Quick Start

Contact Us

Request for HAL Access

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

https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/6587313

Submit Tech-Support Ticket

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

help+isl@ncsa.illinois.edu

Join HAL Slack User Group

Please join HAL slack user group.

https://join.slack.com/t/halillinoisncsa

Check System Status

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

https://hal-monitor.ncsa.illinois.edu:3000/

User Guide

Connect to HAL cluster

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

Submit Interactive Job to HAL

swrun -p gpux1

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

swbatch run_script.swb

sbatch run_script.sb

Documentation

System Overview

Hardware Information

Software Information

Job Management with Slurm

Frequently Asked Questions