Dell Compute Cluster

 

How to connect to the cluster

 

1)     Open account in the Dell Computer Cluster

§  Users send email to eslleow@ntu.edu.sg to request for the account.

 

2)     Install Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack software

·         Start ® Run ® open \\eee-sel-svr1\DELL Client folder

·         Double click on setup ® Microsoft CCP Installation Wizard

·         Microsoft.Net Framework2.0 is already installed in your computer.

·         Do not download MMC3.0, just double click on WindowsXP-KB907265-x86-ENU.exe file in the DELL Client folder and install the software update.

 

·         Lastly double click to install Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack on the Microsoft CCP Installation Wizard.

 

How to submit the Matlab jobs to cluster

1)     In your computer, keep all your files, eg m-files in a folder and share out this folder to yourself only.

Note – quit command must be included in the m-file.

2)     Start ® All Programs ® Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack ® Compute Cluster Job Manager

Note – First time submission only --- Check Another Computer and type eee-sel-dcs1

      

 

3)     Once connected, the following screen appears as shown.

         File ® Submit Job

 

 

Text Box: Input a Job Name 

 

Note -testDELLfig is the m-file
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 4)

Text Box: 4a) Input a Task nameText Box: 4c) Click the Add buttonText Box: 4b) Input a command, eg D:\MATLAB\R2006b-x32\bin\win32\matlab.exe -nosplash -nojvm -r testDELLfig  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)

Text Box: 5a) After clicking the Add button from 4c, the command will appear here. Highlight it and click the edit button            

 

Text Box: 5b) Input Standard Output, Standard Error and Work Directory as shown in the next diagram            

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: 5d) Click the Apply ® OK button Text Box: 5c) Your computer hostname and shared out directory  

Text Box: 5e) Click the Save as Template button            

 

              

 

Text Box: 5f) Save the Template into your computer’s shared directory and then click the Submit button
 

 

 

 

 


6a) The Job Queue screen displayed with a job number after submission of job

        

 

Text Box: 6b) All Jobs can be monitored from the Show status button

From your computer’s shared working directory, there should have all the output log files, error log files and etc
 
        

 

     7)  Once you have saved a template, Subsequence same jobs can be submitted using the same template.

           Use the existing template to modify and save into a new the template for other job, eg new m-file,       new output file, new error file.

Text Box: 7) Submit Job with Template