HP-MPI Version 1.1 for Windows Release Note

HP-MPI V1.1 for Windows Release Note

Installation Instructions

HP-MPI must be installed on all nodes which will be used to launch or run jobs. The

installation directory used must be the same on all nodes. We strongly recommend that you

uninstall any previous versions of HP-MPI for Windows before installing V1.1.

To install HP-MPI, log in as Administrator and follow the instructions for either an

interactive or command line installation below.

Standard interactive installation

Double-click Setup HP-MPI-1.1-20070420.exe and follow the on-screen prompts to install

the product.

Command line installation for Windows CCS

The HP-MPI installer can be invoked from the command line to allow for unattended

installation from a command window. To install HP-MPI in this manner on a CCS system run

the install package on every node in the cluster and include the '/verysilent' flag.

The installer will assume the default values for the installation directory and program group,

unless you override them by specifying additional command line parameters. To override the

install directory, specify the /DIR="x:\dirname" parameter. To override the program group,

specify the /GROUP="group name" parameter.

To easily install HP-MPI on all nodes in the cluster, log in as Administrator and use the

following command to execute the install command:

headnode> clusrun /all "\\netshare\path\Setup HP-MPI-1.1-20070420.exe" ^

/verysilent /COMPONENTS=hpmpiccs

Using the Compute Cluster Administrator Console GUI, the compute nodes could also be

selected, then select Action, then Run Command. Again, run the HP-MPI install package with

the '/verysilent' flag:

"\\netshare\path\Setup HP-MPI-1.1-20070420.exe" /verysilent

If you require a license file, you will need to copy one to every node after HP-MPI is installed.

To do this, create the 'licenses' directory and copy the 'mpi.lic file' to this directory. Using the

clusrun command from the headnode is the easiest way to accomplish this.

To create the 'licenses' directory:

headnode>

clusrun /all mkdir "C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP-MPI\licenses"