Jon Peatfield wrote: >> |Use sysctl to set sunrpc.min_resvport to 665 >> |(IPMI cards use port 664 also) > > That sysctl didn't used to be available -- well I can't find it on SL308 > systems. The system we found this problem on is a SuSE 9.3 install. >> Also I forgot to note that this doesn't happen with ssh. > > Another good reason to drop rsh... :-) Yes indeed. On this system the workaround we have is to use ssh to start parallel jobs (HP version of MPI can be set to use rsh or ssh) -- John Hearns Senior HPC Engineer Streamline Computing, The Innovation Centre, Warwick Technology Park, Gallows Hill, Warwick CV34 6UW Office: 01926 623130 Mobile: 07841 231235