IBM Software Development Kit for Multicore Acceleration

Version 3.0 

Installation Guide

• • Note
  • Edition notice
  • About this publication
  • New in this release
  • Related products
  • Supported platforms
  • Licenses
• SDK prerequisites
  • Hardware prerequisites
  • Software prerequisites
• Operating system installation
  • BladeCenter QS20 specifics
    • Managing a BladeCenter QS20
      • Checking the firmware version
      • Checking which firmware bank was booted
      • Booting a BladeCenter QS20
      • Recovering from a bad firmware boot
      • Shutting down and restarting the BladeCenter QS20
    • Installing Fedora 7 Linux on a BladeCenter QS20
      • Preparing your BladeCenter QS20
      • Fedora 7 installation overview
      • The network installation environment
      • Setting up a netboot environment
      • Setting up a network installation environment
      • Installing Fedora 7 
      • Rebooting the BladeCenter QS20
  • BladeCenter QS21 Specifics
    • Creating a Linux network installation for BladeCenter QS21
      • Requirements
      • How the network boot process works
      • Creating a network installation for the BladeCenter QS21
        • Install Linux on a POWER-based system
        • Create or download a zImage with NFS support
        • Install the zImage
        • Set up the root file system on the network
        • Boot from the network
  • Finishing the Linux installation
• SDK components
  • SDK target platforms
  • SDK directories
  • RPMs
  • SDK component descriptions
  • YUM groups
  • RPMs by component
• Installing, uninstalling, and updating the SDK
  • Upgrading to SDK 3.0 from a previous version
  • Default SDK installation
    • Choose a product set
    • Download the SDK files
    • Prepare for installation
    • Install the SDK Installer
    • Start the SDK installation
    • Post-install configuration
  • Installing the SDK using the Pirut GUI
  • The cellsdk script
    • cellsdk script options
    • cellsdk script verify
  • Upgrading from RHEL5 Developer to RHEL5 Product
  • Installing additional SDK components
  • Uninstalling the SDK
    • Uninstalling SDK version 2.1
    • Uninstalling SDK version 3.0
  • Updating the SDK
    • cellsdk script update
    • Updating the SDK with pup
  • The SDK backout procedure
  • Building the SPU-Isolation component
  • Configuring the Eclipse IDE
  • Setting up a YUM server for the SDK
  • Troubleshooting the SDK installation
• DaCS for Hybrid-x86 configuration
  • Daemon configuration
  • Topology configuration
  • Affinity requirements
• Getting support
• Accessibility features
• Appendix
• cellsdk script SDK installation example
• cellsdk script SDK verify example
• cellsdk script SDK update example
• cellsdk script SDK uninstallation example
• Known limitations
• Notices
  • Trademarks
  • Terms and conditions
  • Related documentation
  • Glossary