Hi, On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Michael Oevermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to set up a cluster (with OSCAR) with infiniband using > CentOS/RHEL 5.2. Only the compute nodes have > IB NICS, the head node doesn't. At this point I want to use the packages of > the CentOS repositories which > are - as far as I know - based on OFED 1.3 to avoid package conflicts and > dependency problems I run > into if I compile OFED 1.4 from source. I have two questions: > > 1) can I still use the OFED 1.4 source to compile the most recent MPI > versions (e.g. MVAPICH2, which is not in the > CentOS repository). Or is it just a bad idea to mix versions here? > > 2) As far as I understand, I need the opensm subnet manager. Can I run this > manager on the head node (which has > no IB NIC)
An IB NIC (HCA) is needed to run OpenSM or any host based SM. -- Hal > or do I need to run it on one of the nodes. I would prefer to run > it on the head node in order to > keep all nodes exactly identical. > > Best regards and thanks for info > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general > > To unsubscribe, please visit > http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
