Hartree Centre Public Wiki.

Welcome to the Hartree Centre public wiki.

The status page, user guide and HOWTO's have been created to help you initially with any problems, but of course, if you need further assistance you may contact us via the Hartree Centre Helpdesk portal, ServiceNow, at https://stfc.service-now.com/ (or email to hartree@stfc.ac.uk if you are not registered with us).

To see additional details about using the Hartree Centre resources and installed applications you will need to be a registered user. If you are part of an agreed project, and wish to apply for an account, please use SAFE: https://um.hartree.stfc.ac.uk .

Hartree System Status and Information

The Status Page has now migrated to the Hartree Centre ServiceNow Self-Service Portal Homepage.

Status Page: https://stfc.service-now.com/

ServiceNow Credentials:

Username = Email Address. (Not your HPC machine username). Password needs to be requested when first logging on.

If you experiencing any issues logging in, please select the 'reset your password here' button from the ServiceNow log in page and enter your email address for BOTH the username and email address fields. This will trigger an email to your inbox with a temporary password. If the issue persists, please email hartree@stfc.ac.uk

Acknowledgements

Please use the following paragraph to acknowledge use of Hartree Centre resources in your reports and publications.

We acknowledge use of Hartree Centre resources in this work. The STFC Hartree Centre is a research collaboratory in association with IBM providing High Performance Computing platforms funded by the UK's investment in e-Infrastructure. The Centre aims to develop and demonstrate next generation software, optimised to take advantage of the move towards exa-scale computing.

Hartree User Guide

Please note that this on-line guide is under continual development. Please inform us of any inaccuracies and omissions that you notice. Suggested additions are also welcome.

Contents

• General Information
  • Welcome - about us
  • Enquiries - contact us
  • FAQ - frequently answered questions
  • Resources - what we have and how you can use it
• Access to Systems and Help Desk
  • Projects - details of project set-up and administration
  • SAFE User Guide - how to register for a user account
  • ServiceNow - about the Service Desk system
  • Password Policy - Current password policy
  • Access - logging on, SSH keys and all that
  • JADE full user guide for the Joint Academic Deep-Learning Endeavour Tier-2 system
• Running Jobs on our Systems
  • Jobs on Scafell Pike - how to submit jobs and use the batch queues on Scafell Pike - chapter currently under development
  • Jobs on JADE - quick guide on how to submit jobs and containers to the Slurm workload manager on JADE
  • Jobs on Panther and Paragon - additional information for submitting LSF Data Mover jobs on Panther and Paragon (Power-8)
  • Batch queue policies - information on how the batch queues are configured
  • Managed Software - what is installed on the systems and how to use it. See also the HOWTOs below
• Using Software Development Tools
  • Development for X86_64 - how to compile programs and use the tools on Scafell Pike, Iden and Napier
  • Development for Power-8 - how to compile programs and use the tools on Panther and Paragon
• Energy Efficient Computing Systems - how to use the Energy Efficient Computing systems
  • DeLorean (Maxeler) User Guide
  • Neale (Novel Cooling) User Guide
• Further Information
  • Dawson - Examples of how Dawson big data systems will be used.
  • Training and Events - how to use the training facilities on site
  • Additional Support - guides, FAQs, News, etc.
  • Tips and tricks - random things that may help - all additions welcome!
• Document Repository - for public documents
• Historical Pages for Information Only (no longer supported)
  • Jobs on Iden and Napier - how to submit jobs and use the batch queues on Invicta, Iden and Napier
• Visualisation Facilities - information about Hartree Visualisation facilities and remote visualisation
  • Iden (Xeon Phi Cluster) User Guide
  • Ace (ARMv8) User Guide
  • Jobs on Bifort and Bantam - how to submit jobs and use the batch queues on Bifort and Bantam (Blue Joule)
  • Development for Bifort and Bantam - how to compile programs and use the tools on Bifort and Bantam (Blue Joule)
  • Bantam - Blue Gene Active Storage (BGAS) on Bantam

HOWTOs

The HOWTOs are specific examples of using the managed software and include sample submission scripts and information about licenses and required citations and links to on-line user manuals.

• HOWTOs - Examples of using various packages.

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