LAM - introduction to Local Area Multicomputer (LAM)
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Description
LAM is an MPI programming environment and development system for a message-passing parallel machine
constituted with heterogeneous UNIX computers on a network. With LAM, a dedicated cluster or an existing
network computing infrastructure can act as one parallel computer solving one compute-intensive problem.
LAM emphasizes productivity in the application development cycle with extensive control and monitoring
functionality. The user can easily debug the common errors in parallel programming and is well equipped
to diagnose more difficult problems.
LAM features a full implementation of the MPI communication standard, with the exception that the
MPI_CANCEL function will not properly cancel messages that have been sent.
UserInformation
Users are strongly encouraged to read the LAM/MPIUser'sGuide that is included with the LAM/MPI
distribution, and is provided on the main LAM/MPI web site (http://www.lam-mpi.org/).
Up-to-DateInformation
The LAM home page can be found on the World Wide Web at: http://www.lam-mpi.org/. It should be consulted
for the most current information about LAM, as well as updates, patches, etc.
Name
LAM - introduction to Local Area Multicomputer (LAM)
See Also
OverviewofCommandsandLibrariesintrou(1), introc(2), INTROF(2)
SystemServicesInterface(SSI)lamssi(7), lamssi_boot(7), lamssi_coll(7), lamssi_rpi(7)
Starting/StoppingLAMrecon(1), lamboot(1), lamhalt(1), lamnodes(1), lamwipe(1), tping(1), lamgrow(1), lamshrink(1)
CompilingMPIApplicationsmpicc(1), mpiCC(1), mpif77(1)
RunningMPIApplicationsmpirun(1), lamclean(1)
RunningNon-MPIApplicationslamexec(1)
MonitoringMPIApplicationsmpitask(1)
UnloadingMPITraceDatalamtrace(1)
ReferenceDocuments
"LAM/MPI Installation Guide"
included in the LAM/MPI distribution and available on http://www.lam-mpi.org/
"LAM/MPI User's Guide"
included in the LAM/MPI distribution and available on http://www.lam-mpi.org/
"LAM Frequently Asked Questions"
at http://www.lam-mpi.org/faq/
"MPI Primer / Developing with LAM", Ohio Supercomputer Center
"MPI: A Message-Passing Interface Standard", Message-Passing Interface Forum, version 1.1
at http://www.mpi-forum.org/
"MPI-2: Extensions to the Message Passing Interface", Message Passing Interface Forum, version 2.0
at http://www.mpi-forum.org/MPIQuickTutorials
"LAM/MPI ND User Guide / Introduction"
at http://www.lam-mpi.org/mpi/tutorials/lam/
"MPI: It's Easy to Get Started"
"MPI: Everyday Datatypes"
"MPI: Everyday Collective Communication"
GuaranteedEnvelopeResources
"Robust MPI Message Delivery Through Guaranteed Resources", MPI Developer's Conference, 1995
LAM 7.1.4 July, 2007 LAM(7)
