Listing 1. iodtab Setup for the Parallel Virtual File System

Enter the root directory: /pvfs
Enter the user id of directory: root
Enter the group id of directory: root
Enter the mode of the root directory: 777
Enter the hostname that will run the manager: pc1
Searching for host...success
Enter the port number on the host for manager:
(Port number 3000 is the default) 3000
Enter the I/O nodes: (can use form node1, node2, ... or
nodename{#-#,#,#})
pc2,pc3,pc4
Searching for hosts...success I/O nodes: pc2,pc3,pc4
Enter the port number for the iods:
(Port number 7000 is the default) 7000
Done!
[root@pc1 /root]#