Some items in this list are accessible only via the password-protected User Information Pages. These items are marked with an asterisk (*).
HPCx service documentation:
The most up to date version of this user guide (and other documentation)
is available on the web :
here.
Other useful local links:
Graham P,
OpenMP: A Parallel Programming Model for Shared Memory
Architectures,
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, March 1999.
IBM Product Documentation:
The starting point for any search for IBM documentation not listed here is the IBM Product Publications, page.
An alternative is to go to the IBM Publications Centre, page and initiate a search from there.
Where possible, links given are to printable user guides (as opposed to reference manuals) in pdf format.
IBM Documentation Library
(Useful IBM documentation online)
IBM Product Publications
(starting point for searching for all IBM documentation)
RS/6000 SP:Practical MPI Programming
ESSL for AIX Library Guide and
Reference
Parallel ESSL for AIX Library Guide and
Reference
IBM Parallel Enivronment for AIX:
Messages
IBM Parallel Environment for AIX: MPI Programming
Guide
IBM Parallel Environment for AIX: MPI
Subroutine
Reference
IBM Parallel Environment for AIX:
Hitchhiker's
Guide
IBM Parallel Enivronment for
AIX: Operations & Use, Volume 1, Using the Parallel
Environment
IBM Parallel Enivronment for
AIX: Operations & Use, Volume 2, Using the Parallel
Environment
Volume 2 is the main reference for pdbx, xprofiler, PE Benchmarker, PCT, UTE and
PVT.
LoadLeveler for AIX 5L: Using and Administering
LoadLeveler for AIX 5L: Diagnosis and Messages Guide
XL Fortran for AIX:
User's Guide
XL Fortran for AIX:
Language Reference
VisualAge C++: Standard C++ Library
Reference
VisualAge C++: C/C++ Language
Reference
IBM C for AIX: C/C++ Language
Reference
Visual Age C++ for AIX: Compiler
Reference
Getting Started with C for
AIX: Introduction &
Installation Guide
Workload Management with Loadleveler
AIX Performance Tools Handbook
The POWER4 Processor Introduction and Tuning
Guide
Power4 System Microarchitecture
Third-party Documentation
Porting Programs from the Cray T3Es to the SP (NERSC,
Berkely):
LoadLeveler: Maui High Performance Computing Centre
LoadLeveler: National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (San Diego)
LoadLeveler: Batch system on the IBM p690 Regatta (Parallab, Bergen)
LoadLeveler: LoadLeveler on Cheetah (Oak Ridge)
MPI Performance Review
(Lawrence LivermoreLaboratory):
OpenMP Fortran Application Program Interface,
OpenMP Architecture Review Board, November 2000.
OpenMP C and C++ Application Program Interface,
OpenMP Architecture Review Board, March 2002.