Linux_hpc_swstack - Jan 2009 - Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition 1.2 Now Available!

The Sun HPC Software Stack, Linux Edition team (aka Giraffe) is  
pleased to announce the release of version 1.2 of our HPC Software  
Stack.

This release builds on the features included in version 1.1 of the  
stack, including:

* Support for Red Hat 5.2 and CentOS 5.2
* OFED 1.3.1
* Lustre 1.6.6
* Optional Kickstart-based installation

Improvements included in version 1.2 of the stack include:

* Boot Over Infiniband (BoIB) support
* New versions of oneSIS (2.0.1) and SLURM (1.3.10)
* Inclusion of Mellanox Firmware Tools (version 2.5.0)
* Optional perfctr-patched kernel for compute nodes

Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition is an integrated open-source software
solution for Linux-based HPC clusters running on Sun hardware. It
provides a framework of software components to simplify the process of
deploying and managing large-scale Linux HPC clusters.

For more information or to download this new version,  please visit the
Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition product page at the following URL:
http://www.sun.com/software/products/hpcsoftware/

Thanks to everyone in the community who helped us by providing early
feedback and testing.

Regards,
The Giraffe Team

Hi,

this is good news and we are glad that hardware counter support is back
and works.

I have a request for enhancement though.
There is only a 64bit version of libperfctr, however the Sun Collector
and Analyzer shipped with the compiler suite is 32 bit and needs a 32
bit version of libperfctr.
After installing a 32bit libperfctr it works fine.
Could you add and extra package or the 32bit version to the package to 
support the Sun collector?

Another thing I was wondering about is what is the difference between
the Linux kernel with IB and without (in the extra section)? With both
InfiniBand works, however only
kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm has the perfctr patch.
(kernel-ib-1.3.1-2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm  does not)

The software list on
http://www.sun.com/software/products/hpcsoftware/specs.xml
suggests that there are OpenMPI and MVAmpich packages bundled however
I couldn''t find them. Did I overlook something?


Best regards,
Samuel

Bryon Neitzel wrote:
> The Sun HPC Software Stack, Linux Edition team (aka Giraffe) is  
> pleased to announce the release of version 1.2 of our HPC Software  
> Stack.
> 
> This release builds on the features included in version 1.1 of the  
> stack, including:
> 
> * Support for Red Hat 5.2 and CentOS 5.2
> * OFED 1.3.1
> * Lustre 1.6.6
> * Optional Kickstart-based installation
> 
> Improvements included in version 1.2 of the stack include:
> 
> * Boot Over Infiniband (BoIB) support
> * New versions of oneSIS (2.0.1) and SLURM (1.3.10)
> * Inclusion of Mellanox Firmware Tools (version 2.5.0)
> * Optional perfctr-patched kernel for compute nodes
> 
> Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition is an integrated open-source software
> solution for Linux-based HPC clusters running on Sun hardware. It
> provides a framework of software components to simplify the process of
> deploying and managing large-scale Linux HPC clusters.
> 
> For more information or to download this new version,  please visit the
> Sun HPC Software, Linux Edition product page at the following URL:
> http://www.sun.com/software/products/hpcsoftware/
> 
> Thanks to everyone in the community who helped us by providing early
> feedback and testing.
> 
> Regards,
> The Giraffe Team
> 


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Hi Samuel.

On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 09:45 +0100, Samuel Sarholz wrote:
> this is good news and we are glad that hardware counter support is back
> and works.
> 
> I have a request for enhancement though.
> There is only a 64bit version of libperfctr, however the Sun Collector
> and Analyzer shipped with the compiler suite is 32 bit and needs a 32
> bit version of libperfctr.
> After installing a 32bit libperfctr it works fine.
> Could you add and extra package or the 32bit version to the package to 
> support the Sun collector?
> 
We''ll consider this for a future release.  Out of curiosity, which
version of Sun Studio are you using?  I wonder if the current Express
release or future releases of Studio will include 64bit support.  We''ll
look into this on our side.
> Another thing I was wondering about is what is the difference between
> the Linux kernel with IB and without (in the extra section)? With both
> InfiniBand works, however only
> kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm has the perfctr patch.
> (kernel-ib-1.3.1-2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm  does not)
> 
There''s actually only one kernel in the extras repo.  The kernel-ib RPM
contains the OFED kernel modules for the perfctr-patched kernel.

kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm <- perfctr kernel
kernel-ib-1.3.1-2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm <- OFED drivers
> The software list on
> http://www.sun.com/software/products/hpcsoftware/specs.xml
> suggests that there are OpenMPI and MVAmpich packages bundled however
> I couldn''t find them. Did I overlook something?
> 
Please verify that your ISO is named sun-hpc-linux-1.2a.iso with the
following md5sum: b23f5e7577534443dcb78ae204609c85

Our initial 1.2 release slipped out the door without the MPI RPMs. 
We''d
meant to address that in the release announcement made yesterday, but
didn''t.  Apologies for any confusion.

Best,
Mike

Hi Michael,

thanks for your reply,

I am using the 11-2008 Studio Express version and all the executables 
are 32bit.

If the initial 1.2 package slipped out I think we have that version 
because we downloaded it 1 day before the announcement :-).

I have another question regarding the hardware counters. They work on 
older Opteron processors, however newer processors are not 
supported/don''t show an event list. (I tried AMD Barcelona, the Intel 
Clowertown.)
As we will get a bunch of machines with the Intel Nehalem processor it 
would be great it that CPU will be supported.

