Hardware
Before starting, you have to have following hardware and software. You have at least two computers with Windows NT, SP6 or Windows 2000 networked with some sort of LAN equipment (hub, switch etc.). Ensure during the Windows set up phase that TCP/IP, and NETBUI are installed, and that the network is started, with all the network cards detected and the correct drivers installed. We will call these two computers as Windows cluster. Ok, now you need some sort of software that will help you to develop, deploy and execute application over this cluster. This software is the core what makes a Windows cluster possible.
Software
The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is an evolving de facto standard for supporting cluster computing based on message passing. There are several implementations of this standard. In this article, we will use MPICH, which is freely available, and you can download it from here for windows clustering, and find related documentation here. Please read Quick Start.pdf and manual before starting following steps.
Step 1: Download and unzip nt-mpich-1.3.0-a.zip onto any folder (for example C:\NT-MPICH) and share this folder with write permission.
Step 2: Copy all files with .dll extension from C:\NT-MPICH\lib to folder C:\Windows\system32
Step 3: Install the Cluster Manager Service on each host you want to use for remote execution of MPI processes. For installation, start rcluma-install.bat (located in subdirectory C:\NT-MPICH\bin) by double-clicking from local or network-drive. You must have administrator rights on the hosts to install the service.
Step 4: Follow step 1 and 2 for each node in the cluster (we will name each computer in the cluster as node)
Step 5: Now Start RexecShell (from folder C:\NT-MPICH\bin) by double-clicking it. Open the configuration dialog by pressing F2. The distribution contains a precompiled example MPI program named cpi.exe (located in NT-MPICH/bin). Choose it as the actual program. Make sure that each host can reach cpi.exe at the specified path. Choose ch_wsock as active plug-in. Select the hosts to compute on. On the tab 'Account', enter your username, domain and password, which need to be valid on each host chosen. Press OK to confirm your selections. The Start Button (from Window RexecShell) is now enabled and can be pressed to start cpi.exe on all chosen hosts. The output will be displayed in separate windows.
Source : http://www.devbuilder.org/article/24
Before starting, you have to have following hardware and software. You have at least two computers with Windows NT, SP6 or Windows 2000 networked with some sort of LAN equipment (hub, switch etc.). Ensure during the Windows set up phase that TCP/IP, and NETBUI are installed, and that the network is started, with all the network cards detected and the correct drivers installed. We will call these two computers as Windows cluster. Ok, now you need some sort of software that will help you to develop, deploy and execute application over this cluster. This software is the core what makes a Windows cluster possible.
Software
The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is an evolving de facto standard for supporting cluster computing based on message passing. There are several implementations of this standard. In this article, we will use MPICH, which is freely available, and you can download it from here for windows clustering, and find related documentation here. Please read Quick Start.pdf and manual before starting following steps.
Step 1: Download and unzip nt-mpich-1.3.0-a.zip onto any folder (for example C:\NT-MPICH) and share this folder with write permission.
Step 2: Copy all files with .dll extension from C:\NT-MPICH\lib to folder C:\Windows\system32
Step 3: Install the Cluster Manager Service on each host you want to use for remote execution of MPI processes. For installation, start rcluma-install.bat (located in subdirectory C:\NT-MPICH\bin) by double-clicking from local or network-drive. You must have administrator rights on the hosts to install the service.
Step 4: Follow step 1 and 2 for each node in the cluster (we will name each computer in the cluster as node)
Step 5: Now Start RexecShell (from folder C:\NT-MPICH\bin) by double-clicking it. Open the configuration dialog by pressing F2. The distribution contains a precompiled example MPI program named cpi.exe (located in NT-MPICH/bin). Choose it as the actual program. Make sure that each host can reach cpi.exe at the specified path. Choose ch_wsock as active plug-in. Select the hosts to compute on. On the tab 'Account', enter your username, domain and password, which need to be valid on each host chosen. Press OK to confirm your selections. The Start Button (from Window RexecShell) is now enabled and can be pressed to start cpi.exe on all chosen hosts. The output will be displayed in separate windows.
Source : http://www.devbuilder.org/article/24
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