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FDMQuickStartBitfusionGuidesWHITEPAPER–OCTOBER2019WHITEPAPER|2Bitfusion:FDMQuickStartTableofContentsFDMQuickStart3FlexDirectManagerInstallationSteps3Step1:Install4Step2:ConfirmFDMServiceIsRunning5Step3:ConfiguretheIPAddresses6ObservewithYourBrowser6WHITEPAPER|3FDMQuickStartFlexDirectManager(FDM)provides:GPUmanagementservicesonaGPUclusterGPUclusteranalyticsGPUutilizationandnetworkutilizationRegularFlexDirectvirtualizationservices(FDorSRS)IthasthecapabilitiesofFlexDirect(FDorSRS)andFlexDirectAnalytics(FDA),towhichitaddsGPUclustermanagement.
ThisQuickStartguideisdesignedtogetFDMupandrunningasquicklyaspossible,atleastfortypicalsituations.
TheInstallationguidewillexplainfurtherinstallationandconfigurationdetails.
FlexDirectManagerInstallationStepsTherearethreestepstosetupFDM.
YoumustperformthemoneachoftheGPUserversinthecluster.
1.
Installthesoftware(FDMonGPUnodes;binary-onlyonCPUnodes)2.
ConfirmtheFlexDirectManagerserviceisrunning(onlyonGPUnodes)3.
ConfigurethenodewithafilelistingtheIPaddressofeachGPUnodeintheclusterAfterthatyoucan:RunapplicationswithvirtualizedGPUsUseawebbrowserto:–SeeGPUutilization–ManageGPUsThepicturebelowshowsanexample4-nodeclusterafterFDMisrunning.
Blueshowspreexistinghardwareandsoftware.
Whiteshowstheinstallationsteps.
PRELIMINARIESOperatingsystemsFlexDirectsupportsRHEL,CentOSandUbuntuLinuxdistributions.
SeetheSystemRequirementsdocumentationforfurtherinformation.
Softwaredependencies:Theinstallscriptwillalsoinstalldependenciesforyou.
PleaserefertothefullInstallationguideifyouhavespecialrequirements.
1.
InstallFD/FDMsoftware2.
ConfirmFDMservice3.
ListGPUIPsinservers.
conf(App&stack,includingCUDA)NVIDIAdriverGPUGPUNIC1.
InstallFDbinaries2.
3.
ListGPUIPsinservers.
confApp&stack,includingCUDANIC1.
InstallFD/FDMsoftware2.
ConfirmFDMservice3.
ListGPUIPsinservers.
conf(App&stack,includingCUDA)NVIDIAdriverGPUGPUNICServer2(GPU):192.
168.
1.
32Browsetoany_GPU_server:54000Server2(CPU):192.
168.
1.
34Server1(GPU):192.
168.
1.
31Server3(CPU):192.
168.
1.
331.
InstallFDbinaries2.
3.
ListGPUIPsinservers.
confApp&stack,includingCUDANICUSERWHITEPAPER|4Step1:InstallDownloadandruntheinstallationscript.
ThisisdonedifferentlyontheCPUnodesandtheGPUnodesTheinstallationcompletes.
#Downloadtheinstallscript.
wget-Oinstallfdhttps://getfd.
bitfusion.
io#Runinstallwithoptionforclientmode(justthebinaries).
sudobashinstallfd---mbinaries#Answer'y'oninstallinganydependencies.
#Initializethelicense.
sudoflexdirectinit#AccepttheEULA.
#Enteryourlicensekeyatprompt(issuedbyyourrepresentativeatBitfusion).
InstallFDMonGPUServersClient(CPU-only)ServerInstallation#Downloadtheinstallscript.
wget-Oinstallfdhttps://getfd.
bitfusion.
io#RuninstallwithoptionforFlexDirectmanagermode,asystemdservice.
sudobashinstallfd---mfdm#Answer'y'oninstallinganydependencies,unlessyouhavereasontoinstallyourself.
#Answerforstartingtheservicedoesnotmatter,sinceyoustillneedtoinitialize#thelicense.
