A C D E H I M O P S T W X

• CMDaemon won't restart my service like it is supposed to. But I can start the service by running the init script manually. What's going on?
  Normally CMDaemon restarts a service that fails.   However, one of the possibilities is that CMD has given up due to persistent failure. In the Administrator Manual, ...
• Can I install from a USB flash drive?
  Yes.   If you mount the Bright Cluster Manager Installation DVD or ISO that you downloaded, you will find a README.BRIGHTUSB file in the top directory that ...
• Can I replicate my own MySQL database using the failover mechanism supplied by Bright?
  Yes.   All the MySQL databases can be replicated between the active and passive, not just CMDaemon and Slurm. (Have a look in the Admin Manual for ...
• Can I dual-boot my nodes between Linux and Windows?
  There are a number of ways to set up nodes that dual-boot between Linux and Windows. Bright Cluster Manager cannot provision Windows images to compute ...
• Can I mix Linux distributions on my cluster?
  Can the Bright Cluster Manager (BCM) be used to manage a mix of Linux distributions within the same cluster?Yes.   Introduction   With BCM, multiple, different images can be ...
• Can I use Google Authenticator to connect to my cluster?
  Can I use Google Authenticator to connect to my cluster?     Yes, Google Authenticator can be used to connect to the cluster via SSH and cmgui. Google ...
• Can I re-export a mounted NFS?
  I want to rexport my NFS share. Can I do that?   Short answer No.   Long answer   You can, but it is a really bad idea, so Bright Cluster Manager ...
• Can I use Lustre on the Intel Xeon Phi?
  Can I use Lustre on the Intel Xeon  Phi?   Yes. You will need to update the Bright Cluster Manager 7.0 intel-mic-*-<distro> packages to the latest version ...
• Can I use a custom CMDaemon authentication mechanism for OpenStack?
  For Bright 7.1 you can customize the way CMDaemon obtains authentication data from OpenStack. So, instead of a built-in method you can provide your own ...
• Consolidation -- how can I see it is working?
  Consolidation -- how can I see it is working?   Well, usually you don't. Consolidation is an efficient internal storage method that normally just works quietly in the ...
• Can I keep this support request open, just in case?
  Here is a kind of FAQ we get quite often:   "Hi Support, thanks for solving this issue.  It appears to be working as designed.  Can we ...
• Can I run a DGX node using a standard Bright software image?
  In order to be able to get support from NVIDIA, it is necessary to run the official DGX software stack. Bright provides the official DGX ...
• Can I run a DGX as a Bright head node?
  We recommend that you do not run a DGX head node. In order to be able to scale up, it is beneficial to run a ...
• Can I run a DGX node using Ubuntu 16.04?
  Bright only provides a DGX software images based on the official DGX software stack for Ubuntu 18.04. If you want to run a DGX node ...