
5 – Software Installation Additional Installation Instructions
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Installing Lustre
This InfiniPath release supports Lustre. Lustre is a fast, scalable Linux cluster file system that interoperates with InfiniBand. To use Lustre, you need:
A Linux kernel that is one of the supported kernels for this release, patched with
Lustre modules compiled for the above kernel
Lustre utilities required for configuration
The InfiniPath Release Notes provide information about the Lustre patches. For general instructions on downloading, installing, and using Lustre, go to: http://www.lustre.org.
Installing QLogic MPI in an Alternate Location
QLogic MPI can be installed in an alternate installation location by using the
The
When this option is used, the argument passed to
Additionally, installations that are maintained in alternate locations must ensure that the environment variable $MPICH_ROOT is always set to the same prefix that was used to install the RPMs with the
NOTE:
In InfiniPath 2.2, $MPICH_ROOT replaces the environment variable $INFINIPATH_ROOT, which is now deprecated. In InfiniPath 2.1, $INFINIPATH_ROOT assumed an RPM install