Specifications

April 2012 v1 AMD Opteron™ 6200 Linux Tuning Guide
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3.0 Operating System and Software Choices
This section helps you understand the various operating systems, compilers, and libraries you should consider
when attempting any optimization or tuning processes.
In this section, you will:
• See the HPC Sample Operating System (OS) & Compiler Configurations.
• See the Commercial Options for Linux.
• Understand Compiler Choices.
• Find Linux Kernel Versions and Distributions.
• Check Configuration After Installing Linux.
• Learn about compiling for FMA4.
• Find available Libraries.
3.1 HPC Example OS & Compiler Configurations
Here are a few example starting point operating system and compiler configurations that can be used for
common HPC workloads and development.
Operating System Compiler Library
Recommended for SPECCPU, LINPACK, HPC
Challenge
RHEL 6.2 with
patches
Open64 4.5 ACML 5.1
Recommended for application development
and benchmarks with gcc
RHEL 6.2 with
patches
GCC 4.7 ACML 5.1 and/
or libM 3.0
Recommended for HPC application code
development
RHEL 6.2 with
patches
Open64 4.5 or
PGI 11.9
ACML 5.1