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Build Supercomputers with Raspberry Pi 3

You're reading from   Build Supercomputers with Raspberry Pi 3 A step-by-step guide that will enhance your skills in creating powerful systems to solve complex issues

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787282582
Length 254 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Carlos R. Morrison Carlos R. Morrison
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Supercomputing FREE CHAPTER 2. One Node Supercomputing 3. Preparing the Initial Two Nodes 4. Static IP Address and Hosts File Setup 5. Creating a Common User for All Nodes 6. Creating a Mountable Drive on the Master Node 7. Configuring the Eight Nodes 8. Testing the Super Cluster 9. Real-World Math Application 10. Real-World Physics Application 11. Real-World Engineering Application A. Appendix

Preparing the master node


During bootup, select the US or (whatever country you reside in) keyboard option located at the middle-bottom of the screen. After bootup completes, start with the following screenshot. Click on Menu, and then Preferences. Select Raspberry Pi configuration (see the following screenshot):

Menu options

The System tab appears (see the following screenshot). Type in a suitable Hostname for your master Pi. Auto login  is already checked:

System tab

Go ahead and Change Password to your preference (see the following screenshot):

Change password

Select the Interfaces tab (see the following screenshot). Click  Enable on all options, especially Secure Shell (SSH), as you will be remotely logging into the Pi2 or Pi3 from your main PC. The other options are enabled for convenience, as you may be using the Pi2 or Pi3 in other projects outside of supercomputing:

Interface options

The next important step is to boost the processing speed from 900MHz to 1000 MHz or 1 GHz (this option...

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