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--- users:interactive [2016/03/22 15:33] – ecalore
+++ users:interactive [2016/04/12 10:27] (current) – ecalore
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 ====== Interactive Session ======
-If needed, an interactive shell can be run on the cluster's nodes using the following SURM command:
+If needed, an interactive shell can be run on a cluster node using the following SURM command (omitting the //nodelist// argument will let SLURM choose one random free node):
 <code bash>
 srun -u --partition=interactive --nodelist=node02 --pty bash
+</code>
+You can also require one or more GPUs:
+<code bash>
+srun -u --partition=interactive --gres=gpu:1 --pty bash
 </code>
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-  * -u option turns off buffering of stdout.
+  * //-u// option turns off buffering of stdout.
-  * -partition=interactive select the "interactive" partition (aka queue), which grants the highest chance of being immediately allocated (this partition allows CPUs sharing between more than one job)
+  * //--partition=interactive// select the "//interactive//" partition (aka queue), which grants the highest chance of being immediately allocated (this partition allows CPUs sharing between more than one job)
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-The login to the nodes via ssh is disabled.
+Login to the nodes via ssh is disabled.
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