NAME

       LAM - introduction to Local Area Multicomputer (LAM)

DESCRIPTION

       LAM  is  an  MPI  programming  environment  and development system for a message-passing parallel machine
       constituted with heterogeneous UNIX computers on a network.  With LAM, a dedicated cluster or an existing
       network computing infrastructure can act as one parallel computer solving one compute-intensive  problem.
       LAM  emphasizes  productivity  in the application development cycle with extensive control and monitoring
       functionality.  The user can easily debug the common errors in parallel programming and is well  equipped
       to diagnose more difficult problems.

       LAM  features  a  full  implementation  of  the  MPI  communication standard, with the exception that the
       MPI_CANCEL function will not properly cancel messages that have been sent.

   User Information
       Users are strongly encouraged to read the  LAM/MPI  User's  Guide  that  is  included  with  the  LAM/MPI
       distribution, and is provided on the main LAM/MPI web site (http://www.lam-mpi.org/).

   Up-to-Date Information
       The LAM home page can be found on the World Wide Web at: http://www.lam-mpi.org/.  It should be consulted
       for the most current information about LAM, as well as updates, patches, etc.

SEE ALSO

   Overview of Commands and Libraries
       introu(1), introc(2), INTROF(2)

   System Services Interface (SSI)
       lamssi(7), lamssi_boot(7), lamssi_coll(7), lamssi_rpi(7)

   Starting / Stopping LAM
       recon(1), lamboot(1), lamhalt(1), lamnodes(1), lamwipe(1), tping(1), lamgrow(1), lamshrink(1)

   Compiling MPI Applications
       mpicc(1), mpiCC(1), mpif77(1)

   Running MPI Applications
       mpirun(1), lamclean(1)

   Running Non-MPI Applications
       lamexec(1)

   Monitoring MPI Applications
       mpitask(1)

   Unloading MPI Trace Data
       lamtrace(1)

   Reference Documents
       "LAM/MPI Installation Guide"
              included in the LAM/MPI distribution and available on http://www.lam-mpi.org/

       "LAM/MPI User's Guide"
              included in the LAM/MPI distribution and available on http://www.lam-mpi.org/

       "LAM Frequently Asked Questions"
              at http://www.lam-mpi.org/faq/

       "MPI Primer / Developing with LAM", Ohio Supercomputer Center

       "MPI: A Message-Passing Interface Standard", Message-Passing Interface Forum, version 1.1
              at http://www.mpi-forum.org/

       "MPI-2: Extensions to the Message Passing Interface", Message Passing Interface Forum, version 2.0
              at http://www.mpi-forum.org/

   MPI Quick Tutorials
       "LAM/MPI ND User Guide / Introduction"
              at http://www.lam-mpi.org/mpi/tutorials/lam/

       "MPI: It's Easy to Get Started"

       "MPI: Everyday Datatypes"

       "MPI: Everyday Collective Communication"

   Guaranteed Envelope Resources

       "Robust MPI Message Delivery Through Guaranteed Resources", MPI Developer's Conference, 1995

LAM 7.1.4                                          July, 2007                                             LAM(1)