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Getting Started at NERSC
Absolute Beginner's Guide
Understanding Our Systems
Understanding Our Systems
- NERSC Systems
- Perlmutter
  Perlmutter
Getting and Managing Your Account
Getting and Managing Your Account
Connecting to NERSC
Connecting to NERSC
Working in a NERSC Shell
Working in a NERSC Shell
- Customizing and Troubleshooting Shells
- Shell Startup
- Lmod
- Containers
  Containers
  - Containers
  - Podman-hpc
    Podman-hpc
    
    Podman-hpc for Beginners Tutorial
    
    Using Podman-hpc at NERSC
  - Shifter
    Shifter
    
    Shifter
    
    Shifter for Beginners Tutorial
    
    How to use Shifter
    
    FAQ and Troubleshooting
    
    Example Shifter Containers
  - registry.nersc.gov
    registry.nersc.gov
    
    Using NERSC's registry.nersc.gov
Running Jobs
Running Jobs
- Basics of Running Jobs
- Running Jobs on Perlmutter
- Resource Usage Policies
- Scheduling
- Queues and Charges
- Interactive
- Example Jobs
- Best Practices
- Jobscript Generator
- Job Cost Calculator
- Troubleshooting Jobs
- Monitoring
- Affinity
- Reservations
- Checkpoint/Restart
  Checkpoint/Restart
Running Workflows
Running Workflows
Using Applications and Frameworks
Using Applications and Frameworks
- Applications Overview
- Supported Applications and Frameworks
  Supported Applications and Frameworks
  - AMBER
  - BerkeleyGW
  - CP2K
  - Dask
  - E4S
    E4S
    
    Extreme-scale Scientific Software Stack (E4S)
    
    Spack v0.22
    
    Spack Environments
  - Gromacs
  - Jupyter
    Jupyter
    
    Jupyter Overview
    
    How-To Guides
    
    Reference
    
    Background
  - LAMMPS
  - Mathematica
  - MATLAB
    MATLAB
    
    MATLAB
    
    MATLAB Compiler
  - NAMD
  - NCL
  - NWChem
  - ORCA
  - ParaView
  - PyTorch
  - Q-Chem
  - Quantum ESPRESSO
  - ROOT
  - TensorBoard
  - TensorFlow
  - VASP
  - VisIt
  - WRF
    WRF
    
    Introduction to WRF
    
    WPS
    
    WRF
    
    WRF module
    
    WRF benchmark
    
    Publications
- Analytics
- Machine Learning
  Machine Learning
- Software Support Policy
Developing and Installing Software
Developing and Installing Software
- Compilers
  Compilers
- Build Tools
  Build Tools
- Installing Software
  Installing Software
  - Installing Software
- Programming Models
  Programming Models
  - Programming Models Overview
  - MPI
    MPI
    
    Introduction to MPI
    
    Cray MPICH
    
    Open MPI
    
    Upstream MPICH
  - OpenMP
    OpenMP
    
    Introduction to OpenMP
    
    Compiling OpenMP Code
    
    Tools for OpenMP
  - OpenACC
  - CUDA
  - UPC
  - UPC++
  - Coarrays
  - SYCL
  - Kokkos
  - HPX
  - C++ parallel algorithms benchmark
- Languages
  Languages
  - Julia
  - R
  - Rust
  - IDL
  - Python
    Python
    
    Python Overview
    
    Intro to Python at NERSC
    
    Using Python at NERSC
    
    Parallel Python
    
    Python in Shifter
    
    Profiling Python
    
    Python on AMD CPUs
    
    Using Python on Perlmutter
    
    Porting Python to Perlmutter GPUs
    
    FAQ and Troubleshooting
- Libraries
  Libraries
  - Math Libraries
  - FFTW
  - LAPACK
  - MKL
  - LibSci
  - HDF5
  - NetCDF
- Performance
  Performance
  - Perlmutter Readiness
  - Vectorization
  - Parallelism
  - Compiler Diagnostics
  - I/O
    I/O
    
    DVS
    
    I/O Resources at NERSC
    
    I/O Tuning
    
    Lustre
    
    File system in memory
  - Portability
  - Variability
  - Network
  - Performance Tools
    Performance Tools
    
    Performance Tools Overview
    
    Codee
    
    CrayPat
    
    Darshan
    Darshan
    
    Darshan I/O Profiler
    
    DXT Explorer
    
    Drishti
    
    MAP
    
    NVIDIA Profiling Tools
    
    Performance Reports
    
    Reveal
    
    Roofline Performance Model
- Debugging Tools
  Debugging Tools
Managing Data
Managing Data
- Unix File Permissions
- PI Toolbox
- Quotas
- Filesystems
  Filesystems
  - Filesystems Overview
  - Perlmutter scratch
  - Community
  - DnA
  - Archive (HPSS)
    Archive (HPSS)
    
    The HPSS Archive System
    
    HPSS Best Practices
    
    HPSS Charging and Data Sharing
    
    hsi
    
    htar
    
    Storage Statistics
  - Global Home
  - Global Common
  - Backups
- Databases
- Moving Data
  Moving Data
- Sharing Data
- Data Policy
Building Your Own Services
Building Your Own Services
- Hosting Services with Spin
  Hosting Services with Spin
  - Spin Overview
  - Terminology
  - Getting Started
    Getting Started
    
    Local Development
    
    Running Your App in Spin
    
    Attaching Storage
    
    Connecting to a Spin App
  - Advanced Concepts
    Advanced Concepts
    
    Using the Rancher CLI
    
    Development and Production environments
    
    Managing Spin Apps with Helm
    
    Migrating Apps from Docker Compose
  - FAQ
  - Examples
- API
  API
- Science Gateways
Managing Projects and Allocations
Managing Projects and Allocations
- Iris Guide for PIs and Project Managers
- ERCAP and Iris Guide for Allocation Managers
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