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Expanse 101 Tutorial

Document last updated: 02/16/2022

In this tutorial, you will learn how to compile and run jobs on Expanse, where to run them, and how to run batch jobs. The commands below can be cut & pasted into the terminal window, which is connected to expanse.sdsc.edu. For instructions on how to do this, see the tutorial on how to use a terminal application and SSH go connect to an SDSC HPC system: https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training-org/basic_skills.

Related Links:

Expanse User Guide

Please read the Expanse user guide and familiarize yourself with the hardware, file systems, batch job submission, compilers and modules. The guide can be found here:

http://www.sdsc.edu/support/user_guides/expanse.html

Interactive Video Link:

This material was presented as part of a webinar presented on October 8th, 2020. The link to the presentation will be posted soon:

Interactive Video (Sept, 2021)

Hands-on Self-guided Tutorial (using markdown file):

Self-guided Tutorial -- markdown version

Link to GitHub Repo

https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training-org/expanse-101

Link to Example code:

https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training-org/hpctr-examples

Prerequistes:

  • You must have an Expanse account in order to access the system.
  • To obtain a trial account: http://www.sdsc.edu/support/user_guides/expanse.html#trial_accounts
  • You should be familiar with running basic Unix commands, connecting to Expanse via SSH, and other basic skills.
  • You must have a expanse account in order to access the system.
  • You should be familiar with running basic Unix commands on and HPC system: see the
  • The hostname for Expanse is login01 or login02
  • The login node name for Expanse is login.expanse.sdsc.edu
  • The operating system for Expanse is CentOS
  • The cluster management system is Bright Cluster Manager
  • The Scheduler and Resource Manager is SLURM

If you have any difficulties completing these tasks, please contact SDSC Consulting group at help@xsede.org.