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Getting started

We have 6 hosts each with 12-16 cores each and 4 GB of RAM per core. Currently there is no batch system setup, so you can simply log into any of these hosts and run programs.

dirac1.calpoly.edu dirac2.calpoly.edu dirac3.calpoly.edu dirac4.calpoly.edu dirac5.calpoly.edu dirac6.calpoly.edu

User accounts

The cluster authentication is integrated with Cal Poly’s central authentication. This means that you will use your main Cal Poly username and password to log into the computers.

If you need a student to have access to the cluster, please let me know and I will add them.

Logging Into the Hosts

To ssh from your laptop/desktop to one of the systems:

ssh username@dirac1.calpoly.edu

To ssh with X11 forwarding enabled:

ssh -Y username@dirac1.calpoly.edu

To ssh between hosts in the cluster you can simple give the hostname:

ssh dirac2

You can also add the -Y flag when going between hosts and the X11 windows will be forwarded.