Overview of the User Environment | HP XC System 3.x Software

1 Overview of the User Environment

The HP XC system is a collection of computer nodes, networks, storage, and software, built into a cluster, that work together. It is designed to maximize workload and I/O performance, and to provide the efficient management of large, complex, and dynamic workloads.

This chapter addresses the following topics:

•System Architecture (page 19)

•User Environment (page 23)

•Application Development Environment (page 24)

•Run-Time Environment (page 24)

•Components, Tools, Compilers, Libraries, and Debuggers (page 26)

System Architecture

The HP XC architecture is designed as a clustered system with single system traits. From a user perspective, this architecture achieves a single system view, providing capabilities such as the following:

•Single user login

•Single file system namespace

•Integrated view of system resources

•Integrated program development environment

•Integrated job submission environment

HP XC System Software

The HP XC System Software enables the nodes in the platform to run cohesively to achive a single system view. You can determine the version of the HP XC System Software from the /etc/hptc-releasefile.

$ cat /etc/hptc-release

HP XC x3.0 bl3 20050805

Operating System

The HP XC system is a high-performance compute cluster that runs HP XC Linux for High Performance Computing Version 1.0 (HPC Linux) as its software base. Any serial or thread-parallel applications, or applications built shared with HP-MPI that run correctly on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server Version 3.0, also run correctly on HPC Linux.

Node Platforms

The HP XC System Software is available on several platforms. You can determine the platform by examining the top few fields of the /proc/cpuinfo file, for example, by using the head command:

$ head /proc/cpuinfo

Table 1-1presents the representative output for each of the platforms. This output may differ according to changes in models and so on.

