diff --git a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/ubuntu b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/ubuntu
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+enable_orterun_prefix_by_default=yes
+enable_mpi_thread_multiple=no
+enable_mem_debug=no
+enable_mem_profile=no
+enable_debug_symbols=yes
+enable_binaries=yes
+enable_heterogeneous=no
+enable_picky=yes
+enable_debug=yes
+enable_shared=yes
+enable_static=no
+enable_memchecker=no
+enable_ipv6=no
+enable_mpi_fortran=no
+enable_mpi_cxx=no
+enable_mpi_cxx_seek=no
+enable_cxx_exceptions=no
+enable_mpi_java=no
+enable_io_romio=no
+enable_contrib_no_build=libnbc
+enable_install_libpmix=yes
+with_memory_manager=no
+with_tm=no
+with_psm=no
+with_psm2=no
+with_devel_headers=yes
+with_libfabric=no
+with_portals=no
+with_valgrind=no
+if [ -n "$SLURMHOME" ] ; then
+    with_slurm=$SLURMHOME
+    with_pmi=$SLURMHOME
+else
+    with_slurm=no
+fi
diff --git a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/ubuntu.conf b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/ubuntu.conf
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
+#                         University Research and Technology
+#                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The University of Tennessee and The University
+#                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
+#                         reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart,
+#                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
+#                         All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2006      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2018      Intel, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# $COPYRIGHT$
+#
+# Additional copyrights may follow
+#
+# $HEADER$
+#
+
+# This is the default system-wide MCA parameters defaults file.
+# Specifically, the MCA parameter "mca_param_files" defaults to a
+# value of
+# "$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf:$sysconf/openmpi-mca-params.conf"
+# (this file is the latter of the two).  So if the default value of
+# mca_param_files is not changed, this file is used to set system-wide
+# MCA parameters.  This file can therefore be used to set system-wide
+# default MCA parameters for all users.  Of course, users can override
+# these values if they want, but this file is an excellent location
+# for setting system-specific MCA parameters for those users who don't
+# know / care enough to investigate the proper values for them.
+
+# Note that this file is only applicable where it is visible (in a
+# filesystem sense).  Specifically, MPI processes each read this file
+# during their startup to determine what default values for MCA
+# parameters should be used.  mpirun does not bundle up the values in
+# this file from the node where it was run and send them to all nodes;
+# the default value decisions are effectively distributed.  Hence,
+# these values are only applicable on nodes that "see" this file.  If
+# $sysconf is a directory on a local disk, it is likely that changes
+# to this file will need to be propagated to other nodes.  If $sysconf
+# is a directory that is shared via a networked filesystem, changes to
+# this file will be visible to all nodes that share this $sysconf.
+
+# The format is straightforward: one per line, mca_param_name =
+# rvalue.  Quoting is ignored (so if you use quotes or escape
+# characters, they'll be included as part of the value).  For example:
+
+# Disable run-time MPI parameter checking
+#   mpi_param_check = 0
+
+# Note that the value "~/" will be expanded to the current user's home
+# directory.  For example:
+
+# Change component loading path
+#   component_path = /usr/local/lib/openmpi:~/my_openmpi_components
+
+# See "ompi_info --param all all" for a full listing of Open MPI MCA
+# parameters available and their default values.
+#
+
+# Basic behavior to smooth startup
+mca_base_component_show_load_errors = 1
+orte_abort_timeout = 10
+hwloc_base_mem_bind_failure_action = silent
+oob=^ud
+btl=self,vader,tcp
+btl_tcp_if_include=enp0s3