I_MPI_FABRICS

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摘要

I_MPI_FABRICS参数设置

This topic is an excerpt from the Intel® MPI Library Reference Manual for Linux OS which provides further details on the I_MPI_FABRICS environment variable.

Select a particular network fabric to be used for communication.

Syntax

I_MPI_FABRICS=<fabric>|<intra-node fabric>:<inter-nodes fabric>

Where

  • := {shm, dapl, tcp, tmi, ofa, ofi}
  • := {shm, dapl, tcp, tmi, ofa, ofi}
  • := {dapl, tcp, tmi, ofa, ofi}

Arguments

Argument Definition
Define a network fabric
shm Shared-memory
dapl DAPL-capable network fabrics, such as InfiniBand*, iWarp*, Dolphin*, and XPMEM* (through DAPL*)
tcp TCP/IP-capable network fabrics, such as Ethernet and InfiniBand* (through IPoIB*)
tmi Network fabrics with tag matching capabilities through the Tag Matching Interface (TMI), such as Intel® True Scale Fabric and Myrinet*
ofa Network fabric, such as InfiniBand* (through OpenFabrics* Enterprise Distribution (OFED*) verbs) provided by the Open Fabrics Alliance* (OFA*)
ofi OFI (OpenFabrics Interfaces*)-capable network fabric including Intel® True Scale Fabric, and TCP (through OFI* API)

For example, to select the winOFED* InfiniBand* device, use the following command:

$ mpirun -n <# of processes>  \ -env I_MPI_FABRICS shm:dapl <executable>

For these devices, if is not specified, the first DAPL* provider in the /etc/dat.conf file is used. The shm fabric is available for both Intel® and non-Intel microprocessors, but it may perform additional optimizations for Intel microprocessors than for non-Intel microprocessors.

NOTE

Ensure the selected fabric is available. For example, use shm only if all the processes can communicate with each other through the availability of the /dev/shm device. Use dapl only when all processes can communicate with each other through a single DAPL provider.

摘自：https://scc.ustc.edu.cn/zlsc/tc4600/intel/2016.0.109/mpi/User_Guide/I_MPI_FABRICS.htm