[mpich-discuss] (mpiexec 392): no msg recvd from mpd when expecting ack of request

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) space.time.universe at gmail.com
Fri Oct 30 01:55:59 CDT 2009


Hi,

Here are more virtual network interface eth0 kernel messages. Notice the
"net eth0: rx->offset: 0" messages. Are they of significance?

*Node 1*

Oct 30 22:40:34 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 mountd[1304]: authenticated mount
request from 192.168.1.253:1009 for /home/enming/mpich2-install/
bin (/home/enming/mpich2-install/bin)
Oct 30 22:40:56 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 mountd[1304]: authenticated mount
request from 192.168.1.252:877 for /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin
(/home/enming/mpich2-install/bin)
Oct 30 22:41:19 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 mountd[1304]: authenticated mount
request from 192.168.1.251:1000 for /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin
(/home/enming/mpich2-install/bin)
Oct 30 22:41:41 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 mountd[1304]: authenticated mount
request from 192.168.1.250:882 for /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin
(/home/enming/mpich2-install/bin)
Oct 30 22:42:04 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 mountd[1304]: authenticated mount
request from 192.168.1.249:953 for /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin
(/home/enming/mpich2-install/bin)
Oct 30 22:42:34 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 mpd: mpd starting; no mpdid yet
Oct 30 22:42:34 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 mpd: mpd has
mpdid=enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001_48545 (port=48545)
Oct 30 22:42:37 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:37 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:37 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:38 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:38 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:38 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:39 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:39 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:39 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:40 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:46 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: __ratelimit: 12 callbacks
suppressed
Oct 30 22:42:46 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:46 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:46 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:46 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:46 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:46 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:46 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:46 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:47 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:47 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295

*Node 6*

Oct 30 22:42:44 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:44 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:44 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:44 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:42:48 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 mpd: mpd starting; no mpdid yet
Oct 30 22:42:48 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 mpd: mpd has
mpdid=enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006_52805 (port=52805)
Oct 30 22:46:00 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:46:00 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295
Oct 30 22:46:00 enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 kernel: net eth0: rx->offset: 0,
size: 4294967295

*Node 1 NFS Server Configuration*

[root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# cat /etc/exports
/home/enming/mpich2-install/bin
192.168.1.0/24(ro)<http://192.168.1.0/24%28ro%29>

*Node 2 /etc/fstab Configuration Entry for NFS Client*

192.168.1.254:/home/enming/mpich2-install/bin
/home/enming/mpich2-install/bin    nfs
rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr

-- 
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Engineering)
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(2) National University of Singapore
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Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
Country: Singapore

