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Track 1: Getting Started

Audience: L1-L2 (Curious and Working Users) | Modules: 6 | Prerequisites: None

New to HPC or Slurm? Start here. This track takes you from "what is a scheduler?" to submitting, monitoring, and managing your own jobs.

Modules

# Module What You'll Learn
1 What is HPC Scheduling? Why clusters need a scheduler, the "contract" between you and the system
2 Slurm Overview Key concepts: nodes, partitions, jobs, steps
3 Getting Started Log in, write your first job script, submit with sbatch
4 Submitting Jobs sbatch options, directives, output files, --wrap
5 Monitoring Jobs squeue, scontrol show job, sacct, sinfo
6 Managing Jobs scancel, hold/release, modify pending jobs

After This Track

You can submit jobs, check their status, and manage them. Continue to End-User Essentials for resource management, interactive sessions, and best practices.

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