Re: [OMPI users] How to disable the MCA MTL setting at run time

2015-02-12 Thread Avalon Johnson
Thanks, I didn't think of going "one level up". Great to have an alternative solution. Avalon Johnson ITS HPCC USC "It takes a village ..." On Thu, 12 Feb 2015, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) wrote: Sorry for not replying earlier. Yes, you hit on a solution. Note, too, that the MTLs are

Re: [OMPI users] How to disable the MCA MTL setting at run time

2015-02-12 Thread Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)
Sorry for not replying earlier. Yes, you hit on a solution. Note, too, that the MTLs are only used by the "cm" PML, and the BTLs are only used by the "ob1" PML. So if you're using the openib BTL for IB support (vs. the MXM MTL), you can effectively choose one or the other by setting OMPI_MCA

Re: [OMPI users] How to disable the MCA MTL setting at run time

2015-02-11 Thread Avalon Johnson
Hi all I have figured this out. For anyone who needs to at run time disable a single item default MCA value, the solution is to set. OMPI_MCA_mtl=^mx OMPI_MCA_btl=self,sm,openib,tcp as mentioned OMPI_MCA_mtl="" will not do the job. Avalon Johnson ITS HPCC USC "It take

[OMPI users] How to disable the MCA MTL setting at run time

2015-02-11 Thread Avalon Johnson
We have a cluster which is a combination of Myrinet and Infiniband nodes. We are using a common openmpi 1.8.4 software tree accessible to both set of nodes. Our Infiniband nodes do NOT have the libmyriexpress.so library installed (since it is not needed). Likewise the Myrinet nodes do not ha