Windows HPC Server 2008: Technical Reference

Applies To: Windows HPC Server 2008

This section contains technical reference content for using HPC-specific command-line commands and PowerShell commands included with Windows HPC Server 2008.

For more information about the Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 SDK, see Microsoft HPC Pack (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=123849).

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In this section

For a downloadable version of the documents in this section, see Windows HPC Server 2008 Technical Reference.

This section includes the following documents:

Title	Description
Windows HPC Server 2008 Command Reference	This command reference contains HPC-specific command-line commands for Windows HPC Server 2008.
Windows HPC PowerShell Reference	This command reference contains PowerShell commands for HPC Pack.
Windows PowerShell Cmdlet Equivalents for HPC Command-Line Commands	This topic provides equivalent mappings from command-line commands to PowerShell commands for Windows HPC Server 2008.
Cluster-wide and Task Environment Variables in Windows HPC Server 2008	This topic describes the environment variable hierarchy, system environment variables set on the head node during install, and the built-in cluster-wide and task environment variables in Windows HPC Server 2008.
Windows HPC Server Glossary	This topic contains the glossary terms that are specific to Windows HPC Server 2008.

Additional references

• Microsoft HPC Pack

• Windows HPC Server 2008 Web site