You can use Remote Solve Manager (RSM) as a serial or parallel solution for CFX jobs. If your RSM configuration directory contains configurations for a cluster or a Cloud portal, you can access cluster/portal queues that act as a parallel solution option.
Note: CFX has the following limitations when used with Remote Solve Manager:
RIF (Flamelet) cases are not supported.
Reconnect does not work after moving a project to another machine.
Only one copy of a saved project that is in the pending state can reconnect successfully.
You must manually save a project after a reconnect.
You cannot edit a run that is in progress.
You cannot perform a remote backup.
For runs that are submitted to a remote machine:
Serial and local parallel runs are always supported.
Other local parallel modes must be supported on the job host.
Distributed parallel is supported only for multi-node clusters.
The default update interval for display monitors is 120 seconds. Use the Download Progress Information and Progress Download Interval options under > > to enable/disable polling or to change the polling interval. The settings established here are also visible in the Solution Process properties pane in Workbench.
In the Solution Process pane:
Configure your remote solution settings in Remote Solve Manager. For more information see RSM Configuration in the Remote Solve Manager User's Guide.
In Workbench, right-click the Solution cell and select Properties.
In the Solution Process settings, set the Update Option to Submit to Remote Solve Manager.
Select a RSM Queue.
Set the Execution Mode to either Serial or Parallel.
For a parallel solution:
You can specify the Number of Processes that you want to use to create the results file. You should specify a number that is less than or equal to the number of cores available in the cluster, and you should ensure that each process contains at least 100,000 nodes or elements.
UGE and PBS clusters must be configured to use the SSH communication protocol; RSH is not supported. If you are using the Submit to Remote Solve Manager option, see Configuring RSM to Use SSH for Job Submission and/or File Transfers to a Remote Linux Cluster in the Remote Solve Manager User's Guide.
You can interrupt or abort an update by right-clicking the Solution cell. These options are available during foreground, background and RSM updates.
Note: The monitoring of solution updates submitted to RSM has the following limitations:
When you use the Solution cell's properties field to set the frequency at which you poll the data, this represents a maximum frequency. In cases of network congestion or where large files are involved, the observed monitor update frequency is less.
Solution monitor data is transferred using the CFX Solver-Manager, which has a limited capacity to handle monitor data transfer requests. In situations where multiple users are using the same CFX Solver-Manager to monitor runs, or where multiple runs are being monitored by a single user, the update frequency of monitor data may decrease or become sporadic.
When monitoring RSM updates, CFX Solver-Manager does not report run completion. The Out File window displays the completed run information; however, CFX Solver-Manager's workspace still displays Running. Note that in these cases, Workbench accurately reports update completion.
When performing a Design Point update with a CFX system using Remote Solve Manager (RSM), the Component Execution Mode and Max. Number of Processes Per Job settings on the Parameter Set Properties pane control the parallel-processing settings that the CFX Solver uses. For details, see Updating Design Points in Remote Solve Manager.