you could also jumpstart the below process by using CentOS or RedHat as they include InfiniBand support as standard. you will probably still have to rebuild OpenMPI with a trivial rpmbuild --rebuild ...
cheers, robin On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 09:13:33AM -0600, Greenseid, Joseph M. wrote: >HI Brian, > >I have installed IB on OSCAR clusters before with a few different software >packages (OFED, as Michael refers to here, and using vendor provided src and >binary packages). Basically, the easiest thing I found to do was, should you >need to build anything from source (either from a source tarball or src rpm), >build binary RPMs, and include them in your rpm list that gets installed in >the client image, or just chroot into the client image and install them after >the basic configuration of the image. Just make sure you upgrade your MPI >implementation as well (if you're using MPI) to use the IB fabric (OFED will >offer to build a few different MPI implementations, and you can build them for >various compilers -- I have both gcc and Intel MPIs on my system, so users can >use either compiler). The process is the same as the drivers I mentioned >above. > >--Joe > >________________________________ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Michael Edwards >Sent: Thu 12/6/2007 8:01 AM >To: oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] infiniband > > > >Infiniband support is not packaged as an OSCAR module, and as it >includes some kernel modules this would be somewhat problematic to do >in a platform independent way. At least thats what I was told the >last time I brought it up. > >There is a fairly easy to use package called the "open fabrics >enterprise distribution" which is made by a consortium of a number of >major infiniband vendors (http://www.openfabrics.org/). It has some >fairly easy to follow instructions for installing it on a cluster. > >Give these tips a try. I cobbled them together from some notes I made >about six months ago when I was installing OFED on an existing OSCAR >cluster. > >http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/trac/oscar/wiki/TipOFED > >On Dec 6, 2007 4:42 AM, bturner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi >> I am upgrading my oscar cluster from G/bit ethernet to >> infiniband does oscar support this upgrade. >> >> >> best regards >> brian >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper >> from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going >> mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. >> http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 >> _______________________________________________ >> Oscar-users mailing list >> Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper >from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going >mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. >http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 >_______________________________________________ >Oscar-users mailing list >Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper >from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going >mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. >http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 >_______________________________________________ >Oscar-users mailing list >Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
