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- 9. _C_u_s_t_o_m_e_r__S_e_r_v_i_c_e_s
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- This chapter describes MPT support services that are
- available for the MPT 1.9 release.
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- 9.1 _S_u_p_p_o_r_t__P_o_l_i_c_y
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- SGI offers standard support for problems in the following
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- Fixes to problems will be made available through one of the
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- 9.1.1 _M_P_I__S_u_p_p_o_r_t__P_o_l_i_c_y
- SGI will address MPI problems in a timely fashion.
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- 9.1.2 _S_H_M_E_M__L_i_b_r_a_r_y__S_u_p_p_o_r_t__P_o_l_i_c_y
- SGI will address SHMEM message passing problems in a timely
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- 9.2 _M_P_T__W_o_r_l_d__W_i_d_e__W_e_b__S_i_t_e
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- Current product information regarding MPT is available
- online through World Wide Web site at the following URL:
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- 9.3 _T_r_a_i_n_i_n_g__S_u_p_p_o_r_t
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- For information about SGI courses, training office
- locations, current class schedules, and training services
- listed by country, contact us in one of the following ways:
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- +o On the World Wide Web at the following URL:
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- 9.4 _S_o_f_t_w_a_r_e__P_r_o_b_l_e_m__R_e_p_o_r_t_i_n_g__a_n_d__R_e_s_o_l_u_t_i_o_n__P_r_o_c_e_s_s
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- If you experience problems with MPT 1.9, contact your
- service representative. Your service representative will
- work with you to resolve the problem. If you choose to have
- full-time or part-time on-site support, your on-site support
- personnel are your primary contacts for service. If you have
- elected not to have on-site support, please call the
- Customer Support Center and report your problem to them.
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- When you report problems, use the product name most
- appropriate for the problem and refer to MPT for all
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- 9.5 _P_i_p_e_l_i_n_e
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- Customers who have a support contract receive _P_i_p_e_l_i_n_e, the
- SGI customer newsletter. _P_i_p_e_l_i_n_e provides product and
- support information about SGI workstations and servers.
- _P_i_p_e_l_i_n_e is published six times a year (January/February,
- March/April, and so on). _P_i_p_e_l_i_n_e is available on the World
- Wide Web in Supportfolio Online (http://support.sgi.com/).
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- 9.6 _A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_a_l__S_u_p_p_o_r_t__R_e_s_o_u_r_c_e_s
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- Along with the standard support described in the preceding
- sections, users of MPI have a variety of other resources
- available to help them use these products. These resources
- should supplement, not replace, standard SGI support. In
- particular, users are encouraged to use SGI support when
- they encounter what may be an MPI bug, even if the problem
- does not apply to SGI systems. However, these other
- resources can be helpful in gaining a better understanding
- of MPI and how it can be used. The following sections
- describe some of these resources.
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- 9.6.1 _M_P_I__S_t_a_n_d_a_r_d
- You can access the MPI standard in any of the following
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- 9.6.2 _N_e_w_s__G_r_o_u_p_s
- The comp.parallel.mpi Internet news groups focus on MPI and
- related products. The MPI developers use these news groups
- to announce new releases of the products and to discuss
- related topics. Users are also free to use the news groups
- to interact with one another by responding to postings made
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- To access comp.parallel.mpi, you must have access to the
- Internet and a news reader program. If necessary, contact
- your site administrator for additional information.
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- 9.6.3 _M_P_I__U_s_e_r__G_r_o_u_p__M_e_e_t_i_n_g_s
- You can obtain information about upcoming MPI developers
- conferences and user group meetings through
- comp.parallel.mpi or through the MPI web page listed in "MPI
- Standard".
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- The MPI Forum e-mail discussions, and both current and
- earlier versions of the standard, are available from the
- netlib server. For more information about netlib, see the
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- 9.6.4 _n_e_t_l_i_b__S_o_u_r_c_e
- A public domain version of MPI is available from a source
- called netlib. If your site is using the versions of these
- products contained in MPT, you will not need to obtain the
- source code from netlib. However, the following additional
- resources available from netlib might be useful:
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- +o Test and sample programs contained in the public domain
- releases that are not included in the SGI release
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- describe MPI and related products
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- You can obtain information from netlib in the following
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- return parts of MPI. This assumes the ORNL or AT&T host
- can determine how to return your e-mail. If not, use
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- +o Use the xnetlib browsing tool (which you can obtain
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- +o For access in Europe, use the duplicate collection in
- Oslo, as follows:
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- located at the University of Wollongong, NSW,
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- 9.7 _O_b_t_a_i_n_i_n_g__P_u_b_l_i_c_a_t_i_o_n_s
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- The MPT 1.9 release package includes the publications
- indicated in the chapter titled "Documentation."
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- You can access the Message Passing Toolkit from the SGI
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- http://www.sgi.com/products/evaluation/#mpt
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