Ensure the installation file system on the file server host has enough disk space for all host types (approximately 300 MB per host type).
Ensure top-level LSF installation directory (LSF_TOP=EGO_TOP) is accessible with the same path name from all hosts in the LSF cluster (e.g., /usr/share/lsf).
Ensure the installation file system containing LSF_TOP (EGO_TOP) is writable by the user account that is running lsfinstall.
Create user accounts for LSF administrators (e.g., lsfadmin).
If you need help to download LSF distribution tar files, read the Release Notes for Platform LSF.
Get the LSF installation script tar file lsf7Update6_lsfinstall.tar.Z and extract it (e.g., # zcat lsf7Update6_lsfinstall.tar.Z | tar xvf -)
Get the LSF distribution tar files for all host types you need, and put them in the same directory as lsf7Update6_lsfinstall.tar.Z (e.g., for Linux 2.6 kernel glibc version 2.3: lsf7Update6_linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86.tar.Z). Do not extract the distribution tar files.
If you choose to install the HPC Portal with Platform LSF Reports, get the distribution file hpc_portal7_linux-x86_64.tar.Z and put it in the same directory as lsf7Update6_lsfinstall.tar.Z. Do not extract the tar file.
Get the Knowledge Center tar file knowledge_center7Update6.tar.Z and put it in the same directory as lsf7Update6_lsfinstall.tar.Z. Do not extract the tar file.
If you choose to install the Session Scheduler for Platform LSF, get the distribution file from my.platform.com, and put it in the same directory as lsf7Update6_lsfinstall.tar.Z. Do not extract the tar file.
Get an LSF license key and create an LSF license file (license.dat) in the same directory as the distribution files and lsf7Update6_lsfinstall.tar.Z
You must have a valid license file to install. If lsfinstall cannot find a license file, it exits.