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WINDOWS USERS:
WINDOWS USERS:
Instructions on Getting MPICH2 Running
Instructions on Getting MPICH2 Running


The procedure below should work:
The procedure below should work:
 
#Uninstall previous version of MPICH
1. Uninstall previous version of MPICH2
#Open an admin command prompt by right-clicking on the command prompt icon and selecting "run as administrator
2. Open an admin command prompt by right-clicking on the command prompt icon and selecting "run as administrator"
#Run "msiexec /i mpich2-1.3.2p1-win-ia32.msi" from the admin command prompt to install MPICH2
3. Run "msiexec /i mpich2-1.3.2p1-win-ia32.msi" from the admin command prompt to install MPICH2
#During installation select that MPICH2 be installed for "Everyone" for all users.
4. During installation select that MPICH2 be installed for "Everyone" for all users.
#Run wmpiconfig and store username/password.
5. Run wmpiconfig and store username/password.
#Add "C:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin" to system Path and reboot
6. Add "C:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin" to system Path and reboot
#Check smpd using 'smpd -status'. it should return 'smpd running on $hostname$'
7. Check smpd using 'smpd -status'. it should return 'smpd running on $hostname$'
#To test execution environment, go to the directory $MPICHROOT\examples and run cpi.exe using: 'mpiexec -n 4 cpi'
8. To test execution environment, go to the directory $MPICHROOT\examples and run cpi.exe using: 'mpiexec -n 4 cpi'


Sources:
Sources:

Revision as of 22:56, 27 August 2012

WINDOWS USERS: Instructions on Getting MPICH2 Running

The procedure below should work:

  1. Uninstall previous version of MPICH
  2. Open an admin command prompt by right-clicking on the command prompt icon and selecting "run as administrator
  3. Run "msiexec /i mpich2-1.3.2p1-win-ia32.msi" from the admin command prompt to install MPICH2
  4. During installation select that MPICH2 be installed for "Everyone" for all users.
  5. Run wmpiconfig and store username/password.
  6. Add "C:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin" to system Path and reboot
  7. Check smpd using 'smpd -status'. it should return 'smpd running on $hostname$'
  8. To test execution environment, go to the directory $MPICHROOT\examples and run cpi.exe using: 'mpiexec -n 4 cpi'

Sources: Pasted from <http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-February/006529.html> Pasted from <http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2011-January/008826.html>

One last thing ... even on a 64-bit system, you will need the 32-bit version as OpenSees is released is the 32 bit version.