Changes between Version 32 and Version 33 of Public/User_Guide/News

Timestamp:

Mar 16, 2023, 8:33:35 AM (14 months ago)

Author:

Jochen Kreutz

Comment:

several updates regarding software

Public/User_Guide/News

@@ -5 +5 @@
 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: 2022-10-13''
+''Last update: 2023-03-16''
 
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@@ -14 +14 @@
 == System software ==
 
-- !ParaStation update (psmgmt) to 5.1.51-0 has been performed
+- !ParaStation update (psmgmt) to 5.1.53-1 has been performed
 
 === OS 
 
-- compute nodes and login node have been updated to Rocky 8.6 
+- compute nodes, bxi nodes and login node have been updated to Rocky 8.6 
 
   - file servers and master nodes to follow
@@ -26 +26 @@
 
 
-- 2022 !EasyBuild stage is the default now
+- 2022 !EasyBuild stage is still the default
 
-  - depenencies to rocky 8.6 have been resolved by re-installing EB core packages like Python and Glibc
+- 2023 stage being prepared
 
 == System hardware ==
@@ -49 +49 @@
 - 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:
+- current accelerator layout:
 
   - `dp-dam[01-08]`: 1 x Nvidia V100 GPU
+  - `dp-dam02:       1 x Intel PAC D5005 FPGA (for testing)
   - `dp-dam[09-12]`: 2 x Nvidia V100 GPU
   - `dp-dam[13-16]`: 2 x Intel PAC D5005 FPGA
 
 
-=== Network Federation Gateways ===
+=== BXI nodes, Network Federation Gateways ===
 
-- with the all IB solution NFGWs are not needed anymore ! this also affects heterogenous jobs
-
-- `dp-nfgw[01,04]` (IB EDR <-> 40GbE) still present, but not in use anymore
-
-- remaining NFGWs are being used for BXI testing now: `dp-nfgw[02,03,05,06]`
- 
-
+- former network federation gateways now used for BXI testing: `dp-nfgw[02,03,05,06]`
+- can be accessed via Slurm using partition `dp-bxi`
 
 
 === SDV ===
 
-- 4 node BXI test setup has been installed using the former GW nodes
 
 - FPGA test nodes available for using FPGAs with oneAPI, OpenCL:
   - Arria10: deeper-sdv[09,10]
   - Stratix10: dp-sdv-esb[01,02]
-