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Please fill out the following form. Make sure to follow the link on the application confirmation page to request an actual system account.

Submit Tech-Support Ticket

Please submit a tech-support ticket to the admin team.

Join HAL Slack User Group

Please join HAL slack user group.

Check System Status

Please visit the following website to monitor real-time system status.

User Guide

Connect to HAL Cluster

There are 2 methods to log on to the HAL system. The first method is to SSH via a terminal,

ssh <username>@hal.ncsa.illinois.edu

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Submit Jobs Using Slurm Wrapper Suite (Recommended)

The first one is to use the Submit an interactive job using Slurm Wrapper Suite,

swrun -p gpux1

The first one is to use the Submit a batch job using Slurm Wrapper Suite,

swbatch run_script.swb

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Submit Jobs Using Native Slurm 

and the second method is to submit with Submit an interactive job using Slurm directly.

srun --partition=gpux1 --pty --nodes=1 --ntasks-per-node=12 \
  --cores-per-socket=3 --threads-per-core=4 --sockets-per-node=1 \
  --gres=gpu:v100:1 --mem-per-cpu=1500 --time=4:00:00 \
  --wait=0 --export=ALL /bin/bash

and the second method is to submit with Submit a batch job using  Slurm directly.

swbatch run_script.sb

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Submit Jobs Using HAL OnDemand (New)

Submit Interactive Job to HAL

There are 2 ways to submit interactive jobs to the HAL system. The first one is to use the Slurm Wrapper Suite,

swrun -p gpux1

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Log in with your own user name and password.

srun --partition=gpux1 --pty --nodes=1 --ntasks-per-node=12 \
  --cores-per-socket=3 --threads-per-core=4 --sockets-per-node=1 \
  --gres=gpu:v100:1 --mem-per-cpu=1500 --time=2:00:00 \
  --wait=0 --export=ALL /bin/bash

Submit Batch Job to HAL

There are 2 ways to submit batch jobs to the HAL system. The first one is to use the Slurm Wrapper Suite,

swbatch run_script.swb

The run_script.swb example

#!/bin/bash

#SBATCH --job-name="hostname"
#SBATCH --output="hostname.%j.%N.out"
#SBATCH --error="hostname.%j.%N.err" 
#SBATCH --partition=gpux1

srun /bin/hostname # this is our "application"

and the second method is to submit with Slurm directly.

swbatch run_script.sb

The run_script.sb example

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Files Apps

Jobs Apps

Clusters Apps

Documentation

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System Overview

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Job Management with Slurm

Frequently Asked Questions

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