SciNet User Support Library

Welcome to the SciNet User Support library. Here you will find up-to-date manuals put together by SciNet staff and users, as well as links to external resources, to help you make use of SciNet resources for computational scientific discovery.

QuickStart Guides Essential Login Information GPC - General Purpose Cluster: Nehalem cluster running Linux TCS - Tightly Coupled System. IBM Power 6 system running AIX Storage at SciNet A Performance Primer Useful Programming Concepts Frequently Asked Questions Performance & Debugging Tools SciNet Accounts Application Process

Manuals IBM AIX Manuals: C: Compiler Reference, Optimization and Programming Guide, Language Reference. C++: Compiler Reference, Optimization and Programming Guide, Language Reference. FORTRAN: Compiler Reference, Optimization and Programming Guide, Language Reference. ESSL (High performance math library): Guide and Reference, Parallel ESSL Guide and Reference Application Performance Tuning and Optimization on POWER6 LoadLeveler: LoadLeveler Using and Administering Parallel Environment: Parallel Environment Operation and Use

Tutorials Workshops given at SciNet: IBM AIX Workshop, Nov 2008 IBM MPI Workshop, Feb 2009 IBM Compiler Workshop, Feb 2009 Useful Links: LLNL MPI Tutorial - This tutorial by Blaise Barney was used as the basis for Kirk Jordan's MPI workshop at SciNet. It is well worth studying.

News and Recent Events Aug 31-Sept 4, 2009: SciNet is holding a parallel programming course, [1] June 2009: The new GPC cluster is ranked 16th in the world ! April 2009: GPC Is Being Installed!