Actually when I use the standard names (parapide-X or
parapide-X.rennes.grid5000.fr), the kernel module uses the eth0 interface,
so I switched again to using the names ending with "-ib0". I attach the
configuration file.

Matthieu

2011/3/23 Matthieu Dorier <[email protected]>

> Ok actually my nodes are connected to 2 switches: one 1G Eth and one IB, so
> the names "parapide-X-ib0" were to be used for IP over IB (the real
> hostnames being "parapide-X", or even "parapide-X.rennes.grid5000.fr",
> which is the output of the hostname command). I realized it was useless
> working with the names ending in "-ib0" because I'm not using IP over IB in
> this case.
>
> So I deployed again PVFS using the real hostnames, but I still get the same
> errors (and again, the kernel module works fine), the configuration line is
> now:
> /usr/bin/pvfs2-genconfig --quiet --protocol ib --ioservers "parapide-5"
> --metaservers "parapide-5" --storage /tmp/pvfs2-storage-space --logfile
> /tmp/pvfs2-log --fsname pvfs2 pvfs2-fs.conf
> And the configuration file is attached.
>
> I also changed the limits.conf as advised by Kevin Harms, by adding the
> following line:
> *                hard    memlock         unlimited
> But it does change the warning (when I'm logged as user the ulimit -l
> unlimited says I don't have the permissions). Also tried
> *                hard    memlock         1073741824
> Doesn't work either.
>
>
> Matthieu
>
>
> 2011/3/22 Becky Ligon <[email protected]>
>
>> The kernel module is not required for MPI.
>>
>> Becky
>> --
>> Becky Ligon
>> HPC Admin Staff
>> PVFS Developer
>> Clemson University
>> 864-650-4065
>>
>> > Is make kmod_install also required?
>> >
>> > -crispy
>> >
>> >
>> > On 03/22/2011 03:04 PM, Matthieu Dorier wrote:
>> >> If you mean the command line for pvfs2-genconfig, here it is:
>> >>
>> >> /usr/bin/pvfs2-genconfig --quiet --protocol ib --ioservers
>> >> "parapide-7-ib0"
>> >> --metaservers "parapide-7-ib0" --storage /tmp/pvfs2-storage-space
>> >> --logfile
>> >> /tmp/pvfs2-log --fsname pvfs2 pvfs2-fs.conf
>> >>
>> >> I'm basically following the "Quick start guide".
>> >>
>> >> If you mean the configuration before compiling, here it is:
>> >>
>> >> ./configure --prefix=/usr
>> >> --with-kernel=/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/build
>> >> --with-openib=/usr --without-bmi-tcp
>> >> (then make, make kmod, make install)
>> >>
>> >> Matthieu
>> >>
>> >> 2011/3/22 Becky Ligon<[email protected]>
>> >>
>> >>> Can you give us the full command line when you configure PVFS?  Seems
>> >>> that
>> >>> you are doing this in two steps and must be done in one.
>> >>>
>> >>> Becky
>> >>> --
>> >>> Becky Ligon
>> >>> HPC Admin Staff
>> >>> PVFS Developer
>> >>> Clemson University
>> >>> 864-650-4065
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hello,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I have installed PVFS (version 2.8.2) with InfiniBand support on a
>> set
>> >>>> of
>> >>>> nodes running Debian (linux 2.6). The configuration line being the
>> >>>> following:
>> >>>> ./configure --with-openib=/usr --without-bmi-tcp --prefix=/usr
>> >>>> The filesystem works fine with the kernel module, I'm able to write
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> read
>> >>>> to/from the filesystem.
>> >>>> Then I compiled Mpich2 (1.2.1p1) with PVFS support using
>> >>>> --enable-romio
>> >>>> --with-pvfs2=/usr (among other options which doesn't matter).
>> >>>> Running the IOR benchmark with POSIX, it works fine, but when using
>> >>>> MPIIO
>> >>>> I
>> >>>> got the following errors (this is from process 0, but all the
>> >>>> processes
>> >>>> are
>> >>>> printing the same)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 0: libibverbs: Warning: RLIMIT_MEMLOCK is 32768 bytes.
>> >>>> 0:     This will severely limit memory registrations.
>> >>>> 0: [E 14:12:05.314874] Warning: openib_ib_initialize:
>> ibv_open_device.
>> >>>> 0: [E 14:12:05.314908] PVFS_isys_fs_add: Failed to initialize any
>> >>>> appropriate BMI methods for addresses:
>> >>>> 0: [E 14:12:05.314921]     ib://
>> parapide-7-ib0.rennes.grid5000.fr:3335
>> >>>> 0: [E 14:12:05.314952] PVFS_isys_fs_add call: No such device
>> >>>> 0: [E 14:12:05.314969] ERROR: could not initialize any file systems
>> in
>> >>>> /etc/mtab.
>> >>>> 0: PVFS_util_init_defaults: No such device (error class: 0)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Do you have any idea where it comes from? I'm unsuccefully trying to
>> >>>> reinstall OFED-1.5, recompiling PVFS, Mpich, but I always get the
>> same
>> >>>> thing.
>> >>>> Note: previsouly everything worked well with Ethernet, I was able to
>> >>>> have
>> >>>> kernel module AND MPI-IO working.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thank you,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Matthieu Dorier
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Matthieu Dorier
>> >>>> ENS Cachan, Brittany (Computer Science dpt.)
>> >>>> IRISA Rennes, Office E324
>> >>>> http://perso.eleves.bretagne.ens-cachan.fr/~mdori307/wiki/
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>> >>>
>> >>
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>
> --
> Matthieu Dorier
> ENS Cachan, Brittany (Computer Science dpt.)
> IRISA Rennes, Office E324
> http://perso.eleves.bretagne.ens-cachan.fr/~mdori307/wiki/
>



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ENS Cachan, Brittany (Computer Science dpt.)
IRISA Rennes, Office E324
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