- Physics-Departmental-Computing

FW: Reboot of iclic10
by Mannall, Adrian B 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

All, A reboot of the license server ICLIC10 is planned on Tuesday 29th between 08.30 and 09.00. This falls in Imperial's standard "Network at Risk" period and thus should not cause any major issue. While the server is rebooted the FlexLM license manager for the FoNS 5 seat floating license compiler will be unavailable, but the downtime should be short and we expect no issues. Kind regards Adrian Adrian Mannall Faculty IT Manager Faculty of Natural Sciences ICT, Imperial College London South Kensington Campus 323, Wolfson (Biochemistry) Building, Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ Direct Dial Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 1441 College Ext'n: 41441 Mobile: +44 (0)7834 083134 Mobile Ext'n: 57974 Email: a.mannall(a)imperial.ac.uk Web : http://www.imperial.ac.uk/ -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:59 AM To: IT Services, Faculty Support Managers; IT Services, Faculty Support Site Managers Subject: Reboot of iclic10 We need to reboot iclic10 between 8:30 and 9am on Tuesday 29th Nov to install new Dongle drivers so that we can run a new version of infoworks. Please find attached the relevant change request and also a list of the services affected. If you know of any reasons why we can't do this on Tuesday morning can you let me know so that we can re-schedule.

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Questions for the meeting between Jo Haigh and the Director of ICT (John Shemilt)
by David Colling 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Dear Physics Computing people, Tomorrow is the roughly annual meeting between our HoD and the Director of ICT. This role has changed from being Arthur Spirling to John Shemilt in the last year. I go along to these meetings and generally put the concerns and questions that people have to the Director. Do people have specific questions or queries or concerns or anything else? The meeting is at 11am and I have another meeting at 10am tomorrow so please get try to get questions to me by ~10 am if you can. Best, david

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Re: [Physics-Departmental-Computing] Computing committee meeting
by David Colling 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Thanks Kenny, Lets make the date Wednesday the 30th of November at 12:30. I will book a location (I expect it will Blackett 532 but will check when I get back from Brussels tonight). Best, david On 07/11/11 15:53, Weir, Kenny wrote: > Dear David, > > My apologies that I hadn't responded to your request. > > At present I can make either of the dates you suggest. > > Regards, > > Kenny > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Colling [mailto:d.colling@imperial.ac.uk] > Sent: 07 November 2011 14:53 > To: physics-departmental-computing; Weir, Kenny; Roberts, Chris; Williams, Matthew A > Subject: Re: [Physics-Departmental-Computing] Computing committee meeting > > Hi All, > > The doodle poll has either Monday the 14th or Wednesday the 30th as the > clear winners. I have a slight preference for Wednesday the 30th but can > manage either. However there is no reply from Kenny Weir and I think > that we need Kenny (or somebody to represent him) for the machine room > update. > > So Kenny, can you make either of these dates? > > Best, > david > > > On 01/11/11 21:24, David Colling wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I think that now the start of term is a distant memory and Christmas is >> not yet in our sites, we should have a Physics Computing Committee meeting. >> >> I have created a doodle poll at http://www.doodle.com/nhkdwga64sh926ig >> >> Clearly meeting times evolve and so I would rather have this meeting as >> soon as is reasonable so that people don't become unfree on days when >> they have said that they are free. The meeting will be held at lunchtime >> (I am easy as to whether we start 12:10 or 12:30 we can discuss). I >> would like to keep this reasonably short but I think that we actually >> have quite a few things that I would like to cover this meeting - so a >> business like approach will be essential. These include: >> >> - Actions arising - I wouldn't normally explicitly add this but there >> are quite a lot from the previous meeting! >> >> - Status and plans for the Huxley machine room replacement. I have cc'ed >> Kenny specifically for this item so we shall try to do it early in the >> agenda. >> >> - Security (similarly early in the agenda). Chris Roberts gave a talk to >> the faculty IT committee and I think that something similar would be >> useful here. Matthew Williams is taking over the security brief (along >> with others that he has) from Chris. I have cc'ed both on this mail but >> have only asked Matthew in advance (sorry Chris). >> >> - Data preservation and access. This is becoming increasingly important >> in RCUK policy and is something that we have to make sure that we comply >> with. I will post the RCUK rules in an appropriate place (see some >> comments below). >> >> - A report on the current discussions of the computing part of the >> teaching review. This will be very limited as it is far from finalised >> but it will be good to get informal feedback from this group. It is of >> course up to other bodies to ultimately decide what happens here and so >> this will be informal. >> >> - Lecture theatre AV facilities >> >> - Then there will agenda items suggested by others - please send items >> that you want discussed. >> >> - The perennial items (ICT status and plans, group round up etc) >> >> Vivienne has sent me the minutes of the previous meeting. I would like >> to post these and other documents on a web site rather than fill >> everybody's inbox. We used to have a web page for the departmental >> computing committee (which was rather out of date) but this has >> disappeared - or rather I cannot find it any more. Does it make sense to >> move this to sharepoint or would people rather see the old website >> resurrected? >> >> Best, >> david >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Physics-Departmental-Computing mailing list >> Physics-Departmental-Computing(a)imperial.ac.uk >> https://mailman.ic.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/physics-departmental-computing >

