Do "which mpiexec" and look at the path. The options you show are from MPICH, not OMPI.
On Sep 25, 2014, at 12:15 AM, XingFENG <xingf...@cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote: > 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 ./testMPI >> mpirun -np 2 --machinefile ./my_hosts ./testMPI >> mpirun -np 2 --f ./my_hosts ./testMPI >> ========================================== >> >> And the output is like this. >> ========================================== >> invalid "local" arg: --hostfile >> >> usage: >> mpiexec [-h or -help or --help] # get this message >> mpiexec -file filename # (or -f) filename contains XML job >> description >> mpiexec [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 var >> mpiexec [global args] [local args] executable args : [local args] >> executable... >> mpiexec -gdba jobid # gdb-attach to existing jobid >> mpiexec -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: --version >> >> usage: >> mpiexec [-h or -help or --help] # get this message >> mpiexec -file filename # (or -f) filename contains XML job >> description >> mpiexec [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 var >> mpiexec [global args] [local args] executable args : [local args] >> executable... >> mpiexec -gdba jobid # gdb-attach to existing jobid >> mpiexec -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 > _______________________________________________ > 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/2014/09/25388.php
