Quick start guide

• Quick Start
  • Brief description
  • How to log in
  • Storage
  • Transfer of files
  • The Lmod module system
  • The Cray programming environment
  • Build your first program
  • How to use EasyBuild
  • Submit a batch job to the queue
  • References

Introduction

• Introduction
  • Basic Information
    • Clusters, nodes, processors, and cores
    • Deciding whether you need PDC for your work
    • Who may use PDC’s HPC services
    • Account and Time Allocation
    • How much resources will be needed corehours
  • Clusters at PDC
  • Basic Linux for new HPC users
    • Using commands in the shell
    • Useful Shell commands
    • Further information
  • Glossary

Requesting resources

• Getting Access
  • Getting compute time
  • Apply for a new Time Allocation via NAISS
  • Joining an existing Time Allocation
  • Check your existing Time Allocation
  • Applying for an account
    • Apply via a SUPR account
    • Apply via PDC webpage
    • Request class access
• Software Development Assistance

How to Login

• How to log in with SSH keys
  • How SSH key pairs work
  • How to create SSH key pairs
  • Authentication process details
  • In the login portal
  • Log in to PDC resources
  • Users which do not have a SUPR account
  • Configuring ssh keys and kerberos login
  • Debugging
• Generating SSH keys
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • macOS
• How to log in with kerberos
  • General information about Kerberos
  • Login nodes
  • Step by step Login tutorial
  • Troubleshooting login problems
  • How to configure kerberos
  • How to reset your password
• Interactive HPC at PDC
  • Please note that at the moment Thinlinc is not in production yet, only in pilot phase!
  • How ThinLinc can help in my computation?
  • Kerberos Authentication
  • SSH key based authentication
  • Graphical application on Dardel
  • Launching Jupyter Lab and Jupyter Notebook
  • Disconnect or Logout

How to Run Jobs

• How to Run Jobs
  • How jobs are scheduled
  • Dardel compute nodes
  • Dardel partitions
  • How to submit jobs
    • Job scripts
      • Job script examples
      • Job arrays
      • Short jobs
    • Run interactively
    • Running on Dardel
• Job Statistics
  • Viewing information about account usage
  • Specifying what information is shown on the PDC system usage page
  • To find information about a particular project account
  • Displaying account usage information as a graph or table
  • Viewing usage information per day or per month
  • Viewing usage information for specific PDC systems
  • To clear all current selections

Available Software

• How to get information about installed softwares
• How to use module to load different softwares into your environment
  • Cray Programming Environment
  • What softwares are installed
  • What softwares are present in my environment
  • How to manage software into your environment
  • What parameters are set by a specific module

Data Management

• Data Management
  • Where to store my data
  • PDC environmental variables
  • Klemming
    • Performance considerations
    • Managing access permissions
  • Swestore
    • Swestore-dCache access from PDC transfer node
    • Security considerations when using rclone
  • File transfer
    • Some important consideration before using Swestore
    • Swestore-dCache access from PDC transfer node
    • Security considerations when using rclone
    • Using rclone to access OneDrive
    • Nodes for file operations

Software Development

• Compilers and libraries
  • The Cray Programming Environment
  • Compiler wrappers
  • Cray scientific and math libraries
  • Cray message passing toolkit
  • Compiler and linker flags
  • Build examples
  • References
• Building for AMD GPUs
  • The AMD ROCm development platform
  • Compiler and linker flags environment variables
  • Build and run examples
  • References, general information
• Allinea Forge
  • ARM (Allinea) map
• Downloadable example for compiling and submitting
• References
• Installing software using EasyBuild
  • For local installations
  • How is EasyBuild configured
  • How to install software using EasyBuild
  • dry-run installation of software
  • How to search for software using EasyBuild
  • How install dependent software
  • How to build easyconfig files
  • Final results
• Installing software using Spack
  • Setting the environment
  • Finding and listing available software
  • Installing software using spack
  • Installing non-downloadable software
  • Garbage collection
  • How to execute your software

Industry

• Practical information for industry projects
  • SCANIA

Courses

• General instructions for PDC courses
• Introduction to PDC
• PDC Summer School

PDC Blog

• PDC Blog

Frequently Asked Questions FAQ

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • Filesystem
  • Kerberos
  • Login
  • Running
  • Other

Contact Support

• Contact Support