HPC Cluster Accessibility

Adding an HPC Cluster

HPC clusters can be added via Monitor > Manage Clusters so that jobs and nodes can be monitored and managed. HPC clusters can also be added via Monitor > Manage Clusters so that the Workload Manager associated with an HPC complex can configured. These two actions are mutually exclusive - i.e, if a cluster is added via the Monitor tab, that cluster is not available in the Configure tab and vice versa.

By default, HPC clusters can only be added by users who are assigned a Manager role. However, a site specific role with Monitor PBS Admin privileges can be added to allow non-Managers the ability to add an HPC cluster via the Monitor tab. Similarly, a site specific role with Configure PBS Admin privileges can be added to allow non-Managers the ability to add an HPC cluster via the Configure tab. When HPC clusters are added in this way, the clusters are considered to be "user managed".

Access to an HPC cluster is restricted to the user who added it, with the exception of those users who are Managers. Managers have access to any HPC clusters added to Control.

User Managed HPC Clusters

Managers can view HPC clusters that were added by a user (a non-Manager) via the Monitor tab by viewing the user's details through Monitor > Users. Any HPC clusters that were added by the user are displayed under User Managed Clusters.

Figure 1. User Managed HPC Cluster

Revoking Access to a User Managed HPC Cluster

Managers can choose to revoke access to a user managed HPC cluster by editing the user's details and removing the HPC cluster.

Figure 2. Revoke Access to a User Managed HPC Cluster

Permit or Restrict Access to an HPC Cluster

Once an HPC cluster is added via the Monitor tab, a Manager can update a role to permit or restrict access to the HPC for any users assigned to that role.

Figure 3. Permit or Restrict Access to an HPC Cluster

Removing an HPC Cluster

HPC clusters can be deleted via Monitor > Manage Clusters or Monitor > Manage Clusters by:

• users assigned to the Manager role.
• the user who added the HPC cluster.
• in the case where the cluster was added via the Monitor tab, any user who is assigned a role with Monitor PBS Admin privileges that has been granted access to the HPC cluster by a Manager.

Figure 4. HPC Cluster Removal

When the HPC cluster is removed, the user who added the cluster or users who were permitted access to the cluster no longer have access to it.