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5 – Software Installation Installing the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics RPMs
Choosing the RPMs to Install
Although QLogic recommends that all RPMs are installed on all nodes, some are optional depending on which type of node is being used. To see which RPMs are required or optional for each type of node, according to its function as a compute node, front end node, development machine, or Subnet Manager (SM), see Appendix C “RPM Descriptions”.
Installing all the RPMs (except for OpenSM) on all nodes is easiest.
If you do not plan to run all of the available programs, you can install a subset of the RPMs. See Table
Install the OpenSM RPM only if you do not plan to use a
Install the infinipath RPM on the all nodes where you install the
Table 5-4. RPMS to Install
If you want to: | Then install: |
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Use InfiniPath, QLogic MPI, and basic | The RPM sets in the InfiniPath* and |
OpenFabrics protocols such as IPoIB |
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and SRP |
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Run OpenFabrics programs that use the | The RPM sets in the InfiniPath* and the |
IB verbs interfaces, such as diagnostics, | OpenFabrics* directories |
benchmarks, |
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and SDP sockets |
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Use all of the above programs | The RPM sets in the InfiniPath*, |
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| rics* directories |
Add OpenSM as a your subnet manager | The RPM sets in the OpenFabrics and |
| OpenSM directories. (OpenSM has depen- |
| dencies on OpenFabrics.) |
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Use other MPIs (MVAPICH and Open | The RPM sets in the InfiniPath*, |
MPI) that have been compiled with Path- |
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Scale, GNU, PGI, and Intel compilers. | tories |
Includes test files. |
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Use other HCAs with OpenFabrics | The RPM sets in the OpenFabrics* and |
| OtherHCAs* directories |