The IT Division Scientific Computing Group (ScienceIT) will be hosting high-performance computing (HPC) virtual training sessions on January 31 and February 7. This is a great opportunity for new and prospective users to become acquainted with the Lawrencium supercluster and related tools.
Prerequisites:
- Registration is required for each session. Zoom links will be provided upon registration.
- Training is open to all Lab researchers and their collaborators.
- A Lawrencium User Account is preferred but not required.
- Join with your computer or laptop to participate in hands-on practice.
Please contact HPCS User Services at hpcshelp@lbl.gov if you have any questions.
Introducing High-Performance Computing (HPC) on Lawrencium
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (PT)
Registration is required.
The first training session will provide a hands-on overview of the Lawrencium supercluster. The training will include the following topics:
- Overview of Lawrencium supercluster
- Getting Access and login to cluster
- Software access and installation
- Job submission and monitoring
- Data transfer to/from clusters
- Brief overview of Open on Demand
Overview of Open OnDemand and MyLRC portal
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (PT)
Registration is required.
The second training session will focus on introducing Open OnDemand (OOD) web services on Lawrencium and discuss the practical aspects of MyLRC portal. The training will include the following topics:
Part I : OOD Applications
- Command-line shell access
- File management
- Interactive server and GUI applications, such Jupyter Notebook, Matlab and RStudio
- Full linux desktop streaming via web for GUI heavy jobs such as VMD, ParaView
- Customize Jupyter kernels
- Job management and monitoring
Part II : Using MyLRC portal
- Getting a user account on LRC
- Getting access to project
- Account deletion
- Requesting project account and management
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