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HPC Pack 2012 provides enterprise-class tools, performance, & scalability for a highly productive HPC environment

• HPC Pack 2012 delivers enterprise-class tools, performance, & scalability for a highly productive HPC environment, providing an integrated cluster environment featuring the HPC Job Scheduler, Message Passing Interface v2 (MPI2) and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) interactive application support, cluster management & monitoring tools.
  

Files

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File	Size
HPCPack-3906.zip SHA1: 69fb285027ea6e94e89a43b52aa7582307f9303c	1.72 GB

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• HPC Pack 2012 supported Operating Systems
• Head nodes: Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter
• Compute nodes: Windows Server 2012 Standard, Datacenter, or x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, or HPC Edition
• Broker nodes: Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter
• Workstation nodes: x86 or x64 versions of Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise, Windows 8 Pro or Enterprise
• Unmanaged server nodes: Windows Server 2012 Standard, Datacenter, or Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, or HPC Edition


Additional notes:CPU: x64 architecture computer, except for Workstation nodes which may run x86-based or x64-based processors
RAM: 1 GB
Multiprocessor support: HPC Pack 2012 can address up to 64 cores on a single machine, if the operating system supports it.
Minimum disk space for setup: 50 GB
Network interface card: At least one network interface card (NIC) is required. Additional NICs may be required depending on the selected network topology

• Prior to installation, please review the 'Release Notes' available on the Windows HPC TechNet site.
  
  Download the Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 '.zip' archive, extract the contents to the root of your drive and run 'setup.exe' to start the HPC Pack installation wizard on a supported Windows Server 2012-based computer.