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HP-MPI v2.2.5.1 for Linux HP MLIB v9.6.1 for Itanium Linux DVD Insert Announcement The following information is for the sixth release of the HP-MPI for Linux & HP MLIB for Itanium Linux DVD. This DVD includes: • HP-MPI for Linux Version 2.2.5.1 • HP MLIB for Itanium Linux Version 9.6.
General Information BA561AA HP-MPI v2.2.5.1 for Linux & HP MLIB v9.6.1 for Itanium Linux DVD Media Kit. BA562BA HP MLIB for Itanium Linux license. BA653AA HP-MPI for Linux license for 4 cores. BA654AA HP-MPI for Linux license for 8 cores. BA655AA HP-MPI for Linux license for 16 cores. BA656AA HP-MPI for Linux license for 32 cores. BA657AA HP-MPI for Linux license for 64cores. BA658AA HP-MPI for Linux license for 128 cores. BA659AA HP-MPI for Linux license for 256 cores.
Getting Help Support for HP-MPI and HP MLIB for Linux may be ordered for HP systems. Customers must have a valid license and support contract to get support. Service will be provided by the HP Response Center.
Requirements for HP-MPI v2.2.5.1 for Linux & HP MLIB v9.6.1 for Itanium Linux The basic requirements for installing the HP-MPI v2.2.5.1 & HP MLIB v9.6.1 DVD on Linux systems are as follows: HP-MPI for Linux Version 2.2.5.1 HP-MPI for Linux Version 2.2.5.1 is supported on HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers running Red Hat Linux Enterprise AS 3, 4 and 5, or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 operating systems; as well as HP XC3000, HP XC4000, and HP XC6000 clusters. HP-MPI for Linux Version 2.2.5.
HP MLIB for Itanium Linux Version 9.6.1 HP MLIB for Itanium Linux Version 9.6.1 is supported on Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 and 4 operating systems on Itanium processors.
Licensing Policy Licenses can be purchased from HP’s software depot at http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot, or contact your HP representative. HP-MPI for Linux Licensing Policy HP-MPI 2.2.5.1 for Linux uses FLEXlm licensing technology. A license is required to use HP-MPI for Linux. Licenses can be purchased from HP’s software depot at http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot, or contact your HP representative. Demo licenses for HP-MPI are also available from HP’s software depot.
in the installation directory (default /opt/hpmpi/licenses) on all the runtime systems, and on the license server. You will need to provide the hostname and hostid number of the system where the FLEXlm daemon for HP-MPI for Linux will run.
/opt/hpmpi/licenses/license.dat /opt/hpmpi/licenses/*.lic ./license.dat ./*.lic If the license needs to be placed in another location which would not be found by the above search, the user may set the environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE to explicitly specify the location of the license file. For more information, see http://licensing.hp.com. Installing License Files A valid license file contains the system hostid and the associated license key. License files can be named either as license.
License Testing Build and run the hello_world program in $MPI_ROOT/help/hello_world.c to check for a license. If your system is not properly licensed, you will receive an error message. Merging HP-MPI Licenses Newer HP-MPI licenses use the INCREMENT feature which allows separate HP-MPI licenses to be used in combination by concatenating files. For example: License 1: SERVER myserver 0014c2c1f34a DAEMON HPQ INCREMENT HP-MPI HPQ 1.
NOTICE="License Number = AAAABBBB2222" SIGN=9AB4034C6CB2 Here, License 1 is for 8 ranks, and License 2 is for 16 ranks. The two licenses can be combined into a single file: SERVER myserver 0014c2c1f34a DAEMON HPQ INCREMENT HP-MPI HPQ 1.0 permanent 8 9A40ECDE2A38 \ NOTICE="License Number = AAAABBBB1111" SIGN=E5CEDE3E5626 SERVER myserver 0014c2c1f34a DAEMON HPQ INCREMENT HP-MPI HPQ 1.
Linux Version 9.6.1 can be installed and used without any license key. However, as in the past, users are still required to purchase a license certificate in order to have the right to use the HP MLIB product.
Installation Instructions HP-MPI for Linux Version 2.2.5.1 1. Become root by running the su command and entering the superuser password. 2. Place the downloaded file into the /tmp directory (or another suitable directory). 3. Run the rpm command to install the package. % rpm -ivh /tmp/hpmpi-2.02.05.01-20070708r. \ [i386|ia64|x86_64].rpm Or use the following command to overwrite a previous version: % rpm -Uvh /tmp/hpmpi-2.02.05.01-20070708r. \ [i386|ia64|x86_64].
HP MLIB for Itanium Linux Version 9.6.1 1. Become root by running the su command and entering the superuser password. 2. Place the downloaded file into the /tmp directory (or another suitable directory). For example: % mv MLIB-LINUX-9.6.1-1.ia64.rpm \ /tmp/MLIB-LINUX-9.6.1-1.ia64.rpm 3. Run the rpm command to install the packages. a. To install HP MLIB V9.6.1 over an existing MLIB installation you must use the --replacefiles flag: % rpm -Uv --replacefiles \ /tmp/MLIB-LINUX-9.6.1-1.ia64.rpm b.
Associated Documentation HP-MPI for Linux v2.2.5.
Refer to http://www.hp.com/go/mpi for information about the HPMPI product. Additional product documentation: • mpi(3) man pages installed in /opt/hpmpi/man • Documentation for XC systems is available online at http:docs.hp.com. HP MLIB for Itanium Linux v9.6.1 The following documents provide additional HP MLIB for Itanium Linux product information: • mlib(3m) man pages—installed in the directory /opt/mlib/[intel_[8.1|9.0]/hpmpi_2.2/man.
http://www.hp.com/go/mlib • LAPACK Users’ Guide—This Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) publication provides an introduction to the design of LAPACK as well as complete specifications for all the driver and computational routines. (ISBN 0-89871-447-8) The latest edition of this document is available online at http://www.netlib.
http://www.nersc.gov/~xiaoye/SuperLU • METIS documentation is available online at http://wwwusers.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/metis/metis/index.html • GNU project documentation is available online at http://www.fsf.org • Intel compiler documentation is installed by default with the compiler at /opt/intel*/.
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