{ "metadata": { "name": "parallel_mpi" }, "nbformat": 3, "nbformat_minor": 0, "worksheets": [ { "cells": [ { "cell_type": "heading", "level": 1, "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Simple usage of a set of MPI engines" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "This example assumes you've started a cluster of N engines (4 in this example) as part\n", "of an MPI world. \n", "\n", "Our documentation describes [how to create an MPI profile](http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/parallel/parallel_process.html#using-ipcluster-in-mpiexec-mpirun-mode)\n", "and explains [basic MPI usage of the IPython cluster](http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/parallel/parallel_mpi.html).\n", "\n", "\n", "For the simplest possible way to start 4 engines that belong to the same MPI world, \n", "you can run this in a terminal:\n", "\n", "
\n",
"ipcluster start --engines=MPI -n 4\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"or start an MPI cluster from the cluster tab if you have one configured.\n",
"\n",
"Once the cluster is running, we can connect to it and open a view into it:"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": true,
"input": [
"from IPython.parallel import Client\n",
"c = Client()\n",
"view = c[:]"
],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"prompt_number": 1
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Let's define a simple function that gets the MPI rank from each engine."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": true,
"input": [
"@view.remote(block=True)\n",
"def mpi_rank():\n",
" from mpi4py import MPI\n",
" comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD\n",
" return comm.Get_rank()"
],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"prompt_number": 2
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": false,
"input": [
"mpi_rank()"
],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
{
"output_type": "pyout",
"prompt_number": 3,
"text": [
"[2, 3, 1, 0]"
]
}
],
"prompt_number": 3
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"To get a mapping of IPython IDs and MPI rank (these do not always match),\n",
"you can use the get_dict method on AsyncResults."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": false,
"input": [
"mpi_rank.block = False\n",
"ar = mpi_rank()\n",
"ar.get_dict()"
],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
{
"output_type": "pyout",
"prompt_number": 4,
"text": [
"{0: 2, 1: 3, 2: 1, 3: 0}"
]
}
],
"prompt_number": 4
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"With %%px cell magic, the next cell will actually execute *entirely on each engine*:"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": true,
"input": [
"%%px\n",
"from mpi4py import MPI\n",
"\n",
"comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD\n",
"size = comm.Get_size()\n",
"rank = comm.Get_rank()\n",
"\n",
"if rank == 0:\n",
" data = [(i+1)**2 for i in range(size)]\n",
"else:\n",
" data = None\n",
"data = comm.scatter(data, root=0)\n",
"\n",
"assert data == (rank+1)**2, 'data=%s, rank=%s' % (data, rank)"
],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"prompt_number": 5
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": false,
"input": [
"view['data']"
],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
{
"output_type": "pyout",
"prompt_number": 6,
"text": [
"[9, 16, 4, 1]"
]
}
],
"prompt_number": 6
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": true,
"input": [],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"prompt_number": 6
}
],
"metadata": {}
}
]
}