    NAME
         sge_pe - Sun Grid Engine parallel environment  configuration
         file format

    DESCRIPTION
         Parallel environments are parallel programming  and  runtime
         environments  allowing for the execution of shared memory or
         distributed  memory  parallelized   applications.   Parallel
         environments usually require some kind of setup to be opera-
         tional before starting parallel applications.  Examples  for
         common  parallel  environments  are  shared  memory parallel
         operating systems and the  distributed  memory  environments
         Parallel  Virtual Machine (PVM) or Message Passing Interface
         (MPI).

         sge_pe allows for the definition of interfaces to  arbitrary
         parallel  environments.   Once  a  parallel  environment  is
         defined or modified with the -ap or -mp options to  qconf(1)
         and   linked   with  one  or  more  queues  via  pe_list  in
         queue_conf(5) the environment can be requested for a job via
         the -pe switch to qsub(1) together with a request of a range
         for the number of parallel processes to be allocated by  the
         job.  Additional  -l  options may be used to specify the job
         requirement to further detail.

         Note, Sun Grid Engine allows  backslashes  (\)  be  used  to
         escape  newline (\newline) characters. The backslash and the
         newline are replaced with a space (" ") character before any
         interpretation.

    FORMAT
         The format of a sge_pe file is defined as follows:

      pe_name
         The name of the parallel environment as defined for  pe_name
         in sge_types(1).  To be used in the qsub(1) -pe switch.

      slots
         The number of parallel processes being  allowed  to  run  in
         total  under the parallel environment concurrently.  Type is
         number, valid values are 0 to 9999999.

      user_lists
         A comma separated  list  of  user  access  list  names  (see
         access_list(5)).  Each user contained in at least one of the
         enlisted access lists has access to  the  parallel  environ-
         ment.  If  the  user_lists  parameter  is  set  to NONE (the
         default) any user has access being not  explicitly  excluded
         via the xuser_lists parameter described below.  If a user is
         contained both in an access list enlisted in xuser_lists and
         user_lists  the  user  is  denied  access  to  the  parallel
         environment.

      xuser_lists
         The xuser_lists parameter contains a comma separated list of
         so  called user access lists as described in access_list(5).
         Each user contained in at least one of the  enlisted  access
         lists  is not allowed to access the parallel environment. If
         the xuser_lists parameter is set to NONE (the  default)  any
         user  has  access.  If a user is contained both in an access
         list enlisted in xuser_lists  and  user_lists  the  user  is
         denied access to the parallel environment.

      start_proc_args
         The invocation command line of a start-up procedure for  the
         parallel  environment.  The start-up procedure is invoked by
         sge_shepherd(8) prior to executing the job script. Its  pur-
         pose is to setup the parallel environment correspondingly to
         its needs.  An optional prefix "user@"  specifies  the  user
         under  which  this procedure is to be started.  The standard
         output of the start-up procedure is redirected to  the  file
         REQNAME.poJID  in the job's working directory (see qsub(1)),
         with REQNAME being the name  of  the  job  as  displayed  by
         qstat(1)  and  JID  being  the  job's identification number.
         Likewise,  the  standard  error  output  is  redirected   to
         REQNAME.peJID
         The following special variables being  expanded  at  runtime
         can  be  used  (besides  any  other strings which have to be
         interpreted by the start and stop procedures) to  constitute
         a command line:

         $pe_hostfile
              The pathname of a file containing a  detailed  descrip-
              tion  of  the  layout of the parallel environment to be
              setup by the start-up procedure. Each line of the  file
              refers  to a host on which parallel processes are to be
              run. The first entry of each line denotes the hostname,
              the second entry the number of parallel processes to be
              run on the host, the third entry the name of the queue,
              and  the  fourth  entry a processor range to be used in
              case of a multiprocessor machine.

         $host
              The name of the host on which the start-up or stop pro-
              cedures are started.

         $job_owner
              The user name of the job owner.

         $job_id
              Sun Grid Engine's unique job identification number.

         $job_name
              The name of the job.

         $pe  The name of the parallel environment in use.

         $pe_slots
              Number of slots granted for the job.

         $processors
              The processors string as contained in the queue  confi-
              guration  (see  queue_conf(5)) of the master queue (the
              queue in which the start-up  and  stop  procedures  are
              started).

         $queue
              The cluster queue of the master queue instance.

      stop_proc_args
         The invocation command line of a shutdown procedure for  the
         parallel  environment.  The shutdown procedure is invoked by
         sge_shepherd(8) after the job script has finished. Its  pur-
         pose  is  to  stop the parallel environment and to remove it
         from all participating systems.  An optional prefix  "user@"
         specifies  the  user  under  which  this  procedure is to be
         started.  The standard output of the stop procedure is  also
         redirected  to  the  file REQNAME.poJID in the job's working
         directory (see qsub(1)), with REQNAME being the name of  the
         job  as  displayed by qstat(1) and JID being the job's iden-
         tification number.  Likewise, the standard error  output  is
         redirected to REQNAME.peJID
         The same special variables as  for  start_proc_args  can  be
         used to constitute a command line.

      allocation_rule
         The allocation rule is interpreted by the  scheduler  thread
         and helps the scheduler to decide how to distribute parallel
         processes among the available machines. If, for instance,  a
         parallel environment is built for shared memory applications
         only, all parallel processes have to be assigned to a single
         machine, no matter how much suitable machines are available.
         If, however, the parallel environment  follows  the  distri-
         buted  memory  paradigm,  an  even distribution of processes
         among machines may be favorable.
         The current version of the scheduler  only  understands  the
         following allocation rules:

         <int>:    An integer number fixing the number  of  processes
                   per  host.  If the number is 1, all processes have
                   to reside  on  different  hosts.  If  the  special
                   denominator  $pe_slots  is used, the full range of
                   processes as specified with the qsub(1) -pe switch
                   has  to  be  allocated on a single host (no matter
                   which value belonging  to  the  range  is  finally
                   chosen for the job to be allocated).