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <
space.time.universe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have noticed that there are Receive Errors (RX-ERR) in all of my 6
> compute nodes. It appears that there may be problems with the virtual
> network interface eth0 in Xen networking.
>
> =================================================
>
> Node 1:
>
>
> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# netstat -i
> Kernel Interface table
> Iface       MTU Met    RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR    TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP
> TX-OVR Flg
> eth0       1500   0     5824     27      0      0     5056      0
> 0      0 BMRU
>
> lo        16436   0      127      0      0      0      127      0
> 0      0 LRU
> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# ps -ef | grep mpd
>
> enming    1505     1  0 21:44 ?        00:00:00 python2.6
> /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin/mpd.py --ncpus=1 -e -d
> root      1650  1576  0 22:07 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mpd
>
> Node 2:
>
> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002 ~]# netstat -i
>
> Kernel Interface table
> Iface       MTU Met    RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR    TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP
> TX-OVR Flg
> eth0       1500   0     1504      7      0      0     1417      0
> 0      0 BMRU
> lo        16436   0       44      0      0      0       44      0
> 0      0 LRU
>
> Node 3:
>
> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0003 ~]# netstat -i
>
> Kernel Interface table
> Iface       MTU Met    RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR    TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP
> TX-OVR Flg
> eth0       1500   0     1520     12      0      0     1467      0
> 0      0 BMRU
> lo        16436   0       42      0      0      0       42      0
> 0      0 LRU
>
> Node 4:
>
> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0004 ~]# netstat -i
>
> Kernel Interface table
> Iface       MTU Met    RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR    TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP
> TX-OVR Flg
> eth0       1500   0     1528     10      0      0     1514      0
> 0      0 BMRU
> lo        16436   0       44      0      0      0       44      0
> 0      0 LRU
>
> Node 5:
>
> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0005 ~]# netstat -i
>
> Kernel Interface table
> Iface       MTU Met    RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR    TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP
> TX-OVR Flg
> eth0       1500   0     1416     11      0      0     1412      0
> 0      0 BMRU
> lo        16436   0       44      0      0      0       44      0
> 0      0 LRU
>
> Node 6:
>
> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 ~]# netstat -i
>
> Kernel Interface table
> Iface       MTU Met    RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR    TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP
> TX-OVR Flg
> eth0       1500   0     1474      9      0      0     1504      0
> 0      0 BMRU
> lo        16436   0       44      0      0      0       44      0
> 0      0 LRU
>
> ================================================
>
>
> --
> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
> Engineering)
> Alma Maters:
> (1) Singapore Polytechnic
> (2) National University of Singapore
> My blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
> My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
> Email: space.time.universe at gmail.com
> MSN: teoenming at hotmail.com
> Mobile Phone (SingTel): +65-9648-9798
> Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618
> Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
> Height: 1.78 meters
> Race: Chinese
> Dialect: Hokkien
> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
> Country: Singapore
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <
> space.time.universe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All the six compute nodes are identical PV virtual machines.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>> Engineering)
>> Alma Maters:
>> (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>> (2) National University of Singapore
>> My blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>> My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
>> Email: space.time.universe at gmail.com
>> MSN: teoenming at hotmail.com
>> Mobile Phone (SingTel): +65-9648-9798
>> Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618
>> Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
>> Height: 1.78 meters
>> Race: Chinese
>> Dialect: Hokkien
>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>> Country: Singapore
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <
>> space.time.universe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have changed the communication method from nemesis (high performance
>>> network method) to ssm (socket for nodes and shared memory within a node) by
>>> recompiling MPICH2. I have also pre-set the MAC address of the virtual
>>> network adapter eth0 in each compute node (each compute node is a Xen
>>> paravirtualized virtual machine) by configuring the vif directive in each PV
>>> domU configuration file.
>>>
>>> Additionally, I have also turned off iptables to facilitate
>>> troubleshooting and communication between all mpd daemons in each node. SSH
>>> without password is possible between all the compute nodes.
>>>
>>> After having done all of the above, I am still encountering the MPIEXEC
>>> 392 error.
>>>
>>>
>>> mpiexec_enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 (mpiexec 392): no msg recvd from mpd
>>> when expecting ack of request
>>>
>>> =================================================
>>>
>>> Master Node / Compute Node 1:
