Ubuntu Manpage: hboot - Start LAM on the local node.

NAME

       hboot - Start LAM on the local node.

SYNOPSIS

       hboot [-dhstvNV] [-c conf] [-I inet_topo] [-R rtr_topo]

OPTIONS

       -d              Turn on debugging.  This implies -v.

       -h              Print the command help menu.

       -s              Close stdio of child processes.

       -t              Terminate (tkill(1)) any previous LAM session before starting.

       -v              Be verbose.

       -N              Go through the motions but do not actually take any action.

       -V              Format and print the process schema.

       -c conf         Use conf as the process schema.

       -I inet_topo    Set the $inet_topo variable in the process schema.

       -R rtr_topo     Set the $rtr_topo variable in the process schema.

DESCRIPTION

Most MPI users will probably not need to use the hboot command; see lamboot(1).

The hboot tool can be understood as a generic utility that starts multiple processes on the local node,
based on information in a process schema. It is not restricted to starting LAM. It is part of the
startup sequence preformed by lamboot(1).

A process schema is a description of the processes which constitute the operating system on a given node.
Naturally, the process schema used by hboot should be the one that describes LAM on a node. The grammar
of the process schema is described in conf(5).

When starting LAM on a remote machine using rsh(1), the open file descriptors of the processes started by
hboot must be closed in order for rsh(1) to exit. This is done by using the -s option. The -t option
can be used to force a tkill(1) on the machine before attempting to start LAM. This feature is used by
lamboot(1) to handle the case where a user might start a machine a second time without using lamwipe(1)
to terminate the previous LAM session.

The -I and -R options set their respective variables to the given values. The $inet_topo variable is
typically used by the LAM Internet datalinks that communicate with other nodes. The $rtr_topo variable
is passed to the LAM router that handles network and topology information. The variables can also be set
in the process schema file (see conf(5)) but their values are overridden by the command line options.

When LAM is started, the kernel records all processes that attach to it, including all the processes in
the process schema. It is the job of tkill(1) to use this information to remove these processes from the
node.

EXAMPLES

       hboot -v
           Start LAM on the local node with the default process schema.  Report about every step as it is done.

       hboot -c myconfig
           Boot the local node with the custom process schema, myconfig.

FILES

       laminstalldir/etc/lam-conf.lamd
                                     default node process schema, where "laminstalldir" is the  directory  where
                                     LAM/MPI was installed

       laminstalldir/etc/lam7.1.4helpfile
                                     Default  location  for  help  file  for  diagnostic messages that hboot may
                                     generate.

       /tmp/lam-$USER@hostname       kill file for the LAM session on  machine  hostname,  where  $USER  is  the
                                     userid.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Using  ps(1)  after hboot will display, among others, the LAM processes that have been started.  They may
       be killed one by one with kill(1), or all at once by killing the LAM kernel process with  a  HUP  signal.
       The  preferred method is to use the LAM tool tkill(1) which should kill them all at once, and also remove
       the kill file.  New users should make liberal use of ps(1) to gain confidence that the system is  working
       properly.  In a disaster, ps(1) and kill(1) are your only hope of recovery.