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'''Dalton''' is a small cluster featuring both IBM Power PC and Intel Xeon CPU's. It is equipped with the following hardware/software:
 
'''Dalton''' is a small cluster featuring both IBM Power PC and Intel Xeon CPU's. It is equipped with the following hardware/software:
  
* '''8 nodes''' with 2 x CPU Ibm PPC6 (''8 cores''), X GB of RAM, 1 x 140 GB HD SAS, Infiniband, OS Linux Red Hat X.Y
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* '''8 nodes''' with 2 x CPU Ibm PPC6 (''8 cores''), 24 GB of RAM, 1 x 140 GB HD SAS, Infiniband, OS Red Hat Linux Server Enterprise release 5.3.
* '''6 nodes''' with 2 x CPU Intel Xeon X5650 2.6 GHz (''12 cores''), X GB of RAM, 2 x 300 GB HD SAS, Infiniband, OS Linux Red Hat X.Y
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* '''6 nodes''' with 2 x CPU Intel Xeon X5650 2.6 GHz (''12 cores''), 48 GB of RAM, 2 x 300 GB HD SAS, Infiniband, OS Red Hat Linux Server Enterprise release 5.5.
  
 
for a total of 14 nodes, 208 cores.
 
for a total of 14 nodes, 208 cores.
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== Access ==
 
== Access ==
  
* Linux and Mac OS users can login using a terminal with the command:
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The Dalton cluster is being migrated to the new system. Access information will be updated as soon as the migration is complete.
 
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ssh account@192.168.9.##
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:where "account" is the user's account.
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* Windows users can use an interface program to the ssh service, e.g. [http://www.putty.org/ Putty].
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== Queues ==
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The queue manager is [[LL]] for the IBM nodes and [[PBS]] for the Intel nodes. The following queues are available:
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* '''a''': max nodes 8, max walltime 2 weeks (336 hours)
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* '''b''': max nodes 6, max walltime 2 weeks (336 hours)
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== Example PBS file ==
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A typical [[PBS]] input file script will be as follow (see the [[Support]] page for more help):
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>!/bin/sh --login
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>PBS -N ''jobname''
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>PBS -A ''account''
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>PBS -q ####################
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>PBS -l nodes=''n''
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>PBS -w ''time in hh:mm:ss format''
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''commands to execute''
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while a typical [[LL]] input file script will be as follow (see the [[Support]] page for more help):
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Boh?
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''commands to execute''
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where the parts in ''italic'' should be changed as appropriate.
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Latest revision as of 12:09, 19 November 2021

Description

Dalton is a small cluster featuring both IBM Power PC and Intel Xeon CPU's. It is equipped with the following hardware/software:

  • 8 nodes with 2 x CPU Ibm PPC6 (8 cores), 24 GB of RAM, 1 x 140 GB HD SAS, Infiniband, OS Red Hat Linux Server Enterprise release 5.3.
  • 6 nodes with 2 x CPU Intel Xeon X5650 2.6 GHz (12 cores), 48 GB of RAM, 2 x 300 GB HD SAS, Infiniband, OS Red Hat Linux Server Enterprise release 5.5.

for a total of 14 nodes, 208 cores.


Access

The Dalton cluster is being migrated to the new system. Access information will be updated as soon as the migration is complete.

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