>>>
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]$ ps -ef | grep mpd
>>> enming    1499  1455  0 21:44 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mpd
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]$ mpdboot -n 6
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]$ mpdtrace -l
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001_34188 (192.168.1.254)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0005_39315 (192.168.1.250)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0004_46914 (192.168.1.251)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0003_36478 (192.168.1.252)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002_42012 (192.168.1.253)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006_55525 (192.168.1.249)
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]$ ps -ef | grep mpd
>>> enming    1505     1  0 21:44 ?        00:00:00 python2.6
>>> /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin/mpd.py --ncpus=1 -e -d
>>>
>>> Compute Node 2:
>>>
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002 ~]$ mpdtrace -l
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002_42012 (192.168.1.253)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006_55525 (192.168.1.249)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001_34188 (192.168.1.254)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0005_39315 (192.168.1.250)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0004_46914 (192.168.1.251)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0003_36478 (192.168.1.252)
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002 ~]$ ps -ef | grep mpd
>>> enming    1431     1  0 21:44 ?        00:00:00 python2.6
>>> /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin/mpd.py -h enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 -p
>>> 34188 --ncpus=1 -e -d
>>> enming    1481  1436  0 21:46 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mpd
>>>
>>> Compute Node 3:
>>>
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0003 ~]$ mpdtrace -l
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0003_36478 (192.168.1.252)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002_42012 (192.168.1.253)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006_55525 (192.168.1.249)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001_34188 (192.168.1.254)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0005_39315 (192.168.1.250)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0004_46914 (192.168.1.251)
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0003 ~]$ ps -ef | grep mpd
>>> enming    1422     1  0 21:44 ?        00:00:00 python2.6
>>> /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin/mpd.py -h enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 -p
>>> 34188 --ncpus=1 -e -d
>>> enming    1473  1427  0 21:47 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mpd
>>>
>>> Compute Node 4:
>>>
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0004 ~]$ mpdtrace -l
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0004_46914 (192.168.1.251)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0003_36478 (192.168.1.252)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002_42012 (192.168.1.253)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006_55525 (192.168.1.249)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001_34188 (192.168.1.254)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0005_39315 (192.168.1.250)
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0004 ~]$ ps -ef | grep mpd
>>> enming    1432     1  0 21:44 ?        00:00:00 python2.6
>>> /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin/mpd.py -h enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 -p
>>> 34188 --ncpus=1 -e -d
>>> enming    1482  1437  0 21:47 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mpd
>>>
>>> Compute Node 5:
>>>
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0005 ~]$ mpdtrace -l
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0005_39315 (192.168.1.250)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0004_46914 (192.168.1.251)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0003_36478 (192.168.1.252)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002_42012 (192.168.1.253)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006_55525 (192.168.1.249)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001_34188 (192.168.1.254)
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0005 ~]$ ps -ef | grep mpd
>>> enming    1423     1  0 21:44 ?        00:00:00 python2.6
>>> /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin/mpd.py -h enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 -p
>>> 34188 --ncpus=1 -e -d
>>> enming    1475  1429  0 21:48 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mpd
>>>
>>> Compute Node 6:
>>>
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 ~]$ mpdtrace -l
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006_55525 (192.168.1.249)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001_34188 (192.168.1.254)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0005_39315 (192.168.1.250)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0004_46914 (192.168.1.251)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0003_36478 (192.168.1.252)
>>> enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002_42012 (192.168.1.253)
>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0006 ~]$ ps -ef | grep mpd
>>> enming    1427     1  0 21:44 ?        00:00:00 python2.6
>>> /home/enming/mpich2-install/bin/mpd.py -h enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0002 -p
>>> 42012 --ncpus=1 -e -d
>>> enming    1477  1432  0 21:49 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mpd
>>>
>>> =================================================
>>>
>>> Should I increase the value of MPIEXEC_RECV_TIMEOUT in the mpiexec.py
