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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

Configuring a network switch static IP address


Some network switches don't allow the connected computers to set their own static IP address if they are using a dynamic configuration, so in that case we should proceed to the switch's configuration and set up the static IP addresses ourselves. The following procedure relates to the HP 1910-8 managed switch from your parts list. First, remove your router's Ethernet cable from the switch (see the following figure); otherwise, you will be prompted (during attempted login to the switch) for your router's login information:

Router Ethernet cable

Next, connect the other end of the switch's Ethernet cable to the main PC USB port (see the following figure). This special cable is supplied with the switch:

Switch Ethernet cable

The following figure shows the extra Ethernet patch cable extending from the main PC Ethernet port, and connecting to the switch's Ethernet port used for communicating with the Pis:

Main PC Ethernet cable

Unplug the switch's power...

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