April 6, 2009
HPC extends clustering support for InfiniBand on IBM Power Systems with RHEL 5.3 and SLES10 SP2
IBM High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster software extends InfiniBand support to include:
- IBM Power Systems 575 (9125-F2A) interconnected with the Dual 2 Port 4x Host Channel Adapter and supported QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches
- Power Systems 520 (8203-E4A) and Power Systems 550 (8204-E8A) interconnected with the GX Dual-port DDR Host Channel Adapter or the GX Dual-port SDR Host Channel Adapter and supported QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches
- IBM BladeCenter JS22 (7998-61X) interconnected with 4X InfiniBand DDR Expansion Card for BladeCenter and supported QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches
- QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches, supported Machine Type Models: 7874-024, 7874-040, 7874-120, 7874-240
This support is provided running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, Service Pack (SP) 2 with the OFED 1.3 update.
The following cluster software levels are supported:
- Cluster Systems Management for Linux, V1.7.0-18
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler LoadLeveler for Linux, V3.5.0-4
- Parallel Environment for Linux, V5.1.0-4
- General Parallel File System (GPFS) for Linux, V3.2.1-9
- Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for Linux, V3.3.1-0
The following server limitations apply:
- On Power Systems 575, 550, 520 and BladeCenter JS22, scaling is limited to 64 nodes
- Power Systems 520 and 550 are supported on IPoIB Protocol only
- IP mode is restricted to 8 tasks per node if running mixed MPI and LAPI 32 bit applications
Notes: Only first in, first out (FIFO) mode is supported on Red Hat 5.3, Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) is not supported.
Please refer to the README at the following URL for specific details:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/networkmanager/home.html
Service can be obtained from the cluster support Web site:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/cluster/home.html
January 19, 2009
HPC extends clustering support for InfiniBand on IBM Power Systems with AIX
IBM High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster software extends InfiniBand support to include:
- IBM Power Systems 575 (Machine Type Model 9125-F2A) interconnected with the Dual 2 Port 4x Host Channel Adapter and supported QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches
- Power Systems 520 (Machine Type Model 8203-E4A) and Power Systems 550 (Machine Type Model 8204-E8A) interconnected with the GX Dual-port DDR Host Channel Adapter or the GX Dual-port SDR Host Channel Adapter and supported QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches
- IBM BladeCenter JS22 (Machine Type Model 7998-61X) interconnected with 4X InfiniBand DDR Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter and QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches
- QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches, supported Machine Type Models: 7874-024, 7874-040, 7874-120, 7874-240
This support is provided running IBM AIX 5.3, Technology Level (TL) 9, Service Pack 1 and IBM AIX 6.1, TL 2, Service Pack 1
The following cluster software levels are supported:
- Cluster Systems Management for AIX, V1.7.0.16
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler LoadLeveler for AIX, V3.5.0.1
- Parallel Environment for AIX, V5.1.0.1
- General Parallel File System (GPFS) for AIX, V3.2.1.7
- Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for AIX, V3.3.0.2
The following server limitations apply:
- On Power Systems 575, 550, 520 and BladeCenter JS22, scaling is limited to 64 nodes
- Power Systems 520 and 550 are supported on IPoIB Protocol only
- JS21 and JS22 are not supported with Checkpoint Restart on the AIX OS
Service fixes are required. Specific APAR numbers are listed in the README.
Please refer to the README at the following URL for specific details:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/networkmanager/home.html
Service can be obtained from the IBM Electronic Fix Distribution service Web site at:
http://www-933.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral/main/pseries/aix
November 11, 2008
IBM InfiniBand Clusters with QLogic InfiniBand switches help address HPC and commercial clustering requirements
Link to the announcement letter here: 108-843
August 2, 2008
HPC extends clustering support for InfiniBand on IBM Power Systems with SLES10
IBM* High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster software extends InfiniBand support to include:
- IBM Power Systems* 575 (Model 9125-F2A) interconnected with the Dual 2 Port 4x Host Channel Adapter and supported QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches
- Power System 520 (Model 8203-E4A) and Power System 550 (Model 8204-E8A) interconnected with the GX Dual-port SDR Host Channel Adapter and supported QLogic DDR InfiniBand switches
- Power System* 575 (Model 9118-575) and Power System* 550 (Model 9133-55A) supported on Cisco InfiniBand SDR switches
- QLogic DDR InfiniBand switch Model 9024, 9040, 9080, 9120, 9240 supported
This support is provided running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, Service Pack 2 with the OFED 1.3 update.
The following cluster software levels are supported:
- Cluster Systems Management for Linux, V1.7.0-13
- IBM Tivoli* Workload Scheduler LoadLeveler* for Linux, V3.4.3-3
- Parallel Environment for Linux, V4.3.2-3
- General Parallel File System* (GPFS*) for Linux, V3.2.1-4
- Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for Linux, V3.3.0-1
The following server limitations apply:
- Power System 575, 550, and 520: scaling limited to 64 nodes
- RDMA is not supported
- IPoIB Connected Mode is not supported
Please refer to the README at the following URL for specific details:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/networkmanager/home.html
Service can be obtained from the cluster support Web site:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/cluster/home.html
July 24, 2008
HPC extends clustering support for InfiniBand to JS22 running SLES 10
IBM* High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster software extends InfiniBand support to include the IBM BladeCenter* JS22 (Model 7998-61X) interconnected with the PCI-e Dual-port DDR Host Channel Adapter and QLogic DDR InfiniBand switch Models 9024, 9040, 9080, 9120, 9240.
This support is provided running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, Service Pack 2, with the OFED 1.3 update and includes failover and recovery.
The following cluster software levels are supported:
- Cluster Systems Management for Linux, V1.7.0-13
- IBM Tivoli* Workload Scheduler LoadLeveler* for Linux, V3.4.3-3
- Parallel Environment for Linux, V4.3.2-3
- General Parallel File System* (GPFS*) for Linux, V3.2.1-4
- Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for Linux, V3.3.0-1
The following blade server limitations apply:
- scaling limited to 64 blades
- I/O servers for clustering are limited to POWER6* servers.
Please refer to the README at the following URL for specific details:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/networkmanager/home.html
Service can be obtained from the Cluster Support Web site at:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/cluster/home.html
June 23, 2008
HPC extends clustering support for InfiniBand to JS22
IBM* High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster software extends InfiniBand support to include the IBM BladeCenter* JS22 (Model 7998-61X) interconnected with the PCI-e Dual-port DDR Host Channel Adapter and QLogic DDR InfiniBand switch Models 9024, 9040, 9080, 9120, 9240.
This support is provided running IBM AIX* Version 5.3, Technology Level (TL) 8 and includes user space pre-emption, RDMA, failover and recovery for multiple adapters and adapter affinity.
The following cluster software levels are supported:
- AIX V5.3 TL 5300-08 with Service Pack 2 and APARs IZ24424, IZ24423, IZ24420
- Cluster Systems Management for AIX, V1.7 with APAR IZ21571
- IBM Tivoli* Workload Scheduler LoadLeveler* for AIX, V3.4.3 with APAR IZ21565
- Parallel Environment for AIX, V4.3.2 with APAR IZ21566
- General Parallel File System* (GPFS*) for AIX, V3.2.1.3 with APAR IZ22023
- Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for AIX, V3.3.0.2
The following blade server limitations apply:
- scaling limited to 64 nodes
The following capabilities are restricted for TWS LoadLeveler:
- Checkpoint Restart of jobs
Please refer to the README at the following URL for specific details: http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/networkmanager/home.html
Service can be obtained from the IBM Electronic Fix Distribution service Web site at: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/unixservers/aixfixes.html
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