This section describes the various configuration steps involved for the following solving scenarios:
Solve on the Local Machine within the Workbench process (synchronous)
Use the built-in My Computer solve process setting.
Solve on My Computer in the Background (asynchronous)
Use the built-in My Computer, Background solve process setting. The option is only functional if Remote Solve Manager (RSM) was installed along with Workbench. RSM has a built-in "Local" queue and server for running jobs on the client computer.
Solve using HPC Platform Services (HPS)
Use the options of the Solve Process Settings dialog to select HPS as your target and specify the settings for the remote location.
Solve Using Remote Solve Manager (RSM)
The following scenarios describe how to submit to a cluster using RSM.
- Solve to a Remote Windows Cluster
Important: RSM must be installed on your local computer. The RSM launcher service must be installed and running on the remote cluster submit host. See Installing and Configuring the RSM Launcher Service for Windows in the Distributed Compute Gateway User's Guide. The Mechanical application must be installed on your local computer as well as the cluster execution node that will be used for the solve.
This step requires the following configuration steps:
Define a cluster configuration for the Windows cluster in RSM. Or, if an RSM administrator has already defined a cluster configuration, load it into your local installation of RSM. See Sharing and Accessing Cluster Configurations in the Distributed Compute Gateway User's Guide. The cluster configuration will contain RSM queues that map to HPC queues.
RSM will use your account credentials to submit the job on your behalf to the cluster submit host.
If jobs will be submitted to a remote Microsoft HPC cluster, refer to Integrating RSM with a Microsoft HPC Cluster for additional considerations.
Create a solve process setting that specifies the cluster configuration and RSM queue defined in step 1 (see Using Solve Process Settings).
Use the Solve Process Setting created in step 2 using the drop-down option.
- Solve Directly from My Computer to a Remote Linux Cluster
Important: RSM must be installed on your local computer. The RSM launcher service must be installed and running on the remote cluster submit host. See Installing and Configuring the RSM Launcher Service for Windows in the Distributed Compute Gateway User's Guide. The Mechanical application must be installed on your local computer as well as the cluster execution node that will be used for the solve.
This step requires the following configuration steps:
If your IT policy requires it, you may need to configure RSM to use SSH for job submission to a remote Linux cluster.
Define a configuration for the Linux cluster in RSM. Or, if an RSM administrator has already defined a configuration, load it into your local installation of RSM. See Sharing and Accessing RSM Configurations in the Distributed Compute Gateway User's Guide. The configuration will contain RSM queues that map to cluster queues.
Create a solve process setting that specifies the RSM configuration and RSM queue defined above (see Using Solve Process Settings).
Use the Solve Process Setting created above using the Solve drop-down option.
- Solve to LSF Cluster with Remote Solve Manager
The configuration from a Mechanical application user perspective is the same as above. A Solve Process Setting is required that specifies an LSF cluster configuration and queue to which the solve will be submitted. For RSM and cluster configuration information, see RSM Configuration and RSM Integration with a Cluster or Cloud Portal in the RSM User's Guide.
- Solve to Microsoft HPC Cluster with Remote Solve Manager
The configuration from a Mechanical application user perspective is the same as above. A Solve Process Setting is required that specifies an RSM queue to which the solve will be submitted. For RSM and cluster configuration information, see RSM Configuration and Integrating RSM with a Microsoft HPC or Windows-Based Cluster in the RSM User's Guide.