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Installation

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About this book

  • Who should read this book
  • How this book is organized
  • Conventions and terminology used in this book
  • Abbreviated names
  • Prerequisite and related information
  • How to send your comments
  • National language support (NLS)
  • What's new in Parallel Environment 3.2?
  • New PE Benchmarker tools
  • Improved parallel checkpointing capabilities
  • MPI enhancements
  • DPCL is now an open source offering
  • Removal of pedb debugger support
  • Removal of VT trace collection support
  • Commands no longer supported

    • Chapter 1. Introducing PE 3.2

  • PE Components

    • Chapter 2. Planning to Install the PE Software

  • PE Installation Requirements
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Software Requirements
  • Disk Space Requirements
  • Limitations
  • Information for the System Administrator
  • Software Compatibility Within Workstation Clusters and Within Partitions
  • Node Resources
  • Deciding Which Nodes Require Which PE Filesets or Additional Software
  • File Systems
  • User IDs on Remote Nodes
  • User Authorization
  • POE User Authorization
  • DPCL User Authorization
  • Using AIX User Authorization
  • Using DCE User Authorization
  • User Authorization in a Mixed Environment
  • DCE User Authorization on a Standalone pSeries or RS/6000 Workstation
  • DCE Credentials Lifetime
  • Port Numbers
  • Running Large POE Jobs and IP Buffer Usage
  • Running Multiple Versions of POE

    • Chapter 3. Migrating to PE 3.2

  • General Overview
  • AIX Compatibility
  • Coexistence
  • Migration Support
  • MPI and MPL Applications
  • POE Compile Script Configuration File
  • Parallel Tracing Removed
  • Checkpoint/Restart Function Replaced
  • Debugger pedb Removed
  • DPCL Removed
  • POE libc.a and libc_r.a Removed
  • 64 Bit Application Support Added
  • Online Documentation
  • X-Windows Defaults Files for PE 2.4

    • Chapter 4. Installing the PE Software

  • PE Installation Overview
  • About Installing PE on an SP System
  • About Installing PE on an IBM pSeries or RS/6000 Cluster
  • Migration Installation
  • Determining Which Earlier Filesets Are Installed
  • Removing Earlier Filesets
  • Removing ppe.vt and ppe.pedb
  • When to Install ppe.dpcl
  • When to Install ssp.clients
  • When to Install loadl.so (LoadLeveler)
  • Viewing the README File Prior to Installation
  • PE Installation Procedure Summary
  • Installing the PE Filesets Step-by-Step
  • Step 1: Copying the Software to a Hard Disk for Installation Over a Network
  • Step 2: Performing the Initial Installation
  • Step 3: Installing PE on Other Nodes
  • Step 4: Verifying the POE Installation

    • Chapter 5. Performing Installation-Related Procedures

  • Removing an Installation Image
  • Recovering from a Software Vital Product Database Error
  • Customizing the Message Catalog
  • Installing Communication Subsystem (CSS) Component of PSSP After POE has been Installed
  • AFS(R) Installation Instructions
  • Setting UP POE for AFS Execution

    • Chapter 6. Understanding How Installation of PE Alters Your System

  • How Installing the POE Fileset Alters Your System
  • POE Installation Effects
  • How Installing the Xprofiler Fileset Alters Your System
  • How Installing the ppe.perf and ppe.pvt Filesets Alter Your System
  • Installing DPCL files (ppe.dpcl)
  • How Installing the Online Documentation Alters Your System
  • Installing the HTML files (ppe.html)
  • Installing the man pages (ppe.man)
  • Installing the PDF files (ppe.pdf)

    • Chapter 7. Understanding File Formats

  • /etc/poe.priority Dispatching Adjustment Parameters
  • Using the /etc/poe.limits File
  • Entries in the /etc/poe.limits File
  • Handling of /etc/poe.limits by the Partition Manager Daemon (pmdv3)

    • Appendix A. Syntax of Commands for Running Installation and Deinstallation Scripts

  • Installation Scripts
  • PEinstallSP
  • PEinstall
  • Copying the Installation Image
  • Mounting the Installation Image
  • Deinstallation Scripts

    • Appendix B. Installation Verification Program summary

  • Steps Performed by the POE Installation Verification Program

    • Appendix C. Using Additional POE Sample Applications

  • Bandwidth Measurement Test Sample
  • Verification Steps
  • Broadcast Test Sample
  • Verification Steps
  • MPI Threads Sample Program
  • Verification Steps
  • LAPI Sample Programs

    • Notices

  • Trademarks
  • Acknowledgments

    • Glossary

    Bibliography

  • Information formats
  • Finding documentation on the World Wide Web
  • Accessing PE documentation online
  • RS/6000 SP publications
  • SP planning publications
  • SP software publications
  • AIX publications
  • DCE publications
  • Red books
  • Non-IBM publications

    • Index

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