SGI ProPack for Linux is designed to enhance the Linux experience for SGI® Altix® and SGI® Altix® XE systems. SGI ProPack for Linux focuses on features that improve application performance, software development, and support for SGI's large scalable HPC systems, clusters and storage.

SGI ProPack for Linux supports features in the areas of:

• Linux Operating System Enhancements
• General Application Support
• Parallel Application Support
• Hardware System Support
• Real-Time

The latest version of SGI ProPack for Linux, SGI ProPack 5, supports Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10 and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5* for both SGI Altix and SGI Altix XE systems.

The features* include:

• Linux Operating System Enhancements
  • CPUSETS
  • Cross Partition support with XPMEM
  • NUMA Tools (dlook, dplace) for memory management and placement
• General Application Support
  • Linkless Flexible File I/O (FFIO) libraries
  • Intel® compiler runtime libraries
  • Performance Co-Pilot™
• Parallel Application Support
  • Array Services and Secure Array Services
  • SGI Message Passing Toolkit (MPI)
  • Perfcatcher, an MPI profiling tool
  • XPMEM DAPL for Intel MPI Library
• System Support
  • ESP (embedded support partner)
  • SGI ProPack configuration script
  • SGI Technical Support Tools
• REACT™ Real-Time for Linux

*There are differences in feature support for various configurations. Please contact SGI for more information.

For Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 1 and later versions, use SGI ProPack 4 for Linux.

How to Buy
SGI ProPack for Linux is sold with upgrade protection included in the purchase price. Upgrade protection provides automated downloads for the latest updates, patches, minor and major releases during the time protection period purchased. Technical support for problem resolution, fault isolation and analysis is not included, but can be obtained by purchasing an SGI Service Contract from SGI. Please contact your SGI sales representative for more information.

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