BwUniCluster2.0/FAQ - broadwell partition

FAQs concerning best practice of bwUniCluster broadwell (aka "extension") partition.

Login

Are there separate login nodes for the bwUniCluster broadwell partition?

• Yes, but primarily to be used for compiling code.
• You can directly login on broadwell partition using

  $ username@uc1e.scc.kit.edu

• If you login uc1, even though you can use broadwell nodes using the same procedure as 'compute nodes'. The submitted job will be distributed on broadwell nodes also.

   example: msub -q singlenode 
            msub -q multinode

• But for the compilation you have to use the appropriate flags

Compilation

Q1

• To compile the same jobs on uc1 and uc1e, you have to use appropriate flags. Otherwise the submitted jobs will be crashed. Some of the main flags are:

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