GNR Info
System Access
Hostname of the machines is:
gnr: gnr.iitm.ac.in
Users can connect to the system from their respective departments through Institute Network.
To Login to the gnr Cluster,
ssh USERID@gnr.iitm.ac.in
Users cannot logon to any other nodes, but jobs submitted will be pulled by the respective nodes for processing.
How to Use the gnr Cluster
Login Information
Window's User:
- Please install SSH client from ftp://ccftp.iitm.ac.in/downloads/ssh/SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.9.exe on your local system.
- Click on the SSH secure shell client icon.
- Please click the Quick Connect Button.
- Please enter the following details:
Hostname: gnr.iitm.ac.in
- Username: your user account
- Click on connect, it will prompt for password, and then enter your respective password.
Linux Users:
- Open the Terminal, and type
ssh @gnr.iitm.ac.in
- It will prompt for password, enter your password.
- After successful login, you are on your home directory.
General Information
- Change the temporary password immediately.
- Do not share account with anyone.
- Do not run any calculations on the login node -- use the queuing system.
- Do not run any calculations that read and write big files in home directory -- use the assigned scratch space (available on any node).
- The scratch directories will not be backed up for obvious reasons.
- Files belonging to the completed jobs in the scratch space will be automatically deleted after 7 days of completion of jobs.
