ETLAB SHARED HPC FACILITY USER BOOTCAMP 2008
| Purpose: |
In order to provide ETLab Shared HPC Facility users with up-to-date information about available clusters and the technologies associated with them, this boot camp is designed to cover subjects of general interest and issues associated with specific cluster environment. A Q&A session is also arranged to provide the opportunity for the system administration and programmer staff to answer and try to help resolve users’ questions or standing problems on a face-to-face manner. |
| Date: |
September 26, 2008 |
| Location: |
Ryals 407 |
| Format: |
General subjects related to the HPC usage |
| Attendees: |
All users are welcome. Please email to ashih@uab.edu to reserve your seat. |
| Wiki Page: |
HPC - High Performance Computing |
| TIME |
TOPIC |
SPEAKER |
Resource(s) |
| 8:45-9:00 |
Coffee and Registration |
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|
| 9:00-9:20 |
Welcome and Opening Remark |
Sheila Sanders (Vice President of IT) |
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| Linda Lucas (Dean, SOE) |
|
| 9:20-9:40 |
Cluster environment:
| i. |
Background and Overview |
| ii. |
Existing Resources |
| iii. |
Use Policies |
| iv. |
What services are provided, and what are not. |
|
Alan Shih (Director, ETLab) |
|
| 9:40-10:20 |
Cluster Configurations
| i. |
What is a headnode |
| ii. |
How to report a problem (ETLab HPC trouble ticket system) |
| iv. |
Cluster Wiki page |
|
Tommy Foley (Director, SOE IT) |
|
| 10:20-10:30 |
Break |
|
|
| 10:30-11:00 |
Linux commands
| i. |
Basic commands (ls, cd, pwd, and other) |
| ii. |
Bash/csh/tcsh... |
| iii. |
Advanced topics (scripting, how and where to get information, etc.) |
|
Mike Hanby (HPC System Admin, SOE) |
|
| 1:00-1:45 |
Job Queuing Systems
| i. |
SGE |
| ii. |
Where things are (software paths, etc.) |
| iii. |
Debug |
|
Mike Hanby (HPC System Admin, SOE) |
|
| 11:45-1:30 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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|
| 1:30-2:30 |
Introduction on Grid Computing
| i. |
Grid Computing at UAB |
| ii. |
Introduction to Grid Computing |
| ii. |
Moving Across the Grid |
|
John-Paul Robinson (System Programmer Lead, UAB-IT) |
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| Poornima Pochana (HPC Services, IT) |
|
| Enis Afgan (CIS) |
|
| 2:30-3:00 |
Q&A session and user suggestions |
Alan Shih (Director, ETLab) |
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| 3:00 |
BOOT CAMP ADJOURN |
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