wiki:Public/User_Guide/Information_on_software

Version 7 (modified by Jacopo de Amicis, 5 years ago) (diff)

Updated info about Easybuild stacks.

General information

  1. General information
    1. Usage of modules
    2. Information on new software stack and lmod
    3. List of available modules
    4. Machine Learning Software
    5. Using the old stack
      1. Compilers (relevant for old stack only!)
      2. Profiling and analysis tools (relevant for old stack only!)
    6. MPI programs

Usage of modules

Based on the requirements by the DEEP-EST applications several software tools have already been installed on the DEEP system/DEEP-ER SDV. To see which modules are available use

module avail

For most tools and compilers there are several versions available, you can list the different versions of a specific tool with module avail “tool name”, for example 

-bash-4.1$ module avail intel

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /usr/local/modulefiles/COMPILER --------------------------------
intel/13.0.4     intel/15.0         intel/16.0              intel/16.3     intel/17.1     intel/18.0
intel/14.0.3     intel/15.2.164     intel/16.2(default)     intel/17.0     intel/17.2     intel/18.1

You can load a specific version or just use the default with for example

module load intel

The modules which are currently loaded can be listed with the command “module list”. To unload a module just type “module unload” followed by the name of the module.

Information on new software stack and lmod

Since the second half of 2018 a new software stack managed via Easybuild is available on the system (more information on Easybuild is available ​here).

The software made available on the new stack via Easybuild is arranged hierarchically, with only some core modules made available to the user at login. Typically, these core modules include the compilers, or some other standalone tools (i.e. JUBE). Loading such core modules via module load allows the list of available modules to increase, including the modules that are installed with the fore-mentioned core module as a dependency.

A typical workflow would be the following. After enabling the new stack, the user would be in this situation: 

$ module avail

--------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/modules/all/Compiler/GCCcore/5.5.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
   Autotools/20170619    CMake/3.9.6     CMake/3.11.1        Doxygen/1.8.14    LLVM/5.0.1    Perl/5.26.1        Python/2.7.14        X11/20180131    flex/2.6.4               unzip/6.0
   Bazel/0.11.1          CMake/3.10.3    CMake/3.12.2 (D)    GMP/6.1.2         PAPI/5.6.0    PostgreSQL/10.3    Python/3.6.5  (D)    cURL/7.59.0     libspatialindex/1.8.5

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/UI/Compilers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/UI/Tools -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Advisor/2018_update3    EasyBuild/3.6.1    JUBE/2.2.1    Java/1.8.0_162    VTune/2018_update3    intel-para/2018a-mt    intel-para/2018a (D)    tbb/2018.2.199

  Where:
   D:  Default Module

Loading the Intel compiler (Intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0 module), allows the list of available tools to be expanded: 

module load Intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0
module avail

------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/modules/all/Compiler/mpi/intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0 -------------------------------------------------------
   ParaStationMPI/5.2.1-1-mt    ParaStationMPI/5.2.1-1 (D)

--------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/modules/all/Compiler/intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0 ---------------------------------------------------------
   mkl-dnn/0.13

--------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/modules/all/Compiler/GCCcore/5.5.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
   Autotools/20170619    CMake/3.9.6     CMake/3.11.1        Doxygen/1.8.14    LLVM/5.0.1    Perl/5.26.1        Python/2.7.14        X11/20180131    flex/2.6.4               unzip/6.0
   Bazel/0.11.1          CMake/3.10.3    CMake/3.12.2 (D)    GMP/6.1.2         PAPI/5.6.0    PostgreSQL/10.3    Python/3.6.5  (D)    cURL/7.59.0     libspatialindex/1.8.5

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/UI/Compilers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0 (L)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/UI/Tools -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Advisor/2018_update3    EasyBuild/3.6.1    JUBE/2.2.1    Java/1.8.0_162    VTune/2018_update3    intel-para/2018a-mt    intel-para/2018a (D)    tbb/2018.2.199

  Where:
   L:  Module is loaded
   D:  Default Module

After further loading an MPI library, the user can then access all parallel tools that require MPI: 

module load ParaStationMPI/5.2.1-1
module avail


---------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/modules/all/MPI/intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0/psmpi/5.2.1-1 -----------------------------------------------------
   Boost/1.66.0-Python-2.7.14        Extrae/3.5.2    FTI/1.2    HDF5/1.8.20            PETSc/3.9.0_int8        R/3.4.3          SciPy-Stack/2018a-Python-3.6.5    imkl/2018.2.199
   Boost/1.66.0-Python-3.6.5  (D)    FFTW/3.3.7      GSL/2.4    PETSc/3.9.0_complex    PETSc/3.9.0      (D)    SIONlib/1.7.1    TensorFlow/1.8.0-Python-3.6.5     netCDF/4.6.1

------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/modules/all/Compiler/mpi/intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0 -------------------------------------------------------
   ParaStationMPI/5.2.1-1-mt    ParaStationMPI/5.2.1-1 (L,D)

--------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/modules/all/Compiler/intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0 ---------------------------------------------------------
   mkl-dnn/0.13

