ANSYS 10.0 Supported Interconnects
The below table shows which interconnects are expected to work with Distributed ANSYS. The table also show supported MPI versions for ANSYS 10.0.
Legacy information (for ANSYS 9.0 and earlier) is available here: Legacy Parallel-Processing Information.
Platform |
Ethernet |
GiGE |
Myrinet |
**Voltaire Infiniband |
Quadrics |
ANSYS Supported MPI Version And Who Supplies It |
Fujitsu |
Yes |
Yes* |
No |
No |
No |
Parallelnavi 2.1 (Hardware Vendor) |
HP Alpha Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
HP MPI v2.1 (Hardware Vendor) |
HP PA8000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
HP MPI v2.1 (Hardware Vendor) |
HP-UX IA64 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
HP MPI v2.1 (Hardware Vendor) |
IBM |
Yes |
Yes* |
No |
No |
No |
POE v3.2.0.14 (Hardware Vendor) |
Linux IA32 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
HP MPI v2.1 (On ANSYS Media) |
Linux IA64 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
HP MPI v2.1 (On ANSYS Media) SGI MPI 4.5 MPT 1.10.1 Altix (Hardware Vendor) |
Linux EM64T |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
HP MPI v2.1 (On ANSYS Media) |
Linux AMD Opteron |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
HP MPI v2.1 (On ANSYS Media) |
SGI |
Yes |
Yes* |
No |
No |
No |
SGI MPI 4.3, MPT 1.8 (Hardware Vendor) |
Sun |
Yes |
Yes* |
No |
No |
No |
HPC CLUSTERTOOLS 5.0 (Hardware Vendor) |
Windows IA32 |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
Windows IA64 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Windows X64 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
* These interconnects are expected to work, but have not been tested by ANSYS, Inc.
** Not all Infiniband protocols are valid for every Vendor's firmware. The user will need to be aware of the Infiniband protocol they are purchasing in conjunction with their Hardware.