4 pathscale compilers, 5 mpi compiler, 4 interrupting a job – HP XC System 2.x Software User Manual

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3.2.4 Pathscale Compilers

Compilers in the Pathscale EKOPath Version 2.1 Compiler Suite are supported
on HP XC4000 systems only. See the following Web site for more information:

http://www.pathscale.com/ekopath.html

.

3.2.5 MPI Compiler

The HP XC System Software includes MPI. The MPI library on the HP XC system supports HP
MPI 2.1.

3.3 Checking Nodes and Partitions Before Running Jobs

Before launching an application, you can determine the availability and status of the system’s
nodes and partitions. Node and partition information is useful to have before launching a job so
that you can launch the job to properly match the resources that are available on the system.

When invoked with no options, the SLURM

sinfo

command returns information about node

availability and partitions, along with other information:

$ sinfo

PARTITION AVAIL TIMELIMIT NODES

STATE

NODELIST

lsf

up

infinite

4

down*

n[12-15]

slurm*

up

infinite

2

idle

n[10-11]

The previous

sinfo

output shows that there are two partitions on the system:

one for LSF-HPC jobs

one for SLURM jobs

The asterisk in the PARTITION column indicates the default partition. An asterisk in the
STATE column indicates nodes that are currently not responding.

Refer to Chapter 6 for information about using the

sinfo

command. The SLURM

sinfo

manpage also provides detailed information about the

sinfo

command.

3.4 Interrupting a Job

A job launched by the

srun

command can be interrupted by sending a signal to the command

by issuing one or more

Ctrl/C

key sequences. Signals sent to the

srun

command are

automatically forwarded to the tasks that it is controlling.

The

Ctrl/C

key sequence will report the state of all tasks associated with the

srun

command.

If the

Ctrl/C

key sequence is entered twice within one second, the associated

SIGINT

signal

will be sent to all tasks. If a third

Ctrl/C

key sequence is entered, the job will be terminated

without waiting for remote tasks to exit.

The

Ctrl/Z

key sequence is ignored.

3.5 Setting Debugging Options

In general, the debugging information for your application that is needed by most debuggers can
be produced by supplying the

-g

switch to the compiler. For more specific information about

debugging options, refer to the documentation and manpages associated with your compiler.

3.6 Developing Serial Applications

This section describes how to build and run serial applications in the HP XC environment.
The following topics are covered:

Developing Applications

3-3

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