Is there any way to test an MPI job before submitting it to Moab/PBS?
Sometimes it is desirable to test a program before submitting it to Moab and waiting several hours or days before it is run. To that end, we have created a special test queue that may be used. In addition, it is permissible to use the interactive nodes to test your MPI code. To do this you must use the -machinefile argument of the mpirun script. This argument points to a text file that lists permissible nodes, one per line.