Documents for the HPC Cluster.

Articles (13)

Accessing Clipper HPC Cluster

Access to Clipper is currently only provided through SSH and is restricted to certain campus networks and VPN. Duo multi-factor authentication enrollment is also required.

Accessing Jupyter Lab on Clipper

How to launch a Jupyter lab instance using openOnDemand on Clipper.

Clipper Changelog

A updated list of changes made to the Clipper HPC environment.

Managing Software Modules on Clipper

Clipper uses the Modules package to present software as modules to cluster users. This document describes basic Modules usage.

Running MATLAB Scripts Using SBATCH

Job submission for MATLAB using SBATCH

Running STAR-CCM+ in Batch Mode

Running Batch jobs using STARCCM+ on Clipper

Submitting a Basic Job in SLURM

This article is to show you how to submit a basic job to slurm.

Using GPUs on Clipper

Clipper is equipped with 16 NVIDIA GPUs for research use. This article details how to request GPUs in Slurm jobs.

Using SageMath via Apptainer on Clipper

SageMath can run on Clipper via Apptainer.

Using X11 Forwarding on Clipper

Some applications on Clipper provide the ability to interact with a graphical user interface using X11 Forwarding. X11 Forwarding allows you to run graphical applications on Clipper’s resources while interacting with them through your own local display and input devices.

Welcome to Clipper

Clipper is a collection of Dell PowerEdge servers and storage communicating through high-speed Ethernet and InfiniBand networking. The cluster is available for current students, faculty, and staff for use in their research or teaching.