ETLAB SHARED HPC FACILITY USER BOOT CAMP 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 | | | | 9:00-9:20 | Welcome and Opening Remark | Sheila Sanders (Vice President of IT) |  | | 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 | | | | 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) | | | Poornima Pochana (HPC Services, IT) | | | Enis Afgan (CIS) | | | 2:30-3:00 | Q&A session and user suggestions | Alan Shih (Director, ETLab) | | | 3:00 | BOOT CAMP ADJOURN | | |
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