Setting up LoadLeveler involves defining machines, users, and how they interact, in such a way that LoadLeveler is able to run jobs quickly and efficiently. If you have a good deal of experience in system administration and job scheduling, you should begin by reading Expert. If you are relatively new to job scheduling tasks, begin by reading Intermediate or Beginner.
No matter what your level of experience, it will prove worthwhile to read all the information in this chapter at some point to help you optimize LoadLeveler's performance.
If you are experienced in UNIX system administration but are unfamiliar with job scheduling systems or your experience is limited, you may want to start with the section Administration File Structure and Syntax and read to the end of this chapter. This section provides a relatively slow, step-by-step approach to administering LoadLeveler. If you would rather start up LoadLeveler quickly using mostly default characteristics, follow the procedures in Quick Set Up.
If you are very familiar with UNIX system administration and job scheduling, and have some idea how you want to distribute your workload, go to Quick Set Up. Each step in this short procedure refers you to a detailed discussion of the task at hand. The sample configuration and administration files included in the samples subdirectory also provide assistance.
If you plan to run interactive jobs using the Parallel Operating Environment (POE) running under LoadLeveler, see Allowing Users to Submit Interactive POE Jobs.