NREL HPC Workshops - Intro to HPC Series

May 4, 2022

Please forward to interns who may be interested!

Please join the NREL Computational Science Center for our workshop series: Introduction to High Performance Computing at NREL

All are welcome to attend, feel free to forward to those who may have interest! NREL HPC User Accounts are recommended for each of the presentations to allow participation: Request an Account

Linux Fundamentals: Utilizing the Command Line Interface

Wednesday, June 1st 12:00 - 1:00 PM Mountain

In this introduction to linux, we will demonstrate the fundamental commands and concepts required to make use of NREL HPC linux systems (or any *nix operating system.) We will cover:

Setting up your computer to utilize HPC linux systems
Using the Linux command line
Remote system access (SSH)
Linux file permissions basics

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Introduction to NREL HPC Systems

Wednesday, June 8th 12:00 - 1:00 PM Mountain

Dive in to NREL's prominent HPC system, Eagle. Learn about system configuration, storage systems, submitting workloads, and helpful hints and tips!

Accessing HPC Systems
Becoming productive with Eagle
Explore NREL HPC File Systems
Systems Preview (Kestrel, Swift, and Vermilion)

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Introduction to HPC Resource Management: Slurm

Wednesday, June 15th 12:00 - 1:00 PM Mountain

Slurm is a job scheduling system for Linux clusters. Slurm is used to run jobs on NREL’s HPC platforms: Eagle, Swift, and Vermilion. This talk will cover slurm basics including:

Slurm, what is it, does it do?
Basic commands for:Submitting
- Getting status
- Killing jobs
- History of jobs
- Seeing priority
Queues
Simple run scripts
Running interactively

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Introduction to HPC Software Environments

Wednesday, June 22nd 12:00 - 1:00 PM Mountain

Getting the software or analysis tools you need for your work can be a challenge. This workshop will discuss and demonstrate three common ways of getting your software environment set up on Eagle. Environment modules, Conda, and containers all have associated pros and cons which will be overviewed.

We will provide a background of how each technology works and common challenges. Effectively managing the software you use can greatly reduce the barriers to running your analysis, promote the portability of your work, and in some cases, speed it up!

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Introduction to Jupyter

Wednesday, June 29th 12:00 - 1:00 PM Mountain

In this introduction to Jupyter, we will discuss what Jupyter is, why you may want to use Jupyter, and how you may utilize notebooks on the various available NREL compute resources. Live demonstration with methods for using JupyterHub on Eagle (Europa), Jupyter notebooks on Eagle nodes, as well as sample notebooks and cluster submission scripts.

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