Hi Ralph, Thanks for your reply.
I am not pretty sure about the version of mpiexec. The documentation claims that two mpi are installed, namely, OpenMPI and MPICH2. On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote: > No, it doesn't matter at all for OMPI - any order is fine. The issue I see > is that your mpiexec isn't the OMPI one, but is from someone else. I have > no idea whose mpiexec you are using > > > On Sep 24, 2014, at 6:38 PM, XingFENG <xingf...@cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote: > > I have found the solution. The command *mpirun -machinefile ./my_hosts -n > 3 ./testMPI* works. I think the order of arguments matters here. > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:02 AM, XingFENG <xingf...@cse.unsw.edu.au> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I got problem with running program on a cluster. >> I used the following command. *my_hosts* is a file containing 3 hosts >> while *testMPI* is a very simple MPI program. >> ========================================== >> >> >> >> *mpirun -np 2 --hostfile ./my_hosts ./testMPImpirun -np 2 --machinefile >> ./my_hosts ./testMPImpirun -np 2 --f ./my_hosts ./testMPI* >> ========================================== >> >> And the output is like this. >> ========================================== >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *invalid "local" arg: --hostfileusage:mpiexec [-h or -help or --help] >> # get this messagempiexec -file filename # (or -f) filename >> contains XML job descriptionmpiexec [global args] [local args] executable >> [args] where global args may be -l # line >> labels by MPI rank -bnr # MPICH1 compatibility >> mode -machinefile # file mapping procs to >> machines -s <spec> # direct stdin to "all" or 1,2 >> or 2-4,6 -1 # override default of trying >> 1st proc locally -ifhn # network interface to >> use locally -tv # run procs under totalview >> (must be installed) -tvsu # totalview startup >> only -gdb # run procs under >> gdb -m # merge output lines (default with >> gdb) -a # means assign this alias to the >> job -ecfn # >> output_xml_exit_codes_filename -recvtimeout <integer_val> # timeout >> for recvs to fail (e.g. from mpd daemon) -g<local arg name> >> # global version of local arg (below) and local args may be -n <n> >> or -np <n> # number of processes to start -wdir >> <dirname> # working directory to start in -umask >> <umask> # umask for remote process -path >> <dirname> # place to look for executables -host >> <hostname> # host to start on -soft <spec> >> # modifier of -n value -arch <arch> # arch type to >> start on (not implemented) -envall # pass all env >> vars in current environment -envnone # pass no env >> vars -envlist <list of env var names> # pass current values of these >> vars -env <name> <value> # pass this value of this env >> varmpiexec [global args] [local args] executable args : [local args] >> executable...mpiexec -gdba jobid # gdb-attach to existing >> jobidmpiexec -configfile filename # filename contains cmd line segs >> as lines (See User Guide for more details)Examples: mpiexec -l -n 10 cpi >> 100 mpiexec -genv QPL_LICENSE 4705 -n 3 a.out mpiexec -n 1 -host foo >> master : -n 4 -host mysmp slave* >> >> ========================================== >> >> >> Another problem is that I cannot get the version of MPI. With command >> mpirun --version I got >> >> ========================================== >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *invalid "local" arg: --versionusage:mpiexec [-h or -help or --help] # >> get this messagempiexec -file filename # (or -f) filename >> contains XML job descriptionmpiexec [global args] [local args] executable >> [args] where global args may be -l # line >> labels by MPI rank -bnr # MPICH1 compatibility >> mode -machinefile # file mapping procs to >> machines -s <spec> # direct stdin to "all" or 1,2 >> or 2-4,6 -1 # override default of trying >> 1st proc locally -ifhn # network interface to >> use locally -tv # run procs under totalview >> (must be installed) -tvsu # totalview startup >> only -gdb # run procs under >> gdb -m # merge output lines (default with >> gdb) -a # means assign this alias to the >> job -ecfn # >> output_xml_exit_codes_filename -recvtimeout <integer_val> # timeout >> for recvs to fail (e.g. from mpd daemon) -g<local arg name> >> # global version of local arg (below) and local args may be -n <n> >> or -np <n> # number of processes to start -wdir >> <dirname> # working directory to start in -umask >> <umask> # umask for remote process -path >> <dirname> # place to look for executables -host >> <hostname> # host to start on -soft <spec> >> # modifier of -n value -arch <arch> # arch type to >> start on (not implemented) -envall # pass all env >> vars in current environment -envnone # pass no env >> vars -envlist <list of env var names> # pass current values of these >> vars -env <name> <value> # pass this value of this env >> varmpiexec [global args] [local args] executable args : [local args] >> executable...mpiexec -gdba jobid # gdb-attach to existing >> jobidmpiexec -configfile filename # filename contains cmd line segs >> as lines (See User Guide for more details)Examples: mpiexec -l -n 10 cpi >> 100 mpiexec -genv QPL_LICENSE 4705 -n 3 a.out mpiexec -n 1 -host foo >> master : -n 4 -host mysmp slave* >> >> >> ========================================== >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated! >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards. >> --- >> Xing FENG >> PhD Candidate >> Database Research Group >> >> School of Computer Science and Engineering >> University of New South Wales >> NSW 2052, Sydney >> >> Phone: (+61) 413 857 288 >> > > > > -- > Best Regards. > --- > Xing FENG > PhD Candidate > Database Research Group > > School of Computer Science and Engineering > University of New South Wales > NSW 2052, Sydney > > Phone: (+61) 413 857 288 > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2014/09/25386.php > > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2014/09/25387.php > -- Best Regards. --- Xing FENG PhD Candidate Database Research Group School of Computer Science and Engineering University of New South Wales NSW 2052, Sydney Phone: (+61) 413 857 288
