Olympus Academic User Information

This document explains how to use Olympus for ECEN course labs.

Undergraduate users (academic)
1. are allowed two simultaneous interactive sessions on the non-GPU compute nodes. Users can log in to Olympus using ssh with two different sessions and run the proper load-ecen-### command in each ssh session.
2. Each interactive session is limited to a maximum of 12 hours.
Graduate Users (academic)
1. are allowed to use up to six cores on the non-GPU compute nodes. Users can log in to Olympus using ssh with three different interactive sessions and run the proper load-ecen-### command in each ssh session.
2. Each interactive session is limited to a maximum of 12 hours.How to Use the Cluster

You will need an ssh/xwindows client on your computer.
1. On windows systems, install MobaXTerm personal edition.
2. Putty and XMing are also an option for Windows users.
3. On Macintosh install the XQuartz software. Detailed instructions for accessing Olympus from off campus can be found here:

Open MobaXTerm on windows or the terminal program on Mac
ssh to olympus.ece.tamu.edu, i.e. ssh -Y netid@olympus.ece.tamu.edu (replace netid with your NetID)
Log in using your NetID password
You will need to connect to an available compute node. Enter the proper load-ecen-###command at the prompt and hit return. The command that you will run depends on which course you are taking. The following are valid commands:
1. load-csce-616
  load-csce-714
  load-ecen-248
  load-ecen-350
  load-ecen-403
  load-ecen-425
  load-ecen-449
  load-ecen-454
  load-ecen-468
  load-ecen-474
  load-ecen-475
  load-ecen-620
  load-ecen-625
  load-ecen-651
  load-ecen-655
  load-ecen-676
  load-ecen-680
  load-ecen-704
  load-ecen-714
  load-ecen-720
  load-ecen-749
Source the same file that you use in the Zachry Linux Labs and follow the instructions in your Lab manual.