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Microway custom configures the operating system and tools software for
your needs.
Microway partners with leading commercial software providers to include
products such as Red Hat Linux, Platform Computing LSF, PolyServe
MatrixServer, PGI Compilers, and MPI Software Technology MPI/Pro on its
clusters. Our experienced technicians can configure the latest
distributions and released software for your Linux workstation, server,
or Beowulf cluster.
Compilers and Software Development Tools
GCC
The GNU Compiler Collection contains front-ends for C, C++,
Objective C,
Chill, Fortran, and Java as well as libraries for these languages.
Intel Software Development Products
The Intel® Software Development Products are a full suite of tools that
can help developers easily create the fastest software possible on Intel
architecture. The tools are compatible with the leading development
environments available today, and are easy to use with the tools
developers are already utilizing to tune their software.
Intel Software Optimization/Parallelization White Papers
Absoft
Fortran Compilers
The Portland
Group Compilers and Cluster Development Kits
PathScale
Microway offers the PathScale EKO Compiler Suite on our Navion™
Opteron™ Linux clusters and workstations. The compilers are optimized
for excellent 64-bit performance in C, C++ and Fortran applications.
ATLAS,
BLAS,
LAPACK
The public domain LAPACK (Linear Algebra Package) is a library
of dense linear and eigenproblem solvers that supercedes
LINPACK and EISPACK, offering better performance and accuracy.
ScaLAPACK
The ScaLAPACK (or Scalable LAPACK) library includes a subset
of LAPACK routines redesigned for distributed memory MIMD parallel
computers. ScaLAPACK is designed for heterogeneous computing
and is portable on any computer that supports MPI
or PVM.
InfiniBand Diagnostic Tools
InfiniScope: InfiniBand Diagnostic Utility™
InfiniScope displays the traffic of an InfiniBand fabric in real time by collecting data from the
performance registers on all host and switch ports. InfiniScope is compatible with all InfiniBand
products utilizing both Mellanox and Pathscale/Qlogic silicon. Data can be read up to 100 times per
second without impacting performance of user programs.
The traffic data is shown on a network graph generated by the InfiniBand subnet manager. It shows both
the topology of the network and the host-to-host paths as calculated by the subnet manager. DDR and SDR
connections are marked, and links with 1X lane width are unmistakably shown with flashing yellow and black lines.
MPI Diagnostic Tools
MMDS: Microway MPI Diagnostic Suite™
Microway's MPI Diagnostic Suite™ consists of two applications:
MPI Link-Checker™ and MPI Fast-Check™. The two applications
perform complimentary functions. MPI Fast-Check performs a fast one-time test
of all nodes in your cluster and reports any nodes that are clearly
underperforming. MPI Link-Checker performs a much more extensive set of latency, bandwidth, and data integrity tests between all pairs of nodes.
The data is presented graphically so you can easily spot problem nodes.
The MPI Link-Checker™ tool detects issues with processor
caching, motherboards, PCI busses, BIOS's, riser cards and PCI
interconnects. It can even detect intermittent cables and cross bar
switches!
Resource Management Tools
MCMS™ and NodeWatch™ Remote Cluster Monitoring and Control
Solution
The combination of NodeWatch and MCMS (Microway Cluster Management
Software) enables users to measure, report and record the physical health of each
node in a Microway® 1U, Athlon, Opteron or Xeon cluster. NodeWatch remotely monitors fan speeds,
temperatures, and power supply voltages, and will trigger an alarm if parameters exceed preset limits. NodeWatch software
delivers critical information remotely via a
secure web-based GUI.
Platform Computing
Platform LSF 5 removes barriers to productivity by providing reliable, on-demand
access to global compute resources and balancing workloads across
the entire organization.
- Built on a grid-enabled, robust architecture for open, scalable
and modular environments.
- Engineered for enterprise deployment. LSF provides unlimited
scalability with support for over 100 clusters, more than 200,000 CPU's
and 500,000 active jobs.
- A Web-based interface puts the convenience and simplicity of
global access to resources into the hands of administrators and
users.
- Platform LSF 5, with its open, plug-in architecture, seamlessly
integrates with third party applications and heterogeneous technology
platforms.
MPI Software Technology
MPI/Pro provides professional message passing for high-performance,
parallel computing. It improves the performance of clusters running
applications such as CFD simulation, weather modeling, financial
modeling, seismic exploration, and protein folding.
- An efficient and scalable standard
- derived data types
- collective operations
- communicators manage groups of processes
- automatic data conversion
- Portable environment
- available on many HPC environments
- accepted, ubiquitous message passing model
- designed to support third party libraries
- Comprehensive support of the MPI-1.2 specification
- easy to learn; can use only 6 functions
- flexible; can use 128 functions
- evolving: through forthcoming extensions
PVM
PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a software package that permits
a heterogeneous
collection of Linux and/or NT computers hooked together by a
network to be used
as a single large parallel computer. Thus large computational
problems can be solved
more cost effectively by using the aggregate power and memory
of many computers.
MPICH
and LAM-MPI
are implementations of MPI.
MPI is the standard for multicomputer and Beowulf cluster message passing
introduced by the
Message-Passing Interface Forum in April 1994. The goal of MPI
is to develop a widely
used standard for writing message-passing programs.
Operating Systems and Environments
Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux is a comprehensive suite of Linux solutions designed for
mission-critical enterprise computing and certified by top enterprise
software vendors. It delivers reliability and value, coupling the
innovation of open source technology and the stability of a true
enterprise-class platform.
SuSE Linux
No matter whether your IT infrastructure comprises 32-bit or 64-bit x86
systems, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is universally deployable.
Mandrake Linux
MandrakeSoft offers all the power and stability of Linux for
professional users in an easy-to-use environment.
Debian Linux
Debian is a free Linux distribution. It utilizes the dpkg system for
package management. Debian's apt-get utility provides for easy package installation and updates.
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo is another free Linux distribution. Gentoo is different from typical Linux
installations in that everything is built from source. Utilizing the portage system,
Gentoo allows for a custom built installation that is tuned for your specific hardware.
Another advantage, especially to HPC users, is the availabilty of packages for a variety
of scientific packages. This can come in very handy for difficult to install computational packages.
Other Linux distributions are available upon request.
For personal assistance, please call a sales person who speaks your
language at (508)746-7341. To request a price quote for your next high-end,
fully integrated Microway Opteron Cluster, Server, Workstation, or Storage System go to
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