Re: [OMPI users] Help: Firewall problems

2009-11-07 Thread Lee Amy
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Jeff Squyres wrote: > On Nov 6, 2009, at 5:49 AM, Lee Amy wrote: > >> Thanks. And actually I don't know if I need to disable iptables to run >> MPI programs properly. Obviously from your words Open MPI will use >> random ports so how do I set up in iptables then let

Re: [OMPI users] Help: Firewall problems

2009-11-06 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Nov 6, 2009, at 5:49 AM, Lee Amy wrote: Thanks. And actually I don't know if I need to disable iptables to run MPI programs properly. Obviously from your words Open MPI will use random ports so how do I set up in iptables then let trusted machines open their random ports? I'm afraid I'm n

Re: [OMPI users] Help: Firewall problems

2009-11-06 Thread Lee Amy
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote: > On Nov 5, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Lee Amy wrote: > >> I remembered MPI does not count on TCP/IP but why default iptables >> will prevent the MPI programs from running? After I stop iptables then >> programs run well. I use Ethernet as connection. >>

Re: [OMPI users] Help: Firewall problems

2009-11-05 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Nov 5, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Lee Amy wrote: I remembered MPI does not count on TCP/IP but why default iptables will prevent the MPI programs from running? After I stop iptables then programs run well. I use Ethernet as connection. Note that Open MPI *can* use TCP as an interface for MPI mess

Re: [OMPI users] Help: Firewall problems

2009-11-05 Thread Terry Dontje
Technically MPI Spec may not put a requirement on TCP/IP, however Open MPI's runtime environment needs some way to launch jobs and pass data around in a standard way and it currently uses TCP/IP. That being said there have been rumblings for some time to use other protocols but that has not ye