LSCE’s cluster LSCE/obelix#

Description#

This plugin deals with specific environment characteristics of the cluster at LSCE.

YAML arguments#

The following arguments are used to configure the plugin. pyCIF will return an exception at the initialization if mandatory arguments are not specified, or if any argument does not fit accepted values or type:

Optional arguments#

python : str, optional, default “python”

the python command used to run sub-instances of pyCIF

queue : str, optional, default “short”

queue on which to submit the jobs launched by the CIF (analytic, EnKF modes)

nodes : int, optional, default 1

number of nodes to use by the jobs launched by the CIF (analytic, EnKF modes)

cores : int, optional, default 1

number of cores to use by the jobs launched by the CIF (analytic, EnKF modes)

max_procs_node : int, optional, default 20

maximum number of cores available per node on the partition. Further detail here (restricted access)

resource : “std” or “auto” or “only_cores”, optional, default “std”

indicate how the job resource is allocated

  • “std”: submit default or yml values

  • “auto”: automatic submission for CHIMERE with ncores = nzdoms * nmdoms + 1

  • “only_cores”: submit cores only

submit_qsub : bool, optional, default True

Submit the job with qsub or simply run it within the same instance

Requirements#

The current plugin requires the present plugins to run properly:

Requirement name

Requirement type

Explicit definition

Any valid

Default name

Default version

model

Model

True

True

None

None

YAML template#

Please find below a template for a YAML configuration:

 1platform:
 2  plugin:
 3    name: LSCE
 4    version: obelix
 5    type: platform
 6
 7  # Optional arguments
 8  python: XXXXX  # str
 9  queue: XXXXX  # str
10  nodes: XXXXX  # int
11  cores: XXXXX  # int
12  max_procs_node: XXXXX  # int
13  resource: XXXXX  # std|auto|only_cores
14  submit_qsub: XXXXX  # bool