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

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

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

and the second method is to visit the HAL OnDemand webpage.

https://hal.ncsa.illinois.edu:8888

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

and the second method is to submit with 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=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

#!/bin/bash

#SBATCH --job-name="hostname"
#SBATCH --output="hostname.%j.%N.out"
#SBATCH --error="hostname.%j.%N.err" 
#SBATCH --partition=gpux1 
#SBATCH --nodes=1
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1 
#SBATCH --export=ALL 
#SBATCH -t 00:10:00 

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

Documentation

System Overview

Hardware Information

Login node

Compute node

Storage Node

Software Information

Job Management with Slurm

Frequently Asked Questions