NAG Library for SMP & Multicore, Mark 24

FSSO624DC

Oracle SPARC64VII 64-bit, Solaris, Oracle Fortran, Double Precision

Installer's Note



Contents


1. Introduction

This Installer's Note is essential reading for whoever is responsible for the installation of this implementation of the NAG Library for SMP & Multicore. It is available together with the Users' Note (un.html) on the distribution medium.

Your attention is drawn to the terms and conditions of the Software License regarding the use of NAG software. Requests for information about the availability of other implementations must be referred to NAG.

2. Implementation Provided

2.1. Applicability

This implementation is a compiled, tested, ready-to-use version of the NAG Library for SMP & Multicore that is considered suitable for operation on the computer systems detailed below:

hardware:          Oracle SPARC64VII systems and compatible
operating system:  SunOS 5.10 (Solaris 10) and compatible
Fortran compiler:  Sun Studio 12 update 1 Fortran 95 8.6 and compatible
vendor library:    Sun Performance Library (Sunperf) 8 and compatible

2.2. Derivation

This implementation was produced at HPCVL, Ontario, Canada on the computing system detailed below:

hardware:          sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise
operating system:  SunOS 5.10 (Solaris 10)
Fortran compiler:  Sun Studio 12 update 1 Fortran 95 8.6 SunOS_sparc
vendor library:    Sun Performance Library (Sunperf) 8
compiler options:  -fsimple=1 -xvector=no -ftrap=%none \
-xtarget=sparc64vii -m64 -dalign -stackvar -KPIC \
-vpara

Each routine in the NAG Library for SMP & Multicore, Mark 24, was compiled with the highest level of optimization that enabled the functionality provided by the library to be verified and validated. Most routines in the library were compiled with optimization flags -fast -O4 -openmp -fsimple=1 ; some routines will have been compiled with a lower level of optimization when necessary.

In this implementation:

The library has been tested with Sunperf 8. Please see the Oracle web site for further information about Sunperf (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24457_01/pdf/E21997.pdf).

2.3. Post Release Information

Please check the following URL:

http://www.nag.co.uk/doc/inun/fs24/so6dc/postrelease.html

for details of any new information related to the applicability or usage of this implementation.

3. Distribution Medium

The software is ordinarily distributed in tar format on CD or DVD as appropriate.

3.1. Contents

The following shows the directory/file organization of the implementation materials as they will be installed.
            |- doc -|- in.html  (Installer's Note, (this document))
            |       |- un.html  (Users' Note)
            |
            |       |- libnagsmp.a  (static library requiring
            |- lib -|                vendor BLAS/LAPACK)
            |       |- libnagsmp.so (shareable library requiring
            |                        vendor BLAS/LAPACK)
fsso624dc  -|
            |- nag_interface_blocks -|- *
            |
            |            |- source --|- ??????e.f90
            |            |
            |- examples -|- data ----|- ??????e.d
            |            |           |- ??????e.opt
            |            |
            |            |- results -|- ??????e.r
            |
            |- scripts -|- nagsmp_example
            |           |- nagsmp_example_shar
            |
            |- c_headers -|- * (C/C++ header file and information)

The following shows the directory/file organization of the Library Manual materials as they will be installed.

nagdoc_fl24 -|- index.html
             |
             |- examples -|- baseresults -|- ??????*.r
             |            |- source      -|- ??????*.f90
             |            |- data        -|- ??????*.d
             |                            |- ??????*.opt
             |
             |- html  -|- FRONTMATTER -|- manconts.html  (main HTML index)
             |         |               |- *.html         (foreword & copyright)
             |         |
             |         |- [A00-X07] -|- *conts.html  (chapter contents)
             |         |             |- *intro.html  (chapter introduction)
             |         |             |- *f.html      (routine documents)
             |         |
             |         |- figures -|- *.png  (figures and plotfiles)
             |         |
             |         |- GENINT -|- *.html  (general introductory material)
             |         |
             |         |- INDEXES -|- GAMS -|- gams.html  (GAMS index)
             |         |           |        |- *.html     (GAMS files)
             |         |           |
             |         |           |- KWIC -|- kwic.html  (KWIC index)
             |         |                    |- *.html     (KWIC files)
             |         |
             |         |- styles -|- *.css  (CSS stylesheets)
             |                    |- *.js   (JavaScript)

             |           
             |- pdf   -|- FRONTMATTER -|- manconts.html (main contents page)
                       |               |- manconts.pdf  (main contents page)
                       |               |- *.pdf  (NAG foreword and copyright pages)
                       |               |- *.html (NAG foreword and copyright pages)
                       |
                       |- [A00-X07] -|- *conts.html   (chapter contents)
                       |             |- *conts.pdf    (chapter contents)
                       |             |- *intro.pdf    (chapter introduction)
                       |             |- *f.pdf        (routine documents)
                       |
                       |- GENINT -|- *.html (general introductory material)
                       |          |- *.pdf  (general introductory material)
                       |
                       |- INDEXES -|- *.pdf (bookmarked file containing links
                       |                     to KWIK/kwic.html and GAMS/gams.html)
                       |
                       |- INUNS -|- usersnote.pdf   (implementation-specific
                                                     details)

