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Materials
Studio version 5.0 is the latest version of the software
and is available only as the Gateway server installed on
Dell-Cluster (dell-cluster.serc.iisc.ernet.in) at SERC. The details
of the license and gateway server are as follows:
License Server : sunlx1_10
or sunlx1_10.serc.iisc.ernet.in
Port for license : 1715
Gateway : dell-cluster or dell-cluster.serc.iisc.ernet.in
Port for gateway :
18888
Materials Studio Client can be installed
on the local departmental windows PCs and connected to the
SERC license and Gateway servers.
Procedure to use MS 5.0 from
the departments:
Procedure
to uninstall old version and install this version:
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Get
the software CD from SERC library. Make sure
that same version of Materials Studio is installed
on your windows machine as that on the server you
will be connecting to at SERC.
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Uninstall old version of Materials
Studio if any. After un-installing the old version
of the software, reboot the windows machines. [Please
go through installation_info_remove procedure available
under Info folder of Materials Studio CD for removal
of the software.]
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After successful uninstall of previous
version, load the software CD and follow the automated
installation procedure. Once the installation is complete
configure to connect to the appropriate license and
gateway servers.
2.Procedure
to connect your Materials Studio windows Client machine
to license server (sunlx1_10 ):
Before one can use MS 5.0 installed on
the PC, one has to setup the license server details. Please
follow the steps below to configure your machine to access
these servers at SERC.
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Make sure you are able to ping
to the licnese server machine sunlx1_10.serc.iisc.ernet.in.
Otherwise check you DNS configuration and ensure that
you can ping to the licnese server.
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Stop Windows Firewall
- Start-->Programs-->Accelrys Materials
Studio 5.0-->Configure Licensing
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Click the radio button:
For more options, start the License Administrator
and click on Next
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Select Connections
-> existing connection and click
on Remove
- Click Set -> type Host
Name of server machine: sunlx1_10.serc.iisc.ernet.in
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Leave the port as it is
and click on OK.
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The server will be checked
and it will display port@server name
and say connected
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File-->exit
3.
Procedure to connect your Materials Studio windows Client
machine to the Materials Studio Gateway Server hosted at
SERC (dell-cluster):
- Open Materials Studio.
- Go to Tools --> Server Console --> Server
Gateways
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In the left panel
of the new window, expand Server Management.
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Right click on
Server Gateways, select New
-> Server Gateway.
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In the popup
"New Server Gateway" window,
add dell-cluster.serc.iisc.ernet.in
in the URL box and set 18888 as the
default port.
- Click on Run Diagnostics. This should
say the test was successful only then the New
Server Gateway will get added.
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Click
OK button to add new server gateway.
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Open the server
gateway tree and right click on dell-cluster.serc.iisc.ernet.in_18888,
select "Test Gateway".
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In the popup
"Test Server Gateway" window, click
"Begin test".
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After the test
is successfully executed.
- Go to programs, Invoke the Materials Studio software.
- Invoke any one of the modules and click the calculation.
- There is job control tab in Materials Studio client to submit the PBS job.
- There are different gateway locations i.e., One is My location and other is dell-cluster.serc.iisc.ernet.in.
- The default queue is routeq and click the run to choose the number of parallel processors are four, eight and sixteen values. These three values are default processor and high priority.
- Click the run.
- For job information, go to http://dell-cluster.serc.iisc.ernet.in:18888
- To stop the job, Go to programs, then Accelrys Materials Studio 5.0 and click server console.
- Click the job and filename to stop the job.
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