Intel® MPI Library Developer Guide for Linux* OS

Developer Guide

  • 2021.2
  • 03/31/2021
  • Public Content
Contents

Prerequisite Steps

Before you start using any of the Intel® MPI Library functionality, make sure to establish the proper environment settings:
  1. Set up the Intel MPI Library environment by
    sourcing the setvars.sh script
    , which is found in your installation directory (by default,
    /opt/intel/oneapi/mpi/<
    version
    >
    ).
    You must run
    setvars
     at the start of each session. See the Intel oneAPI HPC Toolkit Get Started Guide for more details, including options for automatic setup of environment settings.
  2. To run an MPI application on a cluster, the Intel MPI Library needs to know names of all its nodes. Create a text file listing the cluster node names. The format of the file is one name per line, and the lines starting with
    #
     are ignored. To get the name of a node, use the
    hostname
     utility.
    A sample host file may look as follows: 
    $ cat ./hosts
# This line is ignored
clusternode1
clusternode2
clusternode3
clusternode4
  3. For communication between cluster nodes, in most cases the Intel MPI Library uses the SSH protocol. You need to establish a passwordless SSH connection to ensure proper communication of MPI processes.
After completing these steps, you are ready to use the Intel MPI Library.

Product and Performance Information

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Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.