| Requirements
for running QualNet
Windows
QualNet is supported on the following platforms:
- Microsoft Windows XP (Home and Professional)
with service pack 3 (SP3)
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
x64 Edition
- Windows Vista (Home Basic and Business) 32-bit
and 64-bit editions
Note: Although QualNet has not been fully tested
on other platforms, it should also work on other
variants of Windows XP and Windows Vista.
The minimum platform requirements to run QualNet
on a Windows system are:
| Item |
Requirements |
| CPU |
32-bit (x86 compatible) processor (including
Core Duo, Pentium, Xeon, and Athlon)
Or
64-bit (x86-64 compatible) processor (including
AMD Opteron, Athlon 64, Intel Core 2 Duo,
and Pentium/Xeon EM64T). |
| Memory |
128 MB free for LAN-size simulations without
GUI
512 MB free for LAN-size simulations with
GUI
2 – 4 GB free for a large network (1000+ nodes) |
| Disk |
600 MB free disk space. |
In the addition to the above, the following are
recommended when running the QualNet GUI on Windows:
- Discrete graphics card with at least 128 MB
memory supporting hardware 3D acceleration
- Display with 1024 x 768 or better resolution
Linux
QualNet is supported on 32-bit (x86 compatible)
and 64-bit (x86-64 compatible) platforms running
one of the following Linux distributions:
- CentOS 5.3
- openSUSE 10.2
- openSUSE 11.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
- Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper)
- Unbuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)
The minimum platform requirements to run QualNet
on a Linux system are:
| Item |
Requirements |
| CPU |
32-bit (x86 compatible) processor (including
Core Duo, Pentium, Xeon, and Athlon) with
SSE2 extension support
Or
64-bit (x86-64 compatible) processor (including
Opteron, Athlon 64, Intel Core 2 Duo,
and Pentium/Xeon EM64T) with SSE2 extension
support
Note: When you install QualNet, the installer
will check whether the CPU supports
SSE2 Extension. |
| Memory |
128 MB free for LAN-size simulations without
GUI
512 MB free for LAN-size simulations with
GUI
2 – 4 GB free for a large network (1000+ nodes) |
| Disk |
600 MB free disk space. |
| OpenGL |
OpenGL library libGL.so.1.2 or higher (needed
only if QualNet GUI is run on themachine). |
In the addition to the above, the following are
recommended when running QualNet GUI on Linux:
- Discrete graphics card with at least 128 MB
memory supporting hardware 3D acceleration.
(QualNet GUI may not run on a virtual machine
since virtual machines typically do not support
3D acceleration.)
- Display with 1024 x 768 or better resolution
- Graphics driver: Contact the manufacturer
of the graphic card installed on your system
for instructions to install the latest version
of the graphics driver.
Note: Some Linux distributions include prepackaged
versions of these drivers. Search for “nvidia”
for NVidia cards or “fglrx” for ATI cards using
the system package manager.
Mac OS X
| Item |
Requirements |
| CPU |
32-bit (x86 compatible) processor (including
Core Duo and Xeon) |
| Memory |
128 MB free for LAN-size simulations without
GUI
512 MB free for LAN-size simulations with
GUI
2 – 4 GB free for a large network (1000+ nodes) |
| Disk |
600 MB free disk space. |
Requirements for compiling QualNet
Note: This section is only applicable to users
who want to use ALE/ASAPS Propagation library,
Military Radios library, Standard Interfaces library
or will be modifying QualNet model source code.
Windows
One of the following C++ compilers are required
to compile QualNet:
Note: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
is available as a free download. To use Microsoft
Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition on a 64-bit platform,
Windows
/.NET 3.5 Platform SDK must also be installed.
Windows /.NET 3.5 Platform SDK is also available
as a free download.
Linux
The expat development library is needed to compile
QualNet on Linux systems. Install the expat development
library from the Linux installation media or download
site. Consult your system administrator for help
with installing the expat development library.
To recompile QualNet source code or custom addons,
a C compiler (gcc) and C++ compiler (g++) are
required. Install the version of gcc appropriate
for your system. The version of gcc depends on
the glibc version of the Linux distribution. To
determine your version of
glibc, do the following:
- For Debian-based distributions (such as Ubuntu),
run the following command:
dpkg -s libc6
- For the other Linux distributions, run the
following command:
rpm -q glibc
The following table describes the recommended
version of gcc appropriate for a given Linux distribution:
| Distribution |
glibc Version |
gcc Version |
| CentOS 5.3 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
| openSUSE 10.2 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
| openSUSE 11.1 |
2.9 |
4.3 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 SP2 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
| Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) |
2.3 |
4.0 |
| Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) |
2.8 |
4.3 |
Install the right version of gcc from the Linux
installation media or download site. Consult your
system administrator for help with installing
gcc.
Mac OS X
To compile QualNet source code or custom addons,
gcc 4.0 and g++ 4.0 are required. They may be
obtained by downloading Xcode 2 from Apple’s website
site or by installing it from the Mac OS X Installation
DVD.
Requirements for running and
compiling QualNet on Distributed Platforms
Note: These are additional requirements to the
general Linux system requirements.
Linux
| Item |
Requirements |
| Linux Distribution |
CentOS 5.3, 64-bit version
or
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, 64-bit version
or
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2, 64-bit
version
Note: Other 64-bit Linux distributions with
glibc 2.4 or 2.5 and gcc 4.1 may also work. |
| OFED |
OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
1.4 with Open MPI or MVAPICH |
| Network |
Ethernet (with OpenMPI of OFED 1.4)
or
Infiniband interconnect (with OpenMPI or MVAPICH
of OFED 1.4) |
| Library |
Expat library for the Linux distribution |
| C Compiler |
gcc 4.1 |
| C++ compiler |
g++ (Gnu C++ compiler) |
OFED 1.4 has three MPI flavors: MVAPICH, MVAPICH2,
and OpenMPI. QualNet supports only MVAPICH and
OpenMPI. Install the version of OFED 1.4 appropriate
for your system from http://openfabrics.org.
- For clusters connected by Ethernet, only OFED
1.4 with OpenMPI can be used.
- For clusters connected by InfiniBand, OFED
1.4 with either MVAPICH or OpenMPI can be used.
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