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• Accessing the ESMF computing Cluster

1. Requirements
2. Log-in Procedures
3. Changing your password

• Installed software packages
• IBM Training presentation
• Recommended manuals
• C/C++ compiler reference manuals
• Building OPeNDAP on AIX
• More to come...

Requirements for Accessing the ESMF computing cluster:

Don't have an account? See: Request an Account

Note: Only secure connections are allowed to the ESMF Computing Cluster. If you need help getting an SSH client, please refer to the following information on the NACS website: NACS' SSH Web Page. Your department's Computer Support Coordinator should also be able to assist you.

Logging In:

Use your SSH client to access esmf.ess.uci.edu

You have now accessed the interactive node of the ESMF Computing Cluster. This is the node from which all users are expected to interact with the system overall. Here is where you will submit your jobs to the various queues, edit your code, and generally make use of the resources that the ESMF Computing Cluster provides.

Changing your password:

If you have not yet changed your default password, you should use the ssh program on the ESMF interactive node to access the ESMF control workstation; on the control workstation, you will be able to select a new password.
1. ssh esmfcws
2. passwd
To change your login shell, use "passwd -s"; to change your GECOS information (i.e. associate your real name with your account name), use "passwd -f". There can be up to a one hour delay for updates to the passwd file to be propagated to the other nodes in the computing cluster.

Installed Software Packages:

IBM Training Presentation:

These files contain the ESMF workshop presentation given by Jim Tuccillo of IBM on 2/3-2/4 in powerpoint format.

• An Introduction to the POWER4 Cluster
• Using POWER4: Some Performance Topics

You will need Microsoft Powerpoint or Powerpoint Viewer to view these presentations. You may download Powerpoint Viewer at no cost from Microsoft.

For Windows systems: Microsoft Office Downloads
For Macintosh systems: Microsoft Mactopia Downloads

These are manuals that IBM has recommended to users of the ESMF computing cluster:

You wll need Adobe Acrobat to view these PDF documents. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you may download it at no cost from the Adobe Web Site.

Hardcopies of the following manuals can be ordered directly from IBM. They can also be downloaded in HTML and PDF formats:

• RS/6000 SP (Scalable POWERparallel) hardware and software documentation
• NCEP IBM Supercomputer Information and Documentation
• IBM Cluster Library
• IBM Redbooks

These are the IBM reference manuals for the ESMF C/C++ compilers:

You wll need Adobe Acrobat to view these PDF documents. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you may download it at no cost from the Adobe Web Site.

More information concerning IBM compilers available on the ESMF can be found below:

• IBM C and C++ Compilers
• C for AIX Library
• VisualAge C++ LIbrary
• IBM Fortran Compilers
• XL Fortran Library

Building OPeNDAP on AIX 5.1

• My early work on this before my medical leave, and when Martin Peschke got involved
• Files needed. The "local-script" files are commands for configuring and such, while the exportable-patches directory is a small number of patches to apply
• The openoffice document I wrote as I was working on the second half of this, in html format

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