KNOWN ISSUE: MFX simulations may fail on HP-UX Itanium 64 platforms


SYMPTOM:

When executing MFX (2-way FSI) simulations on HP-UX Itanium 64 platforms, the CFX-Solver may fail with an error such as:

An internal error has been detected in cfx5solve

Error loading ASLAPI from
/ansys_inc/v130/CFX/lib/hpux-ia64/../ccl:

/ansys_inc/v130/CFX/lib/hpux-ia64/aslAPIPerl.so missing, unable to autoload ASLAPI at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/lib/hpux-ia64/../ccl/ASLAPI.pm line 51.

Compilation failed in require at
/ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration/CCL2MF.pm line 33.

The following information may be useful to CFX support staff:

Currently at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration/CCL2MF.pm line 34
CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CCL2MF::_load_aslapi_load('/ansys_inc/v130/CFX/lib/hpux-ia64/../ccl') called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration/CCL2MF.pm line 43
CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CCL2MF::_load_aslapi() called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration/CCL2MF.pm line 74
CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CCL2MF::_Do('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CCL2MF=HASH(0x6000000001da1010)',0) called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Subtask.pm line 84
CFX5::Simulation::Subtask::Check('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CCL2MF=HASH(0x6000000001da1010)') called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration.pm line 2241
CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CheckCCL2MF('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration=HASH(0x60000000008919d0)') called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Subtask.pm line 196
CFX5::Simulation::Subtask::__ANON__('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CombDef=HASH(0x60000000014ba...') called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Subtask.pm line 199
CFX5::Simulation::Subtask::AUTOLOAD('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CombDef=HASH(0x60000000014ba...') called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration/CombDef.pm line 210
CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CombDef::_Do('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CombDef=HASH(0x60000000014ba...',0) called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Subtask.pm line 84
CFX5::Simulation::Subtask::Check('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CombDef=HASH(0x60000000014ba...') called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration.pm line 1983
CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::CheckCombDef('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration=HASH(0x60000000008919d0)') called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration.pm line 2419
CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::_DoGlobal('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration=HASH(0x60000000008919d0)',0) called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration.pm line 2357
CFX5::Simulation::Configuration::Check('CFX5::Simulation::Configuration=HASH(0x60000000008919d0)') called at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation.pm line 989
CFX5::Simulation::Check('CFX5::Simulation=HASH(0x60000000010b7660)') called at cfx5solve.pl line 1441

Aborting due to internal error:

"Error loading ASLAPI from /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/lib/hpux-ia64/../ccl:
/ansys_inc/v130/CFX/lib/hpux-ia64/aslAPIPerl.so missing, unable to autoload ASLAPI at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/lib/hpux-ia64/../ccl/ASLAPI.pm line 51.
Compilation failed in require at /ansys_inc/v130/CFX/bin/perllib/CFX5/Simulation/Configuration/CCL2MF.pm line 33.
".


PROBLEM:
Due to a problem with the perl libraries, the CFX-Solver is failing to process the Mechanical Input File successfully. Cases where the Mechanical Input File is not processed do not show this problem.


WORKAROUND:
To disable processing of the Mechanical Input File, either uncheck the `Process ANSYS Input File` box in the MultiField tab of the CFX-Solver Manager interface or use the `ansys-input-file-is-complete command line option with the cfx5solve command. You will also need to ensure that all the appropriate ANSYS "MF" (MultiField) commands to define the coupling are included in the Mechanical Input File for this to be successful - this could be done by processing the Mechanical Input File on another platform and then using the resulting processed file to execute the MFX simulation on the HP-UX Itanium 64 platform.


FIXED IN:
No fix is currently available.





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