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Some operating system packages are required for OpenFabrics; they are listed in
Table5-3.
There are also OS package requirements for some specific components in QLogic
OFED.
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This section assumes that the correct Linux kernel, a supported distribution, and
the required prerequisites (see Tabl e 5-3 and Table 5-4) have been installed on
every node.
Table 5-3. Required OS Packages
OS Distribution Required Packages
All gcc, glib, glibc
All (For development) glib-devel, glibc-devel, glibc-devel-32bit
(to build 32-bit libraries on x86_86 and ppc64),
zlib-devel
Red Hat and Red
Hat-derived kernels
kernel-devel, rpm-build
SLES 10 kernel-source, rpm
Table 5-4. Specific Component Requirements
QLogic OFED
Component Required OS Packages
QLogic infinipath* soft-
ware (Listed as TrueScale
HCA Libs in the Installer)
openssh and openssh-server. Note that in the
SLES 10 distribution, openssh-server is a part of the
openssh package.
python, if the Multi-Purpose Daemon (MPD) job
launcher or the ipath_mtrr script is to be used. These
packages must be on every node.
MVAPICH a Fortran Compiler
MVAPICH2 libstdc++-devel, sysfsutils (SLES), lib-
sysfs-devel (RedHat 5.0)
Open MPI libstdc++-devel
ibutils tcl-8.4, tcl-devel-8.4, tk, lib-
stdc++-devel
QLogic openmpi_gcc* libgfortran (on RHEL4)