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Intel^® Cluster Toolkit 3.2
for Linux* or Windows*

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New In This Release

Overview

Intel® Cluster Toolkit 3.2 provides exceptional value at a significantly discounted price for clusters running either Linux* or Microsoft Windows* Compute Cluster Server by bundling Intel® Trace Analyzer and Collector, Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL), Intel® MPI Library, and Intel® MPI Benchmarks into a single package. Easy to install and easy to use, this software package helps you develop, analyze and optimize performance of parallel applications for clusters using IA-32, IA-64, and Intel® 64 architectures.

A new Intel® Cluster Toolkit Compiler Edition is also available. In addition to all of the Cluster Tools, the Compiler Edition also includes the Intel® C++ Compiler, Intel® Fortran Compiler, and Intel® Debugger. Learn more

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Features

Adding support for Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server as well as for Linux clusters, the Intel Cluster Toolkit 3.2 assures industry wide compatibility AND fully tested interoperability of these best in class tools:
	Intel® MPI Library 3.2 - outstanding performance, flexibility and ease of use
	Intel® Trace Analyzer and Collector 7.2 – A leading MPI performance analysis product
	Intel® Math Kernel Library 10.1 – The flagship of high performance math libraries. Extensively threaded, highly optimized, core math functions including BLAS, LAPACK, ScaLAPACK, Sparse Solvers, Fast Fourier Transforms, Vector Math, and more
	Intel® MPI Benchmarks 3.2 – easy performance comparison of MPI functions and patterns
The latest releases of all the Cluster Tools have increased performance and ease-of use while improving interoperability, scalability, and the number of user options. In one install session, Intel Cluster Toolkit 3.2 saves time by providing a single interface for installation of multiple packages on both the head node and compute nodes. Help is available in the extensive documentation, online help, manuals, and white papers.
With a valid product serial number for the Intel Cluster Toolkit, you can register and/or login to the Intel® Software Development Products Registration Center and download the package and updates for one year from the date of purchase. Support extensions can also be purchased. See the left side toolbar for additional support resources including community forums, compatibility, and solutions.

New In This Release

All the software tools included with Intel Cluster Toolkit have undergone a major revision to give you the best parallel performance analysis tools for cluster software development. The following list contains just a few of the many new features included in this latest version.

Intel® MPI Library 3.2

Automatic application-specific performance tuning

Faster startup and improved collective operation algorithms for even more performance

Greater scalability over sockets and shared memory

Enhanced flexibility and control over:

-	Shared memory segment size for ease-of-use
-	OS, compiler, Python, and DAPL check for higher scalability

Added support for:

-	Intel® Compiler 11.0
-	Microsoft Windows* HPC 2008 and Vista
-	DAPL 2.0

Loadable 3rd party process manager (PMI) libraries for tighter integration with leading resource schedulers

Intel® Trace Analyzer and Collector 7.2

More reports, more graphics, more analysis, more filtering, more powerful!

Correctness Checking reports now available in the Intel Trace Analyzer GUI

Migration to Trolltech* Qt 4.x for refreshed look-and-feel

Added support for:

-	Intel® Compilers 11.0
-	Microsoft* Windows Vista and HPC Server 2008

Intel® Math Kernel Library 10.1

Performance optimizations for Intel's next-generation microarchitecture family

Improved integration with Integrated Development Environments:

-	Microsoft Visual Studio*
-	Eclipse*
-	XCode*

Direct Sparse Solver enhancements:

-	Matrix conversion; Forward/backward substitutions

Fourier Transforms:

-	Support for half-complex arrays

Vector Math Library extensions:

-	Inverse error functions, cumulative normal distribution functions

Full integration of the Intel® Compatibility OpenMP* run-time library for greater Windows/Linux* cross-platform compatibility

Intel® MPI Benchmarks 3.2

Extended support for:

-	Microsoft* Windows HPC Server 2008*
-	Microsoft* Visual Studio 2008*

Support

With the purchase of Intel® Software Development Products, you will receive one year of technical support and product updates from Intel® Premier Support, our interactive issue management and communication Web site. This premium support service allows you to submit questions, download product updates, and access technical notes, application notes, and other documentation. For more information, visit the Intel® Software Development Products Registration Center.

System Requirements

Hardware

Minimum Requirements

IA-32, Intel® 64 or IA-64 (formerly Itanium) architecture-based system. Examples of such Intel processors are:
	Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, or
	Intel® Xeon® processor, or
	Intel® Itanium® processor, or
	Intel® Core™2 Duo processor (example of Intel® 64 architecture)
Note that it is assumed that the processors listed above are configured into homogeneous clusters.
4 GB of RAM
20 GB of hard disk space (4 GB required for temporary installation files)

Operating System Support

All three architectures

Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 4.0, 5.0

SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server* (SLES) 9, 10

Intel 64 and IA 64 architectures

SGI ProPack* 5

Intel® 64 architecture only

Microsoft Windows* Compute Cluster Server 2003

Other Supported Software
Intel® C++ Compiler 9.1 or later (Linux and Windows)
Intel® Fortran Compiler 9.1 or later (Linux and Windows)
GNU C, C++ Compilers 3.3-4.2
Fortran 77 Compiler
Intel® Debugger 10.0 or later (Linux only for MPI applications)

Intel provides both the tools and support to enhance the performance, functionality and efficiency of software applications.

Compatible with leading Windows* and Linux* development environments, Intel® Software Development Products are the fastest and easiest way to take advantage of the latest features of Intel processors. Intel Software Development Products are designed for use in the full development cycle, and include Intel® Performance Libraries, Intel Compilers (C++, Fortran for Windows and Linux), Intel® VTune™ Analyzer, Intel® Threading Tools and Intel® Cluster Tools.

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