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astro3 Account & Partitions
astro3 uses its own Slurm account and partitions, separate from the main powerslurm cluster. Your...
Accessing astro3
How to get access and connect to the astro3 cluster over SSH. Requirements Must be a member of th...
PBS to Slurm Migration
Quick reference for users migrating from the old PBS/Torque system to Slurm. Command Equivalents ...
GPUs, Constraints & Features
Beyond standard CPU/memory resources, the cluster provides special resources you can request via ...
Security Installations
Required security software for TAU workstations and servers. NAC — Forescout Network Access Contr...
Submitting a Batch Job
Use sbatch to submit a script for batch processing. Your script runs when resources become avail...
Viewing Job Output and Error Files
PowerPortal lets you browse your home directory and view job output files directly in the browser...
The Job Submission Form
The submit form is the main way to run jobs on the cluster. Open it from Submit Job in the navbar...
Job Arrays
A job array runs the same script multiple times in parallel, each with a different index. Use it ...
MPI Jobs
MPI jobs run a single program across multiple processes, potentially spanning several nodes. Use ...
Writing Your Job Script
The job script is the shell code your job runs on the compute node. Paste it into the Script / Co...
Account Settings and Password
The Settings page shows your account information and lets you customise your PowerPortal experien...
Using Base Templates
Templates save job configurations so you do not have to re-enter every field each time you submit...
Viewing and Filtering Jobs
The Jobs page shows all jobs associated with your account. Open it by clicking Jobs in the navbar...
Navigating the Interface
After logging in you land on the Jobs page. The navigation bar at the top is present on every pag...
JupyterHub, VS Code, and RStudio
PowerPortal provides quick links to browser-based GUI applications running on the cluster. These ...
Understanding Your Fair-Share Score
Fair-share is Slurm's mechanism for balancing cluster access across all users and groups. Your fa...
Creating and Managing Your Templates
Personal templates are private to your account. Create them from the submission form or directly ...
Cancelling a Job
You can cancel any of your jobs that are in PENDING or RUNNING state. Cancelling a running job st...
Job States
Every Slurm job moves through a series of states from submission to completion. The current state...