>>> file or should I change the communication method to sock?
>>>
>>> MPIEXEC 392 error says no msg recvd from mpd when expecting ack of
>>> request. So I am thinking that it could be taking very very long to receive
>>> acknowledgement of request while the MPIEXEC_RECV_TIMEOUT value is too low.
>>> Hence that causes the mpiexec 392 error in my case. I am using a virtual
>>> network adapter and not physical Gigabit network adapter.
>>>
>>> =================================================
>>>
>>> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
>>> processor    : 0
>>> vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
>>> cpu family    : 6
>>> model        : 23
>>> model name    : Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E6300  @ 2.80GHz
>>> stepping    : 10
>>> cpu MHz        : 2800.098
>>> cache size    : 2048 KB
>>> fpu        : yes
>>> fpu_exception    : yes
>>> cpuid level    : 13
>>> wp        : yes
>>> flags        : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2
>>> ss ht syscall nx lm constant_tsc rep_good pni ssse3 cx16 hypervisor lahf_lm
>>> bogomips    : 5600.19
>>> clflush size    : 64
>>> cache_alignment    : 64
>>> address sizes    : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
>>> power management:
>>>
>>> processor    : 1
>>> vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
>>> cpu family    : 6
>>> model        : 23
>>> model name    : Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E6300  @ 2.80GHz
>>> stepping    : 10
>>> cpu MHz        : 2800.098
>>> cache size    : 2048 KB
>>> fpu        : yes
>>> fpu_exception    : yes
>>> cpuid level    : 13
>>> wp        : yes
>>> flags        : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2
>>> ss ht syscall nx lm constant_tsc rep_good pni ssse3 cx16 hypervisor lahf_lm
>>> bogomips    : 5600.19
>>> clflush size    : 64
>>> cache_alignment    : 64
>>> address sizes    : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
>>> power management:
>>>
>>> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# cat /proc/meminfo
>>> MemTotal:         532796 kB
>>> MemFree:          386156 kB
>>> Buffers:           12904 kB
>>> Cached:            48864 kB
>>> SwapCached:            0 kB
>>> Active:            34884 kB
>>> Inactive:          43252 kB
>>> Active(anon):      16504 kB
>>> Inactive(anon):        0 kB
>>> Active(file):      18380 kB
>>> Inactive(file):    43252 kB
>>> Unevictable:           0 kB
>>> Mlocked:               0 kB
>>> SwapTotal:       2195448 kB
>>> SwapFree:        2195448 kB
>>> Dirty:                12 kB
>>> Writeback:             0 kB
>>> AnonPages:         16444 kB
>>> Mapped:             8864 kB
>>> Slab:              10528 kB
>>> SReclaimable:       4668 kB
>>> SUnreclaim:         5860 kB
>>> PageTables:         2996 kB
>>> NFS_Unstable:          0 kB
>>> Bounce:                0 kB
>>> WritebackTmp:          0 kB
>>> CommitLimit:     2461844 kB
>>> Committed_AS:      73024 kB
>>> VmallocTotal:   34359738367 kB
>>> VmallocUsed:        6332 kB
>>> VmallocChunk:   34359724899 kB
>>> HugePages_Total:       0
>>> HugePages_Free:        0
>>> HugePages_Rsvd:        0
>>> HugePages_Surp:        0
>>> Hugepagesize:       2048 kB
>>> DirectMap4k:      524288 kB
>>> DirectMap2M:           0 kB
>>> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# lspci -v
>>> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# lsusb
>>> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# ifconfig eth0
>>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3E:69:E9:11
>>>           inet addr:192.168.1.254  Bcast:192.168.1.255
>>> Mask:255.255.255.0
>>>           inet6 addr: fe80::216:3eff:fe69:e911/64 Scope:Link
>>>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>>           RX packets:5518 errors:26 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>>           TX packets:4832 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>>           RX bytes:872864 (852.4 KiB)  TX bytes:3972981 (3.7 MiB)
>>>           Interrupt:17
>>>
>>> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# ethtool eth0
>>> Settings for eth0:
>>>     Link detected: yes
>>> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# netstat -i
>>> Kernel Interface table
>>> Iface       MTU Met    RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR    TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP
>>> TX-OVR Flg
>>> eth0       1500   0     5589     26      0      0     4875      0
>>> 0      0 BMRU
>>> lo        16436   0      127      0      0      0      127      0
>>> 0      0 LRU
>>> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# uname -a
>>> Linux enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed May
>>> 27 17:27:08 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>> You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
>>> [root at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
>>> Fedora release 11 (Leonidas)
>>>
>>> =================================================
>>>
>>> Please advise.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>>> Engineering)
>>> Alma Maters:
>>> (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>>> (2) National University of Singapore
>>> My blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>>> My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
>>> Email: space.time.universe at gmail.com
>>> MSN: teoenming at hotmail.com
>>> Mobile Phone (SingTel): +65-9648-9798
>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618
>>> Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
>>> Height: 1.78 meters
>>> Race: Chinese
>>> Dialect: Hokkien
>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>> Country: Singapore
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <
>>> space.time.universe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am getting the same mpiexec 392 error message as Kenneth Yoshimoto
