Introductory Class @ NUS

This workshop is designed for newbies to the ASPIRE1 system. It will provide information on the overall system setup, followed by a hands-on session where participants will go through the system on-boarding process and learn how to submit a job into ASPIRE1 compute resources.

Date:

20 September 2019

Venue:

CIT Auditorium Information Technology, Level 2 2 Engineering Drive
4 National University of Singapore Singapore 117584

Closed

Overview

This workshop is designed for newbies to the ASPIRE1 system. It will provide information on the overall system setup, followed by a hands-on session where participants will go through the system on-boarding process and learn how to submit a job into ASPIRE1 compute resources.

  • Introduction
    • Introduction to NSCC
    • About HPC
    • More about NSCC HPC cluster
    • PBS Pro (Scheduler)
    • Compilers and Libraries
    • Developer Tools
    • Co-processor / Accelerators
    • Environment Modules
    • Applications
    • NSCC helpdesk/support
    • Q&A
  • Understanding basic operation
    • User Enrollment
    • Login to NSCC Login nodes
    • Using Compute manager interface
    • Transfer files
    • Creating PBS Job submission script
    • Load environment module
    • Compiling simple C Program
    • Create job submission script and submit job
    • Create job submission script for MPI
  • Laptop to use in hands-on session
  • (Preferred to have basic knowledge in Linux CLI operations, although not mandatory)

At the end of the course, a user will understand the overall system setup of ASPIRE1. For users who have not done so, a personal ASPIRE1 account will be created during the workshop and ready to be used after. The user will also know how to transfer a file, compile a program, and submit a job into ASPIRE1.