Hi Ralph,
Here is an output on openmpi-1.6.4, just for your information. Small difference is obserbed. I hope this helps you. Regards, Tetusya Mishima openmpi-1.6.4: ====================== ALLOCATED NODES ====================== Data for node: node06.cluster Num slots: 4 Max slots: 0 Data for node: node05 Num slots: 4 Max slots: 0 ================================================================= openmpi-1.7rc8 with --enable-debug: ====================== ALLOCATED NODES ====================== Data for node: node06 Num slots: 4 Max slots: 0 Data for node: node05 Num slots: 4 Max slots: 0 ================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A hostfile was provided that contains at least one node not present in the allocation: hostfile: pbs_hosts node: node06 If you are operating in a resource-managed environment, then only nodes that are in the allocation can be used in the hostfile. You may find relative node syntax to be a useful alternative to specifying absolute node names see the orte_hosts man page for further information. --------------------------------------------------------------------------