This hands-on course introduces the OBLIVION supercomputer to researchers who are new to HPC or new to this system. Starting from basic concepts, it shows how to access the machine, work in the project filesystem, use the software environment, and run jobs through the batch scheduler.
Over three afternoons, participants learn the layout of OBLIVION (compute nodes, interconnect, storage), accounts and quotas, the software stack and environment modules, essential command-line use in the OBLIVION directory layout, transfer of data to and from the cluster, and SLURM job submission including short parallel (MPI) exercises.
The emphasis is on guided practicals and worksheets: by the end of the course you should be able to log in, prepare a run environment, submit and monitor a job, and know where to get help on OBLIVION.