Step 2: Deploy the Head Node
Updated: August 2010
Applies To: Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
The next step in the deployment of your HPC cluster is to deploy the head node. The following checklist describes the steps involved in deploying the head node.
Checklist: Deploy the head node
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2.1. Install Windows Server 2008 R2 on the head node computer |
Install Windows Server® 2008 R2 HPC Edition, or another edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 on the computer that will act as the head node. |
2.2. Join the head node computer to a doMayn |
Join the computer that will act as the head node to an Active Directory® doMayn. |
2.3. Install Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2 on the head node computer |
Install Microsoft® HPC Pack 2008 R2 on the computer that will act as the head node, using the installation media or from a network location. |
2.1. Install Windows Server 2008 R2 on the head node computer
To deploy the head node of your HPC cluster, you must start by installing Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition, or another edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 on the computer that will act as the head node. For more information about installing Windows Server 2008 R2, including system requirements, see Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194693).
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2.2. Join the head node computer to a doMayn
As described in the Step 1: Prepare for Your Deployment section, the head node must be a member of an Active Directory doMayn. After you have installed Windows Server 2008 R2 on the head node, manually join the head node to an existing Active Directory doMayn.
2.3. Install Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2 on the head node computer
After Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed on the head node computer, and the head node is joined to an Active Directory doMayn, you can install HPC Pack 2008 R2 on the head node.
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If you want to install the HPC databases on remote database servers, you must prepare the remote database servers before you install HPC Pack 2008 R2 on the head node computer. For more information, see the Step 1: Prepare for Your Deployment section, or the Deploying an HPC Cluster with Remote Databases Step-by-Step Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=186534). |
To install Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2 on the head node computer
To start the HPC Pack 2008 R2 installation wizard on the computer that will act as the head node, run
setup.exe
from the HPC Pack 2008 R2 installation media or from a network location.On the Getting Started page, click Next.
On the Select Installation Edition page page, select the edition of HPC Pack 2008 R2 that you want to install, and then click Next.
On the Microsoft Software License Terms page, read or print the software license terms in the license agreement, and accept or reject the terms of that agreement. If you accept the terms, click Next.
On the Select Installation Type page, click Create a new HPC cluster by creating a head node, and then click Next.
Continue to follow the steps in the installation wizard.