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Welcome
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We should all understand and follow the ARCHER2 Code of Conduct to ensure this course is conducted in the best teaching environment.
The course will be flexible to best meet the learning needs of the attendees.
Feedback is an essential part of our training to allow us to continue to improve and make sure the course is as useful as possible to attendees.
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Connecting to ARCHER2 and transferring data
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ARCHER2’s login address is login.archer2.ac.uk.
The password policy for ARCHER2 is well documented.
There are a number of ways to transfer data to/from ARCHER2.
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Overview of the ARCHER2 system
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ARCHER2 consists of high performance login nodes, compute nodes, storage systems and interconnect.
There is a wide range of software available on ARCHER2.
The system is based on standard Linux with command line access.
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ARCHER2 development environment
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The development environment is controlled through Lmod modules.
ARCHER2 supports the GCC and Cray compilers.
Compilers are accessed through the ftn, cc and CC wrapper commands.
The CSE service can help with software development issues.
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ARCHER2 scheduler: Slurm
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ARCHER2 uses the Slurm scheduler.
srun is used to launch parallel executables in batch job submission scripts.
There are a number of different partitions (queues) available.
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Debugging and profiling on ARCHER2
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How to be a good ARCHER2 citizen
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Be careful how you use the login node.
Your data on the system is your responsibility.
Again, don’t run stuff on the login node.
Don’t be a bad person and run stuff on the login node.
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Using SAFE
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Next steps
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ARCHER2 has a lot of documentation available.
There are lots of training opportunities available.
You can get access to ARCHER2 resources via a number of different routes.
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Bootstrapping your use of ARCHER2
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