HP-MPI V2.3 for Linux Release Note

Table of Contents
1 Information About This Release....................................................................................................7
1.1 Announcement................................................................................................................7
1.2 What’s in This Version.....................................................................................................7
1.2.1 Platforms Supported...............................................................................................7
1.2.2 Interconnects Supported.........................................................................................8
1.2.3 Compilers ...............................................................................................................9
1.2.4 Directory Structure.................................................................................................9
1.2.5 Documentation Changes.......................................................................................10
1.2.6 Summary of Benefits and Features.......................................................................10
1.2.7 Description of Benefits and Features....................................................................11
1.2.7.1 System Check................................................................................................11
1.2.7.2 Default Message Size Changed For -ndd.....................................................12
1.2.7.3 MPICH2 Compatibility.................................................................................12
1.2.7.4 Support for Large Messages.........................................................................13
1.2.7.5 Redundant License Servers...........................................................................14
1.2.7.6 License Release/Regain on Suspend/Resume...............................................14
1.2.7.7 Expanded Functionality for -ha...................................................................15
1.2.7.7.1 Support for High Availability on InfiniBand Verbs..............................16
1.2.7.7.2 Highly Available Infrastructure (-ha:infra)...........................................16
1.2.7.7.3 Using MPI_Comm_connect and MPI_Comm_accept........................17
1.2.7.7.4 Using MPI_Comm_disconnect..........................................................17
1.2.7.7.5 Instrumentation and High-Availability Mode......................................17
1.2.7.7.6 Failure Recover (-ha:recover)................................................................17
1.2.7.7.7 Network High Availability (-ha:net).....................................................19
1.2.7.7.8 Failure Detection (-ha:detect)................................................................19
1.2.7.7.9 Clarification of the Functionality of Completion Routines in
High-Availability Mode......................................................................................20
1.2.7.8 Enhanced InfiniBand Support for Dynamic Processes.................................20
1.2.7.9 Singleton Launching.....................................................................................21
1.2.7.10 Using the -stdio=files Option..............................................................21
1.2.7.11 Using the -stdio=none Option................................................................21
1.2.7.12 Expanded Lightweight Instrumentation....................................................21
1.2.7.13 The api option to MPI_INSTR...................................................................22
1.2.7.14 New mpirun option -xrc............................................................................23
2 Known Problems and Workarounds............................................................................................25
3 Installation Information..............................................................................................................33
3.1 Installation Requirements.............................................................................................33
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