#Initializethelicense.
sudoflexdirectinit#AccepttheEULA.
#Enteryourlicensekeyatprompt(issuedbyyourrepresentativeatBitfusion).
WHITEPAPER|5Step2:ConfirmFDMServiceIsRunningThisrunstheVMwaresoftwareasaLinuxserviceasconfiguredin/lib/systemd/system/flexdirect-manager.
service.
Theservicecanbemonitored,stoppedandstartedasanyotherservice,withthesystemctlcommandandtheservicealiasflexdirect.
Hereweconfirmtheserviceisrunningwiththestatuscommand:ConfirmFDMService$systemctlstatusflexdirectflexdirect-manager.
service-StartFlexDirectManagerLoaded:loaded(/lib/systemd/system/flexdirect-manager.
service;enabled;Active:active(running)sinceSun2019-03-2415:13:10CDT;1day19hagoProcess:301605ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir-p/var/run/bitfusionio(code=exited,status=0/SUCCESS)MainPID:301609(flexdirect)Tasks:68Memory:160.
3MCPU:13h6min37.
494sCGroup:/system.
slice/flexdirect-manager.
service301609/usr/bin/flexdirectmanager--servers/etc/bitfusionio/servers.
conf--pid_override--pid_path/var/run/bitfusionio/srs.
pid--db_path/var/lib/bitfusio.
.
.
Iftheserviceisnotrunning,trystartingitfromthecommandlineandcontactusataskbitfusion@vmware.
comifthereisanyproblem.
StartFDMServicesudosystemctlstartflexdirectWHITEPAPER|6Step3:ConfiguretheIPAddressesYouneedtocreateaconfigurationfileoneachnodeintheclusterthatliststheIPaddressesofeveryGPUnode,oneaddressperline.
YouneedthisforbothGPUnodesandCPUnodes.
Theaddressesidentifynodes,nottheinterfacestobeused.
Nevertheless,werecommendusingtheaddressesofhigh-speed,internalLANinterfacesforclarity;FlexDirectshouldusehigh-speedconnectionstoachieveperformantGPUvirtualization.
Thefullpathofthisfileis/etc/bitfusionio/servers.
conf.
Forexample,ifyourclusterhadthreeserverswithGPUsattached,thencreatethisfileoneveryGPUandCPUserver:Contentsofservers.
conf$cat/etc/bitfusionio/servers.
conf#Commentsallowed.
#TheIPaddressesofallnodesintheclusterthathaveGPUs.
#Thisisanexamplefile,assuminga192.
168.
1.
0/24subnetandthreeGPUnodes.
#PlacethisfileonallthreeGPUnodesandonallCPUnodesat#/etc/bitfusionio/servers.
conf.
192.
168.
1.
31192.
168.
1.
32192.
168.
1.
33TheGPUnodeswillusethisconfigurationfiletoexchangeGPUusageandpolicydata.
GPUserversneedtolisttheirownIPaddress.
ThefirstIPaddresslistedinthefileshouldbethesameonallGPUservers.
TheCPUnodeswillusethisconfigurationfiletorequestvirtualizationservicesfromtheGPUnodes.
GPUnodescanrequestvirtualizationservicesaswell.
ObservewithYourBrowserFDMisupandrunning,andyoucanuseit.
YoumaylaunchapplicationsusingvirtualGPUsasdescribedintheUsageguide(andtheevaluationguides,e.
g.
,FlexDirectOn-PremiseEvaluationGuide).
Butthemanagerfunctionalityisaccessedviaawebbrowser.
BringupawebbrowseronanysystemthatcanconnecttotheGPUservers.
EachserverrunsawebbrowserwiththeusageandmanagementGUIforthewholecluster.
Browsetooneoftheseserversatport54000.
Forexample,usingtheexampleaddressesabove,aURLtobrowsetocouldbe:http://192.
168.
1.
32:54000WHITEPAPER|7Ifyouexperienceanydifficultiesatanystageofthisprocess,pleaserefertothefullinstallationguide.
TheGUIisintuitiveandeasytouse,buttheFDMUsageGuideprovidesfulldocumentationandcoversanyesoterictopics.
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