HP-MPI Version 1.1 for Windows Release Note

HP-MPI V1.1 for Windows Release Note
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Support DDR IBAL drivers
This release supports Double Data Rate (DDR) InfiniBand. The proper DDR drivers must be
installed in order to take advantage of the DDR functionality. No additional environment
variables or options need to be used for DDR.
Debugging applications
This release provides a browser-based tutorial on how to debug applications that use HP-MPI
in the Windows environment. The tutorial provides step-by-step procedures for performing
common debugging tasks using Visual Studio 2005.
Support for 32-bit IBAL
This release includes support for the use of -IBAL with 32-bit applications. This support
requires the use of IB drivers that support this functionality. This release has been tested
with the Mellanox Windows IB software stack version 1.3.0 available from
http://www.mellanox.com and the Voltaire 2.2.493.409 drivers from http://www.voltaire.com.
Support for Myrinet MX protocol
This release includes support for the Myrinet MX protocol. Both Myrinet MX-10g and MX-2g
are supported. To use the MX protocol, specify -MX on the mpirun command line.
At the time of this release, only 64-bit MX drivers are available for testing.
mpidiag tool for Windows 2003/XP and HP-MPI Remote Launch service
HP-MPI for Windows 2003/XP includes the mpidiag diagnostic tool. It is located in
%MPI_ROOT%\bin\mpidaig.exe.
This tool is useful to diagnose remote service access without running mpirun. To use the tool,
run mpidiag with -s <remote-node> <options>, where options include:
-help Show the options to mpidiag.
-s <remote-node>
Connect to and diagnose this node’s remote service.
-at Authenticates with the remote service and returns the remote
authenticated user’s name.
-st Authenticates with remote service and returns service status.
-et <echo-string>
Authenticates with the remote service and performs a simple echo test,
returning the string.