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<p>Created page with &quot;HPC User session 5/22/2018 The CAFÉ – The Edge of Chaos 1.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. AGENDA 1. Introduction a. Cheaha b. Hardware - Compute &amp; storage 2. Logging on – MA...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>HPC User session 5/22/2018<br /> The CAFÉ – The Edge of Chaos 1.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.<br /> <br /> <br /> AGENDA<br /> <br /> 1. Introduction<br /> a. Cheaha<br /> b. Hardware - Compute &amp; storage <br /> <br /> 2. Logging on – MAC(linux) and Windows (putty)<br /> a. LOGIN NODE – Do not use<br /> <br /> 3. Storage types and moving data – <br /> a. $HOME - 20GB<br /> b. /data/user/$USER - 5TB<br /> c. /data/project/group_name - 50TB<br /> d. /data/scratch/$USER -500TB (scratch)<br /> <br /> 4. Partitions – <br /> a. policies, time limits<br /> b. types of jobs – sbatch, sinteractive, srun, salloc<br /> c. types of nodes – regular/ GPU<br /> <br /> 5. Software <br /> a. Modules <br /> b. Requesting installs<br /> c. Self install in $HOME<br /> <br /> 6. Demo <br /> a. Sbatch script <br /> b. Sinteractive<br /> <br /> 7. If time permits<br /> a. Jypyter notebook <br /> b. R Studio <br /> <br /> 8. Requesting support – docs wiki, email<br /> <br /> 9. Questions <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Logging ON===<br /> This section will cover steps to configure Windows, Linux and Mac OS X clients to connect to Cheaha.<br /> <br /> ====Linux====<br /> Linux systems, regardless of the flavor (RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu, etc...), should already have an SSH client on the system as part of the default install.<br /> # Start a terminal (on RedHat click Applications -&gt; Accessories -&gt; Terminal, on Ubuntu Ctrl+Alt+T)<br /> # At the prompt, enter the following command to connect to Cheaha ('''Replace blazerid with your Cheaha userid''')<br /> ssh '''blazerid'''@cheaha.rc.uab.edu<br /> <br /> ====Mac OS X====<br /> Mac OS X is a Unix operating system (BSD) and has a built in ssh client.<br /> # Start a terminal (click Finder, type Terminal and double click on Terminal under the Applications category)<br /> # At the prompt, enter the following command to connect to Cheaha ('''Replace blazerid with your Cheaha userid''')<br /> ssh '''blazerid'''@cheaha.rc.uab.edu<br /> <br /> ====Windows====<br /> There are many SSH clients available for Windows, some commercial and some that are free (GPL). This section will cover two clients that are commonly found on UAB Windows systems.<br /> <br /> =====PuTTY=====<br /> [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY] is a free suite of SSH and telnet tools written and maintained by [http://www.pobox.com/~anakin/ Simon Tatham]. PuTTY supports SSH, secure FTP (SFTP), and X forwarding (XTERM) among other tools.<br /> <br /> * Start PuTTY (Click START -&gt; All Programs -&gt; PuTTY -&gt; PuTTY). The 'PuTTY Configuration' window will open<br /> * Use these settings for each of the clusters that you would like to configure<br /> {| border=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;5&quot;<br /> !Field<br /> !Cheaha Settings<br /> |-<br /> |'''Host Name (or IP address)'''<br /> |cheaha.rc.uab.edu<br /> |-<br /> |'''Port'''<br /> |22<br /> |-<br /> |'''Protocol'''<br /> |SSH<br /> |-<br /> |'''Saved Sessions'''<br /> |cheaha.rc.uab.edu<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> * Click '''Save''' to save the configuration, repeat the previous steps for the other clusters<br /> * The next time you start PuTTY, simply double click on the cluster name under the 'Saved Sessions' list</div>

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