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Jan 04, 2016
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Misbah Mubarak
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@@ -16,15 +16,30 @@ network is determined by N = p ∗ a ∗ g.
Our ROSS dragonfly model uses the configuration a=2p=2h for modeling the
dragonfly topology. Full-sized network packets (default size: 512 bytes) are
broken into smaller
packet chunk
s (default size: 32 bytes) for transportation
over the network. ROSS dragonfly model supports
three
different forms of
broken into smaller
flit
s (default size: 32 bytes) for transportation
over the network. ROSS dragonfly model supports
four
different forms of
routing: minimal: packet is sent directly from the source group to destination
group over the single global channel connecting the source and destination
groups. non-minimal: packet is first sent to an intermediate group and then to
the destination group. This type of routing helps to load balance the network
traffic under some traffic patterns which congest the single global channel
connecting the two groups. adaptive routing: a congestion sensing algorithm is
used to choose the minimal or non-minimal path for the packet.
groups. non-minimal: packet is first sent to a randomly selected intermediate
group and then to the destination group. This type of routing helps to load
balance the network traffic under some traffic patterns which congest the
single global channel connecting the two groups. adaptive routing: a
congestion sensing algorithm is used to choose the minimal or non-minimal path
for the packet. progressive adaptive routing: decision to take minimal route is
re-assessed as long as the packet stays in the source group.
A credit-based flow control system is used to maintain congestion control in
the dragonfly. In credit-based flow control, the upstream node/routers keep a
count of free buffer slots in the downstream nodes/routers. If buffer space is
not available for the next channel, the flit is placed in a pending queue until
a credit arrives for that channel.
When using non-minimal or adaptive routing, each flit is forwarded to a random
global channel due to which the flits may arrive out-of-order at the receiving
destination node LP. Therefore, we keep a count of the flits arriving at the
destination dragonfly node LP and once all flits of a message arrive, an event
is invoked at the corresponding model-net LP, which notifies the higher level
MPI simulation layer about message arrival.
ROSS models are made up of a collection of logical processes (LPs). Each LP
models a distinct component of the system. LPs interact with one another
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Some other dragonfly specific parameters in the PARAMS section are
- num_vcs: number of virtual channels connecting a router-router, node-router (default set to 1)
- local_vc_size: Number of packet chunks (default: 32 bytes) that can fit in the channel connecting routers
- local_vc_size: Bytes (default: 8 KiB) that can fit in the channel connecting routers
within the same group.
- chunk_size: A full-sized packet of 'packet_size' is divided into smaller
packet chunks for transporation
(default set to 64 bytes).
- global_vc_size:
Number of packet chunks (default: 32 bytes
) that can fit in the global channel connecting
- chunk_size: A full-sized packet of 'packet_size' is divided into smaller
flits for transporation
(default set to 64 bytes).
- global_vc_size:
Bytes (default: 16 KiB
) that can fit in the global channel connecting
two groups with each other.
- cn_vc_size:
Number of packet chunks (default: 32 bytes
) that can fit in the channel connecting the network
- cn_vc_size:
Bytes (default: 8 KiB
) that can fit in the channel connecting the network
node with its router.
- local_bandwidth: bandwidth of the channels in GiB/sec connecting the routers within the same group.
- global_bandwidth: bandwidth of the global channels in GiB/sec connecting routers of two different groups. Note than
each router has 'h' number of global channels connected to it where a=2p=2h in our configuration.
- global_bandwidth: bandwidth of the global channels in GiB/sec connecting
routers of two different groups. Note that each router has 'h' number of global channels
connected to it where a=2p=2h in our configuration.
- cn_bandwidth: bandwidth of the channel connecing the compute node with the router.
** All the above bandwidth parameters are in Gigabytes/sec.
- routing: the routing algorithm can be minimal, nonminimal
or adaptive.
- routing: the routing algorithm can be minimal, nonminimal
, adaptive or
prog-adaptive.
3- Running ROSS dragonfly network model
- To run the dragonfly network model with the model-net test program, the following options are available
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4- Performance optimization tips for ROSS dragonfly model
- For large-scale dragonfly runs, the model has significant speedup in optimistic mode than the conservative mode.
- If
- For running large-scale synthetic traffic workloads, see
codes-net/src/models/network-workloads/README_synthetic.txt
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