I had this problem using the slurm command.Unable to contact slurm controller. this is part of my slurm.conf:
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# YHPC NAME
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ClusterName=yhstar
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# BASIC INFO
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#ControlAddr=192.168.251.230
ControlMachine=kylin1
#BackupAddr=mn1
#BackupController=mn1
#ReconfigFlags=
#SlurmUser=root
#SlurmdUser=root
#SlurmctldPort=6817
#SlurmdPort=6818
#DynAllocPort=
TreeWidth=50
this is part of my node.conf:
NodeName=kylin1 NodeAddr=192.168.251.230 State=UNKNOWN Sockets=8 CoresPerSocket=4
this is part of my partition.conf:
PartitionName=work Nodes=kylin1 Default=YES State=UP MaxTime=INFINITE