Getting started on bluevista
last update:
2/27/2008
Table of contents, Getting started on bluevista
Purpose of this document
Credits and copyright
Overview of bluevista
System
architecture
Simultaneous
Multi-Threading (SMT)
Software
environment
System
security and access method
File system
Scratch
space
Obtaining
an account and your login
User
environment - shells, paths, dotfiles
Job queues
and charging
Allocation
thresholds for projects influence job scheduling
File transfer
methods
Troubleshooting
program failures
Moving applications from
bluesky to bluevista
Introduction
Terminology
32-bit/64-bit user
environment on NCAR systems
32-bit/64-bit
advantages and disadvantages
32-bit to 64-bit
migration
Migration
tools
References
Programming models
SMP threads
Message passing
Hybrid
Compiling
Commands to invoke
the IBM XL Fortran and C/C++ compilers
Compile and run a simple
Fortran program
Compile and run a simple
C program
Compile and run a more
instructive Fortran program
Using threaded
programs with OpenMP
Using message passing
programs
Using hybrid programs
Loading libraries
Running code
Running interactive jobs
Running batch jobs using
LSF
LSF commands
The bhosts
command
The bqueues
command
The bsub
command
Job
submission - LSF usage is different from LoadLeveler
Sample LSF
job scripts
Save-Restart jobs
The bhist
command
The bpeek
command
The bmod
command
The bswitch
command
The
bstop and bresume commands
The bkill
command
Comparison of LoadLeveler
and LSF queue commands
Frequently used
options in job scripts
Using Simultaneous
Multi-Threading
Program development tools
Building and maintaining
large codes
TotalView debugger
Program timers
Memory analyzer
Performance
analyzers
Libraries
Performance libraries
Use IBM's fast math library
MASS
Use IBM's ESSL and PESSL
libraries to enhance math performance
NCAR collection of math
and statistics libraries
Paths to NCAR local
libraries
Data manipulation
libraries
netCDF
NCL
MSS
Message passing libraries:
64-bit
Visualization libraries
Unsupported data conversion
library ncaru
Tips for using bluevista more
effectively
Control resubmission of your batch job
Stopping a runaway
batch job
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