Changes to HPC systems are listed below, optionally filtered by system.
HPC Changelog
Maximum job size reduced
Date:
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 11:45am
The maximum job size on Glenn has been reduced from 256 nodes (2048 cores) to 128 nodes (1024 cores). User and group limits are still at 2048 cores total.
ANSYS default module changes
Date:
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 4:15pm
We have updated the default module of ANSYS on both Oakley and Glenn. The default module of ANSYS is ANSYS 14.5.7 on Oakley and ANSYS 14.5 on Glenn. For example, if you use module load ansys on Oakley, ANSYS 14.5.7 (instead of ANSYS 13.0) is loaded. We however keep the older versions of ANSYS installed on our cluster.
FLUENT default module changes
Date:
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 4:00pm
We have updated the default module of FLUENT on both Oakley and Glenn. The default module of FLUENT is FLUENT15.0.7 on Oakley and FLUENT 14.5 on Glenn. For example, if you use module load fluent on Oakley, FLUENT 15.0.7 (instead of FLUENT 13.0) is loaded. We however keep the older versions of FLUENT installed on our cluster.
FLUENT 15.0.7 available on Oakley
Date:
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 4:00pm
- FLUENT 15.0.7 has been installed on Oakley, and is available by loading the module fluent/15.0.7.
Updated pbsdcp
Date:
Monday, October 20, 2014 - 8:15am
We have updated pbsdcp to fix a rare bug seen with certain MPI libraries.
Star-CCM+ 8.06.007-R8 available on Oakley
Date:
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 4:45pm
Star-CCM+ 8.06.007-R8 has been installed on Oakley, and is available by loading the module starccm/8.06.007.
Boost 1.56.0 is available on Oakley
Date:
Monday, September 22, 2014 - 11:45am
Boost 1.56.0 has been installed on Oakley and is available by loading module boost. For information on compiling and linking with boost libraries, please refer to the software page.
222 compute nodes decommissioned on Glenn
Date:
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 5:00pm
222 compute nodes on Glenn have been removed from service to begin preparing for the arrival of Ruby compute nodes. There have been no other associated system changes. Jobs on Glenn may see more frequent waits in the queue than they have in the past due to a reduction of available resources, depending on scheduler load.
Amber 14 now available
Date:
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 3:45pm
Amber 14 has been installed on Oakley and Glenn; usage is via the modules amber/14 on Oakley and amber14 on Glenn. For information on available executables and installation details see the software page for Amber or the output of the respective module help command, e.g.: module help amber/14
Updated Intel Compiler Licenses
Date:
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 8:00am
Intel compiler licenses have been updated. This should be invisible on the HPC systems. If you are a statewide user of the license, please set the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable to 28519@license2.osc.edu before reporting issues.