Expanse 101 Tutorial

See: expanse.sdsc.edu

https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training-org/reverse-proxy/blob/master/README.md [[embed url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YbBmqUnoQM]]

NOTES:

This material was presented as part of a webinar presented on October 8th, 2020. The link to the presentation will be posted soon:

Interactive Video

Hands-on Self-guided Tutorial (using markdown file):

https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training-org/expanse-101/blob/master/running_jobs_on_expanse.md

https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training-org/expanse-101

Expanse User Guide

Please read the Expanse user guide and familiarize yourself with the hardware, file systems, batch job submission, compilers and modules. The guide can be found here:

http://www.sdsc.edu/support/user_guides/expanse.html

Basic Skills

You should be familiar with running basic Unix commands, connecting to Expanse via SSH, and other basic skills. See: https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training/basic_skills

In this tutorial, you will learn how to compile and run jobs on Expanse, where to run them, and how to run batch jobs. The commands below can be cut & pasted into the terminal window, which is connected to expanse.sdsc.edu. For instructions on how to do this, see the tutorial on how to use a terminal application and SSH go connect to an SDSC HPC system: https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training-org/basic_skills.

Contents:

Misc Notes/Updates:

  • You must have a expanse account in order to access the system.
  • To obtain a trial account: http://www.sdsc.edu/support/user_guides/expanse.html#trial_accounts
  • You must be familiar with running basic Unix commands: see the following tutorials at:
    • https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training/basic_skills
  • The hostname for Expanse is expanse.sdsc.edu
  • The operating system for Expanse is CentOS
  • For information on moving from Comet to Expanse, see the Comet to Expanse Transition Workshpo

If you have any difficulties completing these tasks, please contact SDSC Consulting group at help@xsede.org.