CMAQv5.3.3 Parallel Cluster Benchmark on HPC6a-48xlarge with EBS and Lustre (optional)

Run CMAQv5.3.3 on a ParallelCluster using pre-loaded software and input data on EBS and Lustre using HPC6a-48xlarge Parallel Cluster.

• Use ParallelCluster pre-installed with CMAQv5.3.3 software and 12US2 Benchmark
  • Obtain YAML file pre-loaded with input data and software
    • Choose a directory on your local machine to obtain a copy of the github repo.
    • Use a configuration file from the github by cloning the repo to your local machine
  • Examine Diagram of the YAML file to build pre-installed software and input data.
  • Edit Yaml file
• Create CMAQ ParallelCluster with software/data pre-installed
• Log into the new cluster
• Resize the EBS Volume
• Change shell to use tcsh
• Verify Software
• Verify Input Data
• Examine CMAQ Run Scripts
• To run on the EBS Volume a code modification is required.
• Build the code by running the makefile
• Submit Job to Slurm Queue to run CMAQ on Lustre
  • Check status of run
  • Successfully started run
  • Once the job is successfully running
• Submit a run script to run on the EBS volume
• Modify YAML and then Update Parallel Cluster.
  • Submit a new job using the updated compute nodes
  • Submit a 576 pe job 6 nodes x 96 cpus on the EBS volume /shared
• Submit a minimum of 2 benchmark runs
• upgrade pcluster version to try Persistent 2 Lustre Filesystem
• Query the stack formation log messages