Manuel D’UtilisationTable des matièresTable of Contents3Chapter 1. Introduction51.1. What is ParaStation51.2. The history of ParaStation51.3. About this document6Chapter 2. Technical overview72.1. Runtime daemon72.2. Libraries72.3. Kernel modules72.4. License8Chapter 3. Installation93.1. Prerequisites93.2. Directory structure103.3. Installation via RPM packages113.4. Installing the documentation133.5. Installing MPI143.6. Further steps143.7. Uninstalling ParaStation515Chapter 4. Configuration174.1. Configuration of the ParaStation system174.2. Enable optimized network drivers184.3. Testing the installation19Chapter 5. Insight ParaStation5215.1. ParaStation5 pscom communication library215.2. ParaStation5 protocol p4sock215.2.1. Directory /proc/sys/ps4/state225.2.2. Directory /proc/sys/ps4/ether225.2.3. Directory /proc/sys/ps4/local235.2.4. p4stat235.3. Controlling process placement235.4. Using the ParaStation5 queuing facility245.5. Exporting environment variables for a task245.6. Using non-ParaStation applications245.7. ParaStation5 TCP bypass255.8. Controlling ParaStation5 communication paths255.9. Authentication within ParaStation5265.10. Homogeneous user ID space275.11. Single system view275.12. Parallel shell tool275.13. Nodes and CPUs275.14. Integration with AFS285.15. Integrating external queuing systems285.15.1. Integration with PBS PRO295.15.2. Integration with OpenPBS295.15.3. Integration with Torque295.15.4. Integration with LSF295.15.5. Integration with LoadLeveler295.16. Multicasts295.17. Copying files in parallel305.18. Using ParaStation accounting305.19. Using ParaStation process pinning315.20. Using memory binding315.21. Spawning processes belonging to all groups315.22. Changing the default ports for psid(8)31Chapter 6. Troubleshooting336.1. Problem: psiadmin returns error336.2. Problem: node shown as "down"336.3. Problem: cannot start parallel task346.4. Problem: bad performance346.5. Problem: different groups of nodes are seen as up or down346.6. Problem: cannot start process on front end346.7. Warning issued on task startup356.8. Problem: pssh fails356.9. Problem: psid does not startup, reports port in use356.10. Problem: processes cannot access files on remote nodes36Reference Pages37parastation.conf39psiadmin51psid67test_config69test_nodes71test_pse73p4stat75p4tcp77psaccounter79psaccview81mlisten85Appendix A. Quick Installation Guide87Appendix B. ParaStation license89Appendix C. Upgrading ParaStation4 to ParaStation593C.1. Building and installing ParaStation5 packages93C.2. Changes to the runtime environment93Glossary95Taille: 390 koPages: 98Language: EnglishOuvrir le manuel