Changes between Version 31 and Version 32 of Public/User_Guide/News

Timestamp:

Oct 13, 2022, 9:12:05 AM (19 months ago)

Author:

Jochen Kreutz

Comment:

add latest info and slightly revise layout

Public/User_Guide/News

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 This is a summary of the latest news concerning the system. For a list of known problems related to the system, please refer to [wiki:Public/User_Guide/PaS this page].
 
-''Last update: 2022-09-21''
+''Last update: 2022-10-13''
 
 {{{#!comment 
 [[span(style=color: #FF0000, System will be in maintenance in CW37 (Monday, 2020-09-07 to Friday 2020-09-11))]]
 }}}
+
+
+== System software ==
+
+- !ParaStation update (psmgmt) to 5.1.51-0 has been performed
+
+=== OS 
+
+- compute nodes and login node have been updated to Rocky 8.6 
+
+  - file servers and master nodes to follow
+
+
+=== !EasyBuild
+
+
+- 2022 !EasyBuild stage is the default now
+
+  - depenencies to rocky 8.6 have been resolved by re-installing EB core packages like Python and Glibc
 
 == System hardware ==
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 - DAM nodes are using EDR Infiniband (instead of using 40 GbE and Extoll) now
 - SSSM and AFSM file servers can be directly accessed through IB
+- accelerator layout has been revised:
+
+  - `dp-dam[01-08]`: 1 x Nvidia V100 GPU
+  - `dp-dam[09-12]`: 2 x Nvidia V100 GPU
+  - `dp-dam[13-16]`: 2 x Intel PAC D5005 FPGA
 
 
@@ -53 +77 @@
 
 
-{{{#!comment obsolete with removal of Extoll
 
-==== NAM ====
-
-- a NAM SW implementation has been done, a test environment on the DAM has been set up on dp-dam[09-16].
-- for more information on NAM usage and an example, please refer to [wiki:Public/User_Guide/TAMPI_NAM NAM with TAMPI] page
-}}}
-
-=== File Systems ===
+== File Systems ==
 
 **please also refer to the**  [wiki:Filesystems Filesystems] **overview**
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 - quota has been added to `/tmp` on `deepv` to avoid congestion
 - the All Flash Storage Module (AFSM) provides a fast work file system mounted to `/afsm` (symbolic link to `/work`) on all compute nodes (CM, DAM, ESB) and the login node (`deepv`)
+  - it is managed via project subfolders: after activating a project environment using `jutil` command the `$WORK` will be set accordingly
 - the older System Services and Storage Module (SSSM) work file system is obsolete, but still available at (`/work_old`) for data migration
 - SSSM still serves the /usr/local/software file system, but
-  - starting from Rocky 8 image `/usr/local` will be a local file system
-  - `/usr/local/software` will be shared and provided by the SSSM storage
-  - in addition to the !Easybuild software stack the shared `/usr/local/software` filesystem will contain manually installed software in a `legacy` subfolder
+  - starting from Rocky 8 image `/usr/local` will is a local file system on the compute nodes
+  - `/usr/local/software` is still shared and provided by the SSSM storage
+  - in addition to the !Easybuild software stack the shared `/usr/local/software` filesystem contains some manually installed software in a `legacy` subfolder
   
 
-== System software ==
-
-- ParaStation update (psmgmt) to 5.1.50-5 has been performed
-
-=== OS 
-
-- preparing update to Rocky 8.6 
-
-- the decision was taken to use one Rocky linux image for all compute nodes
-
-- transition from CentOS to Rocky Linux 8.5 has been finished on compute nodes
-
-  - login node `deepv` has moved to Rocky linux 8 as well
-  - file servers and master nodes to follow
-
-
-=== !EasyBuild
-
-
-- 2022 !EasyBuild stage is the default now