Welcome to RDHPCS’s Documentation

Note

Documentation Migration in Process

We are in the process of migrating from the current RDHPCS wikis The documentation contained on this site is a migration from the current RDHPCS wikis. The information here may not be full, and in a sub-optimal layout.

Maintenance Calendar

• RDHPCS Maintenance Calendar

Accounts and Projects

• Accounts and Projects
  • Applying for a user account
  • Request access to RDHPCS projects
  • Requesting access to MSU-HPC systems
  • Account Activity Requirements: Suspension, Deactivation, Reactivation
  • Request a New Allocation or Project
  • RSA Tokens
  • Common Access Card (CAC)
  • RSA Software Token User Instructions
  • Role Accounts

Connecting

• Connecting
  • Connecting for the first time
  • Secure Shell (SSH) Access
  • Bastion Hostnames
  • Common Access Card (CAC) SSH Login
  • RSA SSH Login
  • Selecting a Node
  • X11 Graphics
  • SSH Port Tunnels
  • Web based ParallelWorks Access

Getting Help

• Getting Help
  • Submitting a Good Help Request
  • Required Information for Specific Types of Help
  • Managing Help Tickets
  • Help Ticket System User Portal

Systems

• Systems
  • General Information
  • Gaea User Guide
  • RDHPCS Cloud Computing
  • Jet User Guide
  • Hera User Guide
  • Niagara User Guide
  • MSU-HPC User Guide
  • HSMS HPSS User Guide
  • PPAN User Guide

Data Storage and Transfers

• Data Storage and Transfers
  • Summary of Storage Areas
  • NESCC HPSS
  • GFDL Archive
  • Data Transfer Overview
  • Transferring Data
  • Globus Online Data Transfer
  • Globus Example

Queue Policy

• Policies and Best Practices
  • System Usage
  • Cron Usage
  • scrontab
  • Allocations
  • Quotas
  • File System Usage Practices and Policies
  • Filesystem Backup and Data Retention
  • Data Disposition
  • Managing Packages in /contrib
  • Queue Policy

Software

• Software
  • Modules
  • Python on RDHPCS Systems
  • Rocoto
  • Debugging with Forge DDT
  • X2Go Remote Desktop
• Tectia
  • Tectia Initial Setup procedure
  • Install and Configuring Tectia
  • Port Tunnelling

Compilers

• Compilers
  • Using the Intel compiler with Intel MPI
  • Compiling for multiple processor types
  • Compiling for reproducible results
  • Using the Nvidia/PGI compilers

SLURM

• Slurm
  • Overview

FAQ

• FAQ
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Recent User-Facing Changes
  • RDHPCS Office Hours

How to contribute to the Documentation

• Contributing to these docs
  • Overview
  • GitHub Guidelines
  • Workflow for contributions to the documentation repository
  • Resources
• Contributing via the CLI
  • Setup authoring environment