HP-MPI Version 1.0 for Windows Release Note

HP-MPI V1.0 for Windows Release Note
What’s in This Version
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If you choose to move the HP-MPI installation directory from its default location, set the
MPI_ROOT environment variable to point to the new location.
Benefits and Features
MPI has become the industry standard for distributed technical applications and is widely
supported on most technical computing platforms. HP-MPI offers several benefits.
• Applications developed using HP-MPI port easily to other platforms, even those with a
different architecture.
• HP-MPI takes advantage of HP's shared-memory server architectures in order to get the
most performance out of the system without compromising portability and flexibility.
• Technical application providers using HP-MPI protect their software investment using a
highly-efficient, portable tool for parallel application development.
HP-MPI 1.0 for Windows includes the following features:
• Integration with Microsoft Computer Cluster Pack Job Scheduler
•InfiniBand support (IBAL and WinSock Direct)
• Support for new mpirun options that have been added for this Windows Release:
— -ccp
Table 1 Directory Structure
Subdirectory Contents
bin Command files for the HP-MPI utilities
help Source files for the example programs
include\32 32-bit header files
include\64 64-bit header files
lib HP-MPI libraries
man HP-MPI man pages in HTML format
devtools Visual Studio Property pages
licenses Repository for HP-MPI license file
doc Release Notes