@@ -284,10 +284,12 @@ <h2 id="hpc_install_rdma">hpc_install_rdma</h2>
284284< p > Type: < code > bool</ code > </ p >
285285< h2 id ="hpc_install_system_openmpi "> hpc_install_system_openmpi</ h2 >
286286< p > Whether to install OpenMPI that comes from AppStream repositories and
287- does not have Nvidia GPU support. This is useful for applications
288- requiring less parallel processing, tasks that benefit from sequential
289- processing or high-speed core operations.</ p >
290- < p > You can run an < code > lmod</ code > environmental module for this
287+ does not have Nvidia GPU support.</ p >
288+ < p > The system openmpi package should be installed to support MPI
289+ applications that do not require CUDA support and/or GPU acceleration.
290+ It can co-exist alongside other installed OpenMPI packages safely, so if
291+ in doubt always install this package.</ p >
292+ < p > You can run an < code > lmod</ code > environmental module to select this
291293openmpi by entering the following command:</ p >
292294< div class ="sourceCode " id ="cb2 "> < pre
293295class ="sourceCode bash "> < code class ="sourceCode bash "> < span id ="cb2-1 "> < a href ="#cb2-1 " aria-hidden ="true " tabindex ="-1 "> </ a > < span class ="ex "> module</ span > load mpi/openmpi-x86_64</ span > </ code > </ pre > </ div >
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ <h2 id="hpc_install_system_openmpi">hpc_install_system_openmpi</h2>
308310build PMIx from source so that we can have both versions installed on
309311the system at the same time. This also requires a pmix-4.2.9 environment
310312module to put the pmix install into various paths.</ p >
311- < p > You can run an < code > lmod</ code > environmental module for this
313+ < p > You can run an < code > lmod</ code > environmental module to select this
312314openmpi by entering the following command:</ p >
313315< div class ="sourceCode " id ="cb3 "> < pre
314316class ="sourceCode bash "> < code class ="sourceCode bash "> < span id ="cb3-1 "> < a href ="#cb3-1 " aria-hidden ="true " tabindex ="-1 "> </ a > < span class ="ex "> module</ span > load mpi/openmpi-5.0.8</ span > </ code > </ pre > </ div >
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