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Resources

HPC@LSU provides computational resources to the LSU campus and LONI members statewide. Provided services, such as the help desk and consulting, are available to all supported users. Online training sessions and and other education resources are available to all. Click Here to learn more about available resources.

Users

LSU HPC resources are available to all LSU Faculty and their affiliates while LONI resources are available to all LONI Member Institution Faculty and their affilates. Click Here to learn about account policies.

HPC@LSU conducts weekly system status and information meetings, to which users are invited. Click Here for more information.

Documentation & Help Desk

User Guides for all HPC resources are provided Here.

Detailed guides for all software installed on HPC clusters as well as example scripts are provided here. Installed software is listed by name, type and cluster.

A Help Desk and other support services are also provided.Read More

Training

HPC@LSU offers a sequence of tutorials every semester.

1. July 2,2025: Introduction to Linux
TopicIntroduction to Linux
DateJuly 2,2025
Time9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PlaceZoom Online
DescriptionThis tutorial provides beginner and intermediate users with basic Linux/Unix command line environment experience. Topics covered in this class include navigating through the system, useful commands, editors (vi and emacs) and basic shell scripting. If you have no previous experience with shell scripting and using editors such as emacs and vi, this course is a prerequisite for the tutorials on User Environment and Shell Scripting.
Prerequisites
  • Laptop with
    • Linux (any flavor) installed
    • Unix based OS such Mac OSX/BSD
  • OR
    • LONI or LSU HPC account
    • SSH client such as MobaXterm for Windows
Slides
RegistrationClick here

2. July 9,2025: HPC User Environment 1
TopicHPC User Environment 1
DateJuly 9,2025
Time9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PlaceZoom Online
DescriptionThis training provides an overview of the HPC/LONI general account and allocation policies, general cluster architecture and HPC hardware and software environment.
Prerequisites
  • LONI or LSU HPC account
  • Familiarity with Linux/Unix
  • Editors such as vi or emacs
  • SSH client such as Putty for Windows
Slides
RegistrationClick here

3. July 16,2025: HPC User Environment 2
TopicHPC User Environment 2
DateJuly 16,2025
Time9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PlaceZoom Online
DescriptionThis training provides an overview of the HPC hardware and software environment, queuing system, compiling programs, writing submit scripts, running and monitoring jobs on HPC systems.
Prerequisites
  • LONI or LSU HPC account
  • Familiarity with Linux/Unix
  • Editors such as vi or emacs
  • SSH client such as MobaXterm for Windows
Slides
Downloads
RegistrationClick here

4. July 23,2025: Basic Shell Scripting
TopicBasic Shell Scripting
DateJuly 23,2025
Time9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PlaceZoom Online
DescriptionFor anyone who works in a Linux/Unix environment, a working knowledge of shell scripting is essential and will boost their efficiency and productivity tremendously. For this tutorial, we will focus on bash as it is one of the most popular shells. This tutorial will include topics such as creating simple bash scripts, flow control, command line arguments, regex, grep, awk and sed. This is a practical tutorial, so we will provide examples and/or hands-on exercises for most of the covered materials.
Prerequisites
  • LONI or LSU HPC account
  • Familiarity with Linux/Unix
  • Editors such as vi or emacs
  • SSH client such as Putty for Windows
Slides
Downloads
RegistrationClick here

The tutorials cover Linux/Unix, parallel programming for HPC systems, in-depth application coverage, and ... Read More