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NAME

6       LAM - introduction to Local Area Multicomputer (LAM)
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DESCRIPTION

9       LAM is an MPI programming environment and development system for a mes‐
10       sage-passing parallel machine constituted with heterogeneous UNIX  com‐
11       puters on a network.  With LAM, a dedicated cluster or an existing net‐
12       work computing infrastructure can act as one parallel computer  solving
13       one  compute-intensive  problem.   LAM  emphasizes  productivity in the
14       application development cycle with  extensive  control  and  monitoring
15       functionality.  The user can easily debug the common errors in parallel
16       programming and is well equipped to diagnose more difficult problems.
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18       LAM features a full implementation of the MPI  communication  standard,
19       with  the exception that the MPI_CANCEL function will not properly can‐
20       cel messages that have been sent.
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22   User Information
23       Users are strongly encouraged to read the LAM/MPI User's Guide that  is
24       included  with  the  LAM/MPI  distribution, and is provided on the main
25       LAM/MPI web site (http://www.lam-mpi.org/).
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27   Up-to-Date Information
28       The  LAM  home  page  can  be  found  on  the  World   Wide   Web   at:
29       http://www.lam-mpi.org/.   It  should be consulted for the most current
30       information about LAM, as well as updates, patches, etc.
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SEE ALSO

33   Overview of Commands and Libraries
34       introu(1), introc(2), INTROF(2)
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36   System Services Interface (SSI)
37       lamssi(7), lamssi_boot(7), lamssi_coll(7), lamssi_rpi(7)
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39   Starting / Stopping LAM
40       recon(1), lamboot(1), lamhalt(1),  lamnodes(1),  lamwipe(1),  tping(1),
41       lamgrow(1), lamshrink(1)
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43   Compiling MPI Applications
44       mpicc(1), mpiCC(1), mpif77(1)
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46   Running MPI Applications
47       mpirun(1), lamclean(1)
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49   Running Non-MPI Applications
50       lamexec(1)
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52   Monitoring MPI Applications
53       mpitask(1)
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55   Unloading MPI Trace Data
56       lamtrace(1)
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58   Reference Documents
59       "LAM/MPI Installation Guide"
60              included   in   the   LAM/MPI   distribution  and  available  on
61              http://www.lam-mpi.org/
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63       "LAM/MPI User's Guide"
64              included  in  the  LAM/MPI   distribution   and   available   on
65              http://www.lam-mpi.org/
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67       "LAM Frequently Asked Questions"
68              at http://www.lam-mpi.org/faq/
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70       "MPI Primer / Developing with LAM", Ohio Supercomputer Center
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72       "MPI:  A Message-Passing Interface Standard", Message-Passing Interface
73              Forum, version 1.1
74              at http://www.mpi-forum.org/
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76       "MPI-2: Extensions to the Message Passing Interface",  Message  Passing
77              Interface Forum, version 2.0
78              at http://www.mpi-forum.org/
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80   MPI Quick Tutorials
81       "LAM/MPI ND User Guide / Introduction"
82              at http://www.lam-mpi.org/mpi/tutorials/lam/
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84       "MPI: It's Easy to Get Started"
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86       "MPI: Everyday Datatypes"
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88       "MPI: Everyday Collective Communication"
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90   Guaranteed Envelope Resources
91       "Robust  MPI Message Delivery Through Guaranteed Resources", MPI Devel‐
92              oper's Conference, 1995
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