SERC

IBM P575

 


 
HARDWARE OVERVIEW
Two 16-way SMP nodes (Total 32 processors)
IBM Power-5 processors operating at 1.9 GHz
32 GB main memory per node
Two 146 GB disk per node

Gigabit network.
 
SYSTEM SOFTWARE/LIBRARIES
AIX 5.3 Operating System
XL FORTRAN 77,90,C Compilers with Debuggers.
Support for IBM Symmetric Multiprocessor Open Shared Memory Parallelization Directives.
Math Library ESSL
Mathematical Acceleration Library MASS
MPI Message Passing Directives.
Batch Submission System - LoadLeveler
How to get access
Apply for Regatta account (P575 machines are part of Regatta clustur)
Collect Application form from SERC/room 103,Application form must be duly signed by your Advisor/Research Supervisor.
After getting access, you can login to interactive node Regatta4 (10.16.28.16)  using common pool password.
How to use
After getting access, you can login to interactive node Regatta4 (10.16.28.16)  using common pool password.
Local scratch /home/hpcscratch/<loginid>  is available for Job runtime use. Files older than 5 days in this area will be deleted.
please do not install any software in this area.
Users are requested to  install software in home area and for running the jobs users  can use /home/hpcscratch/<loginid>.
Users can spawn jobs on to the P575 systems using the Batch submission system (LoadLeveler).
System Software and Documentation
Compilers
MPI
LoadLeveler