[mpich-discuss] Basic MPICH questions when coming from OpenMPIbackground (SMP clusters)

[Rajeev Thakur]

I think channel bonding may be the only good way to do it at present.
 
Rajeev


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Subject: [mpich-discuss] Basic MPICH questions when coming from
OpenMPIbackground (SMP clusters)


Dear MPICH users/gurus
I have got basic questions regarding MPICH with regards to SMP clusters
using multiple GigE interfaces. Forgive me for asking such basic questions
as I am more familiar with OpenMPI. Also forgive me if there was any such
post, as google was not being my good friend.

Basically what I want to ask is; if I have  two quard core machines and each
machine has 4 GigE interfaces, what should I do to use all 4 GigE
interfaces. Is channel bonding (a.k.a Link aggregration) the only option? Or
can I do with by setting up the routing tables?  What method is more
optimal/prefered.
My requirement is that if I run a program with 8 processes, I want each
process to use a distinct CPU and distinct interface. Also, once the
processes are communicating within the machine they should use Shared memory
infrastructure.

In case of OpenMPI,  I only have to specify a hostfile with slots and ask
the btl to use all four (or whatever) interfaces. OMPI is able to route the
packets accordingly using mix of SM and TCP BTLs.

I am using MPICH 1.0.7. 

 
Best Regards,
Muhammad Atif 



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