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IBM System Blue Gene Solution: Blue Gene/P Application Development

An IBM Redbooks publication

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Published on 11 September 2009, updated 10 April 2012

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ISBN-10: 0738433330
ISBN-13: 9780738433332
IBM Form #: SG24-7287-03


Authors: Carlos Sosa and Brant Knudson

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    Abstract

    This IBM® Redbooks® publication is one in a series of IBM books written specifically for the IBM System Blue Gene/P Solution. The Blue Gene/P system is the second generation of a massively parallel supercomputer from IBM in the IBM System Blue Gene Solution series. In this book, we provide an overview of the application development environment for the Blue Gene/P system. We intend to help programmers understand the requirements to develop applications on this high-performance massively parallel supercomputer.

    In this book, we explain instances where the Blue Gene/P system is unique in its programming environment. We also attempt to look at the differences between the IBM System Blue Gene/L Solution and the Blue Gene/P Solution. In this book, we do not delve into great depth about the technologies that are commonly used in the supercomputing industry, such as Message Passing Interface (MPI) and Open Multi-Processing (OpenMP), nor do we try to teach parallel programming. References are provided in those instances for you to find more information if necessary.

    Prior to reading this book, you must have a strong background in high-performance computing (HPC) programming. The high-level programming languages that we use throughout this book are C/C++ and Fortran95. Previous experience using the Blue Gene/L system can help you better understand some concepts in this book that we do not extensively discuss. However, several IBM Redbooks publications about the Blue Gene/L system are available for you to obtain general information about the Blue Gene/L system. We recommend that you refer to "IBM Redbooks" on page 371 for a list of those publications.

    Table of Contents

    Part 1. Blue Gene/P: System and environment overview

    Chapter 1. Hardware overview

    Chapter 2. Software overview

    Part 2. Kernel overview

    Chapter 3. Kernel functionality

    Chapter 4. Execution process modes

    Chapter 5. Memory

    Chapter 6. System calls

    Part 3. Applications environment

    Chapter 7. Parallel paradigms

    Chapter 8. Developing applications with IBM XL compilers

    Chapter 9. Running and debugging applications

    Chapter 10. Checkpoint and restart support for applications

    Chapter 11. mpirun

    Chapter 12. High-Throughput Computing (HTC) paradigm

    Part 4. Job scheduler interfaces

    Chapter 13. Control system (Bridge) APIs

    Chapter 14. Real-time Notification APIs

    Chapter 15. Dynamic Partition Allocator APIs

    Part 5. Applications

    Chapter 16. Performance overview of engineering and scientific applications

    Appendix A. Blue Gene/P hardware-naming conventions

    Appendix B. Files on architectural features

    Appendix C. Header files and libraries

    Appendix D. Environment variables

    Appendix E. Porting applications

    Appendix F. Mapping

    Appendix G. htcpartition

    Appendix H. Use of GNU profiling tool on Blue Gene/P

    Appendix I. Statement of completion