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'''Note''': This is a first, '''preliminary''' version (v0.01) of the HPC User Wiki. Its primary purpose is to get you started with our new clusters (FLOW and HERO), enabling you to familiarize with these systems and gather some experience. More elaborate, updated versions will follow, so you may want to check these pages regularly.  
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= Basic Information =
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! HPC Facilities
! Login
! User environment
! Compiling and linking
! Job Management (Queueing) System
! Altix UV 100 system
! Examples
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* [[HPC Facilities of the University of Oldenburg| Overview]]
* [[HPC Facilities of the University of Oldenburg#FLOW| FLOW]]
* [[HPC Facilities of the University of Oldenburg#HERO| HERO]]
* [[HPC Policies| HPC Policies]]
* [[Unix groups| Groups ]]
* [[Acknowledging_the_HPC_facilities| Acknowledging FLOW/HERO]]
* [[User Meetings]]
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* [[Logging in to the system#From within the University (intranet) | From University]]
* [[Logging in to the system#From outside the University (internet) | From Home]]
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* [[User environment - The usage of module| Usage of module]]
* [[File system| File System / Quotas]]
* [[Mounting Directories of FLOW and HERO#Windows | Shares under Windows]]
* [[Mounting Directories of FLOW and HERO#Linux | Shares under Linux]]
* [[License servers]]
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* [[Compiling and linking|Basics]]
* [[GNU Compiler]]
* [[Intel Compiler]]
* [[PGI Compiler]]
* [[Open64 Compiler]]
* [[Using the Altix UV 100 system#Compiling and linking applications| Altix UV 100]]


== Introduction ==
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* [[SGE Job Management (Queueing) System| Overview]]
* [[SGE Job Management (Queueing) System#Submitting jobs| Submitting ]]
* [[SGE Job Management (Queueing) System#Specifying job requirements| Job requirements ]]
* [[SGE Job Management (Queueing) System#Parallel environments (PEs) | Parallel jobs ]]
* [[SGE Job Management (Queueing) System#Interactive jobs | Interactive jobs ]]
* [[SGE Job Management (Queueing) System#Monitoring and managing your jobs | Commands ]]
* [[SGE Job Management (Queueing) System#Array jobs| Job arrays  ]]
* [[SGE Job Management (Queueing) System#Environment variables | Environment variables]]
* [[Brief_Introduction_to_HPC_Computing#Checking_the_status_of_the_job | Checking the job status]] [[Brief_Introduction_to_HPC_Computing#Checking_the_status_of_the_job_2| (par. jobs)]]
* [[Brief_Introduction_to_HPC_Computing#Details_for_finished_jobs| Obtaining details for finished jobs]]
* [[SGE Job Management (Queueing) System#Documentation | Documentation]]
* [[Queues_and_resource_allocation| On Queues and resource allocation]]
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* [[Using the Altix UV 100 system#Compiling and linking applications| Compiling]]
* [[Using the Altix UV 100 system#Submitting SGE jobs| Submitting]]
* [[Using the Altix UV 100 system#Documentation| Documentation]]
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* [[Brief Introduction to HPC Computing| Brief Introduction to HPC Computing]]
* [[Matlab Examples using MDCS| Matlab examples using MDCS]]
* [[MDCS Basic Example]] (for R2014b and later)
* [[HPC Tutorial No1| HPC Tutorial 2013]]
* [[HPC Introduction October 6-8, 2014| HPC Tutorial 2014]]
* [[HPC Introduction October 7-9, 2015| HPC Tutorial 2015]]
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Presently, the central HPC facilities of the University of Oldenburg comprise three systems:


