Bergen Center for Computational Science

05 October
2007

Login node on fimm will be upgraded today

The login node on fimm will for a short period between 4 pm and 6 pm be upgraded today.

Users will therefore not be able to login.

Running jobs on fimm will not be affected by this upgrade.

Update 16:53: The updated fimm login is now up and running. (Downtime 10 min).

Problems should be reported to hpc-support@hpc.uib.no

Posted by utby at 13:22 | Trackbacks (0)

01 October
2007

IBM regatta p690 "tre" decommissioned

[Downtime] [AIX] [Configuration changes]

As previously announced, the IBM p690 Regatta system "tre" is now decommissioned.

Questions regarding access to files etc. must quickly be sent to

support-uib@notur.no

Posted by eithor at 09:21 | Trackbacks (0)

24 September
2007

Power failure

[Downtime]

Power failure on fimm and tre occured around 19:00.

Update 23:44: Most machines are up, however some filesystems are still down.

Posted by utby at 21:53 | Trackbacks (0)

12 September
2007

fimm cluster is upgraded

[Configuration changes] [Software] [Hardware] [Upgrade] [Scheduled maintenance]

The scheduled maintenance of the fimm cluster is now (mostly) complete. Please note the following changes:

- Cluster is now running Rocks 4.3 which is based on CentOS 4.5
- Login to fimm.bccs.uib.no now ends up on one of the compute nodes acting as a login node. Currently this is called compute-1-14.
- Compilers are upgraded to Intel 10.0 and PGI 7.0
- Totalview is upgraded to 8.2
- MPI libraries are upgraded and located in /local
- Several libraries and programs in /local is upgraded

All jobs that were waiting on the old queue need to be submitted again into the new queue after the upgrade.

Send questions to support-uib@notur.no

Posted by eithor at 15:23 | Trackbacks (0)

07 September
2007

Password file on fimm nodes corrupted

[Downtime]

The password file on the fimm nodes has been corrupted so no new jobs will run. We are currently fixing the problem.

Update 14:51: Most nodes have now been reinstalled. Users should be able to submit jobs again.

Posted by utby at 10:50 | Trackbacks (0)

04 September
2007

Scheduled maintenance / upgrade of fimm

[Scheduled maintenance] [Upgrade] [Linux] [Configuration changes]

There will be a upgrade of fimm from Rocks 4.1 to Rocks 4.3 on Wed. Sep. 12th. Expected downtime is from 08:00 to 14:00. The new system will have updated OS, compilers and software and will be integrated with the grid-related activities.

This notice may be updated with more information at a later time.

Posted by eithor at 17:52 | Trackbacks (0)