April 28
IT'S HERE! Boxes begin to be stacked high as they await the technical team.
May 1
The technical team from IBM starts assembling LosLobos. The table below served as an efficient assembly line. The floor was transformed into a forest of racks. LosLobos's 14 racks will hold 256 nodes.
May 4
The nodes are assembled. They were stacked while awaiting installation. Space is a premium at the AHPCC.
May 5
The IBM technical team rips open the Myrinet shipment. They immediately begin preparing for installation.
May 8
The nodes begin to be inserted into the racks. The process takes approximately 5 minutes per node. That does not include the cabling.
May 9
The process of inserting the nodes into their racks is completed. The technical team has assigned install and cabling duties amongst themselves. The cabling process begins. The nodes are powered on for the first time.
The cabling process continues. It is going smoothly, but takes diligence.