Table of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

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1.1

Scali MPI Connect product context

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1.2

Support

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1.2.1 Scali mailing lists

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1.2.2 SMC FAQ

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1.2.3 SMC release documents

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1.2.4 Problem reports

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1.2.5 Platforms supported

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1.2.6 Licensing

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1.2.7 Feedback

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1.3

How to read this guide

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1.4

Acronyms and abbreviations

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1.5

Terms and conventions

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1.6

Typographic conventions

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Chapter 2 Description of Scali MPI Connect

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2.1

Scali MPI Connect components

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2.2

SMC network devices

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2.2.1 Network devices

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2.2.2 Shared Memory Device

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2.2.3 Ethernet Devices

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2.2.4 Myrinet

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2.2.5 Infiniband

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2.2.6 SCI

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2.3

Communication protocols on DAT-devices

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2.3.1 Channel buffer

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2.3.2 Inlining protocol

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2.3.3 Eagerbuffering protocol

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2.3.4 Transporter protocol

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2.3.5 Zerocopy protocol

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2.4

Support for other interconnects

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2.5

MPI-2 Features

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Chapter 3 Using Scali MPI Connect

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3.1

Setting up a Scali MPI Connect environment

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3.1.1 Scali MPI Connect environment variables

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3.2

Compiling and linking

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3.2.1 Running

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3.2.2 Compiler support

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3.2.3 Linker flags

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3.2.4 Notes on Compiling and linking on AMD64 and EM64T

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3.2.5 Notes on Compiling and linking on Power series

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