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Table of Contents
1
OVERVIEW
6
1.1
I
NTRODUCTION
6
1.2
T
HEORY OF
O
PERATION
7
1.2.1
H
OW THE
A
MMASSO
A
DAPTER
W
ORKS
7
1.2.2
H
OW
R
EMOTE
D
IRECT
M
EMORY
A
CCESS
(RDMA) W
ORKS
7
1.2.3
W
HAT
I
S
MPI
AND
W
HY
I
S
I
T
U
SED
?
9
1.2.4
W
HAT
I
S
DAPL
AND
W
HY
I
S
I
T
U
SED
?
9
1.3
P
RODUCT
C
OMPONENTS
10
1.4
S
PECIFICATIONS
10
1.4.1
P
ERFORMANCE
10
1.4.2
A
PPLICATION
P
ROGRAM
I
NTERFACES
(API
S
)
10
1.4.3
O
PERATING
S
YSTEMS
10
1.4.4
P
LATFORMS
10
1.4.5
M
ANAGEMENT
10
1.4.6
S
TANDARDS
C
OMPLIANCE
10
1.4.7
H
ARDWARE
10
2
HARDWARE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION
11
2.1
S
AFETY AND
E
MISSIONS
11
2.2
S
YSTEM
H
ARDWARE
R
EQUIREMENTS
12
2.3
A
DAPTER
H
ARDWARE
I
NSTALLATION
12
2.3.1
C
HOOSING A
S
LOT FOR
I
NSTALLATION
12
2.3.2
T
OOLS AND
E
QUIPMENT
R
EQUIRED
12
2.3.3
A
DAPTER
I
NSERTION
P
ROCEDURE
13
3
ADAPTER SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
14
3.1
S
YSTEM
S
OFTWARE
R
EQUIREMENTS
14
3.2
O
VERVIEW
14
3.3
I
NSTALLING THE
A
DAPTER
S
OFTWARE
P
ACKAGE
14
3.3.1
M
AKEFILE
T
ARGETS
16
3.3.2
M
AKEFILE
C
ONFIGURATION
V
ARIABLES
17
3.4
D
ISTRIBUTION
S
PECIFIC
B
UILD
D
ETAILS
18
3.4.1
R
ED
H
AT
18
3.4.2
S
U
SE
19
3.4.3
K
BUILD
20
A
MMASSO
1100 C
OMMANDS AND
U
TILITIES
21
3.5
C
ONFIGURING THE
A
MMASSO
1100 A
DAPTER
22
3.5.1
C
ONFIGURATION
E
NTRIES
23
3.5.2
S
AMPLE
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILE
24
3.6
V
ERIFYING THE
A
DAPTER
S
OFTWARE
I
NSTALLATION
24
3.7
R
EMOVING AN
A
DAPTER
S
OFTWARE
I
NSTALLATION
25
4
THE AMMASSO MPI LIBRARY
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