MSC Nastran 2007 r1 Hardware and Software Requirements


General Notes

  • The plans described here are tentative and subject to change.
  • The OS version is the planned build level. Systems can be expected to run on later OS versions where the provider of the OS advertises upward compatibility. In some instances, later versions are also cited if they warrant special mention.
  • In all cases, the Max Open Core is limited by the user's resource limits and the available swap space.
  • In all cases, the Max File Size is limited by the user's resource limits and the available disk space.
  • All platforms have a default BUFFSIZE of 8193 and a MAXIMUM BUFFSIZE of 65537.
  • All platforms, except NEC, limit the number of users on a single computer using nodelock authorization.
  • DMP versions are expected for all MPI-capable systems.
  • The UNIX MD R2 CDs include the FLEXlm V10.8 server software for HP Alpha Tru64, HP 9000, HPUX IA64, IBM pSeries, Linux, Silicon Graphics, and Sun. The identical software is also available in the Patran CDs.
  • SOL600 and SOL700 are not supported on CRAY, NEC, or Fujitsu

Online Documentation

  • Not yet available.

Vendor
Model
Processor
OS
Architecture
OS
Compatibility
Max Open
Core 
(MW)
Max File Size
(GB)
Special
I/O
Features
Parallel
Authorization
Compilers
Comments
Cray C90
C90, T90
UNICOS 10.0
unicosc90
 
unlimited
unlimited
FFIO
SMP
Nodelock
f90 3.2
Dropped, Last release 2001r4
Cray
IEEE
T90
IEEE T90
UNICOS 10.0
unicosts
 
unlimited
unlimited
FFIO
SMP
Nodelock
f90 3.3
Dropped, Last Release 2004r2
Cray
SV1
SV1
UNICOS 10.0
unicos
 
unlimited
unlimited
FFIO
SMP
Nodelock
f90 3.2
Dropped, Last Release 2005r2
Cray
X1
X1
UNICOS/mp 2.5.02
unicos
 
unlimited
unlimited
FFIO
SMP
Nodelock
f90 5.3.0.1
Dropped, Last Release 2005r2
Cray
J90
J90
UNICOS 10.0
unicos
 
unlimited
unlimited
FFIO
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
f90 3.2
Dropped
HP
Alpha
EV-6, EV-5
Tru64 5.1A
alpha
 
2048
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
f90 5.5-2602
cc V6.4-014-46B7O
Released
EV-6, EV-5
Tru64 5.1A Compaq MPI 1.9.6
DMP
Released
HP
Alpha
EV-6, EV-5
Windows NT 4.0
alpha
 
25
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
N/A
Dropped, Compaq no longer supports.
Fujitsu
PrimePower
Solaris 8 MPI 2
solaris
 
2048
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer
DMP
Concurrent, nodelock
f90 5.2, fcc 5.2
Released
Fujitsu
VPP
VPP, VX
UXP/V V10L20
uxpv
 
512
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer
No
Nodelock
N/A
Dropped for UXP/V 5000
DMP
Dropped for UXP/V 5000
Fujitsu
VPP
VPP, VX
UXP/V V20L20
uxpv
 
2048
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer
DMP
Nodelock
frt V20L20, cc V20L20
Dropped, Last release 2005r2
HP
9000
PA-RISC 1.1
HP-UX 10.20
hpux
 
2048
unlimited
Large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
f77 10.2
Dropped, Last Release 2004r3
PA-RISC 2.0
N/A
Dropped
V-Class 
PA-RISC 2.0
HP-UX 11.0
f90 2.6.5 cc 11.11
Released
V-Class 
PA-RISC 2.0
HP-UX 11.0 MPI 2.0
DMP
Released
HP-UX
IA64
IA64
HP-UX 11.23

MPI 2.0
IA64
 
2048
unlimited
Large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
f90 v2.8.7, cc 6.02
Released
DMP
Released
IBM
pSeries
PowerClassic
AIX 4.3.2
aix
 
512
unlimited
MIO,
File mapping,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
xlf 6.1.0.1 , xlc 3.6.6.0
Dropped
Last Release 2004r3
Power3
Dropped
Last Release 2004r3
PowerClassic
AIX 4.3.2 
POE 2.4
DMP
Dropped
Last Release 2004r3
Power3
Dropped
Last Release 2004r3
IBM
pSeries
64-bit
Power3,4,5
AIX 5.1
aix
5.2, 5.3
2048
unlimited
MIO,
File mapping,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
xlf 8.1 , vac 6.0
Released
AIX 5.1 
POE 3.2
DMP
Released
IBM
pSeries
Power 5
Linux 2.6.5

LAM

aix
 
2048
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
Linux
Evaluating
DMP
Evaluating
Intel x86 and com-
patibles
386+
Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP
i386
XP-SP1,SP2
Server2003
XP-64
512
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
Intel 8.1
Released
DMP
Evaluating
Intel x86 and com-
patibles
386+
Linux 2.4.18

LAM 7.0.4
i386
512
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
Intel 8.1
Released
DMP
Released
Intel IA64 and com-
patibles
IA64
Linux 2.4.x

LAM 7.0.4
IA64
2048
unlimited
HPIO,
File mapping,
large buffer,
FFIO
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
Intel 9.1
Released
DMP
Released
Intel
x86-64
and com-
patibles
x86-64
Windows XP

MPI
x86-64
 
2048
unlimited
HPIO,
File mapping,
large buffer,
FFIO
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
Intel 8.1
Released
DMP
Evaluating
Intel
x86-64
and com-
patibles
x86-64
Linux 2.4.21

glibc 2.3.2

LAM 7.0.4
x86-64
2048
unlimited
HPIO,
File mapping,
large buffer,
FFIO
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
Intel 9.1
Released
DMP
Released
NEC
SX-6,
SX-7,
SX-8
SX-6, SX-7, SX-8
SUPER-UX 15.1 
MPI/SX 5.0,6.1
SUPER-UX
 
2048
unlimited
HPIO,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
f90.1.0 Rev 186
Planned
DMP
Planned
Silicon Graphics
R4K
R4K, R5K
IRIX 6.5
irix
 
512
2
File mapping,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
f77 6.2
Dropped, Last Release 2004r3
Silicon Graphics
R8K
R8K, R10K
IRIX64 6.5
irix64
 
2048
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer,
FFIO
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
f90 7.4, cc 7.3
Released
R8K, R10K
IRIX64 6.5 
Array Services 3.5 
MPT 1.5.3
DMP
Released
Sun
SPARC
SuperSPARC
Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 7
solaris
Solaris 9,10
2048
unlimited
File mapping,
large buffer
SMP
Concurrent, nodelock
N/A
Dropped, Last release 70.7
UltraSPARC
Solaris 8
f90 S1S11
Released
UltraSPARC
Solaris 8 
HPC 5.0
DMP
Released