MPICH installation and setting tips under Linux platform

Needed Packages
1. mpich.tar.gz (http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich2/downloads/mpich2-1.0.tar.gz)
2. RSH
3. NIS (ypserv)
Needed Daemon
1. nfs
2. netfs
3. network
4. nfs (server)
5. rstatd (for RPC)
6. portmap
7. rsh
8. xinetd
9. ypserv (server)
10. yppasswdd (server)
11. ypbind (client) <-- chkconfig ypbind on Installation tar zxvf mpich.tar.gz ######### HOSTS ################## All /etc/hosts file in all client should contain all nodes information or it will fail. ######### mpich ################## use another user login and use these tools. Get into mpich directory ./configure make modify ($MPI_HOME)/util/machines/machines.LINUX to suit your client's hostname or FQDN. (These hostname should be included in /etc/hosts file) add "export PATH=/home/hpcuser/mpich/bin/:$PATH" to ~/.bash_profile ######### RSH ################## It used on client OS. Open rsh daemon with xinetd service modify PAM rule under /etc/pam.d/rsh **remove the "pam_rhosts_auth" option DON'T USE RSH AS ROOT!!!!!! (Permission Deny) ######### yp (NIS server) ################## common settings add "NISDOMAIN=hpcdomain" to /etc/sysconfig/network file modify /etc/nsswitch passwd item to "nis files" Server add following items to /etc/ypserv.conf 127.0.0.0/255.255.255.0 :* :* :none 192.1.0.0/255.255.255.0 :* :* :none add "/usr/lib/yp/ypinit -m" to /etc/rc.d/rc.local add "/home (rw,sync)" to /etc/exports and do "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs reload" add "/usr/local/src (rw,sync)" to /etc/exports and do "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs reload" Client add "domain pxe server 192.1.0.254" to /etc/yp.conf add "/usr/lib/yp/ypinit -s pxe" to /etc/rc.d/rc.local add "192.168.0.1:/home" to /etc/fstab add "192.168.0.1:/usr/local/src" to /etc/fstab add the mpi user's GID to /etc/group ******************************************************* example command cup stress ~/mpich/bin/mpirun -np 4 ~/mpich/mpe/contrib/life/life_g <-- make first, and type 100,1000 arter enter mpirun -np 2 ~/mpich/mpe/contrib/mandel/pmandel <-- xwin demo, "make" first (reference in README file) mpirun -np 4 PMB-MPI1 PingPong PingPing Sendrecv ********* Demo Used ********** cd ~/mpich/mpe ./configure --disable-checkMPI --disable-slog2 make all ~/mpich/examples/basic make mpirun -np 4 ./cpilog --> You will see all processes where they are.
~/mpich/examples/perftest
./configure
make all