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Table of Contents

  1. Technical Summary
  2. Allocations and Access
    1. The Allocation Process
    2. Connecting to Ember
    3. Archival Storage System
    4. Access Methods
  3. Account Management
    1. Managing your Account
      1. Passwords
      2. Your shell
      3. Managing your "dot" files
      4. Forwarding your mail
    2. Managing your Allocation
      1. Adding/removing users
      2. Charging Algorithms
      3. Verifying Your Account Balance
      4. Changing Projects for Charging
      5. Refunds
      6. Account Termination, Renewals, and Extensions
  4. File Systems and Storage
    1. Directories
      1. Home Directories
      2. Scratch Directories
      3. /tmp and /var/tmp Directories
      4. Reserved Project Space
    2. Permanent File Storage
    3. File Transfer Options
  5. Managing Your Environment (Modules)
  6. Programming Environment
    1. Compilers
      1. Introduction
      2. Compiler Commands
      3. Vendor Documentation
      4. Useful Compiler/Linker Options
    2. Libraries and Application Software
      1. Intel's Math Kernel Library (MKL)
      2. Locally Installed Software
      3. Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Library
  7. Running Jobs
    1. Overview
    2. Interactive Use
    3. Queues
    4. Scheduling Policies
    5. Batch Commands
      1. qsub
        1. qsub -I
      2. qstat
      3. qhist
      4. qs
      5. qdel
      6. qps
      7. qhosts
    6. Sample Batch Scripts
    7. Disk Space for Batch Jobs
    8. Automated Saving of Files from Batch Jobs
  8. Debugging
    1. Overview
    2. Classic serial debuggers
      1. gdb
      2. ddd
      3. idbc
      4. idb (GUI)
      5. TotalView
    3. Parallel debuggers
      1. TotalView
    4. Memory allocation debuggers
      1. Valgrind
      2. MALLOC_CHECK_
    5. MPI specific debugging tools
      1. MPI_CHECK_ARGS
    6. General purpose tools and techniques
      1. Floating point exceptions
      2. Source code analysis tools
      3. strace
      4. ltrace
    7. References