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Currently, the following commands can be run via sudo in exclusive jobs:
Currently, the following commands can be run via sudo in exclusive jobs:
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; on idfreeze
 
* sudo /usr/bin/whoami (provided for testing the mechanism, should return "root")
* sudo /usr/bin/whoami (provided for testing the mechanism, should return "root")
* sudo /sbin/reboot
* sudo /sbin/reboot
* sudo /usr/bin/schedtool
* sudo /usr/bin/schedtool
* sudo /usr/bin/opcontrol
* sudo /usr/bin/opcontrol
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* sudo /usr/bin/perf
* sudo /opt/likwid/bin/likwid-perfctr
* sudo /opt/likwid/bin/likwid-perfctr
* sudo /opt/likwid/bin/likwid-topology
* sudo /opt/likwid/bin/likwid-topology
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* sudo /usr/bin/nvidia-smi (please notify other users via the [mailto:digitalis@lists.grid5000.fr digitalis mailing list] if you change parameters on GPUs that will not be reset to default after a reboot, '''e.g. the memory ECC configuration''')
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* sudo /usr/local/bin/ipmi-reset
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* sudo /usr/bin/lstopo
== System changelog ==
== System changelog ==
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; System image: idfreeze-legacy 20130830
; System image: idfreeze-legacy 20130830
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The Operation system installation did not change (except minor packages upgrade possibly) since the move of the machine in the Digitalis platform (Grid'5000 network). Hence, the ''legacy'' name.
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This is the operation system installed originally (except minor packages upgrade possibly) before the move of the machine from ID's DMZ to the Digitalis. Hence, the ''legacy'' name.
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This system image is based on Debian Squeeze.
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This system image is based on Debian Squeeze (old-stable).
=== 2013-12 ===
=== 2013-12 ===
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* BIOS was upgraded
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* BIOS upgraded
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* Kadeploy is now allowed.
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* Kadeploy is now enabled
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=== 2014-03-26 ===
=== 2014-03-26 ===
; System image: idfreeze-legacy-20140326
; System image: idfreeze-legacy-20140326
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* fixed apt sources -> squeeze is now old-stable, added wheezy as stable (changed names to the distro nicknames)
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* fixed apt sources -> Squeeze is now old-stable, added Wheezy is stable (changed names to the distro nicknames)
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* added apt preferences -> squeeze is the preferred version
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* added apt preferences -> Squeeze is kept as the preferred version
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* upgraded hwloc -> 1.8.1 (jessie)
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* upgraded hwloc -> 1.8.1 (Jessie)
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* upgraded openmpi -> 1.6.5 (jessie)
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* upgraded openmpi -> 1.6.5 (Jessie)
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* upgraded linux-image-3.2.0-4 (same version, wheezy)
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* upgraded linux-image-3.2.0-4 (minor update, same version as earlier, from Wheezy)
* set sysctl vm.zone_reclaim_mode = 3 (HPC mode)
* set sysctl vm.zone_reclaim_mode = 3 (HPC mode)
* added NFS mounts: /grid5000 and /applis
* added NFS mounts: /grid5000 and /applis
* added links in /opt/intel/ to Intel Cluster Studio XE 2013.1 (icc 14)
* added links in /opt/intel/ to Intel Cluster Studio XE 2013.1 (icc 14)
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== Acknolegment ==
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The idfreeze machine was funded by the Mescal and Moais teams of LIG/Inria.

Current revision as of 09:22, 29 August 2016

| Introduction | Usage | Idfreeze | Idgraf | Idphix | Idbool | Idkat | Idcin | Idarm | Ppol | Grimage |

Contents

Overview

Idfreeze is a quad-socket machine equipped with AMD Opteron 6174 8 cores CPUs, totaling 48 core in a NUMA architecture.

  • 4x AMD Opteron 6174
  • 256 GB RAM

How to experiment

Privileged commands

Currently, the following commands can be run via sudo in exclusive jobs:

  • sudo /usr/bin/whoami (provided for testing the mechanism, should return "root")
  • sudo /sbin/reboot
  • sudo /usr/bin/schedtool
  • sudo /usr/bin/opcontrol
  • sudo /usr/bin/perf
  • sudo /opt/likwid/bin/likwid-perfctr
  • sudo /opt/likwid/bin/likwid-topology
  • sudo /usr/bin/nvidia-smi (please notify other users via the digitalis mailing list if you change parameters on GPUs that will not be reset to default after a reboot, e.g. the memory ECC configuration)
  • sudo /usr/local/bin/ipmi-reset
  • sudo /usr/bin/lstopo

System changelog

The operating system is based on Debian Squeeze.

2013-08

System image
idfreeze-legacy 20130830

This is the operation system installed originally (except minor packages upgrade possibly) before the move of the machine from ID's DMZ to the Digitalis. Hence, the legacy name.

This system image is based on Debian Squeeze (old-stable).

2013-12

  • BIOS upgraded
  • Kadeploy is now enabled

2014-03-26

System image
idfreeze-legacy-20140326
  • fixed apt sources -> Squeeze is now old-stable, added Wheezy is stable (changed names to the distro nicknames)
  • added apt preferences -> Squeeze is kept as the preferred version
  • upgraded hwloc -> 1.8.1 (Jessie)
  • upgraded openmpi -> 1.6.5 (Jessie)
  • upgraded linux-image-3.2.0-4 (minor update, same version as earlier, from Wheezy)
  • set sysctl vm.zone_reclaim_mode = 3 (HPC mode)
  • added NFS mounts: /grid5000 and /applis
  • added links in /opt/intel/ to Intel Cluster Studio XE 2013.1 (icc 14)

Acknolegment

The idfreeze machine was funded by the Mescal and Moais teams of LIG/Inria.

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