Product specifications
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Feature Overview
- 3 Step-by-Step Cluster Setup and MPI Usage Checklists
- 4 InfiniPath Cluster Setup and Administration
- Introduction
- Installed Layout
- Memory Footprint
- BIOS Settings
- InfiniPath and OpenFabrics Driver Overview
- OpenFabrics Drivers and Services Configuration and Startup
- Other Configuration: Changing the MTU Size
- Managing the InfiniPath Driver
- More Information on Configuring and Loading Drivers
- Performance Settings and Management Tips
- Host Environment Setup for MPI
- Checking Cluster and Software Status
- 5 Using QLogic MPI
- Introduction
- Getting Started with MPI
- QLogic MPI Details
- Use Wrapper Scripts for Compiling and Linking
- Configuring MPI Programs for QLogic MPI
- To Use Another Compiler
- Process Allocation
- mpihosts File Details
- Using mpirun
- Console I/O in MPI Programs
- Environment for Node Programs
- Environment Variables
- Running Multiple Versions of InfiniPath or MPI
- Job Blocking in Case of Temporary InfiniBand Link Failures
- Performance Tuning
- MPD
- QLogic MPI and Hybrid MPI/OpenMP Applications
- Debugging MPI Programs
- QLogic MPI Limitations
- 6 Using Other MPIs
- A mpirun Options Summary
- B Benchmark Programs
- C Integration with a Batch Queuing System
- D Troubleshooting
- Using LEDs to Check the State of the Adapter
- BIOS Settings
- Kernel and Initialization Issues
- OpenFabrics and InfiniPath Issues
- Stop OpenSM Before Stopping/Restarting InfiniPath
- Manual Shutdown or Restart May Hang if NFS in Use
- Load and Configure IPoIB Before Loading SDP
- Set $IBPATH for OpenFabrics Scripts
- ifconfig Does Not Display Hardware Address Properly on RHEL4
- SDP Module Not Loading
- ibsrpdm Command Hangs when Two Host Channel Adapters are Installed but Only Unit 1 is Connected to the Switch
- Outdated ipath_ether Configuration Setup Generates Error
- System Administration Troubleshooting
- Performance Issues
- QLogic MPI Troubleshooting
- Mixed Releases of MPI RPMs
- Missing mpirun Executable
- Resolving Hostname with Multi-Homed Head Node
- Cross-Compilation Issues
- Compiler/Linker Mismatch
- Compiler Cannot Find Include, Module, or Library Files
- Problem with Shell Special Characters and Wrapper Scripts
- Run Time Errors with Different MPI Implementations
- Process Limitation with ssh
- Number of Processes Exceeds ulimit for Number of Open Files
- Using MPI.mod Files
- Extending MPI Modules
- Lock Enough Memory on Nodes When Using a Batch Queuing System
- Error Creating Shared Memory Object
- gdb Gets SIG32 Signal Under mpirun -debug with the PSM Receive Progress Thread Enabled
- General Error Messages
- Error Messages Generated by mpirun
- MPI Stats
- E Write Combining
- F Useful Programs and Files
- G Recommended Reading
- Glossary
- Index
IB6054601-00 H Index-3
QLogic Host Channel Adapter and QLogic OFED Software Users Guide
QLogic OFED Version 1.4
A
opening shared memory object error
message D-28
setting size of shared memory
object error message D-28
Error messages, QLogic MPI D-28
eth0, ib_ipath sharing interrupts D-12
eth2: error fetching interface
information: Device not
found error message D-8
F
Fabric Glossary-2
Failed to get
IB Unit LID error message D-26
number of Infinipath units error
message D-26
our IB LID error message D-26
Fatal error:device ’*’: sys files
not found error message D-5
Fatal_Hardware_Error F-16
Features
changes to 2-2
new 2-1
still supported 2-2
Fortran programming example for QLogic MPI
5-4
Found incompatible non-InfiniPath
or pre-2.3 error message D-13
Front end node Glossary-2
Funneled thread model Glossary-2
G
gdb debug error messages D-25
gdb debugger 5-25
GID Glossary-2
GUID Glossary-2
guid F-16
H
-H A-1
-h A-7, F-8
Hardware contexts 5-10
on QLE7240 and QLE7280 5-11
restricting in a batch environment 5-12
Head node Glossary-2
--help F-8
-help A-7
Homogeneity, verifying 4-22
Host channel adapter Glossary-2
Hostname, resolving with multi-homed head
node D-14
-hosts A-1
Hosts file Glossary-2
HP-MPI 6-7
compiling applications 6-8
installation 6-8
running applications 6-8
setup 6-8
HTX Glossary-2
Hyper-Threading 4-24
I
-I A-3
IB Verbs, MPI performance improvement over
6-12
IB_configured F-16
ib_ipath 4-1
initialization failure D-5
module 4-5
shares interrupts with ech0 D-12
0000:04:01.0:infinipath0:Perform
ance problem: error message E-1
0000:04:01.0:infinipath0:Perform
ance problem:... error message D-10
driver load fails D-5
driver configuration 4-19
IB_link_up F-16
ibhosts F-2, F-4
ibsrpdm command hangs D-8
ibstatus 4-29, F-2, F-4