diff --git a/contrib/platform/cisco/suder/debug b/contrib/platform/cisco/suder/debug
index c43d915aa1..913b2b62c4 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/cisco/suder/debug
+++ b/contrib/platform/cisco/suder/debug
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 enable_dlopen=no
 enable_mem_debug=yes
 enable_mem_profile=yes
-enable_memchecker=yes
+enable_memchecker=no
 enable_debug_symbols=yes
 enable_binaries=yes
 enable_heterogeneous=no
diff --git a/contrib/platform/cisco/suder/debug.conf b/contrib/platform/cisco/suder/debug.conf
index ab47f06eb8..ca866f8c2a 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/cisco/suder/debug.conf
+++ b/contrib/platform/cisco/suder/debug.conf
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ mca_component_show_load_errors = 0
 orte_abort_timeout = 10 
 opal_set_max_sys_limits = 1
 
+# ORTE behavior
+rmaps = resilient
+plm = rsh
+
 ## MPI behavior
 ## Do NOT specify mpi_leave_pinned so system
 ## can figure out for itself whether or not