Escali 4.4 manual Table of contents

	Table of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction		5
1.1	Scali MPI Connect product context	5
1.2	Support	6
1.2.1 Scali mailing lists		6
1.2.2 SMC FAQ		6
1.2.3 SMC release documents		6
1.2.4 Problem reports		6
1.2.5 Platforms supported		6
1.2.6 Licensing		7
1.2.7 Feedback		7
1.3	How to read this guide	7
1.4	Acronyms and abbreviations	7
1.5	Terms and conventions	9
1.6	Typographic conventions	9
Chapter 2 Description of Scali MPI Connect		11
2.1	Scali MPI Connect components	11
2.2	SMC network devices	12
2.2.1 Network devices		13
2.2.2 Shared Memory Device		13
2.2.3 Ethernet Devices		13
2.2.4 Myrinet		15
2.2.5 Infiniband		15
2.2.6 SCI		16
2.3	Communication protocols on DAT-devices	16
2.3.1 Channel buffer		16
2.3.2 Inlining protocol		17
2.3.3 Eagerbuffering protocol		17
2.3.4 Transporter protocol		17
2.3.5 Zerocopy protocol		18
2.4	Support for other interconnects	18
2.5	MPI-2 Features	18
Chapter 3 Using Scali MPI Connect		21
3.1	Setting up a Scali MPI Connect environment	21
3.1.1 Scali MPI Connect environment variables		21
3.2	Compiling and linking	21
3.2.1 Running		21
3.2.2 Compiler support		22
3.2.3 Linker flags		22
3.2.4 Notes on Compiling and linking on AMD64 and EM64T		22
3.2.5 Notes on Compiling and linking on Power series		23

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