Contents

• Introduction
• Getting Started With MPI on the Cluster
  • Editing Files on porsche
  • Setting Up Your Environment
    • .rhosts file
    • .cshrc/.tcshrc file modifications
    • Setting Up to Display Graphics to Your Local Screen
  • Compilation
  • Creating a machinefile for Running Your MPI Program
  • Running MPI
  • Checking and Killing Processes Using spy and shoot
  • Printing your Programs and Other Files
• The Basics of Writing MPI Programs
  • Fortran versus C with MPI
  • Initialization, Communicators, Handles, and Clean-Up
  • MPI Indispensable Functions
  • A Simple MPI Program - hello.c
• MPE Graphics
  • Overview
  • Details on some MPE Graphics Routines
• Gathering Performance Data
  • Timing Programs
  • Profiling and Viewing Profile Information
    • MPE Logging Routines
    • Profile Visualization with Upshot
• Debugging MPI Programs
  • Debugging Methods
  • Common Problems: Descriptions and Tips
    • Lost Output
    • Error Messages
• World Wide Web Resources
• References
• Sample Makefile
• MPI Program with Graphics - Mandelbrot Rendering
• About this document ...