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NAME

       mpiexec - Run MPI programs on LAM nodes.

SYNOPSIS

       mpiexec [global_args] local_args1 [: local_args2 [...]]

       mpiexec [global_args] -configfile filename

OPTIONS

       Global arguments apply to all commands that will be launched by mpiexec.  They come at the
       beginning of the command line.

       -boot     Boot  the  LAM  run-time  environment  before  running  the  MPI  program.    If
                 -machinefile  is  not  specified,  use  the  default  boot schema.  When the MPI
                 processes finish, the LAM run-time environment will be shut down.

       -boot-args args
                 Pass arguments to the back-end lamboot command when  booting  the  LAM  run-time
                 environment.  Implies -boot.

       -d        Enable lots of debugging output.  Implies -v.

       -machinefile hostfile
                 Enable  "one  shot"  MPI  executions; boot the LAM run-time environment with the
                 boot schema specified by hostfile (see bhost(5)), run the MPI program, and  then
                 shut down the LAM run-time environment.  Implies -boot.

       -prefix lam/install/path
                 Use  the  LAM installation specified in /lam/install/path/.  Not compatible with
                 LAM/MPI versions prior to 7.1.

       -ssi key value
                 Set the SSI parameter key to the value value.

       -tv       Launch the MPI processes under the TotalView debugger.

       -v        Be verbose

       One or more sets of local arguments must be specified  (or  a  config  file;  see  below).
       Local  arguments  essentially include everything allowed in an appschema(5) as well as the
       following options specified by the MPI-2 standard (note that the options listed below must
       be specified before appschema arguments):

       -n numprocs
                 Number of copies of the process to start.

       -host hostname
                 Specify  the  hostname  to  start  the  MPI  process  on.   The hostname must be
                 resolvable by the lamnodes command after the LAM run-time environment is  booted
                 (see lamnodes(1)).

       -arch architecture
                 Specify  the architecture to start the MPI process on.  mpiexec essentially uses
                 the provided architecture as a pattern match  against  the  output  of  the  GNU
                 config.guess  utility  on  each  machine  in  the LAM run-time environment.  Any
                 subset will match.  See EXAMPLES, below.

       -wdir directory
                 Set the working directory of the executable.

       -soft     Not yet supported.

       -path     Not yet supported.

       -file     Not yet supported.

       other_arguments
                 When mpiexec first encounters an argument that it doesn't recognize (such as  an
                 appschema(5)  argument,  or  the  MPI  executable  name),  the  remainder of the
                 arguments will be passed back to mpirun to actually start the process.  As such,
                 all  of  mpiexec's arguments that are described above must come before appschema
                 arguments and/or the MPI executable name.  Similarly, all  arguments  after  the
                 MPI executable name will be transparently passed as command line argument to the
                 MPI process and will be will be effectively ignored by mpirun.

DESCRIPTION

       mpiexec is  loosely  defined  in  the  Miscellany  chapter  of  the  MPI-2  standard  (see
       http://www.mpi-forum.org/).   It  is  meant  to  be  a portable mechanism for starting MPI
       processes.  The MPI-2 standard recommends several  command  line  options,  but  does  not
       mandate any.  LAM's mpiexec currently supports several of these options, but not all.

       LAM's  mpiexec  is  actually a perl script that is a wrapper around several underlying LAM
       commands, most notably lamboot, mpirun, and lamhalt.  As such, the functionality  provided
       by mpiexec can always be performed manually.  Unless otherwise specified in arguments that
       are passed back to mpirun, mpiexec  will  use  the  per-CPU  scheduling  as  described  in
       mpirun(1) (i.e., the "cX" and "C" notation).

       mpiexec  can  either  use  an  already-existing  LAM universe (i.e., a booted LAM run-time
       environment), similar to mpirun, or can be used for "one-shot"  MPI  executions  where  it
       boots  the  LAM  run-time environment, runs the MPI executable(s), and then shuts down the
       LAM run-time environment.

       mpiexec can also be used to launch MPMD MPI jobs  from  the  command  line.   mpirun  also
       supports launching MPMD MPI jobs, but the user must make a text file appschema(5) first.

       Perhaps  one  of  mpiexec's  most  useful  features  is the command-line ability to launch
       different executables on different architectures  using  the  -arch  flag  (see  EXAMPLES,
       below).   Essentially,  the  string  argument  that is given to -arch is used as a pattern
       match against the output of the GNU config.guess utility  on  each  node.   If  the  user-
       provided architecture string matches any subset of the output of config.guess, it is ruled
       a match.  Wildcards are not possible.  The GNU config.guess utility is available  both  in
       the   LAM/MPI   source   code   distribution   (in   the   config   subdirectory)  and  at
       ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/config/config.guess.

       Some sample outputs from config.guess include:

       sparc-sun-solaris2.8
                 Solaris 2.8 running on a SPARC platform.

       i686-pc-linux-gnu
                 Linux running on an i686 architecture.

       mips-sgi-irix6.5
                 IRIX 6.5 running on an SGI/MIPS architecture.

       You might want to run the laminfo command on your available platforms to see  what  string
       config.guess reported.  See laminfo(1) for more details (e.g., the -arch flag to laminfo).

   Configfile option
       It  is possible to specify any set of local parameters in a configuration file rather than
       on the command line using the -configfile option.  This option is typically used when  the
       number  of  command line options is too large for some shells, or when automated processes
       generate the command line arguments and it is simply more convenient to put them in a file
       for later processing by mpiexec.

       The  config file can contain both comments and one or more sets of local arguments.  Lines
       beginning with "#" are considered comments and are ignored.  Other lines are considered to
       be  one  or  more  groups  of  local  arguments.  Each group must be separated by either a
       newline or a colon (":").  For example:

         # Sample mpiexec config file
         # Launch foo on two nodes
         -host node1.example.com foo : -host node2.example.com foo
         # Launch two copies of bar on a third node
         -host node3.example.com -np 2 bar

ERRORS

       In the event of an error, mpiexec will do its best to shut everything down and  return  to
       the state before it was executed.  For example, if mpiexec was used to boot a LAM run-time
       environment, mpiexec will do its best to take down whatever  successfully  booted  of  the
       run-time environment (to include invoking lamhalt and/or lamwipe).

EXAMPLES

       The  following are some examples of how to use mpiexec.  Note that all examples assume the
       CPU-based scheduling (which does NOT map to physical CPUs) as described in mpirun(1).

       mpiexec -n 4 my_mpi_program
                 Launch 4 copies of my_mpi_program in an already-existing LAM universe.

       mpiexec -n 4 my_mpi_program arg1 arg2
                 Similar to the previous example, but pass "arg1"  and  "arg2"  as  command  line
                 arguments to each copy of my_mpi_program.

       mpiexec -ssi rpi gm -n 4 my_mpi_program
                 Similar  to  the previous example, but pass "-ssi rpi gm" back to mpirun to tell
                 the MPI processes to use the Myrinet (gm) RPI for MPI message passing.

       mpiexec -n 4 program1 : -n 4 program2
                 Launch 4 copies of program1 and 4 copies of program2 in an already-existing  LAM
                 universe.  All 8 resulting processes will share a common MPI_COMM_WORLD.

       mpiexec -machinefile hostfile -n 4 my_mpi_program
                 Boot  the  LAM run-time environment with the nodes listed in the hostfile, run 4
                 copies of my_mpi_program in the resulting LAM universe, and then shut  down  the
                 LAM universe.

       mpiexec -machinefile hostfile my_mpi_program
                 Similar  to  above,  but  run  my_mpi_program  on  all available CPUs in the LAM
                 universe.

       mpiexec -arch solaris2.8 sol_program : -arch linux linux_program
                 Run as many copies of sol_program as there are CPUs on Solaris machines  in  the
                 current  LAM  universe, and as many copies of linux_program as there are CPUs on
                 linux machines in the current LAM universe.  All resulting processes will  share
                 a common MPI_COMM_WORLD.

       mpiexec -arch solaris2.8 sol2.8_prog : -arch solaris2.9 sol2.9_program
                 Similar  to  the  above  example, except distinguish between Solaris 2.8 and 2.9
                 (since they may have different shared libraries, etc.).

SEE ALSO

       appschema(5), bhost(5), lamboot(1), lamexec(1), mpirun(1)