IBM Books

Installation

Table of Contents

Notices

  • Trademarks

    • About This Book

  • Who Should Use This Book
  • How to Use This Book
  • Overview of Contents
  • Typographic Conventions
  • Related IBM Publications
  • Parallel Environment (PE) Publications
  • AIX Publications
  • LoadLeveler Publications
  • PSSP Publications
  • RS/6000 SP Publications
  • National Language Support
  • Accessing Online Information
  • Online Information Resources
  • Getting the Books and the Examples Online
  • What's New in PE 2.4?
  • AIX 4.3 Support
  • Parallel Checkpoint/Restart
  • Enhanced Job Management Function
  • MPI I/O
  • 1024 Task Support
  • Enhanced Compiler Support
  • Xprofiler Enhancements
  • Message Queue Facility

    • Chapter 1. Introduction

  • PE Components

    • Chapter 2. Planning to Install the PE Software

  • PE Installation Requirements
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Software Requirements
  • Disk Space Requirements
  • Limitations
  • Information for the System Administrator
  • Software Compatibility Within Workstation Clusters and Within Partitions
  • Node Resources
  • File Systems
  • User IDs on Remote Nodes
  • User Authorization
  • Port Numbers
  • Running Large POE Jobs and IP Buffer Usage
  • Running Multiple Versions of POE

    • Chapter 3. PE Version 2.4 Migration Information

  • General Overview
  • AIX Compatibility
  • Coexistence
  • Migration Support
  • MPI and MPL Applications
  • Parallel Client Function No Longer Available
  • Parallel Desktop Removed
  • POE Compile Script Configuration File
  • SP_NAME Environment Variable

    • Chapter 4. Installing the PE Software

  • PE Installation Overview
  • About Installing PE on an SP System
  • About Installing PE on an IBM RS/6000 Cluster
  • Migration Installation
  • Determining Which Earlier Filesets Are Installed
  • Removing Earlier Filesets
  • When to Install ssp.clients (SP Resource Manager)
  • When to Install loadl.so (LoadLeveler)
  • Viewing the README File Prior to Installation
  • PE Installation Procedure Summary
  • Installing the PE Filesets Step-by-Step
  • Step 1: Copying the Software to a Hard Disk for Installation Over a Network
  • Step 2: Performing the Initial Installation
  • Step 3: Installing PE on Other Nodes
  • Step 4: Verifying the POE Installation
  • Step 5: Verifying the VT Installation
  • Viewing the README File After Installation
  • Related Procedures

    • Chapter 5. Installation-Related Procedures

  • Removing an Installation Image
  • Recovering from a Software Vital Product Database Error
  • Customizing the Message Catalog
  • Enabling Fortran 90 Compiler Support
  • Header Files
  • Installing Communication Subsystem (CSS) Component of IBM Parallel System Support Programs for AIX After POE has been Installed
  • Servicing the POE Version of libc.a and libc_r.a
  • AFS Installation Instructions

    • Chapter 6. How Installation of PE Alters Your System

  • How Installing the poe Fileset Alters Your System
  • POE Installation Effects
  • How Installing the pedb Fileset Alters Your System
  • How Installing the VT Fileset Alters Your System
  • How Installing the Xprofiler Fileset Alters Your System
  • How Installing the pedocs Fileset Alters Your System
  • Installing the ppe.pedocs HTML Files

    • Chapter 7. File Formats

  • /etc/poe.priority Dispatching Adjustment Parameters
  • Using the /etc/poe.limits File
  • Entries in the /etc/poe.limits File
  • Handling of /etc/poe.limits by the Partition Manager Daemon (pmdv2)

    • Appendix A. Syntax of Commands for Running Installation and Deinstallation Scripts

  • Installation Scripts
  • PEinstallSP
  • PEinstall
  • Copying the Installation Image
  • Mounting the Installation Image
  • Deinstallation Scripts

    • Appendix B. POE Installation Verification Program

    Appendix C. Using Additional POE Sample Applications

  • Bandwidth Measurement Test Sample
  • Verification Steps
  • Broadcast Test Sample
  • Verification Steps
  • MPI Threads Sample Program
  • Verification Steps
  • LAPI Sample Programs

    • Appendix D. Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

    Index

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