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By ARCHER2 Service on November 17, 2021

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Introduction to the full ARCHER2 system

Webinar, Wednesday 17th November 2021 15:00 - 16:00

In this webinar we will introduce the full ARCHER2 service that will shortly be available. In particular, we will cover the process of migrating from the ARCHER2 4-cabinet service to the full service and review the key differences between the 4-cabinet system and the full system.

We will also share any tips from the EPCC and HPE teams on getting the most out of the full system.

There will be plenty of opportunity for questions as part of this webinar.

Full details and join link https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training

EPSRC Access to HPC call

EPSRC have opened their latest Access to HPC call.

Deadline for submission of TAs is 17 November 2021 16:00 and the closing date for applications is 15 December 2021 16:00.

https://www.archer2.ac.uk/news/2021/10/07/access-to-hpc.html

ARCHER2 for Software Developers

Online 29 - 30 November 2021 10:00 - 16:00 GMT

The lesson aims to answer the following questions:

  • What hardware is available on ARCHER2?
    • What does they consist of (login nodes, compute nodes, file systems, backup)?
    • How does this impact me as a user?
  • How can I access ARCHER2 interactively and transfer data?
  • What does the ARCHER2 application development environment look like and how do I use it?
  • How do I write job submission scripts and submit them to the ARCHER2 scheduler?
  • How can I be a good ARCHER2 citizen?
  • How can I check what resources I am using and look at historical usage?

Target Audience:

This lesson provides an introduction to using ARCHER2 for user who:

  • have already used other HPC systems; and
  • want to compile (and possibly) develop HPC software on ARCHER2.

Prerequisites:

You should have used remote HPC facilities before. In particular, you should be happy with connecting using SSH, know what a batch scheduling system is and be familiar with using the Linux command line. You should also be happy editing plain text files in a remote terminal (or, alternatively, editing them on your local system and copying them to the remote HPC system using scp). Finally, you should be comfortable with compiling parallel HPC source code that uses MPI and OpenMP.

Full details and registration https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training

ARCHER2 for Package Users

Online 2 December 2021 10:00 - 16:00 GMT

This lesson provides an introduction to using ARCHER2 for users who:

  • have already used other HPC systems; and
  • want to use pre-installed simulation/modelling packages rather than compiling their own.

The lesson aims to answer the following questions:

  • What hardware is available on ARCHER2?
  • What does it consist of (login nodes, compute nodes, file systems, backup)?
  • How does this impact me as a user?
  • How can I access ARCHER2 interactively and transfer data?
  • What does the ARCHER2 software environment look like and how do I access software?
  • How do I write job submission scripts and submit them to the ARCHER2 scheduler?
  • How can I be a good ARCHER2 citizen?
  • How can I check what resources I am using and look at historical usage?
  • What are the next steps for me using ARCHER2 and how can I get more help?

Full details and registration https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training

Upcoming ARCHER2 Training

  • Introduction to the full ARCHER2 system, Webinar, Wednesday 17th November 2021 15:00 - 16:00
  • ARCHER2 for Software Developers, Online, 29 - 30 November 2021 10:00 - 16:00
  • ARCHER2 for Package Users, Online, 2 December 2021 10:00 - 16:00
  • Message-passing Programming with MPI, Online, always-open self-service course
  • Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP, Online, always-open self-service course

Further details https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training

New virtual tutorials will be announced soon via: ARCHER2 website: https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ARCHER2_HPC

Recordings of past courses and virtual tutorials can be found here: https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/materials/