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.

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

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

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

Submit Jobs Using Slurm Wrapper Suite (Recommended)

Submit an interactive job using Slurm Wrapper Suite,

swrun -p gpux1

Submit a batch job using 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"

Submit Jobs Using Native Slurm 

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

Submit a batch job using  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 04:00:00 

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

Submit Jobs Using HAL OnDemand (New)

Log in with your own user name and password.

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

Files Apps

Jobs Apps

Clusters Apps

Documentation

System Overview

Hardware Information

Login node

Compute node

Storage Node

Software Information

Job Management with Slurm

Modules Management

Getting started with WMLCE (former PowerAI)

Using Jupyter Notebook on HAL

Working with Containers

Installing python packages

Frequently Asked Questions