HP-MPI Version 2.2.7 for Linux Release Note

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1 Information About This Release.....................................................................................9

1.1 Announcement..................................................................................................................................9

1.2 What’s in This Version.......................................................................................................................9

1.2.1 Platforms Supported.................................................................................................................9

1.2.2 Interconnects Supported.........................................................................................................10

1.2.3 Compilers ...............................................................................................................................10

1.2.4 Directory Structure..................................................................................................................10

1.2.5 Documentation Changes.........................................................................................................11

1.2.6 Summary of Benefits and Features.........................................................................................11

1.2.7 Description of Benefits and Features......................................................................................12

1.2.7.1 Some dynamic process functionality no longer requires -spawn..................................12

1.2.7.2 The launch utility mpirun.all has been deprecated...................................................12

1.2.7.3 InfiniBand multiple rail support.....................................................................................12

1.2.7.4 OFED 1.3 support............................................................................................................12

1.2.7.5 XRC support....................................................................................................................13

1.2.7.6 uDAPL 2.0 support.........................................................................................................13

1.2.7.7 iWARP support through uDAPL....................................................................................13

1.2.7.8 InfiniBand card failover..................................................................................................13

1.2.7.9 InfiniBand port failover support.....................................................................................14

1.2.7.10 InfiniBand support with MPI_Comm_connect() and MPI_Comm_accept()..........15

1.2.7.11 -ha permitted with IBV................................................................................................15

1.2.7.12 InfiniBand multiple fabric support...............................................................................15

1.2.7.13 Control of first port selection........................................................................................17

1.2.7.13.1 InfiniBand port reordering....................................................................................17

1.2.7.14 Expanded lightweight instrumentation functionality..................................................18

1.2.7.15 New environment variable MPI_ERROR_LEVEL..........................................................18

1.2.7.16 New flag -dbgspin......................................................................................................18

1.2.7.17 Improved message rate.................................................................................................18

2 Known Problems and Workarounds..........................................................................19

3 Installation Information................................................................................................23

3.1 Installation Requirements...............................................................................................................23

3.2 Installation Instructions...................................................................................................................23

4 Licensing Information...................................................................................................25

4.1 Licensing Policy...............................................................................................................................25

4.2 License Installation and Testing......................................................................................................25

4.2.1 Installing License Files............................................................................................................25

4.2.2 License Testing .......................................................................................................................25

4.2.3 Merging Licenses ....................................................................................................................26

5 Additional Product Information...................................................................................27

5.1 Product Documentation..................................................................................................................27

5.2 Product Packaging...........................................................................................................................27

5.3 Software Availability in Native Languages.....................................................................................27

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