changelog Updates

Error via getvnfs networking

by Floyd Fayton, HPC Admin
Fixed: by restart httpd on OpenHPC master node. Issue: Down nodes could not be reimaged because of the PXE process hanging at the getvnfs stage (seen in /var/log/messages, boot never makes it past getvnfs). Affected nodes: memex-c[014...
System Failure
Fix

Login Stalled - SSH denial/System locked up

by Floyd Fayton, HPC Admin
Memex's login became unresponsive to established and new SSH sessions. A reboot was initiated shortly after. The initial concern is that a new package, abrt-gui, was installed, detected a system issue and halted the server. Admin...
Announcement
System Failure
Fix

Memex Up: Switch failure in Rack 2 (resolved)

by Floyd Fayton, HPC Admin
Issue: The switch in rack 2 has powered down for reasons unknown (probably failure). We will be inspecting the switch and if necessary, have Dell replace it. Apologies for the interruption of your work but we are diligently working on...
System Failure
Announcement
Fix

New Nodes Added - memex-c[117-124]

by Floyd Fayton, HPC Admin
Nodes, memex-c[117-124], were added to Memex on 2/13/19. These nodes are identical to memex-c[109-116], which all have 256GB of raw memory and up to 250GB of free/unused memory per node. Users can request any of these nodes by adding...
Improvement
Announcement

Failure of memex-c[013-014,038,072,075] - Dell ticket opened

by Floyd Fayton, HPC Admin
A Dell support ticket was opened on 2/7/19 to address the failure of compute nodes, memex-c[013-014,038,072,075]. Onsite and remote logs were emailed to Dell subject matter experts but they haven't found any hardware issues yet. Memex...
System Failure
Announcement

Welcome 👋

by Floyd Fayton, HPC Admin
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