IEEE Std 1003.10-1995 IEEE Standard for Information Technology—POSIX^®-Based Supercomputing Application Environment Profile -Description

Abstract: This standard is related to the POSIX® series of standards for applications and user interfaces to open systems. It specifies the set of standards and the requirements needed or portability of supercomputing applications, users, and system administrators.

Keywords: AEP, application portability, applications, batch, portability, portable application, profile, queue, resource, supercomputer, supercomputing, user portability

Content

• 1. General
• • 1.1 Scope
  • 1.2 Scenario and Supercomputing Model
  • • 1.2.1 Typical Supercomputing Applications
    • 1.2.2 Supercomputing Model
• 2. References
• • 2.1 Normative References
  • 2.2 Additional References
• 3. Definitions
• • 3.1 General Terms
  • 3.2 Definitions
• 4. Conventions and Abbreviations
• • 4.1 Conventions
  • 4.2 General Abbreviations
  • 4.3 Abbreviations for Base Standards
• 5. Conformance
• • 5.1 Implementation Requirements
  • 5.2 Implementation Conformance Document
  • 5.3 Implementation Conformance Template
  • • 5.3.1 Base Standards
    • 5.3.2 POSIX.10 Options
  • 5.4 POSIX.10 Applications
  • • 5.4.1 Strictly Conforming
    • 5.4.2 Conforming Using Profile Options
    • 5.4.3 Conforming with Extensions
    • 5.4.4 Application Conformance Statement
• 6. Requirements
• • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Configuration Variables
  • 6.3 Operating System Interface
  • • 6.3.1 Required Standards
    • 6.3.2 Operating System Interface Options
  • 6.4 Shell and Utilities
  • • 6.4.1 Required Standards
  • 6.5 Graphics
  • • 6.5.1 Required Standards
  • 6.6 Languages
  • • 6.6.1 Identification
    • 6.6.2 Required Standards
    • 6.6.3 Language Options
  • 6.7 Security
  • • 6.7.1 Required Standards
  • 6.8 System Administration
  • • 6.8.1 Required Standards
  • 6.9 Networking
  • • 6.9.1 Identification
    • 6.9.2 Required Standards
    • 6.9.3 Networking Options
  • 6.10 Data Storage
  • 6.11 Removable Media
  • • 6.11.1 Identification
    • 6.11.2 Required Standards
    • 6.11.3 Removable Media Options
• Annex A Options List
• • A.1 Options Defined in This Profile
  • A.2 Base Standard Options
• Annex B Coherence Between Standards
• • B.1 POSIX Base Standards
  • B.2 Coherence Matrix
  • B.3 Summary of Referenced Standards
• Annex C Bibliography
• • C.1 Related Open Systems Standards
  • • C.1.1 Graphics Standards
  • C.2 Other Standards
  • C.3 Industry Specifications
• Annex D Additional Standards Needed
• • D.1 Introduction
  • D.2 Portability Considerations
  • • D.2.1 Application Portability
    • D.2.2 User Portability
    • D.2.3 Administrator Portability
  • D.3 Operating System Interface
  • • D.3.1 Interfaces for Resource Management
  • D.4 Shell and Utilities
  • • D.4.1 Utilities for Accounting
    • D.4.2 Utilities for Checkpoint/Restart
    • D.4.3 Utilities for Resource Reservation
    • D.4.4 Utilities for Controlling Resource Limits
    • D.4.5 Utilities for Software Development
  • D.5 Graphics
  • • D.5.1 Graphics Requirements Not Met by Existing Standards
  • D.6 Languages
  • • D.6.1 Floating Point Data Representation
    • D.6.2 FORTRAN 77 Compiler and Fortran 90 Compiler
  • D.7 Security
  • • D.7.1 Security Requirements Not Met by Existing Standards
  • D.8 System Administration
  • • D.8.1 System Administration Requirements for Removable Media Devices
    • D.8.2 System Administration Requirements for Batch
    • D.8.3 System Administration Requirements for Mass Storage
    • D.8.4 System Administration Requirements for Accounting
    • D.8.5 System Administration Requirements for Checkpoint/Restart
    • D.8.6 System Administration Requirements for Controlling Resource Limits
  • D.9 Networking
  • • D.9.1 Networking Requirements Not Met by Existing Standards
  • D.10 Data Storage
  • • D.10.1 Mass Storage
    • D.10.2 Storage Systems
  • D.11 Removable Media
  • • D.11.1 Application Interface Functions
    • D.11.2 Utilities for Removable Media Devices
• Annex E Typical Applications
• • E.1 Supercomputing Requirements and Characteristics
  • E.2 Implications of Requirements on Standards
  • • E.2.1 Large Amount of Data
    • E.2.2 Large Physical Resource Requirements
    • E.2.3 Long Runtimes
    • E.2.4 Numerically Intensive Applications
    • E.2.5 Timely Turnaround Requirements
    • E.2.6 Expense of Resources
  • E.3 Application Descriptions
  • • E.3.1 Simulation
    • E.3.2 Finite Element Analysis
    • E.3.3 CAD/CAE
    • E.3.4 CAD/CAM
    • E.3.5 Computational Chemistry
    • E.3.6 Computational Fluid Dynamics
    • E.3.7 Seismic
    • E.3.8 Animation
• Annex F Defacto and Emerging Standards
• • F.1 General Information
  • F.2 Work for Consideration in Future Revisions
  • • F.2.1 Getting Documents
    • F.2.2 X-Window System
    • F.2.3 IEEE Standards Recently Approved
    • F.2.4 IEEE POSIX Work in Progress
    • F.2.5 Additional Languages
    • F.2.6 Mass Storage
    • F.2.7 Storage Systems
    • F.2.8 Floating Point Numbers
    • F.2.9 Internet Standards
    • F.2.10 Miscellaneous Topics
• Annex G Rationale and Notes
• • G.1 General
  • • G.1.1 Scope
    • G.1.2 Scenario and Supercomputing Model
  • G.2 References
  • G.3 Definitions
  • G.4 Conventions and Abbreviations
  • G.5 Conformance
  • G.6 Requirements
  • • G.6.1 Introduction
    • G.6.2 Configuration Variables
    • G.6.3 Operating System Interface
    • G.6.4 Shell and Utilities
    • G.6.5 Graphics
    • G.6.6 Languages
    • G.6.7 Security
    • G.6.8 System Administration
    • G.6.9 Networking

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