[MPICH] Can MPICH2 be configured to run on InfiniBand?

[Rajeev Thakur]

You can use MPICH2 if you want to use TCP over InfiniBand. If you want to
use native InfiniBand transport, you should use MVAPICH2. You can send mail
to the mvapich-discuss mailing list if you have trouble installing it.

Rajeev


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-mpich-
> discuss at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of jetspeed
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 6:03 AM
> To: mpi
> Subject: [MPICH] Can MPICH2 be configured to run on InfiniBand?
> 
> I have built MPICH2 on a cluster, with no additional configuration
> options. and now When I boot a mpd on InfiniBand , It turns out to be
> running on the Ethernet .
> 
> so, Can MPICH2 be configured to run on InfiniBand?
> should I switch to MVAPICH2 or some other distribution?
> There are many errors when I tried to build MVAPICH2.   Should I use OFED
> to replace the topspin driver in order to install MVAPICH2?
> 
> My InfiniBand driver is
> 
> $rpm -qa |grep topspin
> 
> topspin-ib-rhel4-3.2.0-118
> topspin-ib-mod-rhel4-2.6.9-34.EL-3.2.0-118
> 
> and My cluster
> 
> $uname -a
> 
> Linux node01 2.6.9-34.EL #1 SMP Fri Feb 24 16:46:57 EST 2006 ppc64 ppc64
> ppc64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Thanks in advance