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Using the ALCF BG/P System

This page is intended to provide a list to all resources for the BG/P users, in particular the experienced BG/P user. Feel free to send suggestions about what you think would be useful to support@alcf.anl.gov.

Computing Environment

Document Description

Filesystems

Discussion of the filesystems type available on BG/P. Locations, uses, etc..

Job resource manager tutorial

Basic tutorial on how to write and submit job scripts, how the job resource manager is used on BG/P, etc.. Includes examples of scripts, submissions, and commands that can be used to query the status of the queue and jobs.

Running and Querying Jobs

Using the job resource manager on BG/P. How to submit and query jobs. Provides examples of submissions commands that can be used to query the status of the queue, jobs, and reservations.

Application Documentation

Intended to be used as reference documents, this collection includes third-party application user guides, links to other on-line references, and how to use the applications on BG/P. Some of those pages are accessible directly from this page as well.

New User's Guide

BG/P FAQ

Intended to help new users get started using BG/P, the ALCF BG/P system. It provides basic information on how to get an account, log on, set up your environment, everything you need to know from the beginning up through how run your first job.

IBM is maintaining openly available BlueGene redbooks. We've provided a link on the left that should search the IBM redbooks site for 'Blue Gene' and also a link to the main IBM Redbook page where you can see a list of the latest books and search for other RedBooks.

IBM Compiler Documentation

Pages from IBM's online library containing resources for users of their XL compilers.

Accounts and Policies

Document Description
Policies Policies for BG/P. Includes the current scheduling policy.
Discretionary Allocations Information on requesting a Director's Discretionary Allocation of CPU time on the ALCF BG/P systems.

Allocation Management

Information on Allocation Management and how usage charges are incurred.

About Accounts

An overview of BG/P accounts, including account policies such as who may have an account.

ALCF Accounts Page

Main ALCF account page. From here you can make changes to your account, access your project information, etc. You will need to log on with your ALCF accounts system username and password.

Surveyor Project Request Request a Director's Discretionary Allocation on the Surveyor system.
Intrepid Project Request Request a Director's Discretionary Allocation on the Intrepid system.

Request a BG/P account

Use the form on this page to request a new BG/P account.


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