Configuring Electronics Installation for HPC
In HPC applications, Ansys Electromagnetics Suite must be available on each cluster host where jobs may be run.
- On a Linux platform, Ansys Electromagnetics Suite may be installed on a shared drive, that is accessible to all machines in the cluster.
- On a Windows platform, Ansys Electromagnetics Suite must be installed separately on each host of the cluster.
The Ansys Electromagnetics Suite must be accessible using the same path on each host. All cluster users running Ansys Electromagnetics jobs must have permission to read and execute the files in the installation directory and its subdirectories.
The Temp directory selected during installation must be readable and writable by all user accounts used to run the Ansys Elctromagnetics Suite. This temp directory path should be the same on all machines of the cluster and should be local to every machine. For example, C:\temp on Windows, /tmp on Linux.
Because HPC is offered as a direct integration, you need only install the Ansys Electromagnetic Suite software. No additional configuration is required.
Firewall Configuration
If firewall is turned off between the machines of the cluster, there is no need for any configuration.
If firewall is turned on:
- For Windows cluster: Configure firewall by adding exceptions that allow Ansys EM programs and services to communicate with each other. If you are using standard Windows Firewall, this is automatically done for you by the installation program. If you are using a third party firewall software, it needs to be configured in a similar manner.
- For Linux cluster: Open up the firewall for range of ports denoting ephemeral (or dynamic) ports. Check with your system administrator on how this can be done on each machine of cluster.
Installation Directory Examples
Microsoft Windows
Install the Ansys Electromagnetics Suite in directory C:\Program Files\AnsysEM\v242\win64 on each node of the cluster. The same directory pathname must be used on all hosts.
Linux
Install the Ansys Electromagnetics Suite in a common directory that is accessible using the path /opt/AnsysEM/v242 on each execution node of the cluster.
Related Topics
High Performance Computing (HPC) Integration
Installation Directory Examples
Ansys Electromagnetics HPC Administrator’s Guide (included in the <path>AnsysEM\v242\Win64\Help directory of your Ansys Electronics Desktop installation)