Vendor Manuals

This web page contains documentation relevant to Franklin provided by Cray and third-party vendors. More complete information is available at the Cray XT Series Site Map. However, some of the documents may be out-dated since Cray does not have official documentations yet for the Compute Node Linux environment.

XT Series Systems

Cray XT Series Overview

This is the XT Series Overview page at the official Cray web site.

Cray XT4 Datasheet

This is the Cray XT4 datasheet provided at the official Cray web site.

Cray XT Series System Overview

This document provides a basic overview of the Cray XT systems for application developers and system administrators.

Programming Environment

Cray XT Series Programming Environment User's Guide (Version 2.0)

This guide describes the Cray XT programming environment and related application development tools under OS version 2.0. In addition, it includes procedures and examples of how to set up the user environment and build and run optimized applications. It includes both Catamount and Compute Node Linux information.

PGI User's Guide (Version 7.1)

This guide describes how to use the Portland Group (PGI) Fortran, C, and C++ compilers and program development tools.

PGI Fortran Reference (Version 7.1)

This document describes the Portland Group's implementation of the FORTRAN 77 and Fortran 90/95 languages.

Programming Commands Man Page

This web page describes the commonly used programming commands on XT series. For complete man page of a specific command, use "man command_name" on Franklin.

CNL malloc Environment Variables

This document describes some run time environment variables to control how the system memory allocation routine "malloc" behaves in CNL kernel.

Parallel Programming Environment

Introduction to MPI man pages

This web page describes the basic MPI introduction on XT series. Use "man intro_mpi" on Franklin for more up-to-date information.

More MPICH2 man pages

This web page describes the basic MPI functions on XT series. For complete man page of a specific function, use "man MPI_function_name" on Franklin.

Introduction to SHMEM man pages

This web page describes the basic SHMEM introduction on XT series. Use "man intro_shmem" on Franklin for more up-to-date information.

More SHMEM man pages

This web page describes the basic SHMEM functions on XT series. For complete man page of a specific function, use "man SHMEM_function_name" on Franklin.

Introduction to fftw2 man pages

This web page describes the fftw/2.1.5 library on XT series.

Introduction to fftw3 man pages

This web page describes the fftw/3.1.1 library on XT series.

Math and Science Libraries

AMD Core Math Library (Version 4.0)

This document describes AMD Core Math Library (ACML) supported on Cray XT series. ACML is a set of numerical routines (BLAS, LAPACK, FFT, and RNG) tuned specifically for AMD64 platform processors (include Opteron).

SuperLU User's Guide (Oct 2003)

This document describes SuperLU, a set of routines that solve large, sparse, nonsymmetric systems of linear equations.

LAPACK man pages

This web page describes the basic LAPACK functions on XT series. Notice there are links for multiple pages. For complete man page of a specific function, use "man LAPACK_function_name" on Franklin.

ScaLAPACK man pages

This web page describes the basic ScaLAPACK functions on XT series. Notice there are links for multiple pages. For complete man page of a specific function, use "man ScaLAPACK_function_name" on Franklin.

BLACS man pages

This web page describes the basic BLACS functions on XT series. For complete man page of a specific function, use "man BLACS_function_name" on Franklin.

BLAS man pages

This web page describes the basic BLAS functions on XT series. For complete man page of a specific function, use "man BLAS_function_name" on Franklin.

Debugger and Performance Tools

Using Cray Performance Analysis Tools (version 4.1)

This document describes how to use CrayPat, Apprentice2, and other Cray performance analysis tools to capture, evaluate, and understand program performance on Cray XT3 and future Cray Opteron-based and vector hardware platforms.

CrayPat man pages

This web page describes the basic CrayPat functions on XT series. For complete man page of a specific function, use "man CrayPat_function_name" on Franklin.

Cray Apprentice2 man page

This web page describes the basic introduction for Cray Apprentice2 tool on XT series. Use "man app2" on Franklin for more up-to-date information.

PAPI User's Guide (Version 3.5.0)

This is a general overview of the PAPI library, with an introduction to the major feature areas, and comprehensive examples on usage.

PAPI Programmer's reference (Version 3.5.0)

This is a technical reference (man pages) for PAPI programmers, providing detailed information on each call in the PAPI library, including calling sequences and examples.

Introduction to PAPI man pages

This web page describes the basic PAPI introduction on XT series. Use "man intro_papi" on Franklin for more up-to-date information.

Torque and Moab

Torque Wiki Documentation

This collection of documentation for TORQUE resource manager is intended as a reference for both users and system administrators alike.

Moab Workload Manager Users Manual

The Moab Workload Manager is an advanced cluster scheduler capable of optimizing scheduling and node allocation decisions.

Moab Workload Manager Commands Overview

This web page lists Moab Scheduler commands and the link to the documentations for each command, most useful ones include "showq", "showstart", "showbf", "showq", and "checkjob".

Lustre

Lustre Operations Manual

This Operations Manual is intended to support the users, architects and administrators of Lustre File Systems. It describes various tasks involved in installing, configuring, and administering Lustre.