To login remotely ON curumin, use an ssh client such as PuTTy or ssh. PuTTy is available free of charge at www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html.
	If you are off campus, you need to utilize USU's VPN. Go to http://helpdesk.usu.edu/content/networking/vpn.download.php  for more information.

Text Editing

 

	Use vi (alias to vim) for text editing on curumin. Vi is a useful commandline editor.
	There are many vi tutorials available on the web.  One good example is www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html.

Compiling MPI Programs

 

All MPI programs must include mpi.h.                            #include <mpi.h>

Use mpiCC to compile MPI C++ source with the following command:                            mpiCC <source_file.cpp> -o <executable_name>

 

Use mpicc to compile MPI C source:

                       mpicc <source_file.c> -o <executable_name>

Running MPI Programs

 

In order to start up processes on the clusters compute nodes, you need to first boot LAM with the following command:

                           lamboot /etc/lamhosts

This starts up the LAM daemon on each available node. If you don't want to use each node,
make a copy of /etc/lamhosts and place it in your home directory. Then, remove the undesired
hostnames from the file. Boot the nodes using: lamboot ~/name_of_copy.

 

Run your MPI program with the following command:

 

	BEFORE YOU LOGOUT – halt LAM using the single command: lamhalt
	ALWAYS LOGOUOTof curumin, using exit or <ctrl>-c

Words to the Wise
 

** CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD AFTER YOUR FIRST LOGIN **

If you don't, Dan and his conniving minion will hunt you down and...

If you have difficulty that digging around the Internet for a day or two does not resolve, feel free to contact the system administrator at sunsolaris@gmail.com.