Back when we had software requiring MathLM/FlexLM, we just used NAT to get the cluster nodes talking to the licensing server. We also had a consumable in Grid Engine so that people could keep their jobs queued if there were no licenses available.
Skylar On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Mahmood Sayed <mahmood.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > We've used both NAT and fully routable private networks up to 1000s of > nodes. NAT was a little more secure fire or needs. > > On Apr 14, 2017, at 2:41 PM, Richter, Brian J {BIS} < > brian.j.rich...@pepsico.com> wrote: > > Thanks a lot, Ed. I will be going the NAT route! > > > > *Brian J. Richter* > > Global R&D Senior Analyst *•* Information Technology > > 617 W Main St, Barrington, IL 60010 > Office: 847-304-2356 <(847)%20304-2356> *• *Mobile: 847-305-6306 > <(847)%20305-6306> > > brian.j.rich...@pepsico.com > > > > > > *From:* Swindelles, Ed [mailto:ed.swindel...@uconn.edu > <ed.swindel...@uconn.edu>] > *Sent:* Friday, April 14, 2017 1:40 PM > *To:* Richter, Brian J {BIS} <brian.j.rich...@pepsico.com>; > beowulf@beowulf.org > *Subject:* Re: [Beowulf] HPC and Licensed Software > > > > Hi Brian - > > > > For a couple years we did NAT through our head node for checking out > licenses (including StarCCM) and talking to Red Hat Satellite. We’re now > transitioning to fully routed networks for our compute nodes, but NAT did > the job well. > > > > -- > > Ed Swindelles > > Manager of Advanced Computing > > University of Connecticut > > > > On Apr 14, 2017, at 2:34 PM, Richter, Brian J {BIS} < > brian.j.rich...@pepsico.com> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > We just built our first HPC and I have what seems like a rather dumb > question regarding best practices and compute nodes. Our HPC setup is > currently small, we have a HeadNode which runs MOAB/Torque and we have 4 > compute nodes connected with IB. The compute nodes are on their own private > network. My question is, what is the best way to handle software that > requires licenses to run on the compute nodes? For instance we are trying > to get STARCCM+ up and running on the cluster, the license server is on our > general user network, the headnode is also on the user network, but when we > submit a job to torque for STARCCM it keeps throwing errors that the > software cannot connect to the license server. Is it best practice to > create a network path from the compute nodes out to the license server > through the HeadNode? I feel like I’m missing something really simple here. > > > > Thanks! > > > > *Brian J. Richter* > > Global R&D Senior Analyst *•* Information Technology > > 617 W Main St, Barrington, IL 60010 > Office: 847-304-2356 <(847)%20304-2356> *• *Mobile: 847-305-6306 > <(847)%20305-6306> > > brian.j.rich...@pepsico.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > >
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