High-Performance Virtual Machines

August 20, 1999

• Overview
  • Copyright and Acknowledgements
  • Project objectives
  • HPVM Supported Interconnets
  • System requirements
  • Contents of the HPVM 1.9 Distribution
    • APIs
    • Files
      • Top-level directory
      • bin directory
      • conf directory
      • doc directory
      • etc directory
      • examples directory
      • include directory
      • lib directory
      • src directory
• Installation
  • HPVM Components
    • Development Environment
    • Workstation-only Setup
    • FM Runtime
      • Configuring a Compute Node
      • Global Manager Setup
    • (Optional) LSF setup and HPVM interface
  • Installation Types
  • Creating a network configuration file
  • Running the test programs
    • (Optional) Compiling the Examples
  • Registry Entries
    • Interaction with VI Providers
• HPVM front end
  • Overview
    • Load Sharing Facility
    • Layering the HPVM front end over LSF
  • Operation of the HPVM front-end server
    • Running the server
    • Console output
  • Operation of the HPVM front-end client
    • Launching the applet
    • Using the main window
    • Logging on to the HPVM cluster
    • Getting a list of all cluster hosts
    • The real time monitor
    • Job submission
      • Basic job submission
    • Killing a batch job
    • Getting a list of all queued and running batch jobs
    • Getting a list of all finished batch jobs
• Fast Messages
  • FM Overview
    • What to use FM for
    • What not to use FM for
    • Changes from FM 2.0
  • Building and running FM programs
  • Writing FM programs
    • Basic FM concepts
    • Initialization and termination functions
      • Prototypes and descriptions
      • Initialization semantics
    • Send functions
      • Prototypes and descriptions
      • Semantics
    • Receive functions
      • Prototypes and descriptions
      • Semantics
    • Handlers
      • Semantics
    • A complete FM example
      • FM example
      • Makefile for FM example
    • Waiting for nodes to join
    • Common mistakes
    • Internals
• MPI
  • Overview of MPI
    • When to use MPI
    • When not to use MPI
  • Building and running MPI programs
  • Writing MPI programs
    • Basic MPI concepts
    • Initialization and termination functions
    • Send functions
    • Receive functions
    • Differences between HPVM and other MPI implementations
    • A complete MPI example
      • Code for MPI example
      • Makefile for MPI example
• SHMEM
  • Overview
    • What to use SHMEM for
    • What not to use SHMEM for
  • Building and running SHMEM programs
  • Writing SHMEM programs
    • Basic SHMEM concepts
    • Initialization and termination functions
    • Data movement functions
    • Synchronization functions
    • Other functions
    • Differences between HPVM and SGI/Cray SHMEM
    • A Complete SHMEM example
      • SHMEM example code
      • Makefile for SHMEM example
• Global Arrays
  • Overview
    • What to use GA for
    • What not to use GA for
  • Building and running Global Arrays programs
  • Writing Global Arrays programs
    • Basic GA Concepts
    • Initialization and Termination Functions
    • GA array-manipulation functions
    • Other Functions
    • A complete GA example
• Index

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