System Architecture 19

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Contents

HP XC System Software Users Guide Page Table of Contents Developing Applications Configuring Your Environment with ModulefilesSubmitting Jobs Debugging Applications Tuning ApplicationsUsing Slurm Using LSF Examples Advanced TopicsGlossary 109 Index 115 List of Figures Page Determining the Node Platform List of TablesPage Submitting a Job Script List of ExamplesPage This document is organized as follows About This DocumentIntended Audience Document Organization HP XC Information For More Information $ man lsfcommandnameSupplementary Information $ man -k keyword Related InformationManpages $ man discover $ man 8 discover Additional Publications Related Linux Web SitesRelated MPI Web Sites Related Compiler Web Sites User input Typographic ConventionsHP Encourages Your Comments Environment Variable Operating System Overview of the User EnvironmentSystem Architecture HP XC System Software Storage and I/O Node Specialization File System Layout File SystemSAN Storage Local Storage System Interconnect Network Determining System Configuration InformationNetwork Address Translation NAT User Environment CommandsModules Serial Applications Application Development EnvironmentRun-Time Environment Parallel Applications Standard LSF Load Sharing Facility LSF-HPCHow LSF-HPC and Slurm Interact Components, Tools, Compilers, Libraries, and Debuggers Mpirun command Logging In to the System Using the SystemLVS Login Routing Using the Secure Shell to Log Getting Information About Queues IntroductionGetting Information About Resources Performing Other Common User Tasks $ man sinfo Getting System Help and Information Overview of Modules Configuring Your Environment with Modulefiles Supplied Modulefiles Loading a Modulefile Modulefiles Automatically Loaded on the SystemViewing Available Modulefiles Viewing Loaded Modulefiles Loading a Modulefile for the Current Session Automatically Loading a Modulefile at LoginUnloading a Modulefile Modulefile Conflicts $ module help totalview Creating a ModulefileViewing Modulefile-Specific Help $ module load modules $ man modulefilePage Application Development Environment Overview Developing ApplicationsCompilers Partition Avail Timelimit Nodes State Nodelist Examining Nodes and Partitions Before Running JobsInterrupting a Job MPI Compiler Building Serial Applications Setting Debugging OptionsDeveloping Serial Applications Serial Application Build Environment OpenMP Developing Parallel ApplicationsParallel Application Build Environment Modulefiles Intel Fortran and C/C++Compilers PthreadsQuadrics Shmem MPI Library Building Parallel Applications Designing Libraries for the CP4000 Platform Developing LibrariesExamples of Compiling and Linking HP-MPI Applications Linkcommand 64-bit -L/opt/mypackage/lib/x8664 -lmystuff Linkcommand 32-bit -L/opt/mypackage/lib/i686 -lmystuffTo build a 64-bit application, you might enter Overview of Job Submission Submitting JobsExtSLURMslurm-arguments $ bsub hostname Submitting a Serial Job Using Standard LSFSubmitting a Serial Job Using LSF-HPC Submitting a Serial Job with the LSF bsub Command Submitting a Serial Job Through Slurm only Mpirun mpirun--options-srunsrun-optionsmpi-jobname Submitting a Non-MPI Parallel Job$ bsub -n4 -I srun hostname Bsub -nnum-procsbsub-optionsmpijob $ bsub -n4 -I mpirun -srun ./helloworld Submitting a Batch Job or Job ScriptBsub -nnum-procs bsub-optionsscript-name $ bsub -n4 -ext SLURMnodes=4 -I ./myscript.sh $ cat myscript.sh #!/bin/shSrun hostname mpirun -srun hellompi $ bsub -I -n4 Myscript.sh $ bsub -n4 -I ./myscript.sh Running Preexecution Programs$ cat ./envscript.sh #!/bin/sh name=`hostname` Opt/hptc/bin/srun Mypreexec TotalView Debugging ApplicationsDebugging Serial Applications Debugging Parallel Applications Module load mpimodule load totalview Setting Up TotalViewUsing TotalView with Slurm SSH and TotalView Setting TotalView Preferences Using TotalView with LSF-HPCDebugging an Application $ mpirun -srun -n2 Psimple Sourcefile initfdte.f was not found, using assembler modeDebugging Running Applications Directories in File ⇒ Search Path Exiting TotalView $ scancel --user username$ squeue Page Using the Intel Trace Collector and Intel Trace Analyzer Tuning ApplicationsBuilding a Program Intel Trace Collector and HP-MPI Cldflags Running a Program Intel Trace Collector and HP-MPIVisualizing Data Intel Trace Analyzer and HP-MPI Libs Using the Intel Trace Collector and Intel Trace Analyzer Page Introduction to Slurm Using SlurmLaunching Jobs with the srun Command Srun Squeue Scancel Sinfo Scontrol Srun Roles and Modes Monitoring Jobs with the squeue CommandUsing the srun Command with HP-MPI Using