1. 1 Maui High Performance Computing Center Open System Support An AFRL, MHPCC and UH Collaboration December 18, 2007 Mike McCraney MHPCC Operations Director

2. 2 Agenda  MHPCC Background and History  Open System Description  Scheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance  Application Process  Additional Information Required  Summary and Q/A

3. 3 An AFRL Center  An Air Force Research Laboratory Center  Operational since 1993  Managed by the University of Hawaii Subcontractor Partners – SAIC / Boeing  A DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) Distributed Center  Task Order Contract – Maximum Estimated Ordering Value = $181,000,000 Performance Dependent – 10 Years 4 Year Base Period with 2, 3-Year Term Awards  An Air Force Research Laboratory Center  Operational since 1993  Managed by the University of Hawaii Subcontractor Partners – SAIC / Boeing  A DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) Distributed Center  Task Order Contract – Maximum Estimated Ordering Value = $181,000,000 Performance Dependent – 10 Years 4 Year Base Period with 2, 3-Year Term Awards

4. 4 A DoD HPCMP Distributed Center Distributed Centers  Allocated Distributed Centers Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)  Dedicated Distributed Centers ATC AFWA AEDC AFRL/IF Eglin FNMOC JFCOM/J9 Major Shared Resource Centers  Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC)  Army Research Laboratory (ARL)  Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)  Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) High Performance Computing Modernization Program Director, Defense Research and Engineering Director, DUSD (Science and Technology) DUSD NAWC-AD NAWC-CD NUWC RTTC RTTC SIMAF SIMAF SSCSD SSCSD WSMR WSMR

5. 5 MHPCC HPC History  1994 - IBM P2SC Typhoon Installed  1996 - 2000 IBM P2SC  2000 - IBM P3 Tempest Installed  2001 - IBM Netfinity Huinalu Installed  2002 - IBM P2SC Typhoon Retired  2002 - IBM P4 Tempest Installed  2004 - LNXi Evolocity II Koa Installed  2005 - Cray XD1 Hoku Installed  2006 - IBM P3 Tempest Retired  2007 - IBM P4 Tempest Reassigned  2007 - Dell Poweredge Jaws Installed

6. 6  Eight, 32 processor/32GB “nodes” IBM P690 Power4  Jobs may be scheduled across nodes for a total of 288p  Shared memory jobs can span up to 32p and 32GB  10TB Shared Disk available to all nodes  LoadLeveler Scheduling  One job per node – 32p chunks – can only support 8 simultaneous jobs  Issues:  Old technology, reaching end of life, upgradability issues  Cost prohibitive – Power consumption constant ~$400,000 annual power cost Hurricane Configuration Summary Current Hurricane Configuration:

7. 7 Dell Configuration Summary Proposed Shark Configuration:  40, 4 processor/8GB “nodes” Intel 3.0Ghz Dual Core Woodcrest Processors  Jobs may be scheduled across nodes for a total of 160p  Shared memory jobs can span up to 8p and 16GB  10TB Shared Disk available to all nodes  LSF Scheduler  One job per node – 8p chunks – can support up to 40 simultaneous jobs  Shared use as Open system and TDS (test and development system)  Much lower power cost – Intel power management  System already maintained and in use  System covered 24x7 UPS, generator  Possible short-notice downtime Features/Issues:

8. 8  Head Node for System Administration “Build” Nodes Running Parallel Tools – (pdsh, pdcp, etc.)  SSH Communications Between Nodes Localized Infiniband Network Private Ethernet  Dell Remote Access Controllers Private Ethernet Remote Power On/Off Temperature Reporting Operability Status Alarms 10 Blades Per Chassis  CFS Lustre Filesystem Shared Access High Performance Using Infiniband Fabric User Webtop 3 Interactive Node s (12 cores) Head Node Simulation Engine 1280 Batch (5120 Cores) Network s DREN Network s Storage DDN 200 TB 10 Gig-E Ethernet Fibre Cisco Infiniband (Copper) Cisco 6500 Core Fibre Channel Jaws Architecture User Webtop 24 Lustre I/O Nodes, 1 MDS Gig-E nodes with 10 Gig-E uplinks. 40 nodes per uplink.

9. 9  Systems Software Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 – 2.6.9 Kernel Infiniband Cisco Software stack MVAPICH – MPICH 1.2.7 over IB Library Gnu 3.4.6 C/C++/Fortran Intel 9.1 C/C++/Fortran Platform LSF HPC 6.2 Platform Rocks Shark Software

10. 10 Maintenance Schedule  New Proposed Schedule 8:00am – 5:00pm 2 nd and 4 th Wednesdays (as necessary) Check website for maintenance notices  Current 2:00pm – 4:00pm 2 nd and 4 th Thursday (as necessary) Check website (mhpcc.hpc.mil) for maintenance notices  Only take maintenance on scheduled systems  Check on Mondays before submitting jobs

11. 11  Contact Helpdesk or website for application information  Documentation Needed: Account names, systems, special requirements Project title, nature of work, accessibility of code Nationality of applicant Collaborative relevance with AFRL  New Requirements “Case File” information For use in AFRL research collaboration Future AFRL applicability Intellectual property shared with AFRL  Annual Account Renewals September 30 is final day of the fiscal year Account Applications and Documentation

12. 12 Summary  Anticipated migration to Shark  Should be more productive and able to support wide range of jobs  Cutting edge technology  Cost savings from Hurricane (~$400,000 annual)  Stay tuned for timeline – likely end of January, early February

13. 13 Mahalo