The "-iface ib0" syntax is used by the hydra launcher if MPICH and its
derivatives such as MVAPICH.
I suggest
http://wiki.mcs.anl.gov/mpich2/index.php/Using_the_Hydra_Process_Manager as
a starting point.

-Paul

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 8:19 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> “ibface” isn’t an OpenMPI cmd line option, so I suspect you are using
> something other than OpenMPI. For OMPI, you could specify the interface via
> MCA param in the environment or default MCA parameter file. Most MPI
> implementations have a similar mechanism - you might check your
> documentation.
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2017, at 6:48 PM, Doug Meyer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I believe that if you are using OpenMPI you can declare the interface.  By
> default it should select the fastest interface on the system.  This FAQ may
> be of help.  https://www.open-mpi.org/faq/?category=tcp
>
> If I have misunderstood the problem I apologize.  best of luck!
>
> Doug
>
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Sebastian Eastham <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Slurm Developers mailing list,
>>
>> When calling the “srun” command, is there any way to specify the desired
>> network interface? Our network is a mix of ethernet and inifiniband, such
>> that only a subset of the nodes have an infiniband interface. When using
>> “mpirun” we can specify “-iface ib0”, but there does not appear to be a
>> similar option for “srun”. Although we can successfully run our
>> applications with “srun”, we can see from “iftop” that the application is
>> communicating purely through the ethernet interface.
>>
>>
>>
>> Once again, I appreciate any help or guidance that you can give me!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Seb
>>
>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>
>> Dr. Sebastian D. Eastham
>>
>> Research Scientist
>>
>> Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment
>>
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>>
>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>


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