the srun Command with LSF-HPC Getting System Information with the sinfo Command Terminating Jobs with the scancel CommandJob Accounting Security Fault Tolerance# chmod a+r /hptccluster/slurm/job/jobacct.log Using Standard LSF on an HP XC System Using LSFUsing LSF-HPC Overview of LSF-HPC Introduction to LSF-HPC in the HP XC Environment Hostname Status JL/U MAX Njobs RUN Ssusp Ususp RSV Differences Between LSF-HPC and Standard LSFHostname Resources $ ssh n15 lshosts Job TerminologyUnknown Unknown SLURMnodelist =nodelist if specified HP XCCompute Node Resource Support $ bsub -n 10 -ext SLURMconstraint=dualcore -I srun hostname $ bsub -n 10 -I srun hostname$ bsub -n 10 -ext SLURMnodes=10 -I srun hostname $ bsub -n 10 -ext SLURMnodes=10exclude=n16 -I srun hostname $ bsub -n4 -ext SLURMnodes=4 -o output.out ./myscript How LSF-HPC and Slurm Launch and Manage a Job #!/bin/sh hostname srun hostname Mpirun -srun ./hellompi Job Startup and Job Control Getting Information About LSF Execution Host Node Determining the LSF Execution HostDetermining Available LSF-HPC System Resources Getting the Status of LSF-HPC SLINUX6 Getting Host Load InformationExamining LSF-HPC System Queues Getting Information About the lsf Partition $ sinfo -p lsf Summary of the LSF bsub Command Format$ sinfo -p lsf -lNe Bsub-options srun srun-optionsjobname job-options LSF-SLURM External SchedulerFor information about running scripts Bsub -n num-procs-ext SLURMslurm-arguments \ Type=SLINUX64 Submitting a Job from a Non-HP XC HostStarting on lsfhost.localdomain n6 Waiting for dispatch ... Starting on lsfhost.localdomain n1 $ bjobs -l Getting Information About JobsGetting Job Allocation Information Slurmid=slurmjobidncpus=slurmnprocsslurmalloc=nodelist $ bjobs Examining the Status of a Job$ bhist -l Time stamp Jobid User Jobname Pend Psusp RUN Ususp Ssusp Unkwn Total Viewing the Historical Information for a Job$ bhist Summary of time in seconds spent Various States Translating Slurm and LSF-HPC JOBIDs $ srun --jobid=150 hostname Working Interactively Within an LSF-HPC Allocation$ bsub -I -n4 -ext SLURMnodes=4 /bin/bash $ bjobs -l 124 grep slurm $ unset Slurmjobid $ unset Slurmnprocs $ unset SlurmjobidAlternatively, you can use the following $ export SLURMJOBID=150 $ export SLURMNPROCS=4 $ bsub -n4 -ext SLURMnodes=4 -o %J.out sleep Job 125 is submitted to the default queue normalLSF-HPC Equivalents of Slurm srun Options $ srun --jobid=250 uptime Bsub -iinputfile Mpi=mpitype Quit-on-interrupt Page Determining IP Address of Your Local Machine Advanced TopicsEnabling Remote Execution with OpenSSH Running an X Terminal Session from a Remote Node Running an X terminal Session Using LSF-HPC Running an X terminal Session Using SlurmLogging in to HP XC System $ srun -n2 hostname n46 Using the GNU Parallel Make Capability$ bsub -n4 -Ip srun -n1 xterm -display $ srun -n4 hostname n46 $ cd subdir srun -n1 -N1 $MAKE -j4 $ make PREFIX=’srun -n1 -N1 MAKEJ=-j4 Example Procedure $ make PREFIX=srun -n1 -N1 MAKEJ=-j4 Local Disks on Compute NodesPerformance Considerations Modified Makefile is invoked as follows Fp = fopen myfile, a+ Communication Between NodesShared File View Private File ViewPage Examine the LSF execution host information Appendix a ExamplesBuilding and Running a Serial Application Launching a Serial Interactive Shell Through LSF-HPC Running LSF-HPC Jobs with a Slurm Allocation Request SLURMnodes=2 Launching a Parallel Interactive Shell Through LSF-HPCExample 2. Four cores on Two Specific Nodes R15s r1m r15m It tmp swp mem LoadSched LoadStop $ hostname n16 $ srun hostname n5 $ bjobs Examine the the running jobs information124 Lsfad Display the script Submitting a Simple Job Script with LSF-HPCExamine the the finished jobs information Show the environment Show the job allocation Run some commands from the pseudo-terminalSubmitting an Interactive Job with LSF-HPC Submit the job View the finished jobs Submitting an HP-MPI Job with LSF-HPCExit the pseudo-terminal View the interactive jobs View the finished job View the running jobLsfhost.localdomai States by date and time Using a Resource Requirements String in an LSF-HPC Command$ bsub -n 8 -R ALPHA5 SLINUX64 \ -ext SLURMnodes=4-4 myjob 108 Glossary Are not appropriate for replication To the queueFirst-come See Fcfs First-served Global storage As local storage LSF master host Single commandLogin requests and directs them to a node with a login role Linux Virtual See LVS Server Load file Slurm backup Network See NIS Information ServicesRemotely. PXE booting is configured at the Bios level Notably to install and remove software packages Ssh Power available per unit of spaceSymmetric See SMP Multiprocessing 114 Index Index PGI Utilities, 63 Slurm commands