5th Feb 2024 – 9th Feb 2024
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
The Linux Clusters Institute (LCI) will hold an Introductory-level workshop for Linux system administrators new to HPC. In just five days you will:
- Learn HPC system administration concepts and technologies and how to apply them
- Get hands-on skills building a small test cluster in lab sessions
- Hear real-life stories and get to ask experts questions in panel discussions
Schedule
Location for the workshop is Room 201 (Building 1) of SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. You can find more information, including a map, at the following link: https://corporate.asu.edu/skysong
Monday, 5th Feb 2024
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 8:30 Welcome and Open
- 9:00 01 Lecture: Intro to HPC
- 10:00 Break
- 10:15 02 Lab: Introduction to Virtual Lab Environment
- 11:00 03 Lecture: Designing a Cluster
- 12:30 Lunch
- 1:30 04 Lab: Build a Cluster: Head Node
- 3:00 Break
- 3:30 05 Lecture: HPC Storage, part 1, Lab compute nodes
Tuesday, 6th Feb 2024
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 8:30 05 Lecture HPC Storage, part 2
- 10:00 Break
- 10:15 06 Lab: Build a Cluster: Compute Nodes
- 11:00 07 Lecture: Cluster Stack Basics
- 12:00 Lunch
- 1:00 08 Lab: Build a Cluster: Install Scheduler on Head Node
- 2:30 09 Lecture: Intro to Configuration Management
- 3:30 Break
- 3:45 10 Lecture: Scheduling and Resource Management
Wednesday, 7th Feb 2024
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 8:30 11 Lecture: Introduction to SLURM
- 9:30 12a/12b Lecture: Intro to OpenMP and MPI and ACC
- 11:30 Break
- 11:45 13 Lab: Intro to OpenMP and MPI
- 12:45 Lunch
- 1:30 14 Lab: Build a Cluster: Run Application via Scheduler
- 2:30 15 Lecture: Monitoring
- 3:30 Break
- 4:00 16 Lecture: HPC User Support
Thursday, 8th Feb 2024
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 8:30 17 Lecture: Intro to Networking
- 9:00 18 Lecture: Networking
- 10:30 Break
- 11:00 Panel/Roundtable: Hardware “Stories from Experience”
- 11:30 19 Lecture: Account Management
- 12:30 Lunch
- 1:30 20 Lecture/Lab: Lmod, A Modern Environment Module System
- 3:00 Break
- 3:30 21 Lecture: User Software Management
- 4:00 Panel/Roundtable: Software “Stories from Experience”
Friday, 9th Feb 2024
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 8:30 22 Lecture: Node Health Check
- 9:30 Panel/Roundtable: The Future of Research IT
- 10:00 Break
- 10:30 Panel/Roundtable: Closing “Stories from Experience” (Open Q&A)
- 12:00 Boxed lunches to go
Travel and Lodging Information
Getting to Arizona State University
This workshop will be hosted at the Arizona State University Tempe campus. This campus is located at Business Administration, 300 E Lemon St, Tempe, AZ 85281
Please visit this site to find details about public transportation options: https://cfo.asu.edu/transit
Getting to Conference Room
The workshop location is Room 201 of SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center
Parking Information
Please use this site to find available parking at Arizona State University: https://cfo.asu.edu/parking
Parking Instructions
- Surface parking lot North of building 1 and 5
- 2 Hour parking on SkySong Blvd. between buildings 1 and 2
Hotel Options
Please visit this site to find hotel options near the Arizona State University Tempe campus: https://visit.asu.edu/travel
In case of any questions, please reach out to Lavanya Podila @lpodila2@illinois.edu