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Commit 3790cff9 authored by Moe Jette's avatar Moe Jette
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clarify that mpich1_shmem only launches one task per node

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......@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ with the <i>--mpi=mpich1_shmem</i> option.</p>
$ srun -n16 --mpi=mpich1_shmem a.out
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<p>NOTE: Using a configuration of <i>MpiDefault=mpich1_shmem</i> will result in
one task being launched per node with the expectation that the MPI library will
launch the remaining tasks based upon environment variables set by SLURM.
Non-MPI jobs started in this configuration will lack the mechanism to launch
more than one task per node unless srun's <i>--mpi=none</i> option is used.</p>
<p>If you are using MPICH P4 (<i>DEFAULT_DEVICE=ch_p4</i> in
the mpirun script) and SLURM version 1.2.11 or newer,
then it is recommended that you apply the patch in the SLURM
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......@@ -764,10 +764,16 @@ May not exceed 65533.
Identifies the default type of MPI to be used.
Srun may override this configuration parameter in any case.
Currently supported versions include:
\fBlam\fR,
\fBmpich1_p4\fR,
\fBmpich1_shmem\fR,
\fBmpichgm\fR,
\fBmpichmx\fR,
\fBmvapich\fR,
\fBnone\fR (default, which works for many other versions of MPI including
LAM MPI and Open MPI).
\fBnone\fR (default, which works for many other versions of MPI) and
\fBopenmpi\fR.
More information about MPI use is available here
<https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/mpi_guide.html>.
.TP
\fBMpiParams\fR
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