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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

Setting up the host file for all nodes


Now that the first slave (Slv1) node is set up, you need to update the hosts file on both the master (Mst0) and slave (Slv1) nodes to reflect all the remaining six or sixteen nodes in the super cluster. First, you will copy (using win32 Disk Imager) the image of the Slv1 SD card to your desktop. This image file will then be copied to the other six or fourteen slave SD cards, and then return them to the slave Pis. Finally, you will make additional minor modifications to the data on each card.

So, let's now edit again the hosts file on the master node. Enter exit to return to the pi@Mst0:~$ prompt, and then enter sudo vim/etc/hosts. Add the rest of the IP addresses and host names. Repeat this procedure for the slave (Slv1) node (see highlighted text in the following screenshot):

Do the same for the master node, (see the following screenshot): 

Note that those six additional records are place holders as the IP addresses for the remaining six slave nodes...

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