Supercomputer Usage Instructions

Application for a CISV Computer Account on SGI Altix machine

1. Fill out the form available at

http://www.engr.uconn.edu/becat/hpc/hpc.php?id=accsetup&pid=accsetupform

Supply the following information

Principal's Investigator's Information

First Name: Thomas
Last Name: Barber
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Email: barbertj@engr.uconn.edu
Office Phone Number: (860) 486-5342

User Information
First Name:
Last Name:
Application Type: Other
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Office Phone Number:
Email:
SoE ID:

Client Computer Information

IP Address:
IP Address(optional):

Description of Research
My senior design project is to create a CFD model using Fluent of . This will
be impossible without the use of the parallel processor machine due to the
magnitude of the problem. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have
further questions.

After an account has been created for you on sgi1, you can refer to the following url for
further information.
http://www.becat.uconn.edu/hpc/new_account.pdf

2. In case of problem or qs related to techicalities or account setup contact

hpc@engr.uconn.edu

3. In case of standard problems read the faqs at

http://www.engr.uconn.edu/becat/hpc/hpc.php?id=faqs&pid=faqs
Operational Instructions

1. If you are accessing from Windows, install CYGWIN X. Take special care that
all the X11 components are installed.
2. Download Putty.exe
3. Start the cygwin batch file startserverx.bat [this file can be found in the becat
website]
4. Run Putty
5. Check the "X11 forwarding" option in putty. Specify the server address as
"sgi1.engr.uconn.edu".
6. Log in with your engr account
7. Type the following command for fluent "fluent 2ddp -tx" where x denotes the
number of processors. For 3d use "fluent 3ddp -tx"