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Section: 1.3 How to read this guide

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1.2.6 Licensing

SMC is licensed using Scali license manager system. In order to run SMC a valid demo or a

permanent license must be obtained. Customers with valid software maintenance contracts

with Scali may request this directly from [email protected]. All other requests, including

DEMO licenses, should be directed to [email protected].

1.2.7 Feedback

Scali appreciates any suggestions users may have for improving both this Scali MPI Connect

User’s Guide and the software described herein. Please send your comments by e-mail to

Users of parallel tools software using SMC on a Scali System are also encouraged to provide

feedback to the National HPCC Software Exchange (NHSE) - Parallel Tools Library [10]. The

Parallel Tools Library provides information about parallel system software and tools, and also

provides for communication between software authors and users.

1.3 How to read this guide

This guide is written for skilled computer users and professionals. It is assumed that the reader

is familiar with the basic concepts and terminology of computer hardware and software since

none of these will be explained in any detail. Depending on your user profile, some chapters

are more relevant than others.

1.4 Acronyms and abbreviations

Abbreviation Meaning

AMD64 The 64 bit Instruction set arcitecture (ISA) that is the 64 bit extention to the Intel

x86 ISA. Also known as x86-64. The Opteron and Athlon64 from AMD are the

first implementations of this ISA.

DAPL Direct Access Provider Library DAT Instantiation for a given interconnect

DAT Direct Access Transport - Transport-independent, platform-independent Applica-

tion Programming Interfaces that exploit RDMA

DET Direct Ethernet Transport - Scali's DAT implementation for Ethernet-like devices,

including channel aggregation

EM64T The Intel implementation of the 64 bit extention to the x86 ISA. Also See

AMD64.

GM A software interface provided by Myricom for their Myrinet interconnect

hardware.

HCA Hardware Channel Adapter. Term used by Infiniband vendors referencing to the

hardware adapter.

HPC High Performance Computer

IA32 Instruction set Architecture 32 Intel x86 architecture

Table 1-1: Acronyms and abbreviations

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