Windows 2000 Support

The MX driver can be installed using the Device Manager. It can be reached by opening the System Control Panel applet and selecting the Hardware tab. The Myricom Myrinet Adapter should be listed as an unknown PCI device rooted off Other Devices. Right click on PCI device and select Properties to bring up the PCI Device Properties page.

Select Reinstall Driver... (even though no driver has been previously installed) to get to the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard. Advance through the wizard to the page that allows you to specify optional search locations for driver files.

Select Specify a location and continue. You will be prompted for the path to the driver files. Enter the path to the directory where the MX files have been installed and select OK. Windows will spend some time searching for compatible devices and should find that the MX driver can be installed.

Continue with the installation by selecting Next >. Windows may complain that a digital signature has not been found for the driver. In this case, select Yes to continue with the installation. Once the installation is complete, the system will need to be restarted for the changes to take effect.

The Myrinet mapper can be installed as a service that runs in the background or it can be run manually. The mapper service runs automatically when the system is booted and periodically remaps the entire network. Running the mapper manually is done with mx_mapper or mx_mapper --map-once. The first invocation starts a mapper that runs forever, much like the server. The second invocation causes the mapper to map the network once and then terminate.

The installation of the mapper service begins from the Network and Dial-up Connections Control Panel Applet.

Select the Local Area Connection that corresponds to the Myricom Myrinet Adapter and double click on the icon to bring up the Status page. The Properties button will open the Properties page. From here, The Install... button allows the installation of various network components.

The mapper is a service, so select Service and then Add... Choose Have Disk... since this is not a service provided by Windows.

Select the active mapper and then complete the installation by pressing the OK button. The mapper will automatically run when the system is restarted. The mapper can also be manually started by executing net start mx_mapper at a command prompt.