Users run VisIt on the Cheyenne system in a remote client-server session; that is, with the graphical interface and viewer on a local workstation while running simulations on Cheyenne. To do that, you need to start the VisIt client and create a host profile as described below.
To run VisIt on the Casper cluster instead, follow the process described on this page: Using remote desktops on Casper with VNC. |
The following documentation assumes that you have already downloaded and installed VisIt locally. You will need to match your local VisIt version to the system version documented below to use these instructions.
This host profile works with version 2.13.3 in the Cheyenne environment. As part of the host profile, you can create launch profiles for using VisIt in these queues:
Start your VisIt client.
Select Options, then Host profiles…
Create an “NCAR Cheyenne” host profile with the Host Settings as shown below, entering your own username where indicated.
You can copy and paste this text for the path to VisIt installation:
/glade/u/apps/ch/opt/visit/2.13.3/mpt/2.19/gnu/7.4.0/server |
Select the Launch Profiles tab.
Follow the steps below to create a launch profile for each queue that you will use to run VisIt jobs. For example, create one called “share” to use Cheyenne non-exclusive nodes via the “share” queue.
Select the Parallel tab and make the following adjustments:
Select the name of the host that you want to export — “NCAR Cheyenne,” for example.
Click Export Host.
At that point, you can use the host profile and access the GLADE file spaces to open a file in VisIt.