>>>> from the San Diego Supercomputer Center. His mpich-discuss mailing list
>>>> topic URL is
>>>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2009-October/005882.html
>>>>
>>>> I have actually already performed the 2-node mpdcheck utility test as
>>>> described in Appendix A.1 of the MPICH2 installation guide. I could start
>>>> the ring of mpd on the 2-node test scenario using mpdboot successfully as
>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>> 薛正华 (ID: zhxue123) from China reported solving the mpiexec 392 error.
>>>> According to 薛正华, the cause of the mpiexec 392 error is the absence of high
>>>> performance network in his environment. He had changed the default
>>>> communication method from nemesis to ssm and also increased the value of
>>>> MPIEXEC_RECV_TIMEOUT in the mpiexec.py python source code. The URL of his
>>>> report is at
>>>> http://blog.csdn.net/zhxue123/archive/2009/08/22/4473089.aspx
>>>>
>>>> Could this be my problem also?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>>>> Engineering)
>>>> Alma Maters:
>>>> (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>>>> (2) National University of Singapore
>>>> My blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>>>> My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
>>>> Email: space.time.universe at gmail.com
>>>> MSN: teoenming at hotmail.com
>>>> Mobile Phone (SingTel): +65-9648-9798
>>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618
>>>> Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
>>>> Height: 1.78 meters
>>>> Race: Chinese
>>>> Dialect: Hokkien
>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>> Country: Singapore
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Rajeev Thakur <thakur at mcs.anl.gov>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  You need to do the mpdcheck tests with every pair of compute nodes.
>>>>> Or to isolate the problem, try running on a smaller set of nodes first and
>>>>> increase it one at a time until it fails.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rajeev
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>>> *From:* mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:
>>>>> mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] *On Behalf Of *Mr. Teo En Ming
>>>>> (Zhang Enming)
>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:35 PM
>>>>> *To:* mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>>>>> *Subject:* [mpich-discuss] (mpiexec 392): no msg recvd from mpd when
>>>>> expectingack of request
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have just installed MPICH2 in my Xen-based virtual machines.
>>>>>
>>>>> My hardware configuration is as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E6300 @ 2.8 GHz
>>>>> Motherboard: Intel Desktop Board DQ45CB BIOS 0093
>>>>> Memory: 4X 2GB Kingston DDR2-800 CL5
>>>>>
>>>>> My software configuration is as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> Xen Hypervisor / Virtual Machine Monitor Version: 3.5-unstable
>>>>> Jeremy Fitzhardinge's pv-ops dom0 kernel: 2.6.31.4
>>>>> Host Operating System: Fedora Linux 11 x86-64 (SELinux disabled)
>>>>> Guest Operating Systems: Fedora Linux 11 x86-64 paravirtualized (PV)
>>>>> domU guests (SELinux disabled)
>>>>>
>>>>> I have successfully configured, built and installed MPICH2 in a F11 PV
>>>>> guest OS master compute node 1 with NFS server (MPICH2 bin subdirectory
>>>>> exported). The rest of the 5 compute nodes have access to the MPICH2
>>>>> binaries by mounting NFS share from node 1. Please see attached c.txt, m.txt
>>>>> and mi.txt. With Xen virtualization, I have created 6 F11 linux PV guests to
>>>>> simulate 6 HPC compute nodes. The network adapter (NIC) in each guest OS is
>>>>> virtual. The Xen networking type is bridged. Running "lspci -v" and lsusb in
>>>>> each guest OS does not show up anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> According to Appendix A troubleshooting section of the MPICH2 install
>>>>> guide, I have verified that the 2-node test scenario with "mpdcheck -s" and
>>>>> "mpdcheck -c" is working. The 2 nodes each acting as server and client
>>>>> respectively can communicate with each other without problems. Both nodes
>>>>> can communicate with each other in server and client modes respectively. I
>>>>> have also tested mpdboot with the 2-node scenario and the ring of mpd is
>>>>> working.
>>>>>
>>>>> After the troubleshooting process, I have successfully created a ring
>>>>> of mpd involving 6 compute nodes. "mpdtrace -l" successfully lists all the 6
>>>>> nodes. However, when I want to run a job with mpiexec, it gives me the
>>>>> following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> [enming at enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 ~]$ mpiexec -n 2 examples/cpi
>>>>> mpiexec_enming-f11-pv-hpc-node0001 (mpiexec 392): no msg recvd from mpd
>>>>> when expecting ack of request
>>>>>
>>>>> I have also tried starting the mpd ring with the root user but I still
>>>>> encounter the same error above.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> PS. config.log is also attached.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>>>>> Engineering)
>>>>> Alma Maters:
>>>>> (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>>>>> (2) National University of Singapore
>>>>> My blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>>>>> My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo
>>>>> Email: space.time.universe at gmail.com
>>>>> MSN: teoenming at hotmail.com
>>>>> Mobile Phone (SingTel): +65-9648-9798
>>>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618
>>>>> Age: 31 (as at 30 Oct 2009)
>>>>> Height: 1.78 meters
>>>>> Race: Chinese
>>>>> Dialect: Hokkien
>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>> Country: Singapore
>>>>>
>>>>>
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