HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 now available for download

The HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 is now available for download. This service pack updates the HPC Pack 2008 R2 products listed in the 'System Requirements' section. It provides improved reliability as well as an enhanced feature set including:

• The Windows Azure bursting scenarios has reduced the number of ports you have to open in your firewall, using port 443 for most communication
• The ability to install the HPC Pack software on a server not dedicated to your cluster (e.g. a team file server) for use in a manner similar to the existing Workstation Node functionality

For more information on what's new in this release please refer to the documentation at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh536248(WS.10).aspx

Files in this download
In the "Download HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 3" section you will three files:

• HPC2008R2SP3-Update-x64 : Download this .zip file to obtain the updater for use on your head nodes, compute nodes, broker nodes, and x64-based clients and workstation nodes. It also contains the Web Components (REST and Web Portal), Azure VM, and KSP ('soft card') installers necessary to use those features.
• HPC2008R2SP3-Update-x86 : This .zip file contains the updated for use on 32-bit clients and workstation nodes. It also contains the KSP ('soft card') installer for 32-bit clients.
• SP3 Media Integration Package : For customers who will be doing multiple new cluster installations (setting up brand new head nodes, not just updating existing clusters) you can use this package to update your original ('RTM') installation media to have SP3 integrated from the beginning. (Instead of installing from your RTM DVD, then applying SP1, then applying SP2, then applying SP3.) Please refer to the instructions on the HPC team blog for more information.

Download HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 3
The links in this section correspond to files available for HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 3. Download the files appropriate for you.

• HPC2008R2-SP3-Update-x64.zip
• HPC2008R2-SP3-Update-x86.zip
• SP3 Media Integration Package.zip

System requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 3
• An HPC Pack 2008 R2-based cluster with Service Pack 2 installed including:
  
  • HPC Pack 2008 R2 Express, HPC Pack 2008 R2 Enterprise, Windows HCP Server 2008 R2 Suite, HPC Pack 2008 R2 Client Utilities, HPC Pack 2008 R2 MS-MPI Redistributable 

Source: HPC Pack 2008 R2 Service Pack 3.