[mpich-discuss] mpdboot returning error codes 582, 404, 347, and 476

Fri Jul 6 07:56:02 CDT 2012

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want to wait for your system administrator.

  -- Pavan

On 07/06/2012 07:51 AM, Jeff Hammond wrote:
> Hi Myles,
>
> Given http://wiki.mcs.anl.gov/mpich2/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Q:_I_don.27t_like_.3CWHATEVER.3E_about_mpd.2C_or_I.27m_having_a_problem_with_mpdboot.2C_can_you_fix_it.3F,
> my guess is that you'll have to wait for Hydra-capable MPICH2.
>
> As frustrating as it may be to have to wait for the solution, I'm sure
> that it improves the life quality of the MPICH2 guys to not have to
> revisit deprecated code that has been replaced with something that
> almost certainly solves your problem without any additional effort.
>
> Best,
>
> Jeff
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:26 AM, BAKER, MYLES D. (LARC-E302)
> <myles.d.baker at nasa.gov> wrote:
>> Dear List,
>>
>> NOTE: This is my first list post, so please let me know how to write more
>> effectively and honor the etiquette of the community.
>>
>> I am having trouble launching mpd after successful past boots. My system
>> administrator is updating to a hydra-capable mpich but for now I'm stuck
>> with mpd and mpich2-1.2.1p1. Here is some information about my system:
>>
>> 1. Multi node POWER6 cluster using General Parallel File System (GPFS).
>> 2. Master is interactive node(tisa2-blue), slaves are dedicated compute
>> nodes(bb101, bb102).
>> 3. ~/.mpd.conf file contains MPD_SECRETWORD=password for each node (master
>> and slaves).
>> 4. ~/mpd.hosts file contains bb101:4\n bb102:4. Once again, this file is
>> accessible by all nodes.
>> 5. Passwordless ssh between all nodes (3 node, fully connected digraph)
>> 6. The /etc/hosts files on the respective machines are configured correctly
>> (i.e., no 127.0.1.1 for the slave nodes, etc; I have added them to the
>> bottom of the post if need to reference)
>>
>> Given the above setup, when I try to boot using mpdboot -v -n 3 -f
>> ~/mpd.hosts command on tisa2-blue, I get the following output:
>> running mpdallexit on tisa2-blue
>> LAUNCHED mpd on tisa2-blue  via
>>
>> [2]    Done                          mpd
>> RUNNING: mpd on tisa2-blue
>> LAUNCHED mpd on bb101  via  tisa2-blue
>> LAUNCHED mpd on bb102  via  tisa2-blue
>>
>> Next, the terminal window waits, and I get the following error:
>> mpdboot_tisa2-blue (handle_mpd_output 406): failed to handshake with mpd on
>> bb101; recvd output={}
>>
>> If I use ^C to end I get the following error:
>> mpdboot_tisa2-blue (recv_dict_msg 582):recv_dict_msg: errmsg=::
>>    mpdtb:
>>      /SPG_ops/utils/ppc64/mpich2-1.2.1p1/bin/mpdlib.py,  582,  recv_dict_msg
>>      /usr/local/bin/mpdboot,  404,  handle_mpd_output
>>      /usr/local/bin/mpdboot,  347,  mpdboot
>>      /usr/local/bin/mpdboot,  476,  ?
>>
>> mpdboot_tisa2-blue (handle_mpd_output 406): failed to handshake with mpd on
>> bb101; recvd output={}
>> mpdboot_tisa2-blue: failure doing recv exceptions.KeyboardInterrupt ::
>> 0
>>
>> So, at this point I'm not sure what I can do to fix this. I have looked up
>> the error codes and I don't think that I have done anything wrong. Can
>> anyone give me some guidance / ideas on where to fix this issue?
>>
>> Thank you so much!
>> Myles Baker
>>
>> tisa2-blue: /etc/hosts
>> 127.0.0.1       localhost
>> #192.168.18.115  bc206 bc206.cluster.net
>> #192.168.18.115  tisa2-blue.larc.nasa.gov
>> # made sure the larc-facing address for tisa2-blue is here and
>> # uncommented... w/o it, daacget commands fail because it reverse
>> # lookup's and gets the AMI interface name and it doesn't match.  crjones,
>> 07/03/12
>> 198.119.135.140 tisa2-blue.larc.nasa.gov tisa2-blue
>> 192.168.18.130  magneto.cluster.net magneto.magneto
>> 198.119.135.180 snfsmdc1.larc.nasa.gov snfsmdc1
>> 198.119.135.181 snfsmdc2.larc.nasa.gov snfsmdc2
>> 192.168.18.162  bk17.cluster.net bk17
>> 192.168.18.164  bk21.cluster.net bk21
>> 192.168.18.207  ab01-p.cluster.net ab01-p
>> 192.168.18.1    coil-blue.cluster.net coil-blue
>> 192.168.18.2    nsd1.cluster.net nsd1
>> 192.168.18.3    nsd2.cluster.net nsd2
>>
>> bb101: /etc/hosts
>> 127.0.0.1       localhost
>> 192.168.18.50   bb101 bb101.cluster.net
>> 192.168.18.1    coil-blue coil-blue.cluster.net
>> 192.168.18.2    nsd1 nsd1.cluster.net
>> 192.168.18.5    ab3950.cluster.net ab3950
>> 192.168.18.3    nsd2 nsd2.cluster.net
>> 192.168.18.10   ba101 ba101.cluster.net
>> 192.168.18.90   bc101 bc101.cluster.net
>> 192.168.18.173  ab19 ab19.cluster.net
>> 192.168.18.175  ac19 ac19.cluster.net
>> 192.168.18.130 magneto.cluster.net magneto.magneto
>> 198.119.135.180 snfsmdc1.larc.nasa.gov snfsmdc1
>> 198.119.135.181 snfsmdc2.larc.nasa.gov snfsmdc2
>> 192.168.18.162 bk17.cluster.net bk17
>> 192.168.18.164 bk21.cluster.net bk21
>> 192.168.18.207 ab01-p.cluster.net ab01-p
>> 192.168.18.1    coil-blue.cluster.net coil-blue
>> 192.168.18.2    nsd1.cluster.net nsd1
>> 192.168.18.3    nsd2.cluster.net nsd2
>>
>> bb102: /etc/hosts
>> 127.0.0.1         localhost
>> 192.168.16.51 bb102m
>> 192.168.18.51 bb102 bb102.cluster.net
>> 192.168.18.130 magneto.cluster.net magneto.magneto
>> 198.119.135.180 snfsmdc1.larc.nasa.gov snfsmdc1
>> 198.119.135.181 snfsmdc2.larc.nasa.gov snfsmdc2
>> 192.168.18.162 bk17.cluster.net bk17
>> 192.168.18.164 bk21.cluster.net bk21
>> 192.168.18.207 ab01-p.cluster.net ab01-p
>> 192.168.18.1    coil-blue.cluster.net coil-blue
>> 192.168.18.2    nsd1.cluster.net nsd1
>> 192.168.18.3    nsd2.cluster.net nsd2
>>
>>
>>
>> BAKER, MYLES D. (LARC-E302)
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