 117
configuration, 116–117
performance, 120–122
problems, 108–109
root, 57
root account, 108
semantics, 510
services
netfs, 117
nfs, 116
shared libraries, 102
synchronization, 62
unsuitable for parallel file access, 6
NIC, 78, 583
channel bonding, 123
NIS, 67, 101, 367
'/etc/nsswitch.conf', 115
configuration, 114–116
problems, 108–109
root account, 108
services
ypbind, 115
yppasswdd, 114–116
ypserv, 114–115
yxfrd, 114–115
SSH issues, 116
yppasswd, 116
nmap, 139
node
appliance, 155
compute, 144
defined, 3
frontend, 146
golden, 153
head, 146
login, 144
node level security, 128–132
nodes, 460
nonblocking communication, 252
Norton Ghost, 152
notification, 318
NOW, 583
NPACI ROCKS, 49
NPACI Rocks, 150
NQS, 447
numerical software for clusters, 335
NWChem, 349
nX, 41
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