Difference between revisions of "SLURM GPU"
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On CIRCE, MPI parallel jobs with GPU support require extra care when crafting your request. You MUST use the nodes,ntasks-per-node parameters for your job request. In this case, every node you select (up to 20) will get you an additional GPU. So, lets say I want to use 8 GPUs with MPI, each with a single CPU thread: | On CIRCE, MPI parallel jobs with GPU support require extra care when crafting your request. You MUST use the nodes,ntasks-per-node parameters for your job request. In this case, every node you select (up to 20) will get you an additional GPU. So, lets say I want to use 8 GPUs with MPI, each with a single CPU thread: | ||
<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap; width: | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap; width:25%; border:1px solid lightgrey; background:#E0E0E0; color:black;">#SBATCH --name=myMPIGPUjob | ||
#SBATCH --time=01:00:00 | #SBATCH --time=01:00:00 | ||
#SBATCH --nodes=8 | #SBATCH --nodes=8 | ||
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The largest possible GPU job is expressed below (this may take quite some time to dispatch) | The largest possible GPU job is expressed below (this may take quite some time to dispatch) | ||
<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap; width: | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap; width:25%; border:1px solid lightgrey; background:#E0E0E0; color:black;">#SBATCH --name=myMPIGPUjob | ||
#SBATCH --time=01:00:00 | #SBATCH --time=01:00:00 | ||
#SBATCH --nodes=20 | #SBATCH --nodes=20 | ||
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./MpiGpuExe</pre> | ./MpiGpuExe</pre> | ||
This will request the use of 40 GPUs for an MPI application. | This will request the use of 40 GPUs for an MPI application. | ||
== Specify a GPU model == | == Specify a GPU model == |
Revision as of 17:07, 28 June 2016
GPU Jobs
Research Computing hosts 28 compute nodes with GPU capabilities. Requesting GPU resources requires additional parameters to be added to your job script in order to land on the right equipment and ensure that your job is dispatched correctly.
Basic GPU Job
For basic GPU jobs, where you will be using a single CPU thread and a single GPU, the following will be sufficient:
#SBATCH --name=gpu_job #SBATCH --time=01:00:00 #SBATCH --gres=gpu:1 ./GpuEnabledExe
You can request up to two GPUs be used by a single node job. This can be requested by calling
#SBATCH --gres=gpu:2
MPI GPU Jobs
On CIRCE, MPI parallel jobs with GPU support require extra care when crafting your request. You MUST use the nodes,ntasks-per-node parameters for your job request. In this case, every node you select (up to 20) will get you an additional GPU. So, lets say I want to use 8 GPUs with MPI, each with a single CPU thread:
#SBATCH --name=myMPIGPUjob #SBATCH --time=01:00:00 #SBATCH --nodes=8 #SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1 #SBATCH --gres=gpu:1 ./MpiGpuExe
The largest possible GPU job is expressed below (this may take quite some time to dispatch)
#SBATCH --name=myMPIGPUjob #SBATCH --time=01:00:00 #SBATCH --nodes=20 #SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=2 #SBATCH --gres=gpu:2 ./MpiGpuExe
This will request the use of 40 GPUs for an MPI application.
Specify a GPU model
Since there are 3 generations of GPUs available, you may want to specify which you'd like to use. The versions and flags required are listed below:
Model | Nickname | Constraint | Number Available |
T10 | Tesla | gpu_T10 | 2 |
M2070 | Fermi | gpu_M2070 | 8 |
K20 | Kepler | gpu_K20 | 42 |