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Computing committee meeting
by David Colling 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Dear All, I think that now the start of term is a distant memory and Christmas is not yet in our sites, we should have a Physics Computing Committee meeting. I have created a doodle poll at http://www.doodle.com/nhkdwga64sh926ig Clearly meeting times evolve and so I would rather have this meeting as soon as is reasonable so that people don't become unfree on days when they have said that they are free. The meeting will be held at lunchtime (I am easy as to whether we start 12:10 or 12:30 we can discuss). I would like to keep this reasonably short but I think that we actually have quite a few things that I would like to cover this meeting - so a business like approach will be essential. These include: - Actions arising - I wouldn't normally explicitly add this but there are quite a lot from the previous meeting! - Status and plans for the Huxley machine room replacement. I have cc'ed Kenny specifically for this item so we shall try to do it early in the agenda. - Security (similarly early in the agenda). Chris Roberts gave a talk to the faculty IT committee and I think that something similar would be useful here. Matthew Williams is taking over the security brief (along with others that he has) from Chris. I have cc'ed both on this mail but have only asked Matthew in advance (sorry Chris). - Data preservation and access. This is becoming increasingly important in RCUK policy and is something that we have to make sure that we comply with. I will post the RCUK rules in an appropriate place (see some comments below). - A report on the current discussions of the computing part of the teaching review. This will be very limited as it is far from finalised but it will be good to get informal feedback from this group. It is of course up to other bodies to ultimately decide what happens here and so this will be informal. - Lecture theatre AV facilities - Then there will agenda items suggested by others - please send items that you want discussed. - The perennial items (ICT status and plans, group round up etc) Vivienne has sent me the minutes of the previous meeting. I would like to post these and other documents on a web site rather than fill everybody's inbox. We used to have a web page for the departmental computing committee (which was rather out of date) but this has disappeared - or rather I cannot find it any more. Does it make sense to move this to sharepoint or would people rather see the old website resurrected? Best, david

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Intel Developer Seminar
by Mannall, Adrian B 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

All, I would be most grateful if you could bring the following Intel Developer Seminar to the attention of your staff and research students - the day is being organised by Polyhedron Software and the Seminars will be given by Intel. It is aimed at all those who are writing C/C++ and Fortran code and who particularly are using the Intel compilers and other associated tools. I hope that the information will also make its way through to the ICTAP circulation in due course! Please feel free to print out posters and display them in suitable locations - the posters have a "QR code" to make it really easy for people to get to the registration site from a mobile device which can do "barcode reading". If you have any problems or queries then please do not hesitate to contact me at a.mannall(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:a.mannall@imperial.ac.uk> or on ext 57974. Kind regards, Adrian. Adrian Mannall Faculty IT Manager Faculty of Natural Sciences ICT, Imperial College London South Kensington Campus 323, Wolfson (Biochemistry) Building, Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ Direct Dial Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 1441 College Ext'n: 41441 Mobile: +44 (0)7834 083134 Mobile Ext'n: 57974 Email: a.mannall(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:a.mannall@imperial.ac.uk> Web : http://www.imperial.ac.uk/

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Fwd: Exchange - performance issues
by David Colling 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Please distribute as you see fit... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Exchange - performance issues Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 13:04:58 +0000 From: Allatt, Paul <p.allatt(a)imperial.ac.uk> To: ICTAP Members <ccs-dept(a)imperial.ac.uk> Dear All, Some people will be experiencing performance issues with email; typically outlook or other email client is slow. This is due to a disk failure on the SAN which has been replaced. The storage array management software is redistributing disk volumes across the array containing the failed disk. Unfortunately, we cannot interrupt this activity and we estimate it will take another day or two to complete. ICT apologises for any inconvenience caused by this. Regards Paul

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MAPLE use in Physics
by David Colling 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi, Just a quick question. How many groups use MAPLE? The MAPLE license is up for renewal and while it is only £1320 I was wondering if it is actually used and if so by which groups. At present the cost is spread across: Astrophysics Condensed Matter Theory Experimental Solid State Physics High Energy Physics Photonics Plasma Physics Shock Physics Quantum Optics & Laser Science Theoretical Physics Teaching and so is only £120/group but in the future would this be money better spent on a few more mathematica seats? Best, david

