I see. Also, I wanted to build OpenMPI because the provided OpenMPI didn't
have Java binding. It seems at this point the only option is to use TCP in
CCM in BigRed 2 and if I remember correctly Mason and Quarry don't have IB
as well, correct?

Thank you,
Saliya





On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Ray Sheppard <rshep...@iu.edu> wrote:

>  Hello,
>   Big Red 2 provides its own MPICH based MPI.  The only case where the
> provided OpenMPI module becomes relevant is when you create a CCMLogin
> instance in Cluster Compatibility Mode (CCM).  For most practical uses,
> those sorts of needs are better addressed on the Quarry or Mason machines.
>   When in CCM, the Gemini network is not directly accessible.  The
> proposed idea is for middleware to present an interface resembling an IB
> interface and use it to create a subset of the Gemini network for the CCM
> virtual cluster.  Unfortunately, due to a Cray bug, case 80503, that has
> not yet worked.
>                         Ray
>
>
> On 4/16/2014 4:44 PM, Saliya Ekanayake wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  We have a Cray XE6/XK7 supercomputer (BigRed II) and I was trying to get
> OpenMPI Java binding working on it. I couldn't find a way to utilize its
> Gemini interconnect, instead was running on TCP, which is inefficient.
>
>  I see some work has been done along these lines in [1] and wonder if you
> could give some suggestions on how to build OpenMPI with Gemini support.
>
>  [1]
> https://www.open-mpi.org/papers/cug-2012/cug_2012_open_mpi_for_cray_xe_xk.pdf
>
>  Thank you,
> Saliya
>
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