* FLOW ('''F'''acility for '''L'''arge-Scale C'''O'''mputations in '''W'''ind Energy Research)<br> IBM iDataPlex cluster solution, 2232 CPU cores, 6 TB of (distributed) main memory, QDR InfiniBand interconnect (theoretical peak performance: 24 TFlop/s).
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* HERO ('''H'''igh-'''E'''nd Computing '''R'''esource '''O'''ldenburg)<br> Hybrid system composed of two components:
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** IBM iDataPlex cluster solution, 1800 CPU cores, 4 TB of (distributed) main memory, Gigabit Ethernet interconnect (theoretical peak performance: 19.2 TFlop/s),
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!Quantum Chemistry
!Computational Fluid Dynamics
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!Visualisation
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* [[debugging]]
* [[git]]
* [[GNU Compiler]]
* [[Intel Compiler]]
* [[Open64 Compiler]]
* [[PGI Compiler]]
* [[Profiling_using_gprof| profiling]]
* [[scalasca]]
* [[subversion (svn)]]
* [[valgrind]]


** SGI Altix UltraViolet shared-memory system ("SMP" component), 120 CPU cores, 640 GB of globally addressable memory, NumaLink5 interconnect (theoretical peak performance: 1.3 TFlop/s).
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* [[Gaussian 09]]
* [[MOLCAS]]
* [[MOLPRO]]
* [[NBO]]
* [[ORCA]]
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* [[Ansys]]
* [[FOAMpro]]
* [[Nektar++]]
* [[Nek 5000]]
* [[OpenFOAM]]
* [[PALM]]
* [[STAR-CCM++]]
* [[THETA]]
* [[WRF/WPS]]


* [http://www.csc.uni-oldenburg.de GOLEM]: older, AMD Opteron-based cluster with 390 cores and 800 GB of (distributed) main memory (theoretical peak performance: 1.6 TFlop/s).
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* [[Configuration MDCS]] (2014b and later)  
* [[MATLAB Distributing Computing Server]]
* [[Python]]
* [[R]]
* [[STATA| STATA]]
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* [[iso99]]
* [[NCL]]
* [[ncview]]
* [[paraview]]
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* [[BLAS and LAPACK]]
* [[EGSnrc]]
* [[FLUKA]]
* [[GEANT4]]
* [[Gurobi]]
* [[HDF5]]
* [[Intel MPI]]
* [[LEDA]]
* [[NetCDF]]
* [[OpenMPI]]


FLOW and HERO use a common, shared storage system (high-performance NAS Cluster) with a net capacity of 130 TB.
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FLOW is employed for computationally demanding CFD calculations in wind energy research, conducted by the Research Group [http://twist.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/en/index.html TWiST] (Turbulence, Wind Energy, and Stochastis) and the [http://www.forwind.de/forwind/index.php?article_id=1&clang=1 ForWind] Center for Wind Energy Research. It is, to the best of our knowledge, the largest system in Europe dedicated solely to that purpose.
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The main application areas of the HERO cluster are Quantum Chemistry, Theoretical Physics, and the Neurosciences and Audiology. Besides that, the system is used by many other research groups of the [http://www.fk5.uni-oldenburg.de Faculty of Mathematics and Science] and the [http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de Department of Informatics] of the School of Computing Science, Business Administration, Economics, and Law.
= Courses and Tutorials =


== Hardware Overview  ==
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* [[HPC Introduction October 6-8, 2014]]
* [[HPC Introduction October 7-9, 2015]]
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* [[Audio Data Processing]]
* [[Using the MEX Compiler]]
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* [[media:New_OS_On_FLOW.pdf | New OS on FLOW ]]
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(Westmere-EP, 2.66 GHz)
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(Nehalem-EX, "Beckton")


== Basic Usage  ==
= Contact =


=== Logging in to the system  ===
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FLOW and HERO<br>
Both (in case of vacation)<br>
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Stefan.Harfst@uni-oldenburg.de<br>
hpcuniol@uni-oldenburg.de<br>
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==== From within the University (intranet)  ====


Within the internal net of the University, access to the systems is granted via ssh. Use your favorite ssh client like OpenSSH, PuTTY, etc. For example, on a UNIX/Linux system, users of FLOW may type on the command line (replace "abcd1234" by your own account):
'''''Note:''' This Wiki is under construction and a preliminary version! Contributions are welcome. Please ask Stefan Harfst (Stefan.Harfst(at)uni-oldenburg.de) for further informations.''


ssh abcd1234@flow.hpc.uni-oldenburg.de
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Similarly, users of HERO login by typing:
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[[HPC User Wiki 2016]]
ssh abcd1234@hero.hpc.uni-oldenburg.de
 
Use "<tt>ssh -X</tt>" for X11 forwarding (i.e., if you need to export the graphical display to your local system).
 
