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docs:update tcp tuning page
reference prrte docs for prrte tcp related mca parameters. Signed-off-by: Howard Pritchard <[email protected]>
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docs/tuning-apps/networking/tcp.rst

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.. warning:: If you use the ``btl_tcp_if_include`` and
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``btl_tcp_if_exclude`` MCA parameters to shape the
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behavior of the TCP BTL for MPI communications, you may
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also need/want to investigate the corresponding MCA
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parameters ``oob_tcp_if_include`` and
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``oob_tcp_if_exclude``, which are used to shape non-MPI
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TCP-based communication (e.g., communications setup and
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coordination during ``MPI_INIT`` and ``MPI_FINALIZE``).
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.. error:: TODO do corresponding OOB TCP params still exist in PMIx?
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Note that Open MPI will still use TCP for control messages, such as
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data between ``mpirun`` and the MPI processes, rendezvous information
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during ``MPI_INIT``, etc. To disable TCP altogether, you also need to
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disable the ``tcp`` component from the OOB framework.
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.. error:: TODO Is this possible in PMIx? I doubt it...?
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also need/want to investigate the corresponding PRRTE
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parameters that control use of network interfaces by the runtime
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(e.g., communications setup and coordination during
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``MPI_INIT`` and ``MPI_FINALIZE``) using the `prte_info command <https://docs.prrte.org/en/latest/man/man1/prte_info.1.html>`_.
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Note that the Open MPI runtime uses TCP for control messages, such as
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for data exchange between ``mpirun`` and the MPI processes, rendezvous information
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during ``MPI_INIT``, etc. even if the ``tcp`` BTL component is disabled.
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