High Performance Computing Training

• Introduction to HPC
  • What is HPC?
  • Benefits of using multiple processors
  • Parallel Computation Models
  • Who is doing parallel computation?
  • 4 Steps in Creating a Parallel Program
  • Goals of the 4 steps...
  • Speed up factor
• HPC Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • HP-UX
  • Solaris (SUN)
  • Windows
• Network Architecture
  • Infiniband
  • Myrinet
  • Quadrics
  • Gigabit Ethernet
• Compute Node Architecture
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • HDD
• File System Architecture
  • Local FS
  • Shared and networked FS (NFS like)
  • Shared, networked and parallel file systems
• Cluster Management
  • Using NTP for time sync.
  • Passwordless ssh and rsh connections between the compute nodes
  • Monitoring the resources
    • Hardware
    • Network
    • Users
    • Software
• HPC Grids
  • What is grid
  • What is HPC grid
• Scheduling and Queue Mechanisms
  • Importance of scheduling
  • Known schedulers
  • LSF
  • Using LSF
  • LSF Administration
• Creating the Parallel Application Environment
  • .bashrc file and using it for parallel computation
  • Executables and DLLs' (Shared Object) PATH definitions
  • Passwordless ssh/rsh connection off all users who run job
  • Compilers
  • Parallel computation libraries