For security reasons, access to the HPC systems is denied from certain subnets. In particular, you cannot login from the WLAN of the University (uniolwlan) or from "public" PCs (located, e.g., in Libraries, PC rooms, or at other places).
 
==== From outside the University (internet)  ====
 
First, you have to establish a VPN tunnel to the University intranet. After that, you can login to HERO or FLOW via ssh as described above. The data of the tunnel are:
 
Gateway      &nbsp;: vpn2.uni-oldenburg.de
Group name  &nbsp;: hpc-vpn
Group password: hqc-vqn
 
Cf. the [http://www.itdienste.uni-oldenburg.de/21240.html instructions] of the IT Services on how to configure the Cisco VPN client. For the HPC systems, a separate VPN tunnel has been installed, which is only accessible for users of FLOW and HERO. Therefore, you have to configure a new VPN connection and enter the data provided above. For security reasons, you cannot login to FLOW or HERO if you are connected to the intranet via the "generic" VPN tunnel of the University.
 
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=== User Environment  ===
 
=== Compiling and linking programs  ===
 
==== Intel compiler  ====
 
===== Documentation  =====
 
*[http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/composerxe/en-us/cpp/lin/index.htm C/C++ Compiler]
 
*[http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/composerxe/en-us/start/lin/cpp/index.htm Getting started tutorial]
 
*[http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/composerxe/en-us/fortran/lin/index.htm Fortran compiler User and Reference Guides]
 
=== Job Management (Queueing) System  ===
 
The queueing system employed to manage user jobs for FLOW and HERO is [http://wikis.sun.com/display/GridEngine/Home Sun Grid Engine] (SGE). For a first-time user (especially those acquainted with PBS-based queueing systems), some features of SGE may seem a little unusual and certainly need some getting-accustomed-to. In order to use the available hardware resources as efficiently as possible (so that all users may benefit the most from the system), a basic understanding of how SGE works is indispensable. Some of the points that you should keep in mind are the following:
 
* Unlike other (e.g., PBS-based) queueing systems, SGE does not "know" the concept of "nodes" with a fixed number of CPUs (cores) and users specifying the number of nodes they need, along with the number of CPUs per node, in their job requirements. Instead, SGE logically divides the cluster into "slots", where each "slot" may be thought of as a single CPU core. The scheduler assigns free slots to pending jobs. Since in the multi-core area each host offers many slots, this will, in general, lead to jobs of different users running concurrently on the same host (provided that there are sufficient resources like memory, disk space etc. to meet all requirements of all jobs, as specified by the users who submitted them) and usually guarantees efficient resource utilization.
 
==== Submitting jobs  ====
 
Sample job submission scripts for both serial and parallel jobs are provided in the subdirectory <tt>Examples</tt> of your homedirectory. You may have to adapt these scripts to your needs.
 
==== Monitoring jobs  ====
 
== Application Software and Libraries  ==
 
== Advanced Usage  ==
 
Here will you will find, among others, hints how to analyse and optimize your programs using HPC tools (profiler, debugger, performance libraries), and other useful information.
 
... tbc ...

Latest revision as of 15:08, 6 June 2017


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Basic Information

HPC Facilities Login User environment Compiling and linking Job Management (Queueing) System Altix UV 100 system Examples

Application Software and Libraries

Compiler and Development Tools Quantum Chemistry Computational Fluid Dynamics Mathematics/Scripting Visualisation Libraries

Courses and Tutorials

Introduction to HPC Courses Matlab Tutorials New OS


Contact

HPC Resource EMail

FLOW and HERO
Both (in case of vacation)

Stefan.Harfst@uni-oldenburg.de
hpcuniol@uni-oldenburg.de


Note: This Wiki is under construction and a preliminary version! Contributions are welcome. Please ask Stefan Harfst (Stefan.Harfst(at)uni-oldenburg.de) for further informations.

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