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2018 Introductory Workshop

May 14–18, 2018

University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Nebraska Union
1400 R St
Lincoln, NE 68508

The workshop will be held in the Union’s Regency Suite, which is on floor two. 

If you are a Linux system administrator new to HPC, this is the workshop for you!

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

Download all lectures and labs

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Monday, May 14

8:00 amBreakfast
8:30 amWelcome and Open
David Swanson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
9:00 amLecture: Intro to HPC
Irfan Elahi, NCAR
10:00 amBreak
10:15 amLab: Build a Cluster: Quick Introduction to EC2
Carl Lundstedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Baker, University of Wyoming
10:30 amLab: Intro to HPC
Carl Lundstedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Baker, University of Wyoming
11:00 amLecture: HPC Storage, part 1
Irfan Elahi, NCAR
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pmLab: Build a Cluster: Storage Server
Carl Lundstedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Baker, University of Wyoming
2:30 pmLecture HPC Storage, part 2
Irfan Elahi, NCAR
3:30 pmBreak
4:00 pmLecture: Designing a Cluster
Irfan Elahi, NCAR

Tuesday, May 15

8:00 amBreakfast
8:30 amLecture: Intro to MPI
David Swanson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
9:30 amLab: Intro to MPI
Carl Lundstedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Baker, University of Wyoming
10:30 amBreak
10:45 amLecture: Cluster Stack Basics
Derek Weitzel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
12:45 pmLunch
1:30 pmLab: Build a Cluster: Head Node Setup
Carl Lundstedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Baker, University of Wyoming
3:30 pmBreak
3:45 pmLecture: Intro to Configuration Management
Zhongtao Zhang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
4:45 pmLab: Build a Cluster: Compute Nodes
Carl Lundstedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Baker, University of Wyoming

Wednesday, May 16

8:00 amBreakfast
8:30 amLecture: Scheduling with PBSPro
Ben Matthews, NCAR
10:30 amBreak
11:00 amLab: Build a Cluster: Install Scheduler on Head Node
Carl Lundstedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Baker, University of Wyoming
NoonLunch
1:00 pmLecture: Scheduling and Resource Management (Slurm)
Ben Matthews, NCAR
2:00 pmLab: Build a Cluster: Run Application via Scheduler
Carl Lundstedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Baker, University of Wyoming
3:00 pmBreak
3:30 pmLecture: Monitoring
Zhongtao Zhang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
4:30 pmLab: Build a Cluster: Run Application via Scheduler (with Unix Modules)
Carl Lundstedt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Baker, University of Wyoming

Thursday, May 17

8:00 amBreakfast
8:30 amLecture: Intro to Networking
Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University
9:00 amLecture: Networking
Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University
10:30 amBreak
11:00 amPanel/Roundtable: War Stories about Hardware
11:30 amLecture: Lmod: A Modern Environment Module System
Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pmLecture: Account Management
Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University
3:00 pmBreak
3:30 pmPanel/Roundtable: War Stories about Software
4:00 pmLecture: HPC User Support
Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University

Friday, May 18

8:00 amBreakfast
8:30 amLecture: Node Health Check
Zhongtao Zhang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
9:30 amPanel/Roundtable: War Stories about Resources/Support and Q&A
10:00 amTour of HCC facility
After
HCC tour		Box lunches

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, provides computing, data, networking, and visualization resources and services that help scientists and engineers across the country better understand our world. Learn more at www.ncsa.illi