--------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/modules/all/Compiler/GCCcore/5.5.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
   Autotools/20170619    CMake/3.9.6     CMake/3.11.1        Doxygen/1.8.14    LLVM/5.0.1    Perl/5.26.1        Python/2.7.14        X11/20180131    flex/2.6.4               unzip/6.0
   Bazel/0.11.1          CMake/3.10.3    CMake/3.12.2 (D)    GMP/6.1.2         PAPI/5.6.0    PostgreSQL/10.3    Python/3.6.5  (D)    cURL/7.59.0     libspatialindex/1.8.5

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/UI/Compilers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0 (L)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/local/software/haswell/Stages/2018a/UI/Tools -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Advisor/2018_update3    EasyBuild/3.6.1    JUBE/2.2.1    Java/1.8.0_162    VTune/2018_update3    intel-para/2018a-mt    intel-para/2018a (D)    tbb/2018.2.199

  Where:
   L:  Module is loaded
   D:  Default Module

It can be seen from the previous examples that with the new software stack, the command module avail does not allow the user to visualize all the modules actually installed on the system, but rather the ones made available by the system with the modules previously loaded up to that point. In order to explore the full hierarchy of modules, the command

module spider

must be used. After enabling the new stack on a new shell, it's possible to search for a certain module (Extrae, for instance) with the following instructions: 

$ ml spider Extrae

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Extrae: Extrae/3.5.2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Description:
      Extrae is the core instrumentation package developed by the Performance Tools group at BSC. Extrae is capable of instrumenting applications based on MPI, OpenMP, pthreads, CUDA1, OpenCL1, and
      StarSs1 using different instrumentation approaches. The information gathered by Extrae typically includes timestamped events of runtime calls, performance counters and source code references.
      Besides, Extrae provides its own API to allow the user to manually instrument his or her application. 


    You will need to load all module(s) on any one of the lines below before the "Extrae/3.5.2" module is available to load.

      Intel/2018.2.199-GCC-5.5.0  ParaStationMPI/5.2.1-1
 
    Help:
      
      Description
      ===========
      Extrae is the core instrumentation package developed by the Performance Tools
       group at BSC. Extrae is capable of instrumenting applications based on MPI, OpenMP, pthreads,
       CUDA1, OpenCL1, and StarSs1 using different instrumentation approaches. The information gathered
       by Extrae typically includes timestamped events of runtime calls, performance counters and source
       code references. Besides, Extrae provides its own API to allow the user to manually instrument his
       or her application.
      
      
      More information
      ================
       - Homepage: http://www.bsc.es/computer-sciences/performance-tools
       - Site contact: sc@fz-juelich.de

The description provided by the module spider command includes also a list of modules that need to be loaded, in order to be able to load the Extrae module.

The module spider command is part of a new implementation of the old module command, namely lmod. Together with this added functionality, lmod provides also a wrapper around the module command: the ml command. This wrapper has some user-friendly features:

  • ml alone lists all the currently loaded modules;
  • ml +module (or ml module) allows to load a specific module (e.g. ml Intel loads the default version of the Intel module);
  • ml -module unloads the previously loaded module (e.g. ml -Intel removes the currently loaded version of the Intel module);
  • the ml wrapper can be user instead of module for all the subcommands of module (e.g. ml avail or ml av, or ml restore, etc.)

More information on lmod can be found ​here.

List of available modules

A list of the modules currently available on the Easybuild stack of the DEEP System can be found ​here.

Machine Learning Software

In preparation for the deployment of the cluster module, a new software stack compiled for Skylake is being installed on the system. Machine Learning software is available on this stack. This Skylake stack can be enabled with the following commands: 

ml purge
ml unuse $MODULEPATH
ml use /usr/local/software/skylake/Stages/2018b/UI/Tools/
ml use /usr/local/software/skylake/Stages/2018b/UI/Compilers/
ml Intel

This stack is also managed with Easybuild and is hierarchically structured.

This stack is currently under development: please use ml spider after enabling this stack to check the status of the software installed on it.

Using the old stack

Currently, the Easybuild stack is the default one. To use the old stack available before the transition to Easybuild, the users can use the following command:

enable_old_stack

If the old stack is needed in a batch script, the alias given above does not work. To circumvent this issue, please add the following lines to your script: 

ml purge
unset MODULEPATH
ml use /usr/share/Modules/modulefiles:/etc/modulefiles:/usr/local/modulefiles/COMPILER:/usr/local/modulefiles/IO:/usr/local/modulefiles/MATH:/usr/local/modulefiles/MISC:/usr/local/modulefiles/SCIENTIFIC:/usr/local/modulefiles/TOOLS

Compilers (relevant for old stack only!)

There are several compilers available, but as it is highly recommended to use the Intel compiler on the KNC system it might be best to also use it on the DEEP system.
Installed compilers:

  • Intel compiler: module load intel
  • GNU compiler: module load gcc
  • PGI Compiler: module load pgi

Profiling and analysis tools (relevant for old stack only!)

  • Intel VTune: module load VTune
  • Intel Advisor: module load Advisor
  • Intel Inspector: module load Inspector
  • ScoreP: module load scorep
  • Darshan: module load darshan
  • Extrae: module load UNITE extrae
  • Scalasca: module load UNITE scalasca

MPI programs

It is recommended to use the ParaStation MPI installation.