LSF Version 7.3 - Using Platform LSF HPC

Using LSF with ANSYS
LSF use supports various ANSYS solvers through a common integration console built-
in to the ANSYS GUI. The only change the average ANSYS user sees is the addition of
a
Run using LSF? button on the standard ANSYS console.
Using ANSYS with LSF simplifies distribution of jobs, and improves throughput by
removing the need for engineers to worry about when or where their jobs run. They
simply request job execution and know that their job will be completed as fast as their
environment will allow.
◆ Platform LSF
◆ ANSYS version 5.6 or higher, available from Ansys Incorporated.
Configuring LSF for ANSYS
During installation, lsfinstall adds the Boolean resource ansys to the Resource
section of
lsf.shared.
If only some of your hosts can accept ANSYS jobs, configure the Host section of
lsf.cluster. cluster_name to identify those hosts.
Edit
LSF_ENVDIR/conf/lsf.cluster.cluster_name file and add the ansys
resource to the hosts that can run ANSYS jobs:
Begin Host
HOSTNAME model type server r1m mem swp RESOURCES
...
hostA ! ! 1 3.5 () () ()
hostB ! ! 1 3.5 () () (ansys)
hostC ! ! 1 3.5 () () ()
...
End Host
Submitting jobs through ANSYS
To start a job, choose the Batch menu item. The following dialog is displayed: