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Memo for ranger.tacc.utexas.edu †

General tips †

• $HOME limit is 6GB.
• $WORK limit is 4TB, and deletes after 10-day.
• $SCRATCH is normally unavailable.
• $ARCHIVER is archive.tacc.utexas.edu and $ARCHIVE is unlimited. Use rcp to copy

  rcp $WORK/myfile ${ARCHIVER}:${ARCHIVE}

GSM/RSM tips †

1. Choose "ranger" as institution.
2. Choose "intel" as machine.
3. Choose "mpi" as march.
4. Insert "USE IFPORT" in src/fcst/setras.F
5. ln -s /usr/bin/gunzip uncompress
6. Make path from ifort (/opt/apps/intel/10.1/fc/bin)

   $ module swap pgi intel

7. Make path from intel-version of openmpi (/opt/apps/intel10_1/openmpi/1.3/bin)

   $ module add openmpi

8. Add "-xW" option to options-intel-mpi in libs and gsm(rsm).
9. qsub grsmscript to execute

qsub commands †

showq -u       {info for your jobs}
showq          {system-wide job summaries}
qdel <jobid>   {kill a job}

Other Tips †

• intel-mvapich works only for GSM. Not sure the reason.
• pgi-mvapich does not work at all.
• only intel-openmpi is validated.

Links †

• http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/services/userguides/ranger