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5 – Software Installation
Installing the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics RPMs
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Installing the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics RPMs
Linux distributions of InfiniPath and OpenFabrics software are installed from
binary RPMs. RPM is a Linux packaging and installation tool used by Red Hat,
SUSE, and CentOS. There are multiple interdependent RPM packages that make
up the InfiniPath and OpenFabrics software.
The OpenFabrics kernel module support is now part of the InfiniPath RPMs. This
kernel module includes support for kernel-based protocols such as IPoIB, SRP,
the multicast communications manager, and the subnet administration agent.
Programs that incorporate the user IB verbs interfaces, such as diagnostics,
benchmarks, verbs-based MPIs (for example, Intel MPI Version 3.0), and SDP
sockets must have RPMs installed in the OpenFabrics directories. See
Appendix C “RPM Descriptions” for a complete description of the RPMs’ contents.
Each set of RPMs uses a build identifier xxx and a distribution identifier yyy.
The distribution identifiers for this release are
rhel4 and sles10. The RPM
distribution identifiers are listed in Table 5-3 with the associated operating
systems.
Table 5-3. InfiniPath and OpenFabrics RPMs to Use for Each Node in a
Cluster
Distribution
Identifier
Used On
rhel4 Fedora 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 (RHEL4.4), RHEL4.5,
RHEL 4.6, CentOS 4.4-4.6 (Rocks 4.4-4.6), Scientific Linux 4.4-4.6,
RHEL5.0-5.1, CentOS 5.0-5.1, Scientific Linux 5.0-5.1, for x86_64
systems
sles10 SLES 10 and SLES 10 SP1 for x86_64 systems
NOTE:
RPMs contain config files. Your current config files will not be
overwritten when the new RPMs are installed. New config files contain the
suffix .rpmnew and can be found in the /etc/sysconfig directory.
Check the new files to see if there is anything you want to add to your
standard config files.