The HPVM front end is a client/server application which enables users to monitor the status of an HPVM cluster and to submit batch jobs for execution on the cluster. The front-end client is a Java applet which is loaded from a Web server running on one of the hosts in the HPVM server and executed on the user's Java-enabled Web browser. The front end server is a Windows NT executable which runs on the host from which the client is loaded. The client passes commands from the user to the server via a TCP/IP socket connection and the server executes these commands against the HPVM cluster on behalf of the user.
The HPVM front end makes use of a product called Load Sharing Facility from Platform Computing to perform its functions.
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