HP-MPI Version 2.0 for Windows Release Note

Table of Contents
1 Information About this Release......................................................................................9
1.1 Announcement..................................................................................................................................9
1.2 Product Information..........................................................................................................................9
1.2.1 Platforms Supported.................................................................................................................9
1.2.2 Directory Structure....................................................................................................................9
1.2.3 Documentation Changes.........................................................................................................10
2 New or Changed Features.........................................................................................11
2.1 Improved Startup Performance.......................................................................................................11
2.2 Improved Shared Memory Performance.........................................................................................11
2.3 Improved MPI-2 Standard Compliance..........................................................................................11
2.4 HPC Support...................................................................................................................................11
2.5 WinOF 2.0 Drivers...........................................................................................................................11
2.6 Dual Rail Support............................................................................................................................11
2.7 Improved Error Messaging.............................................................................................................11
2.8 Windows HPC Scheduler API.........................................................................................................12
2.9 Collective Plugins............................................................................................................................12
2.10 Profile Libraries.............................................................................................................................12
2.11 mpiexec Support..........................................................................................................................12
2.12 Automatic Interconnect Selection..................................................................................................12
2.13 Support for New Options..............................................................................................................12
2.13.1 HPC Scheduler Options to mpirun......................................................................................12
2.14 New HPC Environment Variables.................................................................................................14
2.15 Support for Non-HPC Flags..........................................................................................................14
2.16 Appfile, Hostlist, and Hostfile Support for Windows 2008..........................................................16
2.17 Support for InfiniBand Drivers for Windows 2008.......................................................................16
2.18 Visual Studio MPI Debugger Support...........................................................................................16
2.19 mpidiag Tool for Windows 2008 and HP-MPI Remote Launch Service.....................................16
2.20 MPI Compiler Wrapper Script Options.........................................................................................17
2.21 HP-MPI Linux/HP-UX Benefits and Features Not Available........................................................17
3 Installation Requirements.............................................................................................19
4 Installation Instructions.................................................................................................21
4.1 Standard Interactive Installation.....................................................................................................21
4.2 Command-Line Installation for Windows HPCS............................................................................21
4.2.1 Importing the HP-MPI Job Description File to the Head Node..............................................21
4.3 Installation for non-Windows HPC Cluster Using Remote Launch Service..................................22
4.3.1 Remote Launch Service Information.......................................................................................22
4.4 Upgrade Instructions.......................................................................................................................23
5 Configuring Your Environment....................................................................................25
5.1 Setting Environment Variables........................................................................................................25
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