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- Outdated ipath_ether Configuration Setup Generates Error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
2–Feature Overview
Compiler Support
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Compiler Support
QLogic MPI supports the following compilers:
GNU gcc 3.3.x, 3.4.x, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x compiler suites
PathScale Compiler Suite 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2
PGI 5.2, 6.0. 7.1, 7.2-4, and 8.0-3
Intel 9.x, 10.1, and 11.0
gfortran 4.1.x
PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.x is now supported on systems that have the
GNU 4.0 and 4.1 compilers and compiler environment (header files and libraries).
Software Components
This release includes all of OFED 1.4 with enhancements (QLogic OFED 1.4),
including a new version of the VNIC tools and driver, and support for the QHT7xxx
and QLE7xxx adapters. The software includes the QLogic InfiniPath Host
Channel Adapter driver, libraries, QLogic MPI, Subnet Management Agent, and
associated utilities.
Included components are:
InfiniPath driver
InfiniPath libraries, utilities, configuration, and support tools, including
ipath_checkout, ipath_control, ipath_pkt_test, and
ipathstats
QLogic MPI
PSM support for accelerated MPI
OpenMPI and MVAPICH (with PSM support) built with the GNU, PGI,
PathScale, and Intel compilers, with corresponding mpitests and
mpi-selector
QLogic MPI benchmarks and utilities
OpenFabrics protocols, libraries, and utilities
QLogic VNIC module
QLogic IB tools
This release provides support for the following protocols and transport services:
IPoIB (TCP/IP networking in either Connected or Datagram mode)
Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP)
Open source Subnet Manager (OpenSM)