Third-Party Applications

The following table lists the third-party applications that are available to be installed when configuring virtual desktops and clusters in Ansys Gateway powered by AWS.

Application Version Description Dependency for other packages Windows Virtual Desktop Linux Virtual Desktop HPC Cluster (2023 R1 to 2024 R1) Autoscaling Cluster (2024 R2 and later)
7-Zip Latest Used to compress files or extract files from an archive

  • Ansys DCS Evaluator

  • Granta MI Pro

  • Ansys LS-DYNA

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Ansys LS-DYNA - Slurm Controller Slurm controller for standalone LS-DYNA. Configures license for LS-DYNA, EFA, Intel MPI. - √
AWS EFA Driver 1.23.0 ― Implementation of the OFI framework Driver required to support Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) on an instance

  • Ansys LS-DYNA - Cluster Controller

  • Ansys LS-DYNA Cluster - Leverages EFA

  • Ansys Mechanical DCS Cluster - Leverages EFA

  • Ansys Mechanical RSM Cluster - Leverages EFA

  • Slurm Node with EFA and NFS

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GNOME Desktop Latest Linux desktop experience

  • Ansys LS-PrePost

  • Ansys Lumerical

  • Ansys optiSLang

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KDE Desktop Environment Desktop environment for the Linux operating system - √
Mozilla Firefox Latest Web browser
  • Ansys Electronics Desktop
  • Ansys optiSLang
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Notepad++ 8.4.5 Text editor for use with Microsoft Windows - √
Slurm Controller 21.08-latest Manages a Slurm cluster (job queuing, resource allocation, and so on) Ansys LS-DYNA - Cluster Controller √
Slurm Node with EFA and NFS 21.08-latest

  • Ansys LS-DYNA Cluster - Leverages EFA

  • Ansys Semiconductor CentOS 7
VcXsrv Windows X Server Latest Enables a Windows user to run Linux GUI programs installed with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) Ansys Electronics Desktop √
WinSCP Latest FTP client for Microsoft Windows - √
Note: Third-party applications are downloaded over the Internet from the provider's website.