HP-MPI Version 2.2 for Linux Release Note

HP-MPI V2.2 for Linux Release Note
What’s in This Version
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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 2.2 for Linux includes the following new features:
• SilverStorm InfiniBand support
• ssh as default remote shell
• C++ bindings
• Myrinet® MX support
• Improved deregistration via ptmalloc
• Implied prun
• New mpirun command line launch options
— -hostlist
— -hostfile
— -lsb_hosts
— -lsb_mcpu_hosts
• New mpirun options
— -srq
— -rdma
• MPI-2 supported ROMIO
• CPU bind support
• Signal Propagation
• Fast 1sided lock/unlock under VAPI
• Scalability