Communication Fabrics Control

I_MPI_FABRICS

Select the particular fabrics to be used.

Syntax

I_MPI_FABRICS=ofi | shm:ofi

Arguments

<fabric>

Define a network fabric.

shm

Shared memory transport (used for intra-node communication only).

ofi

OpenFabrics Interfaces* (OFI)-capable network fabrics, such as Intel® True Scale Fabric, Intel® Omni-Path Architecture, InfiniBand*, and Ethernet (through OFI API).

Description

Set this environment variable to select a specific fabric combination.

To enable a shared memory transport, use I_MPI_FABRICS=shm:ofi.  In the multiple endpoints mode, the default value ofi cannot be changed.

Note

DAPL, TMI, and OFA fabrics are deprecated.

Note

This option is not applicable to slurm, pdsh, and persist bootstrap servers.