Mox uses a scheduler called slurm. It is similar to but different from the PBS based scheduler used on hyak classic.
Below xyz is your hyak group name and abc is your UW netid.
To logon:
ssh abc@mox.hyak.uw.edu
The above command gives you access to the login node of mox. The login node is only for logging in and submitting jobs. The computational work is done on a compute node. As shown below, you can get either an interactive compute node or submit a batch job. The build node is a special compute node which can connect to the internet.
To see the various partitions (aka allocations):
sinfo
Below mox specific command shows the number of nodes etc. of all allocations.
hyakalloc
Interactive Single Node Usage:
The build node can connect to outside mox. It is useful for using git, transferring files to outside mox or getting files from outside mox, installing packages in R or Python etc.
To get an interactive build node for 2 hours:
srun -p build --time=2:00:00 --pty /bin/bash
An interactive node in your own group cannot connect to outside mox.
To get an interactive node in your own group for 2 hours:
srun -p xyz -A xyz --time=2:00:00 --pty /bin/bash
Issue below comand at an interactive node prompt to find the list of SLURM environment variables:
export | grep SLURM
Interactive Multiple Node Usage:
To get 2 nodes for interactive use:
salloc -N 2 -p xyz -A xyz --time=2:00:00
When the above command runs, then you will have been allocated 2 nodes but will still be on the mox login node. In order to find the names of the nodes that you have been allocated, issue below command:
export | grep SLURM_JOB_NODELIST
Once you know the node names, then you can use them for your work.
Below command will tell you about other SLURM environment variables.
export | grep SLURM
Batch usage:
To submit a batch job:
sbatch -p xyz -A xyz myscript.slurm
The script myscript.slurm is similar to myscript.pbs used in hyak classic. Below is an example slurm script.
#!/bin/bash
## Job Name
#SBATCH --job-name=myjob
## Resources
## Nodes
#SBATCH --nodes=1
## Walltime (3 hours)
#SBATCH --time=3:00:00
## Memory per node
#SBATCH --mem=30G
## Specify the working directory for this job
#SBATCH --workdir=/gscratch/xyz/abc/myjobdir
myprogram
srun vs salloc
If no nodes have been allocated then (1) and (2) are equivalent.
(1) srun -p xyz -A xyz --time=4:00:00 --pty /bin/bash
(2) salloc -p xyz -A xyz --time=4:00:00 This allocates the node.
srun --pty /bin/bash This uses the same node.
If nodes have already been allocated by using salloc then srun just uses those nodes.
Alternative to srun is to allocate a node and then ssh to it e.g.
Allocate a node:
salloc -p xyz -A xyz --time=4:00:00
Find the name of the allocated node:
export | grep LIST
If above command gives a hostname of n1234 then you can ssh to n1234 and use it for your work.
More details are here: