HP-MPI V2.3 for Linux Release Note

Table 1-2 Interconnect Support for V2.3 (continued)

Driver VersionNIC VersionSupported

Architectures

OptionProtocol

Elan4Rev 01IA64, i386, x86_64

-ELAN

Quadrics Elan

Ethernet Driver,

All cards that support

IA64, i386, x86_64

-TCP

TCP/IP

1 OFED 1.4 is expected to be compatible with HP-MPI V2.3. However, at the time of this release, the final

version of OFED 1.4 is not available for testing.

Contact your interconnect provider to verify driver support.

NOTE: HP-MPI V2.3 support for Mellanox VAPI has been discontinued. However,

VAPI functionality has not been removed. VAPI support for HP-MPI releases V2.2.5.1

and earlier is still available.

1.2.3 Compilers

HP-MPI strives to be compiler neutral. HP-MPI V2.3 for Linux is supported with the

following compilers:

• GNU 3.2, 3.4, 4.1

• glibc 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

• Intel® 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1

• PathScale 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2

• Portland Group 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2

1.2.4 Directory Structure

All HP-MPI (for Linux) files are stored in the /opt/hpmpi directory. The directory

structure is organized as described in Table 1-3.

If you choose to move the HP-MPI installation directory from its default location in

/opt/hpmpi, set the MPI_ROOT environment variable to point to the new location.

Table 1-3 Directory Structure

ContentsSubdirectory

Command files for the HP-MPI utilities, gather_info scriptbin

Internal HP-MPI utilitiessbin

Source files for the example programshelp

Header filesinclude

HP-MPI Linux 32-bit librarieslib/linux_ia32

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