Compute Node Linux (CNL) is a

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based on the

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for the Cray XT3,

Cray XT4 The Cray XT4 (codenamed ''Hood'' during development) is an updated version of the Cray XT3 supercomputer. It was released on November 18, 2006. It includes an updated version of the SeaStar interconnect router called SeaStar2, processor sockets ...

Cray XT5 The Cray XT5 is an updated version of the Cray XT4 supercomputer, launched on November 6, 2007. It includes a faster version of the XT4's SeaStar2 interconnect router called SeaStar2+, and can be configured either with XT4 compute blades, which ...

Cray XT6 The Cray XT6 is an updated version of the Cray XT5 supercomputer, launched on 16 November 2009. The dual- or quad-core AMD Opteron 2000-series processors of the XT5 are replaced in the XT6 with eight- or 12-core Opteron 6100 processors, giving up ...

, Cray XE6 and Cray XK6

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systems based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. CNL forms part of the Cray Linux Environment. systems running CNL were ranked 3rd, 6th and 8th among the fastest supercomputers in the world.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Cray software Linux kernel variant {{super-compu-stub

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