IBM PE for AIX and Linux V5 R1: Installation
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Parallel Environment for AIX and Linux Installation Ve r s i o n 5 Release 1 SC23-6666-00 Parallel Environment for AIX and Linux Installation Ve r s i o n 5 Release 1 SC23-6666-00 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 93. First Edition (November 2008) This edition applies to version 5, release 1, modification 0 of IBM Parallel Environment for AIX (product number 5765-PEA) and version 5, release 1, modification 0 of IBM Parallel Environment for Linux (product number 5765-PEL) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. IBM welcomes your comments. A form for readers’ comments may be provided at the back of this publication, or you can send your comments to the following address: International Business Machines Corporation Department 58HA, Mail Station P181 2455 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-5400 United States of America FAX (United States & Canada): 1+845+432-9405 FAX (Other Countries): Your International Access Code +1+845+432-9405 ™ IBMLink (United States customers only): IBMUSM10(MHVRCFS) Internet e-mail: [email protected] If you want a reply, be sure to include your name, address, and telephone or FAX number. Make sure to include the following in your comment or note: v Title and order number of this publication v Page number or topic related to your comment When you send information to IBM, you grant IBM a nonexclusive right to use or distribute the information in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1993, 2008. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Tables . vii About this information . .ix Who should read this information . .ix How this information is organized . .ix Conventions and terminology used in this information . .x Abbreviated names . .xi Prerequisite and related information . .xi How to send your comments . xii National language support (NLS) . xii Functional restrictions for PE 5.1 . xiii Summary of changes . xiii Changes for PE 5.1 . xiii Chapter 1. Introducing PE 5.1 . .1 PE components . .1 Chapter 2. Planning to install the PE software . .3 PE for AIX installation requirements . .3 PE for AIX hardware requirements . .3 PE for AIX software requirements . .3 Disk space requirements for AIX installation . .6 PE for Linux installation requirements . .6 PE for Linux hardware requirements . .6 PE for Linux software requirements . .6 Disk space requirements for Linux installation . .10 PE Limitations . .10 Information for the system administrator . .10 Software compatibility within workstation clusters . .11 Node resources . .11 Deciding which nodes require which PE filesets or RPMs, or additional software . .12 Enabling xinetd for Linux installation . .12 File systems . .12 User IDs on remote nodes . .13 PE for AIX user authorization . .13 POE security method configuration . .13 Cluster based security configuration . .13 AIX-based security (compatibility) . .14 PE for Linux user authorization . .14 Tuning your Linux system for more efficient parallel job performance . .15 Running large POE jobs and IP buffer usage (PE for AIX only) . .16 Chapter 3. Installing the Parallel Environment . .17 Installing the PE for AIX software . .17 About installing PE for AIX with CSM . .17 About installing PE for AIX on an IBM Power Systems cluster . .17 Migration installation . .18 When to install the rsct.lapi.rte fileset . .19 When to install the rsct.lapi.bsr fileset . .19 When to install the rsct.core.sec fileset . .19 When to install the loadl.so (LoadLeveler) fileset . .19 View the readme file before installation . .19 PE for AIX installation procedure summary . .20 Install the PE for AIX filesets step-by-step . .20 © Copyright IBM Corp. 1993, 2008 iii Performing PE for AIX post installation tasks (optional) . .28 Enabling the barrier sychronization register (BSR) . .28 Installing the PE for Linux software . .28 Installing PE for Linux manually . .29 Installing PE for Linux using the pe_install.sh script . .31 Performing PE for Linux post installation tasks (optional) . .35 Resolving installation errors . .36 Chapter 4. Migrating and upgrading PE . .39 Migrating and upgrading PE for AIX . .39 PE for AIX migration overview . .39 AIX compatibility . .40 Coexistence . .40 Migration support . .40 AIX support . .40 MPI library support . .41 Barrier synchronization register (BSR) support . .41 LAPI support . .41 Fortran 90 compile time type-checking support . .41 Online documentation . .42 Migrating and upgrading PE for Linux . .42 PE for Linux migration overview . .42 Installing an upgrade . .43 Coexistence . .44 Migration support . .45 LAPI support . .45 Fortran 90 compile time type-checking support . .45 Chapter 5. Performing installation-related tasks . .47 Performing PE for AIX installation-related tasks . .47 Removing a software component . .47 Recovering from a software vital product database error . .47 Customizing the message catalog . .48 Installing AFS . .48 Performing PE for Linux installation-related tasks . .49 Finding installed components . .49 Removing a software component . .50 Customizing the message catalog . .51 Chapter 6. Understanding how installing PE alters your system . .53 Understanding how installing PE for AIX alters your system . .53 How installing the POE fileset alters your system . .53 How installing PDB alters your system . .57 How installing the online documentation alters your system . .57 Understanding how installing PE for Linux alters your system . .58 How installing the PE license RPM alters your system . .58 How installing the PE and LAPI RPMs alters your system . .59 Chapter 7. Additional information for the system administrator . .63 Using the /etc/poe.limits file . .63 Entries in the /etc/poe.limits file . .63 How the Partition Manager daemon handles the /etc/poe.limits file . .64 Description of /etc/poe.security . .64 Configuring the Parallel Environment coscheduler . .65 POE coscheduling parameters and limits . .65 AIX dispatcher tuning (PE for AIX only) . .68 Enabling Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) . .69 Enabling RDMA for use with the IBM High Performance Switch (PE for AIX only) . .70 Enabling RDMA for use with the InfiniBand interconnect . .71 Configuring InfiniBand for User Space without LoadLeveler (PE for AIX only) . .72 iv IBM PE for AIX and Linux V5 R1: Installation Compiling and installing the NRT API samples . .72 Chapter 8. Syntax of commands for running installation and deinstallation scripts . .75 PE for AIX installation.