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Documentation

If you are new to computing at NCAR, you can greatly increase your ability to work productively here by reading Overview of computing at NCAR.

User documentation provided by vendors

IBM provides man pages in multiple formats for the operating system commands on frost.

These vendor documents are available online:

Blue Gene/L Information from IBM

IBM Redbooks and user guides

Miscellaneous papers

  • An Overview of the BlueGene/L Supercomputer (PDF) From SC2002, general hardware and software overview
  • Unlocking the Performance of the BlueGene/L Supercomputer (PDF) From SC2004, application performance specifics

Workshops

CISL documentation and consulting

All CISL documentation for frost is available from Frost user guide and Frost main page.

To send questions and report problems, or to provide feedback in general, please contact Consulting Services at 303-497-1278 between 08:00 and 17:00 MDT Monday - Friday (08:00 to 15:30 on Wednesdays).

Credits and copyright

Authors: Siddhartha Ghosh, Mike Page, Wei Huang, Juli Rew, Michael Oberg, Brandon Werdel, Dick Valent


Editor: Brian Bevirt
Technical reviewers:

© Copyright 2004-2007, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). All Rights Reserved.

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Table of contents - Frost user guide

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