Using the IBM Power6  "blizzard"

Here you get a short introduction on how to use the DKRZ computing system "blizzard".  

You may have a look at the details about the hardware  and at the  manuals.

Login

You access the system via the login node:

ssh  <userid>@blizzard.dkrz.de

The you will find yourself on one of the login nodes : blizzard1  or  blizzard2.
Please don't use login nodes for production.

Change password and / or login shell

Note:  In the HPPS tape system your password is updated daily around 19:00

Initialize your personal environment

The module command can be used to set up the environment you like.  
Submit

module avail

to get a list of all available modules - among others the available compiler versions.

module list

 will give you a quite comprehensive list of all modules currently loaded, e.g. the fortran compile environment.

module show default

will tell you, which modules are loaded by default.
For all details of the  module  command please refer to the man page.