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FW: Thank you for purchasing the Intel® Composer XE for Linux* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Linux*)
by Mannall, Adrian B 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Dear All, Following some confusion and "mis-selling" by our supplier, we have managed to resolve the Intel compiler situation. The attached license is for use for those who use the Faculty funded Intel Compiler suite (C/C++ and Fortran) and allows access to the 5 seat license. This is ONLY for use by FoNS staff and researchers. Some of you may find that you need to fully qualify the server name by adding .cc.ic.ac.uk at the end of the ICLIC10 name in the server line. Regards, Adrian From: Twist, Alex M Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:29 AM To: Mannall, Adrian B; Rochford, Steve Subject: FW: Thank you for purchasing the Intel® Composer XE for Linux* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Linux*) ________________________________ From: Intel Software Development Products (A002) Sent: 25 August 2011 11:28:40 (UTC) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London To: Twist, Alex M Subject: Thank you for purchasing the Intel® Composer XE for Linux* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Linux*) (If the characters do not show properly, please try viewing this email with UTF-8 encoding.) Thank you for registering the Intel® Composer XE for Linux* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Linux*). SAVE THIS SERIAL NUMBER Your serial number for this registration is GNWL-J2PWJJHR . INSTALLATION 1. If you have not done so already, download and save the product from https://registrationcenter.intel.com/RegCenter/RegisterSNInfo.aspx?SN=GNWL-…. If you received this product on a CD-ROM, please be sure to check this site for updates. 2. Run the downloaded file and proceed through the installation process (requires the above serial number). The product license file is attached for your convenience. You may need to copy the file manually to your system. If you do not have an Internet connection on the system on which you want to install the software, please select 'Choose alternative activation' in the Activation Options menu that will appear during installation. This will present a number of options you may use to perform an installation without Internet connectivity. INTEL SOFTWARE NETWORK FORUMS Your Intel® Software Development Products Registration Center account allows you to log in and participate in conversations with both Intel experts and our development community at the Intel® Software Network Forums<http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/Community/en-us/Forums/>. Your login ID is a.twist(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:a.twist@imperial.ac.uk>. GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT For information on our knowledge base, user forums and Intel® Premier Support please visit http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/support. Do not reply to this message. This message was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please retain a copy of this email for your records. * Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others.

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Re: [Physics-Departmental-Computing] Intel compilers
by Mannall, Adrian B 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

All, As a result of further investigations it appears that our software supplier misread the original requirements and sold us the wrong compiler. We are now working to resolve this to ensure that the full Composer XE suite is available (so Fortran and C/C++ compilers). We have to take the Fortran license down and confirm in writing that we have done so after which Intel will issue a correct license for the full suite, etc. There is no cost to anyone as the Faculty is paying the uplift. I can only apologise for any inconvenience caused by this - we will be working closely with the supplier to ensure that such an issue doesn't happen again. Kind regards Adrian From: Mannall, Adrian B Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 4:35 PM To: physics-departmental-computing; Adams, Niall M; Bearpark, Michael J Cc: 'j.spencer(a)imperial.ac.uk' Subject: Intel compilers All, As you know the Faculty has funded the purchase of Intel compilers in the past and this year funded the purchase of the Intel Fortran Linux compiler. It has subsequently come to light that one or two people may have been using the C / C++ element of the previous compiler suite which is currently not available. In order to gauge the requirement and to try and find a resolution to this I would be grateful if you could indicate whether your users have any use of the C/C++ element and thus would require an on-going access to the C++ compiler suite. If there is a demand then those who need it will probably need to agree to funding a license this year - a 2 seat floating license for this would cost approx. £350 + VAT so £420 all in - which if split between say two or three groups would be a reasonably small sum to find. I am on leave for the next week but would if possible appreciate answers regarding compiler usage by the end of the 19th August so that we can try and resolve this for those currently affected. Kind regards Adrian.

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Intel compilers
by Mannall, Adrian B 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

All, As you know the Faculty has funded the purchase of Intel compilers in the past and this year funded the purchase of the Intel Fortran Linux compiler. It has subsequently come to light that one or two people may have been using the C / C++ element of the previous compiler suite which is currently not available. In order to gauge the requirement and to try and find a resolution to this I would be grateful if you could indicate whether your users have any use of the C/C++ element and thus would require an on-going access to the C++ compiler suite. If there is a demand then those who need it will probably need to agree to funding a license this year - a 2 seat floating license for this would cost approx. £350 + VAT so £420 all in - which if split between say two or three groups would be a reasonably small sum to find. I am on leave for the next week but would if possible appreciate answers regarding compiler usage by the end of the 19th August so that we can try and resolve this for those currently affected. Kind regards Adrian.

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