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PBS scripts for mpirun parameters for Chelsio / Infiniband Cards

If you are running Chelsio Cards, you  may want to specify the mpirun parameters to ensure the

/usr/mpi/intel/openmpi-1.4.3/bin/mpirun 
-mca btl openib,sm,self --bind-to-core 
--report-bindings -np $NCPUS -machinefile $PBS_NODEFILE $PBS_O_WORKDIR/$file

–bind-to-core: Bind each MPI process to a core
–mca btl openib,sm,self: (Infiniband, shared memory, the loopback)

For information on Interprocess communication with shared memory,

  1. see Speaking UNIX: Interprocess communication with shared memory