Sun MPI 4.0 User's Guide: With LSF

MPI_SHM_CYCLESIZE

The limit, in bytes, on the portion of a shared-memory message that will be sent via the buffer list of a single postbox during a cyclic transfer. The default value is 8192 bytes. A multiple of 1024 that is at most MPI_SHM_CPOOLSIZE/2 must be used.