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HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1 upgrades HPC Pack 2012 R2 clusters and can be used for new Window HPC cluster installations. It provides improved reliability as well as an enhanced feature set for Windows Azure integration, job scheduling, and cluster management.

• HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1 upgrades HPC Pack 2012 R2 clusters and can be used for new Window HPC cluster installations. It provides improved reliability as well as an enhanced feature set for Windows Azure integration, job scheduling, and cluster management. For complete information on what's new in this release, refer to the documentation at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=518297. For important information that you should read prior to installing HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1, see the Release Notes
  
  The following downloads are available:
  
  • HPC2012R2_Update1_amd64.exe / HPC2012R2_Update1_i386.exe : Download these updaters to upgrade your exisiting HPC Pack 2012 R2 head nodes, compute nodes, broker nodes, client computers, workstation nodes, and unmanaged server nodes. Please install the appropriate updater for the CPU architecture on computers that have already had HPC Pack 2012 R2 components installed.
  • HPC2012R2_Update1_Full.zip : Download this .zip file to have a full installation package to set up an HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1 cluster. It also contains the Web Components (REST interface and Web Portal) and KSP (soft card) installers necessary to use those features. If you install this package on an existing HPC Pack node, please uninstall existing HPC Pack 2012 R2 components first.
  
  
  

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	Size
HPC2012R2_Update1_Full.zip SHA1: 3ab8c4ca6767992f715f42bafa51fb77a6bfe504	815.85 MB
HPC2012R2_Update1_x64.exe SHA1: 290a6491c5ebad7e7c8efedf43a4ae6a1ca2b628	251.32 MB
HPC2012R2_Update1_x86.exe SHA1: f4908f62f4be1699cf1ae238e2b4b00c58ff8395	251.17 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• The following system requirements apply to both a full installation of HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1 and to upgrade an existing HPC Pack 2012 R2 cluster.
  
  HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1 supported operating systems
• Head nodes: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter, Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter
• Compute nodes: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter, Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter, or x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, or HPC Edition
• Broker nodes: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter, Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter
• Workstation nodes: Windows 8.1 Pro or Enterprise, Windows 8 Pro or Enterprise, Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise
• Unmanaged server nodes: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter, Windows Server 2012 Standard, Datacenter, or Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, or HPC Edition
• Client computers: Windows 8.1 Pro or Enterprise, Windows 8 Pro or Enterprise, Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise, Windows Vista; Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter, 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 and client computers, which may run x86-based or x64-based processors
RAM: 1 GB
Multiprocessor support: HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1 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.

• When upgrading from HPC Pack 2012 R2, the updater needs to be run on all nodes and client computers.
  
  Please refer to the documentation at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=518296.