diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/sm2/coll_sm2.h b/ompi/mca/coll/sm2/coll_sm2.h
index 63f1ad019e..da4be78302 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/sm2/coll_sm2.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/sm2/coll_sm2.h
@@ -67,7 +67,38 @@ BEGIN_C_DECLS
         mca_coll_base_component_1_1_0_t super;
 
         /** MCA parameter: Priority of this component */
-        int sm_priority;
+        int sm2_priority;
+
+        /** MCA parameter: control region size (bytes), per proc */
+        size_t sm2_ctl_size_per_proc;
+
+        /** MCA parameter: control region size (bytes) actually allocated - per proc*/
+        size_t sm2_ctl_size_allocated;
+
+        /** MCA parameter: control region alignment */
+        size_t sm2_ctl_alignment;
+
+        /** MCA parameter: Max data Segment size */
+        size_t sm2_max_data_seg_size;
+
+        /** MCA parameter: Min data Segment size */
+        size_t sm2_data_seg_size;
+
+        /** MCA parameter: control data size (bytes) actually allocated - per proc*/
+        size_t sm2_data_size_allocated;
+
+        /** MCA parameter: data region alignment */
+        size_t sm2_data_alignment;
+
+        /** MCA parameter: number of memory banks */
+        size_t sm2_num_mem_banks;
+
+        /** MCA parameter: number of regions per memory bank */
+        size_t sm2_num_regions_per_bank;
+
+        /* size of shared memory backing file */
+        size_t size_sm2_backing_file;
+
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/sm2/coll_sm2_component.c b/ompi/mca/coll/sm2/coll_sm2_component.c
index cf28323e4c..7f16068c84 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/sm2/coll_sm2_component.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/sm2/coll_sm2_component.c
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
  */
 
 #include "ompi_config.h"
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "ompi/constants.h"
 #include "ompi/communicator/communicator.h"
 #include "ompi/mca/coll/coll.h"
 #include "opal/util/show_help.h"
 #include "coll_sm2.h"
+#include "ompi/mca/coll/base/base.h"
 
 
 /*
@@ -51,6 +53,31 @@ static int sm2_module_enable(struct mca_coll_base_module_1_1_0_t *module,
 static int sm2_open(void);
 static int sm2_close(void);
 
+static bool have_local_peers(ompi_group_t *group, size_t size)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    ompi_proc_t *proc;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+        proc = ompi_group_peer_lookup(group,i);
+        if (0 == (proc->proc_flags & OMPI_PROC_FLAG_LOCAL)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+static inline int mca_coll_sm2_param_register_int(
+        const char* param_name, int default_value)
+{
+    int id = mca_base_param_register_int("coll","sm2",param_name,NULL,default_value);
+    int param_value = default_value;
+    mca_base_param_lookup_int(id,&param_value);
+    return param_value;
+}
+
+
+
 
 /*
  * Instantiate the public struct with all of our public information
@@ -130,14 +157,47 @@ mca_coll_sm2_module_destruct(mca_coll_sm2_module_t *module)
  */
 static int sm2_open(void)
 {
-    mca_base_component_t *c = &mca_coll_sm2_component.super.collm_version;
+    /* local variables */
+    int size;
     mca_coll_sm2_component_t *cs = &mca_coll_sm2_component;
 
-    mca_base_param_reg_int(c, "priority", 
-                           "Priority of the sm-v2 coll component",
-                           false, false, 
-                           cs->sm_priority,
-                           &cs->sm_priority);
+    /* set component priority */
+    cs->sm2_priority=
+        mca_coll_sm2_param_register_int("sm_priority",0);
+
+    /* set control region size (bytes), per proc */
+    cs->sm2_ctl_size_per_proc=
+        mca_coll_sm2_param_register_int("sm2_ctl_size_per_proc",sizeof(int));
+
+    /* initialize control region allocted */
+    cs->sm2_ctl_size_allocated=0;
+
+    /* set control region alignment (bytes) */
+    cs->sm2_ctl_alignment=
+        mca_coll_sm2_param_register_int("sm2_ctl_alignment",getpagesize());
+
+    /* Min data Segment size (bytes) - per proc */
+    cs->sm2_data_seg_size=
+        mca_coll_sm2_param_register_int("sm2_data_seg_size",0);
+
+    /* Max data Segment size (bytes) - per proc */
+    cs->sm2_max_data_seg_size=
+        mca_coll_sm2_param_register_int("sm2_max_data_seg_size",8*getpagesize());
+
+    /* initialize control region allocted */
+    cs->sm2_data_size_allocated=0;
+
+    /* Data region alignment (bytes) - per proc */
+    cs->sm2_data_alignment=
+        mca_coll_sm2_param_register_int("sm2_data_alignment",CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
+
+    /* Number of memory banks */
+    cs->sm2_num_mem_banks=
+        mca_coll_sm2_param_register_int("sm2_num_mem_banks",2);
+
+    /* Number of regions per memory bank */
+    cs->sm2_num_regions_per_bank=
+        mca_coll_sm2_param_register_int("sm2_num_regions_per_bank",8);
 
     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -157,6 +217,7 @@ static int sm2_close(void)
 int mca_coll_sm2_init_query(bool enable_progress_threads,
         bool enable_mpi_threads)
 {
+    /* at this stage there is no reason to disaulify this component */
 
     /* done */
     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
@@ -164,16 +225,49 @@ int mca_coll_sm2_init_query(bool enable_progress_threads,
 
