Escali 4.4 manual How to read this guide, Acronyms and abbreviations, Licensing, Feedback

Section: 1.3 How to read this guide

1.2.6 Licensing

SMC is licensed using Scali license manager system. In order to run SMC a valid demo or a permanent license must be obtained. Customers with valid software maintenance contracts with Scali may request this directly from license@scali.com. All other requests, including DEMO licenses, should be directed to sales@scali.com.

1.2.7 Feedback

Scali appreciates any suggestions users may have for improving both this Scali MPI Connect User’s Guide and the software described herein. Please send your comments by e-mail to support@scali.com.

Users of parallel tools software using SMC on a Scali System are also encouraged to provide feedback to the National HPCC Software Exchange (NHSE) - Parallel Tools Library [10]. The Parallel Tools Library provides information about parallel system software and tools, and also provides for communication between software authors and users.

1.3 How to read this guide

This guide is written for skilled computer users and professionals. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the basic concepts and terminology of computer hardware and software since none of these will be explained in any detail. Depending on your user profile, some chapters are more relevant than others.

1.4 Acronyms and abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning
AMD64	The 64 bit Instruction set arcitecture (ISA) that is the 64 bit extention to the Intel
	x86 ISA. Also known as x86-64. The Opteron and Athlon64 from AMD are the
	first implementations of this ISA.
DAPL	Direct Access Provider Library DAT Instantiation for a given interconnect
DAT	Direct Access Transport - Transport-independent, platform-independent Applica-
	tion Programming Interfaces that exploit RDMA
DET	Direct Ethernet Transport - Scali's DAT implementation for Ethernet-like devices,
	including channel aggregation
EM64T	The Intel implementation of the 64 bit extention to the x86 ISA. Also See
	AMD64.
GM	A software interface provided by Myricom for their Myrinet interconnect
	hardware.
HCA	Hardware Channel Adapter. Term used by Infiniband vendors referencing to the
	hardware adapter.
HPC	High Performance Computer
IA32	Instruction set Architecture 32 Intel x86 architecture
	Table 1-1: Acronyms and abbreviations

Scali MPI Connect Release 4.4 Users Guide 7