         $fill_up: Starting from the best  suitable  host/queue,  all
                   available  slots  are allocated. Further hosts and
                   queues are "filled up" as  long  as  a  job  still
                   requires slots for parallel tasks.

         $round_robin:
                   From all suitable hosts a single slot is allocated
                   until  all tasks requested by the parallel job are
                   dispatched. If more tasks are requested than suit-
                   able hosts are found, allocation starts again from
                   the  first  host.  The  allocation  scheme   walks
                   through  suitable  hosts  in a best-suitable-first
                   order.

      control_slaves
         This parameter can be set to TRUE or FALSE (the default). It
         indicates  whether  Sun  Grid  Engine  is the creator of the
         slave tasks of a parallel application via  sge_execd(8)  and
         sge_shepherd(8) and thus has full control over all processes
         in a parallel application, which enables  capabilities  such
         as  resource  limitation and correct accounting. However, to
         gain control over the slave tasks of a parallel application,
         a  sophisticated  PE  interface  is  required,  which  works
         closely together with Sun Grid Engine  facilities.  Such  PE
         interfaces  are available through your local Sun Grid Engine
         support office.

         Please set the control_slaves parameter  to  false  for  all
         other PE interfaces.

      job_is_first_task
         The job_is_first_task parameter can be set to TRUE or FALSE.
         A  value  of  TRUE  indicates  that  the Sun Grid Engine job
         script already contains one of the  tasks  of  the  parallel
         application (the number of slots reserved for the job is the
         number of slots requested with  the  -pe  switch),  while  a
         value  of FALSE indicates that the job script (and its child
         processes) is not part of the parallel program  (the  number
         of  slots  reserved  for  the  job  is  the  number of slots
         requested with the -pe switch + 1).

         If    wallclock    accounting    is    used    (execd_params
         ACCT_RESERVED_USAGE  and/or  SHARETREE_RESERVED_USAGE set to
         TRUE)   and   control_slaves   is   set   to   FALSE,    the
         job_is_first_task  parameter  influences  the accounting for
         the job:  A value of TRUE means that accounting for cpu  and
         requested  memory  gets  multiplied  by  the number of slots
         requested with the -pe switch, if job_is_first_task  is  set
         to  FALSE,  the  accounting  information  gets multiplied by
         number of slots + 1.

      urgency_slots
         For pending jobs with a slot range PE request the number  of
         slots  is  not determined. This setting specifies the method
         to be used by Sun Grid Engine to assess the number of  slots
         such jobs might finally get.

         The assumed slot allocation has a meaning  when  determining
         the resource-request-based priority contribution for numeric
         resources as described in sge_priority(5) and  is  displayed
         when qstat(1) is run without -g t option.

         The following methods are supported:

         <int>:    The specified integer number is directly  used  as
                   prospective slot amount.

         min:      The slot range minimum is used as prospective slot
                   amount.  If  no  lower bound is specified with the
                   range 1 is assumed.

         max:      The of the slot range maximum is used as  prospec-
                   tive  slot  amount. If no upper bound is specified
                   with the range the absolute maximum  possible  due
                   to the PE's slots setting is assumed.

         avg:      The average of all numbers  occurring  within  the
                   job's PE range request is assumed.

      accounting_summary
         This parameter is only checked if control_slaves (see above)
         is  set  to  TRUE and thus Sun Grid Engine is the creator of
         the slave tasks of a parallel application  via  sge_execd(8)
         and  sge_shepherd(8).   In this case, accounting information
         is available for every single slave task started by Sun Grid
         Engine.

         The accounting_summary parameter  can  be  set  to  TRUE  or
         FALSE. A value of TRUE indicates that only a single account-
         ing record is written to the accounting(5) file,  containing
         the  accounting summary of the whole job including all slave
         tasks, while  a  value  of  FALSE  indicates  an  individual
         accounting(5)  record  is  written  for every slave task, as
         well as for the master task.

    RESTRICTIONS
         Note, that the functionality of the start-up,  shutdown  and
         signaling  procedures remains the full responsibility of the
         administrator configuring  the  parallel  environment.   Sun
         Grid  Engine  will just invoke these procedures and evaluate
         their exit status. If the procedures do  not  perform  their
         tasks  properly or if the parallel environment or the paral-
         lel application behave unexpectedly, Sun Grid Engine has  no
         means to detect this.

    SEE ALSO
         sge_intro(1),  sge__types(1),  qconf(1),  qdel(1),  qmod(1),
         qsub(1), access_list(5), sge_qmaster(8), sge_shepherd(8).

    COPYRIGHT
         See sge_intro(1) for a full statement of rights and  permis-
         sions.