On May 7, 2013, at 7:09 AM, Andrey Rubshtein <andrey.rubsht...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I want to install OpenMPI on LSF cluster in our organization. I am not > proficient with Linux/LSF, and some of my questions might be from lack of > understanding of the system, and not related to OpenMPI directly. > > So far I found these bits of information on the site of OpenMPI > > 1. OpenMPI support for 1.6 seems to be broken, and was fixed maybe in 1.7? > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2013/03/21640.php It is indeed fixed in 1.7 - we will look at backporting a fix to 1.6 > > 2. The installation on LSF is supposed to be easy: > http://www.open-mpi.org/faq/?category=building#build-rte-lsf So I'm told - I've never tried it myself. > > > My questions are: > > 1. What is the latest stable version that is known to integrate in a native > way with LSF? I presume the 1.4 series > 2. When building with LSF support, in what directory should I run the > ./configure and makes scripts from? Should I be logined into one of the hosts > of LSF cluster? You need to be on a node where LSF libraries have been installed so we can link against them > 3. Will these scripts copy openmpi shared libraries into each host on the > cluster? No - you either have to install to an NFS mount, or copy them yourself > 4. Where will the mpi compiler be after the installation? What include pathes > and libraries should I add to my C++ project to compile a simple MPI program? It will be in whatever prefix you give to configure, under the "bin" subdirectory. There will be a wrapper compiler that you can use to build your program > > Andrey > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