Are there any plans to patch/develop perfctr that the new processors are 
supported?


best regards,
Samuel

Michael MacDonald wrote:
> Hi Samuel.
> 
> On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 09:45 +0100, Samuel Sarholz wrote:
>> this is good news and we are glad that hardware counter support is back
>> and works.
>>
>> I have a request for enhancement though.
>> There is only a 64bit version of libperfctr, however the Sun Collector
>> and Analyzer shipped with the compiler suite is 32 bit and needs a 32
>> bit version of libperfctr.
>> After installing a 32bit libperfctr it works fine.
>> Could you add and extra package or the 32bit version to the package to 
>> support the Sun collector?
>>
> We''ll consider this for a future release.  Out of curiosity, which
> version of Sun Studio are you using?  I wonder if the current Express
> release or future releases of Studio will include 64bit support. 
We''ll
> look into this on our side.
> 
>> Another thing I was wondering about is what is the difference between
>> the Linux kernel with IB and without (in the extra section)? With both
>> InfiniBand works, however only
>> kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm has the perfctr patch.
>> (kernel-ib-1.3.1-2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm  does not)
>>
> There''s actually only one kernel in the extras repo.  The
kernel-ib RPM
> contains the OFED kernel modules for the perfctr-patched kernel.
> 
> kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm <- perfctr kernel
> kernel-ib-1.3.1-2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm <- OFED drivers
> 
>> The software list on
>> http://www.sun.com/software/products/hpcsoftware/specs.xml
>> suggests that there are OpenMPI and MVAmpich packages bundled however
>> I couldn''t find them. Did I overlook something?
>>
> Please verify that your ISO is named sun-hpc-linux-1.2a.iso with the
> following md5sum: b23f5e7577534443dcb78ae204609c85
> 
> Our initial 1.2 release slipped out the door without the MPI RPMs. 
We''d
> meant to address that in the release announcement made yesterday, but
> didn''t.  Apologies for any confusion.
> 
> Best,
> Mike
> 
> 
-- 
Dipl.-Inform. Samuel Sarholz    -   High Performance Computing,
RWTH Aachen University, Center for Computing and Communication,
Seffenter Weg 23, 52074 Aachen (Germany), Office: 2.13
Tel: +49 241/80-24915 - Fax: +49 241/80-22134
mailto:sarholz at rz.rwth-aachen.de www.rz.rwth-aachen.de
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Hi,

I just read in the notes of the newest (2.6.37) perfctr version that 
Nehalem support is there already and we probably have to wait for the 
next version of Sun HPC Software Linux Edition to get this version of 
perfctr.

What I don''t get is why I don''t see any counters on a X5355
Xeon (Intel
Family 6 Model 15), as 2.6.36 should support that already.

best regards,
Samuel

Samuel Sarholz wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> thanks for your reply,
> 
> I am using the 11-2008 Studio Express version and all the executables 
> are 32bit.
> 
> If the initial 1.2 package slipped out I think we have that version 
> because we downloaded it 1 day before the announcement :-).
> 
> I have another question regarding the hardware counters. They work on 
> older Opteron processors, however newer processors are not 
> supported/don''t show an event list. (I tried AMD Barcelona, the
Intel
> Clowertown.)
> As we will get a bunch of machines with the Intel Nehalem processor it 
> would be great it that CPU will be supported.
> 
> Are there any plans to patch/develop perfctr that the new processors are 
> supported?
> 
> 
> best regards,
> Samuel
> 
> Michael MacDonald wrote:
>> Hi Samuel.
>>
>> On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 09:45 +0100, Samuel Sarholz wrote:
>>> this is good news and we are glad that hardware counter support is
back
>>> and works.
>>>
>>> I have a request for enhancement though.
>>> There is only a 64bit version of libperfctr, however the Sun
Collector
>>> and Analyzer shipped with the compiler suite is 32 bit and needs a
32
>>> bit version of libperfctr.
>>> After installing a 32bit libperfctr it works fine.
>>> Could you add and extra package or the 32bit version to the package
>>> to support the Sun collector?
>>>
>> We''ll consider this for a future release.  Out of curiosity,
which
>> version of Sun Studio are you using?  I wonder if the current Express
>> release or future releases of Studio will include 64bit support. 
We''ll
>> look into this on our side.
>>
>>> Another thing I was wondering about is what is the difference
between
>>> the Linux kernel with IB and without (in the extra section)? With
both
>>> InfiniBand works, however only
>>> kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm has the perfctr patch.
>>> (kernel-ib-1.3.1-2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm  does not)
>>>
>> There''s actually only one kernel in the extras repo.  The
kernel-ib RPM
>> contains the OFED kernel modules for the perfctr-patched kernel.
>>
>> kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm <- perfctr kernel
>> kernel-ib-1.3.1-2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.sunhpc1.x86_64.rpm <- OFED
drivers
>>
>>> The software list on
>>> http://www.sun.com/software/products/hpcsoftware/specs.xml
>>> suggests that there are OpenMPI and MVAmpich packages bundled
however
>>> I couldn''t find them. Did I overlook something?
>>>
>> Please verify that your ISO is named sun-hpc-linux-1.2a.iso with the
>> following md5sum: b23f5e7577534443dcb78ae204609c85
>>
>> Our initial 1.2 release slipped out the door without the MPI RPMs. 
We''d
>> meant to address that in the release announcement made yesterday, but
>> didn''t.  Apologies for any confusion.
>>
>> Best,
>> Mike
>>
>>
> 
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