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Start Time:

3 June 2009 at 09:30

Ends On:

19 June 2009

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

LB (Euler Lecture Hall, only week 8-12 June) and SISSA Lab.

Organizer(s):

ICTS (Dr. C. Onime)

Material:

no notes available

Day 1: introduction to Linux

Location: Sissa MultimediaLab

3 June 2009
09:30
10:00
Introduction to the training
30'
Clement Onime & Stefano Cozzini
10:00
10:45
linux advanced concepts and commands
45'
Stefano Cozzini & Mangesh Patil
Democritos/Sissa eLab
-filesystem structure and permissions
-usage of environment variables
-configuration of bash shell (.profile .bash_profile etc..)
-kernel space and user space distinction
-libraries; path search and dependency: associated environment variables
-useful command tools: sort / grep / uniq and other.

references:
see for instance:
http://tldp.org/LDP/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary/html/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary.html

10:45
11:30
Lab: Exercise on linux command line
45'
Exercises on remote machine where all the commands and tricks discussed previously can be played.
12:00
12:45
Administering a Linux Workstation
45'
Antonio Messina
ICTP
Room: ICTP-INFN Laboratory (Mlab)
item to be discussed:

- documentation: where to find help
- linux distributions: RH based vs. debian based
- tools for software installation: yum/rpm etc..
- network basic and configuration
- disk partitions and filesystems
- review of /etc/init.d and chkconfig tool
- bootloaders: grub/lilo configuration
- basic security issues
12:45
14:15
Lunch break
01h30'
14:15
16:00
Lab: install a Linux workstation and setup useful services
01h45'
Room: ICTP-INFN Laboratory (Mlab)

two installation methods:

-via CD: standard one and interactive.

-via NFS:
see: http://www.democritos.it/hpc-wiki/index.php/School-2007/InstallingAndSettingUpYourOwnLinuxWorkstation

server will in this case tocai.elab.sissa.it
kickstart will be loaded on tocai by users at the end of the first method.


16:00
16:30
break
30'
16:30
18:00
Tutorial on bash scripting
01h30'
eLab team as tutors
reference here:


http://www.democritos.it/hpc-wiki/index.php/Main/CrashCourseOnBashScripting
18:00
18:20
home work assignment
20'
Room: ICTP-INFN Laboratory (Mlab)
Each participant will be assigned with a small home-work to be done.
Day 2: Linux Workstation for HPC
4 June 2009
09:00
09:45
Introduction to HPC concepts
45'
Stefano Cozzini
Democritos/Sissa eLab
09:45
10:30
HPC tools for Linux workstation
45'
Stefano Cozzini
10:30
11:00
break
30'
11:00
12:30
Lab: installing tools for HPC on your workstation
01h30'
Compilers, modules and libraries

references:
for compilers:

http://www.democritos.it/hpc-wiki/index.php/Main/InstallingTheGNUPGIAndIntelCompilerPackages

for libraries: ( to be checked)
http://www.democritos.it/hpc-wiki/index.php/Main/ComparePerformancesOfDifferentOptimizedLibrariesOnMatrixMultiplication

-We need to add how to install modules and how to create modules
12:30
14:00
Lunch break
01h30'
14:00
14:45
Advanced topic on sys. adm. for HPC
45'
Piero Calucci & Antonio Messina
-advance storage configuration:
-lvm and raid (hardware/software)

-troubleshooting

-advance ssh usage
14:45
16:00
Lab: configure an I/O server for HPC
01h15'
see here for reference:


http://www.democritos.it/hpc-wiki/index.php/School-2007/InstallAndBenchmarkASmallIOServer
16:00
16:30
break
30'
16:30
18:00
Participants' contributions
01h30'
Each participant will present himself and show his homework
(10 minutes each)
Day 3: Linux Cluster, the Npaci rock approach
5 June 2009
09:00
09:45
Cluster Computing Concepts
45'
Stefano Cozzini
09:45
10:30
the Npaci-Rocks approach to cluster computing
45'
Mangesh Patil
10:30
11:00
break
30'
11:00
12:30
Lab: installing an Npaci-Rock cluster
01h30'
tutor: Mangesh and Alwaaled
12:30
14:00
Lunch break
01h30'
14:00
14:30
Managing a Npaci-Rocks cluster
30'
Mangesh Patil
-troubleshooting
-configure a second network interface
-add/remove software
14:30
16:00
Lab: play with Npaci-rocks cluster
01h30'

- install compilers
- install modules
- manage software with module
- configure the second network
- benchmark your cluster
- (advanced: install myrinet)
16:00
16:30
break
30'
16:30
17:15
Wrap-Up session
45'
Qustions/Answers Session on the program so far.
Homework assignement for the week-end
Second Week Day 1: advance cluster installation

Location: to be decided

8 June 2009
09:00
09:45
Modern HPC platform for Linux Clusters
45'
Stefano Cozzini
09:45
10:30
Advanced Linux Cluster installation procedure (I)
45'
Moreno Baricevic
10:30
11:00
Break
30'
11:00
11:30
Advanced Linux cluster installation procedure(II)
30'
Moreno Baricevic
11:30
13:00
Lab: installing a cluster (part 1)
01h30'
reference:

http://www.democritos.it/hpc-wiki/index.php/Main/ClusterInstallationPart1
13:00
14:30
Lunch Break
01h30'
14:30
16:00
Lab: cluster installation (part II)
01h30'
16:00
16:30
Break
30'
16:30
17:30
Lab: cluster installation (part 3)
01h00'
17:30
18:00
Wrap-up session
30'
Second Week: Day 2
9 June 2009
09:00
09:45
Batch systems: introduction and configurations
45'
Piero Calucci
09:45
10:05
Cluster Management: part 3
20'
Moreno Baricevic
10:05
10:30
Nagios tool for cluster monitoring
25'
10:30
11:00
break
30'
11:00
12:30
Lab: Cluster installation part 2
01h30'

reference:

http://www.democritos.it/hpc-wiki/index.php/Main/ClusterInstallationPart2
12:30
14:00
Lunch break
01h30'
14:00
16:00
Lab: Cluster installation part 2
02h00'
16:00
16:30
break
30'
16:30
18:00
Wrap-up session
01h30'
Questions/Answers/Comments etc. etc.
Second Week: Day 3
10 June 2009
09:00
09:45
Parallel Filesystem: Lustre
45'
Piero Calucci
09:45
10:30
Advanced cluster networking
45'
to be assigned

-channel bonding
-myrinet
-infiniband
-how to measure performances
-troubleshooting
10:30
11:00
break
30'
11:00
13:00
Lab: channel bonding / Vlan etc.
02h00'

http://www.democritos.it/hpc-wiki/index.php/Main/ClusterInstallationPart4
13:00
14:00
Lunch Break
01h00'
14:00
16:00
Lab: Install and benchmark a small Myrinet network.
02h00'
Location: to be decided
references:


http://www.democritos.it/hpc-wiki/index.php/School-2007/HighSpeedNetworkInstallationAndBenchmarkingMyrinet
16:00
16:30
Break
30'
16:30
18:30
Lab: move NFS over myrinet and benchmark I/O performance
02h00'
To be done
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