Flux, along with the other HPC Systems, is wrapped up in a metric ton of red tape, which is to say, getting access is a time consuming process. This chapter will walk through the 4 primary steps required to gain access to: authenticate with, and launch synthesis on, the Flux login servers. They are:
Two HPC members were pivotal to the success of our pilot test during the Winter 2014 term: Dan Barker and Bennet Faube.
Dan was our first point of contact and took care of setting up our allocation and adding authorized users. He was extrememly responsive, thorough, and supportive.
Bennet was our lifeline from HPC and the single reason we were ever able to complete a synthesis build. Bennet has extensive knowledge of the entire platform and took care of all the nitty gritty versioning and licensing issues we faced with Synopsys. He's the man.