Network

The serial version of the software needs no special network facilities. The parallel version needs some kind of network for communication between nodes if you are running on more than one node. If you are not using more than eight nodes, a switched Ethernet network is typically sufficient for good parallel performance. If you are using more nodes you will need a switched FastEthernet connection, or some other fast communication method, such as Myrinet.

All commercial parallel machines (SGI, IBM, Compaq, HP, ...) have very good communication facilities, so the package should run fine on those platforms as far as the communication system is concerned.