[libfabric-users] FI_PSM2_NAME_SERVER - Incompatibilities

[Hefty, Sean]

> I am creating an application that is run with MPICH, which deactivates the name server,
> so the clients cannot find the server. The man page for fi_psm2 does not list a
> possible solution in the master branch, but for the tag v1.2.0, it says that out-of-
> band mechanism could work, or even fi_getname. Is there another solution?

Typically out of band address exchange is handled by the MPI job or resource manager, such as slurm.

Even the psm2 name server is technically an out of band address exchange.

- Sean