diff --git a/src/arch/ofi/machine.C b/src/arch/ofi/machine.C
index baefce5736..031491b94d 100644
--- a/src/arch/ofi/machine.C
+++ b/src/arch/ofi/machine.C
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ void LrtsInit(int *argc, char ***argv, int *numNodes, int *myNodeID)
 	* should not be considered predictive of proximity.  That
 	* relationship has to be detected by other means.
 
+
 	* 2. HWLOC doesn't have a hwloc_get_closest_nic because... NIC
 	* doesn't even rate an object type in their ontology, let
 	* alone get first class treatment.  Given that PCI devices
@@ -714,7 +715,7 @@ void LrtsInit(int *argc, char ***argv, int *numNodes, int *myNodeID)
 	* do *not* have such convenient labeling as something special
 	* needs to happen to get their linuxfs utilities to inject
 	* that derived information into your topology object.  As an
-	* interim solution we allow the user to map their cxi[0..3]
+	* interim solution we allow the user to map their cxi[0..7]
 	* selection using command line arguments.
 
 	* 2b. Likewise the 1:1 relationship we assume here between
@@ -741,6 +742,8 @@ void LrtsInit(int *argc, char ***argv, int *numNodes, int *myNodeID)
 	* CPU nodes.  The user could easily be confused, so we can't
 	* rely on them telling us.  This has to be determined at
 	* run time.
+
+	* 6. Aurora can apparently go up to cxi7.
 	*/
 
   char *cximap=NULL;
@@ -812,23 +815,34 @@ void LrtsInit(int *argc, char ***argv, int *numNodes, int *myNodeID)
 
 
       ///      short hsnOrder[numcxi]={2,1,3,0};
-      if(numcxi==4)
+      if(numcxi == 4)
 	{
 	  short hsnOrder[4]= {1,3,0,2};
-	  if(myRank%quad>numcxi)
+	  if(myRank % quad > numcxi)
+	    {
+	      CmiPrintf("Error: myrank %d quad %d myrank/quad %n",myRank,quad, myRank/quad);
+	      CmiAbort("cxi mapping failure");
+	    }
+	  myNet = hsnOrder[myRank % quad];
+	}
+      else if(numcxi == 8)
+	{
+	  // this appears to be a good ordering on aurora
+	  short hsnOrder[8]= {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7};
+	  if(myRank % quad > numcxi)
 	    {
 	      CmiPrintf("Error: myrank %d quad %d myrank/quad %n",myRank,quad, myRank/quad);
 	      CmiAbort("cxi mapping failure");
 	    }
-	  myNet=hsnOrder[myRank%quad];
+	  myNet = hsnOrder[myRank % quad];
 	}
       else
 	{
-	  CmiAssert(numcxi==1);
-	  //theoretically there are cases other than 4 and 1, but
+	  CmiAssert(numcxi == 1);
+	  //theoretically there are cases other than 8, 4 and 1, but
 	  //until someone sights such an incrayptid on a machine floor,
 	  //we're just going to assume they don't exist.
-	  myNet=0;
+	  myNet = 0;
 	}
     }
   snprintf(myDomainName,5, "cxi%d", myNet);