PAR Technologies V5 manual Appendix B. ParaStation license

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Appendix B. ParaStation license

The ParaStation software may be used under the following terms and conditions only.

Software and Know-how License Agreement

Version 1.0

between ParTec Cluster Competence Center GmbH

place of business: Possartstr. 20, 81679 München

represented by: Bernhard Frohwitter

- in the following referred to as ParTec -

and you

- in the following referred to as "Licensee" -

Preamble

ParTec has developed a cluster middleware software, comprising a high-performance communication layer. ParTec decided to license a base version of such software including a significant portion of the high- performance communication layer royalty free to educational institutions, such as universities, in order to enable them to evaluate, study and enhance the software. It should, however, be noted that the use of the software is solely allowed for noncommercial purposes.

If any party, such as enterprises or governmental authorities, wishes to use the software for commercial purposes in any sense, need to contact ParTec in order to ask for a commercial license. They have, however, the opportunity to use the software according to this license one-time for a limited period of three

(3) months.

It is acknowledged that ParTec has invested an massive amount of labour and financial means into the development of the software. It is therefore, requested from each licensee to return the results of their studies, amendments and enhancements free of charge to ParTec in return for the granted rights as specified in this contract.

§ 1 Definitions

Technology

means ParTec's cluster middleware solution ParaStation Base Version.

Software

means the computer implementation of the Technology, in object code, source code or any other machine readable form, the source code of which is available for download. means ParTec's cluster middleware solution ParaStation Base Version.

Base Version Code

means the Software in form of source code.

Modifications

means any improvement and/or extensions by Licensee of the Base Version Code, including the underlying concepts.

Derivative Work Code

means the Base Version Code with Modifications.

Documentation

means specifications and description of the Technology.

University Use

means evaluation, research, development and educational use within the educational institution, excluding use for direct or indirect commercial (including strategic) gain or advantage.

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Contents Administrators Guide Info@par-tec.com ParaStation5 Administrators GuideTable of Contents Problem different groups of nodes are seen as up or down History of ParaStation IntroductionAbout this document Runtime daemon Technical overviewLibraries Kernel modulesLicense Hardware InstallationPrerequisites Kernel version Directory structureSoftware Getting the ParaStation5 RPM packages Installation via RPM packagesMan Mpi2, mpi2-intel, mpi2-pgi, mpi2-pscFile Version Installing the RPMsCompiling the ParaStation5 packages from source ParaStation entries Installing the documentationEtc/init.d/xinetd reload Further steps Installing MPI# rpm -Uv psdoc-5.0.0-1.noarch.rpm # rpm -Uv psmpi2.5.0.0-1.i586.rpmUninstalling ParaStation5 ParaStation5 Administrators Guide Configuration of the ParaStation system ConfigurationCopy template Define Number of nodesHostname id HWType runJob starter accounter Enable optimized network drivers# /opt/parastation/bin/testconfig Testing the installation # /opt/parastation/bin/testnodes -np nodes # /opt/parastation/bin/psiadmin -s -c listParaStation5 pscom communication library Insight ParaStation5# cat /proc/sys/ps4/state/connections # echo 10 /proc/sys/ps4/state/ResendTimeoutDirectory /proc/sys/ps4/state Directory /proc/sys/ps4/local Controlling process placementExporting environment variables for a task Using the ParaStation5 queuing facilityUsing non-ParaStationapplications Export LDPRELOAD=/opt/parastation/lib64/libp4tcp.so Controlling ParaStation5 communication pathsPspshm or Pspsharedmem Authentication within ParaStation5PSPP4S or PSPP4SOCK Export PSPLIB=/opt/parastation/lib64/libpscomopenib.soSingle system view Homogeneous user ID spaceParallel shell tool Nodes and CPUsIntegrating external queuing systems Integration with AFSTok2env PSIRARGPRE0=/some/path/env2tokMulticasts Copying files in parallel Using ParaStation accounting# UseMCast Route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev ethXUsing memory binding Using ParaStation process pinningChanging the default ports for psid8 Spawning processes belonging to all groupsPort Problem node shown as down TroubleshootingProblem psiadmin returns error Problem bad performance Problem cannot start parallel taskProblem different groups of nodes are seen as up or down Problem cannot start process on frontendProblem psid does not startup, reports port in use Problem pssh failsProblem processes cannot access files on remote nodes Reference Pages ParaStation5 Administrators Guide Parastation.conf InstallDir inst-dir , InstallationDir inst-dirDescription ParametersStartscript SetupscriptStopscript StatusscriptOpenib P4sockMvapi ElanNrOfNodes num Accounter$GENERATE 1-96 node$0,2 $0 Node node17 16 HWType ethernet p4sock starter yes runJobs noDeadInterval num SelectTime timeLogLevel num MCastGroup group-numCPUTime time Core sizeDataSize size MemLock sizeProc CPUmap map Processes maxprocsStatusTimeout ms RdpTimeout msRdpClosedTimeout ms RdpResendTimeout msSee also ErrorsParaStation5 Administrators Guide Options PsiadminSynopsis Standard Input Standard ErrorStandard Output Extended descriptionAllproc cnt count ExitAll Down Count hw hwHardware LoadQuit RdpSummary max max User nodes Accounters nodesGroup nodes Maxproc nodesFreeOnSuspend nodes Master nodesHandleOldBins nodes NodesSort nodesRlrss nodes Cpumap nodesStatusTimeout nodes RdpTimeout nodesRdpClosedTimeout nodes RdpResendTimeout nodesRestart nodes Resolve nodesPsiddebug mask nodes Selecttime time nodesPattern Name Description HandleOldBins 0 1 nodes Rdpmaxretrans val nodes StatusTimeout ms nodes RdpTimeout ms nodesRdpClosedTimeout ms nodes RdpResendTimeout ms nodesQuiet FilesNormal VerbosePsid Logfile=file Configfile=fileDebug=level Filename TestconfigNum ? , --usage Show a help messageParaStation5 Administrators Guide Np num TestnodesCnt num MapParaStation5 Administrators Guide Testpse -npnum TestpseParaStation5 Administrators Guide Sock P4statNet ?,--helpParaStation5 Administrators Guide Delete P4tcpAdd ParaStation5 Administrators Guide Pattern Description PsaccounterCoredir=dir Dumpcore?, --help Var/account/yyyymmdd Accounting files, one per dayPsaccview Lu,--ltotuser Lj,--ljobsLg,--ltotgroup Ls,--ltotsumAqtime CpuweightCputime EndInitialization file Mlisten ParaStation5 Administrators Guide Appendix A. Quick Installation Guide Testing # /opt/parastation/bin/psiadmin psiadmin add# chkconfig -a /etc/init.d/parastation Appendix B. ParaStation license Page Page Page # psiadmin -s Building and installing ParaStation5 packagesAppendix C. Upgrading ParaStation4 to ParaStation5 Changes to the runtime environmentPage ARP GlossarySee ParaStation Logger To share a common address space within a node ParaStation5 Administrators Guide
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