{"id":3119,"date":"2016-06-21T10:48:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T10:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/?page_id=3119"},"modified":"2016-07-22T12:35:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T12:35:05","slug":"fds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/software\/applications\/fds\/","title":{"rendered":"FDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a large-eddy simulation (LES) code for low-speed flows, with an emphasis on smoke and heat transport from fires.<\/p>\n<p>Version 6.5.0 is installed on the CSF. It was compiled with Intel Compilers 14.0.3 (using <code>-msse2 -axSSE4.2,AVX,CORE-AVX2<\/code> and openmpi 1.8.3.<\/p>\n<h2>Restrictions on use<\/h2>\n<p>This software is open-source so all CSF users may use it. Please ensure you read the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) disclaimer on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.nist.gov\/fds-smv\/\">FDS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Set up procedure<\/h2>\n<p>To access the software you must first load the modulefile:<\/p>\n<p>For single node jobs &#8211; up to 24 cores:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nmodule load apps\/intel-14.0\/fds\/6.5.0\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>For multiple node jobs:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nmodule load apps\/intel-14.0\/fds\/6.5.0-ib\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2>Running the application<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Please do not run FDS on the login node. <\/li>\n<li>All Jobs should be submitted to the compute nodes via batch. <\/li>\n<li>It is recommended to run FDS using multiple cores using mpi. <\/li>\n<li>The <code>$NSLOTS<\/code> in the examples is important as it ensures correct utilisation of resources.<\/li>\n<li>This software will not run on the AMD nodes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Parallel batch job submission &#8211; up to 24 cores on a (single compute node)<\/h3>\n<p>Make sure you have the modulefile loaded then create a batch submission script, for example:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n#!\/bin\/bash\r\n#$ -S \/bin\/bash\r\n#$ -cwd\r\n#$ -V\r\n#$ -pe smp.pe 5\r\n\r\nmpirun -np $NSLOTS --bind-to none fds MY_SIM.fds\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Submit the jobscript using: <\/p>\n<pre>qsub <em>scriptname<\/em><\/pre>\n<p>where <em>scriptname<\/em> is the name of your jobscript. Note: the <code>--bind-to none<\/code> is important for small mpi jobs on the CSF.<\/p>\n<h3>Parallel batch job submission &#8211; multiple nodes &#8211; 48 cores or more in multiples of 24 (max. 120 cores)<\/h3>\n<p>Make sure you have the ib modulefile loaded then create a batch submission script, for example:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n#!\/bin\/bash\r\n#$ -S \/bin\/bash\r\n#$ -cwd\r\n#$ -V\r\n#$ -pe orte-24-ib.pe 48\r\n\r\nmpirun -np $NSLOTS fds MY_SIM.fds\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Submit the jobscript using: <\/p>\n<pre>qsub <em>scriptname<\/em><\/pre>\n<h2>Further info<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.nist.gov\/fds-smv\/\">FDS website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Updates<\/h2>\n<p>None.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a large-eddy simulation (LES) code for low-speed flows, with an emphasis on smoke and heat transport from fires. Version 6.5.0 is installed on the CSF. It was compiled with Intel Compilers 14.0.3 (using -msse2 -axSSE4.2,AVX,CORE-AVX2 and openmpi 1.8.3. Restrictions on use This software is open-source so all CSF users may use it. Please ensure you read the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) disclaimer on the FDS website&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/software\/applications\/fds\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":31,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3119"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3213,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3119\/revisions\/3213"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}