To use the numerical and scientific python extensions, you must modify your python path variable to include the directory:  /panfs/storage.local/opt/python/lib64/python2.3/site-packages.

e.g.:

export PYTHONPATH=/panfs/storage.local/opt/python/lib64/python2.3/site-packages (for bash users) 

or

setenv PYTHONPATH /panfs/storage.local/opt/python/lib64/python2.3/site-package (for csh users)

This python module was compiled against python2.3 and includes both the numpy and scipy module.