Northeastern University Research Computing

Welcome

• Welcome
  • What is Discovery
• Getting Help
  • Email
  • Submit a ticket
  • Consultations (online)
  • Status page

First Steps with Discovery

• Getting Access
  • Request an account
• Connecting to Discovery with a Mac
  • Mac
  • Using X11
  • Next steps
• Connecting to Discovery using Windows
  • Passwordless ssh
• Accessing Open OnDemand (OOD)
  • Next steps
• Shell environment on Discovery
  • The Discovery Shell environment and .bashrc
  • About your .bashrc file
  • Conda and .bashrc

Hardware on Discovery

• Hardware overview
  • CPU nodes
  • Using the --constraint flag
• Partitions
  • Introduction
  • Viewing partition information
  • Allocating partitions in your jobs
  • Partition Access Request

Software on Discovery

• Software overview
  • Using Make
  • Requesting Software Installation Assistance
• Using Module
  • Module commands
  • Module show example
  • Module load and unload example
  • Using software applications with X11 Forwarding
• Working with MATLAB on Discovery
  • Installing MATLAB toolboxes
  • Using MATLAB Parallel Server
• Working with Conda/Miniconda/Anaconda
  • Creating a Conda virtual environment with Anaconda
  • Working with a Miniconda environment
  • Conda best practices
• Using Spack
  • Getting started with Spack
  • Installing LAMMPS with Spack example
• Working with R
  • Creating a Packrat Environment (for R)
  • A few Packrat tips
• Message Passing Interface (MPI) Overview
  • MPI libraries on Discovery

Using Discovery

• Using Slurm
  • Viewing Cluster Information
  • Submitting Jobs
  • Monitoring Jobs
  • Account information
• Using sbatch
  • SBATCH Examples
  • Example Parallel Job Scripts
  • Using Arrays
• Using srun
  • srun examples
• Working with GPUs
  • Requesting GPUs with srun or sbatch
  • Using CUDA
  • Using GPUs with PyTorch
  • Using GPUs with TensorFlow
• Transferring Data
  • Data transfer node using Mac
  • Data transfer node using Windows
• Using Globus
  • Globus Account Set Up
  • Install Globus Connect Personal (GCP)
  • Working with Globus

Understanding storage options

• Storage Accessible on Discovery
• General Data Storage Options
  • Connecting to /research

Discovery best practices

• Checkpoint/Restart Discovery Jobs
  • The Checkpointing technique
  • Checkpointing types

Using Open OnDemand (OOD)

• Introduction to Open OnDemand (OOD)
• Using OOD’s File Explorer
• Using OOD’s Interactive Apps
  • Available Apps (November 2021)
  • Working with Jupyter Notebook [Custom Anaconda Environment]

Using Discovery in your classroom

• Using Discovery with your class FAQ
• CPS class-specific instructions
  • Open the CPS JupyterLab environment
  • Access CPS class directories
  • Submit CPS class assignments