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However, for those who wish to get started quickly please be sure to read policies before diving into the basic steps:

  1. Choose a connection method (command prompt/terminal/browser)

  2. Connect to the ASU VPN

  3. Transfer files as needed

  4. Login with your ASURITE & password

  5. Run an interactive session or create an SBATCH script

Important Terms

  • Login Node: A node intended as a jumping point to compute nodes. Login nodes have minimal resources and should not be used for any application that consumes a lot of CPU or memory. Also known as a head node.

  • Compute Node: Nodes intended for heavy compute. This is where all heavy processing should be done

  • RC: Short for Research Computing, the team that manages the ASU HPC supercomputer.

  • HPC: Short for “High Performance Computing” it refers to a group (cluster) of computers designed for parallelism across many computers at once. Publicly these are often called “supercomputers”

  • Cluster: A group of interconnected computers that can work cooperatively or independently.

  • Job: Work assigned to be done on a compute node. Any time a compute node is assigned a job is created.

  • Scheduler: The application on our end that assigns compute resources for jobs.

  • Slurm: The brand name of our scheduler like “AirBNB” or “VRBO” are both brand names for short-term rentals.

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For details please go to the SSL VPN page

PLEASE NOTE: If you are having trouble connecting to the ASU VPN you will need to contact ASU support. RC does not have any control or insight into the VPN and cannot assist with VPN issues.

Transfer needed files

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This is optional, however most research is likely to require data sets to be imported. For details please see Transferring files or Google drive & Globus

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