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bcMPI - Configurations

This page describes the configuration files shipped with bcMPI. See the ParaMake page for configuration syntax and reference.

All configurations include the HPCS examples by default. Users outside OSC will need to comment out the 'MatlabMPI-ssca' line in the PACKAGES list.

Naming Conventions

Configuration names are composed of four parameters: system, MPI implementation, interconnect, and project. For example, a configuration named "kodos-openmpi-ib-mexmpi.py" is for a system called "kodos", uses OpenMPI configured for InfiniBand, and finally builds the mexmpi toolbox.

Configurations for OSC Systems

These configurations were created and tested by the bcMPI team. Stable builds may already have been installed and made available for OSC users...

kodos (Opteron cluster)

Architecture AMD64 (dual Opteron)
OS kernel Linux 2.6, smp
OS Distribution RHEL
MATLAB R14SP3 - tested OK
GNU Octave 2.9.9 - tested OK
MPICH-1.2.6 p4 - tested OK
OpenMPI-1.1.2 p4 - tested OK
ib - tested OK

Experimental Configurations

These configurations were created by bcMPI team members for experiments or testing. They are not officially supported.

antares

Architecture i386 (dual P4-Xeon?)
OS kernel Linux 2.6, smp
OS Distribution FC3
MATLAB R2007a - tested OK
GNU Octave 2.9.9 - tested OK
MPICH-1.2.6 p4 - tested OK
OpenMPI-1.1.2 p4 - tested OK

bale cluster

Architecture AMD64 (dual Athlon)
OS kernel Linux 2.6, smp
OS Distribution RHEL
MATLAB R2007a - tested OK
GNU Octave 2.9.9 - tested OK
OpenMPI-1.1.2 p4 - tested OK
ib - tested OK

netbsd (last tested with bcmpi-1.0)

Architecture i386 (Pentium M)
Operating System NetBSD-3.0
MATLAB not attempted yet (install Linux version)
GNU Octave 2.9.4 - pkgsrc version tested OK, paramake builds but segfaults when run
MPICH-1.2.6 p4 - tested OK
OpenMPI-1.0.2 segfaults when run

osx (Apple Macintosh Powerbook G4, Power Mac G5)

Architecture PowerPC G4, G5 (no Intel testing yet)
OS kernel Mac OS X 10.4.7
Toolchain and Utilities XCode 2.2
g77 installed from Fink used to build Octave
MATLAB R14SP3 - tested OK
GNU Octave 2.9.5 - test failed
OpenMPI-1.0.2 p4 - tested OK

Contributed Configurations

Configurations can contain arbitrary code which will be executed when loaded by ParaMake. Be cautious when using configurations from unknown sources.

There are not yet any contributed configurations.