Set-up for High Performance Computing on Windows
i) Download and install WinSCP. WinSCP can be downloaded from https://winscp.net/eng/download.php.
ii) Download Putty. Putty must be in (C:\Program Files (x86)). It can be downloaded from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html.
iii) Open WinSCP.
iv) Enter hostname “halstead.rcac.purdue.edu”.
v) Enter your username and password.
vi) Go to your directory on Halstead “scratch/Halstead/(first letter of username)/username”.
vii) Make a new directory “Abaqus”.
viii) Create two tex files abaqus_v6.env and script.sh.
ix) abaqus_v6.env should contain the following three lines
mp_mode = MPI
mp_mpirun_options = ‘-UDAPL ‘
memory = ’115 gb’
x) script.sh file should contain the following lines
#PBS -l walltime=30:00:00,nodes=3:ppn=8
#PBS -q standby
#PBS -j oe
#PBS -N abaqus
#PBS -m e
#PBS -n
# NP=20 #!How many procs/nodes do I have?
source /etc/profile
#module load unsupported
#module load abaqus/6.10-1
module load abaqus/6.14-6
#export MPI_REMSH=ssh
cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR
#abq6101 input=RR1000_80_80_80_res2 \
abq6146 input=6006024R \
job=6006024R cpus=24 interactive scratch=${PWD}
date #! print date and time
ix) Transfer abaqus_v6 file and script file to “Abaqus directory”.
Run jobs on halstead
i) Open WinSCP ii) Enter hostname “halstead.rcac.purdue.edu”.
iii) Enter your user name and password.
iv) Go to Abaqus folder in your account folder by following “scratch/Halstead/(first letter of username)/username/Abaqus”.
v) Transfer “Abaqus input file” to “Abaqus” directory.
vi) Open script file and change walltime. Halstead kills the job if running time exceeds walltime.
vii) Change number of nodes (machines). Maximum: 20, Recommended: 10.
viii) Enter ppn (processors per node). Maximum: 20
ix) Enter input file name and assign a job name.
x) Enter Abaqus input file name (in the third last line: abq6146 input=(input file name).
xi) Enter job name.
xii) Enter number of cpus that is equal to number of nodes*ppn.
xiii) Open console (Putty).
xiv) Type cd /scratch/Halstead//(first letter of your username)/username/Abaqus.
xv) Type “qsub –q cmsc script.sh” to run a job.
xvi) Type: “qstat –u username” to check job status.
xvii) Type: “qdel job id”. Job id is a job number assigned by Halstead.
xviii) Transfer your files to local directory for post-processing.
Please consult “clusters101 manual” for more commands.