Platform LSF HPC 6.2
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The Platform LSF® HPC 6.2 was the subject of a Common Criteria evaluation performed by the Common Criteria Evaluation Facility at DOMUS IT Security Laboratories, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Platform LSF® MultiCluster was included in the evaluation. The evaluation was completed on 3 April 2006.
The evaluation of the Platform LSF® HPC 6.2 determined that this Information Technology (IT) product can be trusted, to an assurance level of EAL 2, to conform to the requirements of the associated security target.
The Platform LSF® HPC 6.2 provides a multiprocessing computing environment that permits software applications (jobs) to run concurrently on several different hosts (processors), thus reducing the execution time. The Platform LSF® HPC 6.2 comprises one or more clusters, each of which includes:
- Submission Hosts that are responsible for submitting jobs that require processing;
- A Master Host that controls the allocation of these jobs to the hosts that will perform the processing. The Master Host acts as a coordinator for the Cluster, performing all the scheduling and dispatching tasks;
- Compute Hosts, also called Execution Hosts, that are responsible for executing the jobs that have been assigned to them; and
- A Master Candidate Host that is a Compute or Submission Host that can assume the role of Master Host in the event of a failure on that system.
The Platform LSF® HPC 6.2 can:
- Utilize computing resources at maximum capacity;
- Take full advantage of high performance network interconnects available on clustered systems and supercomputers;
- Use topology-based scheduling that enables maximum application performance;
- Provide scalability and performance; and
- Utilize an extensive library of third party application integrations.
The scope of the evaluation is defined by the security target, which identifies assumptions made during the evaluation, the intended environment for the Platform LSF® HPC 6.2, the IT security requirements to be met, and the level of confidence (evaluation assurance level) to which it is asserted that the Platform LSF® HPC 6.2 satisfies its IT security requirements. Consumers are advised to verify that their operating environment is consistent with the security target.
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