To request access: fill out this form. Make sure to follow the link in the confirmation email to request actual system account.
Frequently Asked Questions
To report problems: email us
For our new users: New User Guide for HAL System
User group Slack space: https://join.slack.com/t/halillinoisncsa
Real-time Dashboards: Here
HAL OnDemand portal: https://hal-ondemand.ncsa.illinois.edu/
Globus Endpoint:
Quick start guide: (for complete details see Documentation section on the left)
To connect to the cluster:
ssh <username>@hal.ncsa.illinois.edu
To submit interactive job:
To submit a batch job:
Job Queue time limits:
- "debug" queue: 4 hours
- "gpux<n>" and "cpun<n>" queues: 24 hours
Resource limits:
- 5 concurrently running jobs
- concurrently allocated resources
- For larger/more numerous jobs, please contact admins for a special arrangement and/or a reservation
To load the OpenCE module (provides PyTorch, Tensorflow and other ML tools):
To see CLI scheduler status: