diff --git a/content/guides/submitting_jobs/submitting_ansys_jobs.md b/content/guides/submitting_jobs/submitting_ansys_jobs.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fc35f4e76da28dff1cbb1b8de13ffc8dcaa3f374 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/guides/submitting_jobs/submitting_ansys_jobs.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ ++++ +title = "Submitting ANSYS Jobs" +description = "How to submit ANSYS jobs on HCC resources." ++++ + +ANSYS license is purchased by College of Engineering. Only users from CoE can access ANSYS on HCC resources. To be added to the 'ansys' group, send an email to hcc-support@unl.edu. + +The number of ANSYS tasks is restricted by its license. +For research computations, users need to add the line below to their job submission file. +{{< highlight batch >}} +#SBATCH --licenses=ansys_research +{{< /highlight >}} +For teaching purposes, users need to add +{{< highlight batch >}} +#SBATCH --licenses=ansys_teaching +{{< /highlight >}} + +### Running ANSYS scripts in batch + +{{% panel theme="info" header="ANSYS.submit" %}} +{{< highlight batch >}} +#!/bin/sh +#SBATCH --ntasks=1 +#SBATCH --time=00:30:00 +#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=1024 +#SBATCH --job-name=TestJob +#SBATCH --licenses=ansys_research +#SBATCH --error=job.%J.err +#SBATCH --output=job.%J.out + +module load ansys/19.2 +YOUR_ANSYS_COMMAND +{{< /highlight >}} +{{% /panel %}} +Details of SLURM job submission can be found at [SUBMITTING JOBS]({{< relref "submitting_jobs" >}}). + +#### Running ANSYS interactively + +1. To use graphical user interface, users need to first setup X11 forwarding. [HOW TO SETUP X11 FORWARDING]({{< relref "how_to_setup_x11_forwarding" >}}) +1. Start an interactie job using srun. NOTE: users need to add --licenses=ansys_research or --licenses=ansys_teaching to the srun command. [SUBMITTING AN INTERACTIVE JOB]({{< relref "submitting_an_interactive_job" >}}) +1. After the interactive job starts, execute "module load ansys/19.2", then run the ANSYS command, e.g. fluent, from command line. The GUI will show up if steps 1-2 are configured correctly.