NAME

       LAM - introduction to Local Area Multicomputer (LAM)

DESCRIPTION

       LAM  is  an  MPI  programming  environment  and  development  system for a message-passing
       parallel machine constituted with heterogeneous UNIX computers on a network.  With LAM,  a
       dedicated  cluster or an existing network computing infrastructure can act as one parallel
       computer solving one  compute-intensive  problem.   LAM  emphasizes  productivity  in  the
       application  development  cycle  with extensive control and monitoring functionality.  The
       user can easily debug the common errors in parallel programming and is  well  equipped  to
       diagnose more difficult problems.

       LAM  features  a full implementation of the MPI communication standard, with the exception
       that the MPI_CANCEL function will not properly cancel messages that have been sent.

   User Information
       Users are strongly encouraged to read the LAM/MPI User's Guide that is included  with  the
       LAM/MPI  distribution,  and  is  provided  on  the  main LAM/MPI web site (http://www.lam-
       mpi.org/).

   Up-to-Date Information
       The LAM home page can be found on the World  Wide  Web  at:  http://www.lam-mpi.org/.   It
       should  be  consulted  for  the  most  current  information about LAM, as well as updates,
       patches, etc.

SEE ALSO

   Overview of Commands and Libraries
       introu(1), introc(2), INTROF(2)

   System Services Interface (SSI)
       lamssi(7), lamssi_boot(7), lamssi_coll(7), lamssi_rpi(7)

   Starting / Stopping LAM
       recon(1),  lamboot(1),  lamhalt(1),   lamnodes(1),   lamwipe(1),   tping(1),   lamgrow(1),
       lamshrink(1)

   Compiling MPI Applications
       mpicc(1), mpiCC(1), mpif77(1)

   Running MPI Applications
       mpirun(1), lamclean(1)

   Running Non-MPI Applications
       lamexec(1)

   Monitoring MPI Applications
       mpitask(1)

   Unloading MPI Trace Data
       lamtrace(1)

   Reference Documents
       "LAM/MPI Installation Guide"
              included in the LAM/MPI distribution and available on http://www.lam-mpi.org/

       "LAM/MPI User's Guide"
              included in the LAM/MPI distribution and available on http://www.lam-mpi.org/

       "LAM Frequently Asked Questions"
              at http://www.lam-mpi.org/faq/

       "MPI Primer / Developing with LAM", Ohio Supercomputer Center

       "MPI: A Message-Passing Interface Standard", Message-Passing Interface Forum, version 1.1
              at http://www.mpi-forum.org/

       "MPI-2:  Extensions  to  the  Message Passing Interface", Message Passing Interface Forum,
       version 2.0
              at http://www.mpi-forum.org/

   MPI Quick Tutorials
       "LAM/MPI ND User Guide / Introduction"
              at http://www.lam-mpi.org/mpi/tutorials/lam/

       "MPI: It's Easy to Get Started"

       "MPI: Everyday Datatypes"

       "MPI: Everyday Collective Communication"

   Guaranteed Envelope Resources
       "Robust MPI Message Delivery Through Guaranteed Resources",  MPI  Developer's  Conference,
              1995