ACES: Using the Slurm Scheduler on Composable Resources

Overview

Instructor: Michael Dickens

Time: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 — 1:30PM-4:00PM CT

Location: Online using Zoom

Prerequisites: Current ACCESS ID, Basic Linux/Unix skills

Introduction to using the Slurm scheduler on the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University. Topics covered include multiple job scheduling approaches and job management tools.

Remote Attendee Registration

Course Materials

The presentation slides are available as a downloadable PDF file.

Slurm Job Scheduling (Fall 2023) PDF
Slurm Job Scheduling (Spring 2023) PDF

Agenda

This short course covers various job scheduling approaches using the Slurm Workload Manager on ACES:

HPC Architecture
SBATCH Parameters
Single node jobs

single-core
multi-core

Multi-node jobs

MPI jobs
TAMULauncher
array jobs

Monitoring job resource usage

at runtime
after job completion
job debugging

See: https://hprc.tamu.edu/aces

Note: During the class sessions many aspects of the material will be illustrated live via a login to ACES. You are encouraged to contact the HPRC helpdesk with any questions regarding ACES.