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 - Cluster Controller

Slurm controller for standalone LS-DYNA. Configures license for LS-DYNA, EFA, Intel MPI.

Available only in project spaces that support Ansys 2024 R1 and earlier releases.

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AWS EFA Driver 1.23.0 ― Implementation of the OFI framework

Driver required to support Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) on an instance

Available only in project spaces that support Ansys 2024 R1 and earlier releases.

  • 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 Ansys License Manager √
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)

Available only in project spaces that support Ansys 2024 R1 and earlier releases.

 Ansys LS-DYNA - Cluster Controller √
Slurm Node with EFA and NFS 21.08-latest

Available only in project spaces that support Ansys 2024 R1 and earlier releases.

  • 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 - √
XRDP for GNOME Latest Uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to enhance remote desktop access to GNOME-based Linux systems GNOME Desktop √
Note: Third-party applications are downloaded over the Internet from the provider's website.