Enhancement Advisory openmpi enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2007:0649-4
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-11-07
Last updated on: 2007-11-07
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
OVAL: N/A

Details

A new openmpi package that adds enhancements is now available.

Openmpi is the Open Message Passing Interface software stack used for
cluster communications in High Performance Compute clusters.

The following enhancements are included in this updated package:

* the openmpi stack was updated from version 1.1.1 to 1.2.3.

* support for the udapl transport mechanism was added.

* support for the libibverbs-1.1 libraries included in the openib-1.2
package was added.

* support for all Infiniband-, iWARP-, and RDMA-based transport mechanisms
was improved.

All openmpi users should install this newly released package, which adds
these enhancements.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
openmpi-1.2.3-4.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    6098cffd8948667a298776938a84b7d8
 
IA-32:
openmpi-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    96a082db46adf65a4a58fef7dc561003
openmpi-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    21ce2ec8de3aecece2d8033933618098
openmpi-libs-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    7648c99b31ccadb6c7b49da3accc0454
 
x86_64:
openmpi-1.2.3-4.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    fe3522258fcfd6e0a1b4a817f7907656
openmpi-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    21ce2ec8de3aecece2d8033933618098
openmpi-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    aa4bbfd0515770ba1fcd7c9cb46d18b0
openmpi-libs-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    7648c99b31ccadb6c7b49da3accc0454
openmpi-libs-1.2.3-4.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    f7421b414afbb45d9ef74dc506e3b1ac
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
openmpi-1.2.3-4.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    6098cffd8948667a298776938a84b7d8
 
IA-32:
openmpi-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    96a082db46adf65a4a58fef7dc561003
openmpi-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    21ce2ec8de3aecece2d8033933618098
openmpi-libs-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    7648c99b31ccadb6c7b49da3accc0454
 
IA-64:
openmpi-1.2.3-4.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    779e076a89e05a5b6efb371b67e0e9b5
openmpi-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    20d950ac238050d1b08ba972378c55ca
openmpi-libs-1.2.3-4.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    167411a4225b57c371f8f083989a5800
 
PPC:
openmpi-1.2.3-4.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    7cedea2fd0e4511d6a986ea8d1299941
openmpi-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    085816d563e4c80b5fec3a100978301b
openmpi-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    2762923d83f1f2041af0a58ce0fedd5a
openmpi-libs-1.2.3-4.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    3a51febe9111563955d2f27d37b72c35
openmpi-libs-1.2.3-4.el5.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    f1209524dc2287f730ff46f721798bdd
 
x86_64:
openmpi-1.2.3-4.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    fe3522258fcfd6e0a1b4a817f7907656
openmpi-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    21ce2ec8de3aecece2d8033933618098
openmpi-devel-1.2.3-4.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    aa4bbfd0515770ba1fcd7c9cb46d18b0
openmpi-libs-1.2.3-4.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    7648c99b31ccadb6c7b49da3accc0454
openmpi-libs-1.2.3-4.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0481
    f7421b414afbb45d9ef74dc506e3b1ac
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

245818 - FEAT: RHEL5.1: upgrade openib, openmpi to OFED 1.2


Keywords

infiniband, openib, openmpi, udapl


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