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A few mods to update the execution commands.
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A more complete description should be available at
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%A more complete description should be available at
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%\begin{verbatim}
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% http://emsl.pnl.gov:2080/docs/nwchem/nwchem.html
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\htmladdnormallink{http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/docs/nwchem/nwchem.html}
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{http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/docs/nwchem/nwchem.html}
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%\htmladdnormallink{http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/docs/nwchem/nwchem.html}
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%{http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/docs/nwchem/nwchem.html}
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%\end{verbatim}
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The command required to invoke NWChem is machine dependent, whereas
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To run NWChem sequentially on nearly all UNIX-based platforms simply
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use the command \verb+nwchem+ and provide the name of the input file
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as an argument (section \ref{sec:inputstructure}).
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as an argument (See section \ref{sec:inputstructure} for more information).
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This does assume that either \verb+nwchem+ is in your path or you have
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set an alias of \verb+nwchem+ to point to the appropriate executable.
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Output is to standard output, standard error and Fortran unit 6
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(usually the same as standard output). Files are created by default
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in the current directory, though this may be overridden in the input
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(section \ref{sec:dirs}).
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Generally, one will run a job with the following command:
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\verb+nwchem input.nw >& input.out &+
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\section{Parallel execution on UNIX-based parallel machines
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including workstation clusters using TCGMSG}
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\label{sec:procgrp}
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shared memory. This is no longer the case. The TCGMSG process group
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file now just needs to refer to processes running NWChem.
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\section{Parallel execution on UNIX-based parallel machines
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including workstation clusters using MPI}
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To run with MPI, \verb+parallel+ should not be used. The way
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we usually run nwchem under MPI are the following (again assuming that
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nwchem is in your path):
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\begin{itemize}
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\item using mpirun:
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\begin{verbatim}
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mpirun -np 8 nwchem input.nw
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\end{verbatim}
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\item If you have all nodes connected via shared memory
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and you have installed the ch\_shmem version of MPICH,
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you can do
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\begin{verbatim}
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nwchem -np 8 h2o.nw
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\end{verbatim}
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\end{itemize}
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\section{Parallel execution on MPPs}
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All of these machines require use of different commands in order to
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\section{IBM SP}
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If using POE (IBM's Parallel Operating Environment) interactively,
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simply create the list nodes to use in the file \verb+"host.list"+ in
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simply create the list of nodes to use in the file \verb+"host.list"+ in
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the current directory and invoke NWChem with
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\begin{verbatim}
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nwchem <input_file> -procs <n>
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\end{itemize}
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For batch execution, we recommend use of the \verb+llnw+ command which
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is installed in \verb+/usr/local/bin+ on the EMSL/PNNL IBM SP.
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is installed in \verb+/usr/local/bin+ on the EMSL/PNNL IBM SP. If you
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are not running on that system, the \verb+llnw+ script may be found in
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the NWChem distribution directory contrib/loadleveler.
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Interactive help may be obtained with the command \verb+llnw -help+.
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Otherwise, the very simplest job to run NWChem in batch using Load
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Leveller is something like this
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#!/bin/csh -x
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# @ job_type = parallel
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# @ class = small
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# @ requirements = (Adapter == "hps_user")
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# @ network.lapi = css0,not_shared,US
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# @ input = /dev/null
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# @ output = <OUTPUT_FILE_NAME>
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# @ error = <ERROUT_FILE_NAME>
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# @ environment = COPY_ALL; MP_EUILIB=us ; MP_CSS_INTERRUPT=yes
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# @ environment = COPY_ALL; MP_PULSE=0; MP_SINGLE_THREAD=yes; MP_WAIT_MODE=yield; restart=no
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# @ min_processors = 7
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# @ max_processors = 7
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# @ cpu_limit = 1:00:00
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# @ wall_clock_limit = 1:00:00
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# @ queue
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#
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Substitute \verb+<OUTPUT_FILE_NAME>+, \verb+<ERROUT_FILE_NAME>+ and
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\verb+<INPUT_FILE_NAME>+ with the {\em full} path of the appropriate
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files. These files and the NWChem executable must be in a file system
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files. Also, if you are using an SP with more than one processor per node,
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you will need to substitute
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\begin{verbatim}
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# @ network.lapi = css0,shared,US
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# @ node = NNODE
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# @ tasks_per_node = NTASK
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\end{verbatim}
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for the lines
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\begin{verbatim}
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# @ network.lapi = css0,not_shared,US
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# @ min_processors = 7
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# @ max_processors = 7
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\end{verbatim}
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where \verb+NNODE+ is the number of physical nodes to be used and
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\verb+NTASK+ is the
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number of tasks per node.
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These files and the NWChem executable must be in a file system
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accessible to all processes. Put the above into a file (e.g.,
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\verb+"test.job"+) and submit it with the command
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\begin{verbatim}
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