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HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3 upgrades HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 2 clusters and can be used for new HPC Pack cluster installations. It provides improved reliability as well as an enhanced feature set for on-premises Linux nodes, GPU support, job scheduling, and cluster management.

• HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3 upgrades HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 2 clusters and can be used for new HPC Pack cluster installations. It provides improved reliability as well as an enhanced feature set for on-premises Linux nodes, GPU support, job scheduling, and cluster management. For more information on what's new in this release, refer to the documentation at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=699388. For important information that you should read prior to installing HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3, see the Release Notes
  
  The following downloads are available:
  
  • HPC2012R2_Update3_x64.exe / HPC2012R2_Update3_x86.exe : Download these updaters to upgrade your exisiting HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 2 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 Update 2 components installed.
  • HPC2012R2_Update3_Full.zip : Download this .zip file for a full installation package to set up an HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3 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 Update 2 components first.
  • HPC2012R2_Update3_Full_Refresh_4.5.5194.zip : Download this .zip file for a full installation package to set up an HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3 cluster. Comparing to above zip package, this slipstream build supports Azure SQL database as remote database and includes below QFE fixes as well:
          KB3134307 (4.5.5094)
          KB3147178 (4.5.5102)
          KB3161422 (4.5.5111)
          KB3189996 (4.5.5161)
          KB3147178 (4.5.5168)
          KB3161422 (4.5.5187)
          KB4344029 (4.5.5194)
    
  • QFEs after 4.5.5194: KB4470565 (4.5.5197 or 4.5.5199)  KB4505153 (4.5.5202)
    
  • HPC2012R2_Update3_Full_Refresh_4.5.5202.zip : Download this .zip file for a full installation package to set up an HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3 cluster. This slipstream installation package includes all previous QFEs for Update 3 since 4.5.5079
  
  
  

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_Update3_Full.zip SHA1: a553ed69252463a10ac1fc0a66508b08eb9badc6	799.97 MB
HPC2012R2_Update3_Full_Refresh_4.5.5194.zip SHA1: 29703afb24a2a1c8c6767e71a39116e48d0f193f	802.04 MB
HPC2012R2_Update3_Full_Refresh_4.5.5199.zip SHA1: 4480a530dd7dc410747c8e60f211a2719d5e7f06	804.41 MB
HPC2012R2_Update3_Full_Refresh_4.5.5202.zip SHA1: c1bf1b99362926652f939242b95b8b68ff97879d	804.42 MB
HPC2012R2_Update3_x64.exe SHA1: 23757216aa52dbaf63efefab1532068347eaf079	223.60 MB
HPC2012R2_Update3_x86.exe SHA1: 0775a7180b408f21cf820945f541e9f3e8cfbe1d	223.45 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 3 and to upgrade an existing HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 2 cluster.
  
  HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3 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 10, 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 10, 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 3 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 Update 2, the updater needs to be run on all nodes and client computers.
  
  Please refer to the documentation at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=617893.