 
 /* query to see if the module is available for use on the given
- * communicator, and if so, what it's priority is.
+ * communicator, and if so, what it's priority is.  This is where
+ * the backing shared-memory file is created.
  */
 struct mca_coll_base_module_1_1_0_t *
 mca_coll_sm2_comm_query(struct ompi_communicator_t *comm, int *priority)
 {
     /* local variables */
     mca_coll_sm2_module_t *sm_module;
+    size_t coll_sm2_comm_backing_file_size=0;
+    size_t coll_sm2_per_proc_segment_size=0;
+    int group_size;
+    size_t alignment,size,size_tot,size_tot_per_proc_per_seg;
+    size_t tot_size_per_bank,size_tot_per_segment;
+    size_t tot_size_mem_banks;
+    size_t ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment;
+    size_t mem_management_per_proc_per_block;
+    size_t mem_management_per_proc;
+    size_t mem_management_total;
+    size_t size_sm2_backing_file;
+
+    /*
+     * This is activated only for intra-communicators
+     */
+    if (OMPI_COMM_IS_INTER(comm) ) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Use only if more than on proc in the communicator
+     */
+    if (1 == ompi_comm_size(comm) ) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* check to see if all procs are on the same node, and therefore
+     *   can communicate using shared memory
+     */
+    if ( !have_local_peers(comm->c_local_group, ompi_comm_size(comm))) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     /* Get our priority */
-    *priority = mca_coll_sm2_component.sm_priority;
+    *priority = mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_priority;
 
     /* allocate and initialize an sm-v2  module */
     sm_module = OBJ_NEW(mca_coll_sm2_module_t);
@@ -196,6 +290,87 @@ mca_coll_sm2_comm_query(struct ompi_communicator_t *comm, int *priority)
     sm_module->super.coll_scan       = NULL;
     sm_module->super.coll_scatter    = NULL;
     sm_module->super.coll_scatterv   = NULL;
+
+    /* 
+     * create backing file 
+     */
+
+    /*
+     * set group size
+     */
+    group_size=ompi_comm_size(comm);
+
+    /* 
+     * get control region size 
+     */ 
+    /* just enough place for one flag per process */
+    ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment=sizeof(int);
+    if( mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_ctl_size_per_proc > ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment )
+        ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment=mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_ctl_size_per_proc;
+    ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment=ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment * group_size ;
+   
+    /* pad this up to the alignment needed by the data segment, as the
+     * that data segment will directly follow the control segment in
+     * memory.
+     */
+    alignment=mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_data_alignment;
+    ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment=
+        (alignment + ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment -1) / alignment;
+    ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment*=alignment;
+    mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_ctl_size_allocated=ctl_memory_per_proc_per_segment;
+
+    /* get data region size - allocation happens on a page granularity, with
+     * a minimum of a page allocated per proc, so adjust to this
+     */
+    size=mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_data_seg_size;
+    if( size > mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_max_data_seg_size )
+        size=mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_max_data_seg_size;
+    size_tot_per_proc_per_seg=size+ mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_ctl_size_allocated;
+    if( size_tot_per_proc_per_seg < getpagesize())
+        size_tot_per_proc_per_seg=getpagesize();
+    /* round this up to the nearest integer page-size multiple */
+    size_tot_per_proc_per_seg= ( size_tot_per_proc_per_seg + getpagesize() - 1)/
+        getpagesize();
+    size_tot_per_proc_per_seg*=getpagesize();
+
+    /* compute segment memory needed */
+    size_tot_per_segment=group_size * size_tot_per_proc_per_seg ;
+
+    /* compute memory per bank */
+    tot_size_per_bank=size_tot_per_segment*mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_num_regions_per_bank;
+
+    /* compute total memory in the memory banks */
+    tot_size_mem_banks=tot_size_per_bank*mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_num_mem_banks;
+
+    /* compute the amount of memory needed for the anynchromous barriers used to
+     *   manage the memory resources.
+     */
+    /* for each bank, 2 sets of barrier buffers */
+    mem_management_per_proc_per_block= 2 * CACHE_LINE_SIZE ;
+    /* add in number of banks */
+    mem_management_per_proc= mem_management_per_proc_per_block *
+        mca_coll_sm2_component.sm2_num_mem_banks;
+    /* round up to page multiples */
+    mem_management_per_proc=(mem_management_per_proc +
+            getpagesize() -1 ) / getpagesize();
+    mem_management_per_proc*=getpagesize();
+
+    /* total memory management required */
+    mem_management_total=mem_management_per_proc * group_size;
+
+    /* total size of backing file */
+    size_sm2_backing_file=mem_management_total+tot_size_mem_banks;
+
+    /* allocate backing file */
+
+    /* initialize local counters */
+
+    /* set pointers */
+
+    /* touch pages to apply memory affinity - Note: do we really need this or will
+     * the algorithms do this */
+
+    /* return */
     return &(sm_module->super);
 
 }
@@ -207,6 +382,15 @@ static int
 sm2_module_enable(struct mca_coll_base_module_1_1_0_t *module,
                          struct ompi_communicator_t *comm)
 {
+    /* local variables */
+    char output_buffer[2*MPI_MAX_OBJECT_NAME];
+
+    memset(&output_buffer[0],0,sizeof(output_buffer));
+    snprintf(output_buffer,sizeof(output_buffer),"%s (cid %d)", comm->c_name,
+                       comm->c_contextid);
+    opal_output_verbose(10, mca_coll_base_output,
+            "coll:sm2:enable: new communicator: %s", output_buffer);
+
     /* All done */
     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
 }