3.2. File Sizes

The files require approximately the following disk space:
  Library software:  151 MB
  Library Manual:    257 MB

4. Installation

4.1. Installation of Library Software and Manual

If you have downloaded the Library materials from our website as a tar gzip file (fsso624dc.tgz), cd to the directory where the file is located and extract the installation materials using the following commands:
  gunzip fsso624dc.tgz
  tar xvf fsso624dc.tar
This will extract the files install.sh, fs24.tar, lic_agr.txt, in.html and un.html.

If you have downloaded the Library Manual as a tar gzip file (mk24_doc.tgz) run the command

  gunzip mk24_doc.tgz
to extract the file mk24_doc.tar.

4.1.1. Installation Procedure

You can install the materials from the CD/DVD or download directory by executing the Bourne Shell script install in a command window as:
  ./install.sh
If you are logged in as root then by default, the materials will be installed in /opt/NAG/ or /usr/local/NAG/ depending on your system. However, you may choose a different location. In this document we refer to the directory /opt/NAG/fsso624dc or /usr/local/NAG/fsso624dc as [INSTALL_DIR]. This convention is also used in the Users' Note (un.html).

The directory [INSTALL_DIR]/scripts contains two scripts to show how to use the pre-compiled modules and the libraries provided with this implementation. See Users' Note, Section 3.3. Subsequent to the installation, if you move this product to some other location then these scripts must be changed to reflect that fact.

The install script can install the Library Manual in the same location as the NAG Library material or at some other location of your choice.

You may wish to move the Library Manual to the same location as that for other NAG products. You are encouraged to make it readily available to users.

4.2. Release to Users

The Users' Note (doc/un.html) should be checked and amended as necessary (particularly Sections 3.1, 3.3 and 5). Advice on accessing the library (see Users' Note, Section 3.1) can be checked by running a few example programs following that advice; a suitable sample would be D01AUF, E04UCA and F07ADF. The installation can also be tested using the scripts nagsmp_example and nagsmp_example_shar. (see Users' Note, Section 3.3). The Users' Note (doc/un.html) should then be made available to users directly, or be absorbed into local access information.

The following material should also be made accessible to users:

documentation files:

The nagdoc_fl24 directory contains the Library Manual.

compiled libraries:

  libnagsmp.a
  libnagsmp.so
interface block files:
  nag_interface_blocks/*
example program material:
  examples/source/??????e.f90
  examples/data/??????e.d
  examples/data/??????e.opt
  examples/results/??????e.r
  scripts/nagsmp_example
  scripts/nagsmp_example_shar
C and C++ header material:
  c_headers/nagmk24.h
  c_headers/techdoc.html
  c_headers/c_examples/*.c
  c_headers/cpp_examples/*.cpp
  c_headers/data/*.d

Note that the example material has been adapted, if necessary, from that published in the Library Manual, so that programs are suitable for execution with this implementation with no further changes (but see Section 3.3 of the Users' Note for comments about possible differences in results obtained). Making the example material directly available to users provides them with easily adaptable templates for their own problems.

4.3. Further Information

4.3.1. Maintenance Level

The maintenance level of the Library can be determined by compiling and executing the example that calls A00AAF, or you could call the script nagsmp_example with the arguments a00aaf 1. See Users' Note, Section 3.3. This example prints out details of the implementation, including title and product code, compiler and precision used, mark and maintenance level.

5. Support from NAG

(a) Contact with NAG

Queries concerning this document or the implementation generally should be directed to NAG at one of the addresses given in the Appendix. Users subscribing to the support service are encouraged to contact our support team (see below).

(b) NAG Technical Support Service

The NAG Technical Support Service is available for general enquiries from all users and also for technical queries from sites with an annually licensed product or support service.

The technical support desks are open during office hours, but contact is possible by email and phone (answering machine) at all times.

When contacting us, it helps us deal with your enquiry quickly if you can quote your NAG customer reference number and NAG product code (in this case FSSO624DC).

(c) NAG Websites

The NAG websites provide information about implementation availability, descriptions of products, downloadable software, product documentation and technical reports. The NAG websites can be accessed at the following URLs:

http://www.nag.co.uk/, http://www.nag.com/ or http://www.nag-j.co.jp/

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Appendix - Contact Addresses

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Tel: +1 630 971 2337                    Tel: +1 630 971 2337

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