knl.conf(5)

NAME
knl.conf - Slurm configuration file for Intel Knights Landing processor.

DESCRIPTION
This ASCII file which describes configuration information for Intel Knights Landing processors and it's name may depend upon the NodeFeatures plugin configured in Slurm. For example, on Cray systems NodeFeatures should be configured to "knl_cray" and its configuration file will be read from "knl_cray.conf". The file location can be modified at system build time using the DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the SLURM_CONF environment variable. The file will always be located in the same directory as the slurm.conf file. This file is optional.

Parameter names are case insensitive. Any text following a "#" in the configuration file is treated as a comment through the end of that line. Changes to the configuration file take effect upon restart of Slurm daemons, daemon receipt of the SIGHUP signal, or execution of the command "scontrol reconfigure" unless otherwise noted.

The overall configuration parameters available include:

AllowMCDRAM
    Specify the MCDRAM modes which jobs are allowed to use. This may be a subset of MCDRAM modes supported by the node. If not specified, all MCDRAM modes supported by the node are available for use. The comma separated list of allowed MCDRAM modes may include any of the modes listed below.

    cache
        All of MCDRAM to be used as cache.

    equal
        MCDRAM to be used partly as cache and partly combined with primary memory.

    flat
        MCDRAM to be combined with primary memory into a "flat" memory space.

AllowNUMA
    Specify the NUMA modes which jobs are allowed to use. This may be a subset of NUMA modes supported by the node. If not specified, all NUMA modes supported by the node are available for use. The comma separated list of allowed NUMA modes may include any of the modes listed below. Note that Slurm version 16.05 and earlier can only support homogeneous nodes (e.g. the same number of cores per NUMA node). KNL scn4 and quad modes are not homogeneous, but each each NUMA mode will have either 16 or 18 cores. This will result in Slurm using the lower core count and finding a total of 256 threads rather than 272 threads and setting the node to a DOWN state. Therefore it is recommended that snc4 and quad mode not be allowed at this time.

    a2a All to all

    snc2
        Sub-NUMA cluster 2

    snc4
        Sub-NUMA cluster 4

    hemi
        Hemisphere

    quad
        Quadrant

AllowUserBoot
    A comma delimited list of users allowed to modify a node's MCDRAM or NUMA state. If not specified then any user can change a node's state and reboot it.

CapmcPath
    Fully qualified path to the capmc program. The default value is "/opt/cray/capmc/default/bin/capmc". This parameter is used only by the "knl_cray" plugin.

CapmcPollFreq
    Time interval between when the capmc program should poll for node state changes, in seconds. The default value is 45 seconds. This parameter is used only by the "knl_cray" plugin.

CapmcRetries
    Number of times to retry failed operations of the capmc program. Default value is 4.

CapmcTimeout
    Time limit for the capmc program to return status information milliseconds. The default value is 60000 milliseconds and the minimum value is 1000 milliseconds. This parameter is used by the "knl_cray" plugin, plus the capmc_suspend and capmc_resume programs used for suspending and resuming nodes.

CnselectPath
    Fully qualified path to the cnselect program. The default value is "/opt/cray/sdb/default/bin/cnselect". This parameter is used only by the "knl_cray" plugin.

DefaultMCDRAM
    Specify the default MCDRAM modes for job's which do not specify a value. This is only used when a node is booted and the job which has been allocated the node does not specify a desired MCDRAM mode. The value can include one of the possible values identified with the AllowMCDRAM configuration parameter above. The default value is "cache".

DefaultNUMA
    Specify the default NUMA modes for job's which do not specify a value. This is only used when a node is booted and the job which has been allocated the node does not specify a desired NUMA mode. The value can include one of the possible values identified with the AllowNUMA configuration parameter above. The default value is "a2a".

LogFile
    Fully qualified path to a log file. The default value is SlurmctldLogFile from the slurm.conf configuration file. This is option is used only by the campc_suspend and campc_resume programs (which power down and reboot nodes in the appropriate configuration).

SyscfgPath
    Fully qualified path to Intel's syscfg program, which identifies current KNL configuration by viewing BIOS settings. If not defined, the current BIOS setting will not be available. The default value is "/usr/bin/syscfg". This parameter is used only by the "knl_generic" plugin.

EXAMPLE

###################################################################
# knl_cray.conf
# Slurm configuration file for Intel Knights Landing on Cray system
###################################################################
CapmcPath=/opt/cray/capmc/default/bin/capmc
CapmcTimeout=6000
DefaultMCDRAM=flat
DefaultNUMA=a2a
LogFile=/var/tmp/slurm_node_feature.log
SyscfgPath=/usr/sbin/syscfg

COPYING
Copyright (C) 2015-2016 SchedMD LLC.

This file is part of Slurm, a resource management program. For details, see <http://slurm.schedmd.com/>.

Slurm is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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SEE ALSO

slurm.conf(5)