HPC & Cloud Solutions

HPC & Cloud Solutions

Rajesh Chhabra

Managing Director, ANZ, Altair

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HPC improves people’s lives



Altair Simplifies HPC experience!

Powerful, reliable products.
Unbeatable service & support.

We Build Software for Your:

End Users Systems Managers

Easy Fast | Reliable | Streamlined Transparent | Agile

Visualization & Workload Management Analytics & Reporting
Management Portals & Job Scheduling
• PBS Analytics
• Compute Manager • PBS Professional • Software Asset Optimization
• Display Manager

We can do our jobs more effectively… End Users
It just works better.
Easy
– Gestamp North America
• Make it easy to run jobs
• Deliver results faster
• Help users prioritize and

manage workload
• Run jobs efficiently and

avoid traffic jams



One Big Computer: Portals

PBS Cloud Portals
• Anywhere to anywhere
• One unified entry point
• Access to all sites
• Simple, easy-to-use



Compute Manager Touch for Mobile

• List jobs Run | Monitor | Manage
• Get status
• Watch progress
• View intermediate files (while jobs are

running)
• Secure, unified access, anywhere… anytime

Current version supports iOS (iPhone, iPod
Touch, iPad) and is on App Store as free
download

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Cloud on your fingertips- CM Touch

We install it and it pretty much just runs. Managers

– Scripps • Keep multiple users
happy

• Easily manage
resource contention

• Respond quickly to
changes
in demand

• Easily customize the
system
to meet complex
requirements

PBS Analytics:

Web-based Data Analysis and Visualization Tool for HPC

Jobs Count by Day

Requested Vs Used Memory by Software

Altair’s Software Asset Optimization (SAO)

A rapidly-deployed enterprise solution
to visualize, analyze and optimize

the utilization of
enterprise software licenses

Key Component: License Manager Support

License Manager Software Supplier / Software

Flexlm Siemens, PTC, Ansys, Autodesk, MathWorks, • Altair SAO can track and

Altair LMX Halliburton, Schlumberger, Doors, CD-adapco, MSC, analyze any software that uses
Orcaflex
Intergraph Smartplant AVL, ESI, Actify, Icona, Intel… a supported license manager

Sentinel RMS Altair, Vi-Grade, FEV, 3d-Viewstation
IBM LUM
DSLS Orca • Altair SAO supports license
Beta CAE Intergraph managers used by over 90% of
LSTC
GNS Vericut, Aspentech the most commonly used
Moldflow Dassault software in auto, aero, oil & gas,
RLM Dassault plant, consumer goods, heavy
LICMAN Ansa industrial, etc.
SLS
LS Dyna • Talk to Altair about other license
Animator, Evaluator, CDH… managers you need supported
Moldflow
Tecplot, LMS, Ramsis, Autoform

Medina

SLS

Key Metrics -s
Average
Max Concurrent +s

Minimum Maximum Effective
Total
Tokens/Run
Denials
Date & Time
+s
Total License Server User

Licenses 100%

Capacity Utilization

Software Usage Data

Max Concurrent Average
-s
Total
Maximum

Host Department Run Duration
Region
Distinct Users

Daily Usage Variance

Architecture Overview

HW Collaboration Tools Compute Simulation Display Manager Process Manager
Manager Manager
Explore, Organize, Connect Remote Display Capture and
& Automate Run, Monitor CAE Manage CAE Data, Big Data Automate
Jobs Projects & KPIs
Enterprise Processes

Altair Enterprise Foundation – Professional

Data Management, Access Management, Results Visualization, Remote Visualization,
Job Management, Unified Data Model

Database HyperWorks PBS Pro PDM Remote
3rd Party Apps Graphics
OpenGL

PBS CLOUD MANAGER

Intuitive cloud management
for scientific applications

Overview of the platform

PBS Cloud Manager

Build and manage your own appliance

ALTAIR PARTNER APPS YOUR APPS
SACPIPESNTIFIC APPS SCIENTIFIC APPS
PBS Works Altair’s partners Open Source
HyperWorks 3rd party apps
Internal apps
applications

AWS AZUR …. Private
E Cloud

Bare-Metal

Private Datacenter

Dashboard Hardware Cluster Cloud Account Topology Instance Resources Sear ch …

Dash b o ar d

I n st an ce Running for I n st an ce Stopped since I n st an ce Running for
5d 12h 35m 12s 3d 11h 35m 12s 5d 12h 35m 12s
I n st an ce_1 I n st an ce_3 I n st an ce_6

12 July 2016 30 June 20 June
2016 2016

RADIOSS Ru n n i n g RADIOSS St o p p ed RADI OSS Ru n n i n g

Cr it ical Cr it ical

I n st an ce I n st an ce Running for Supervise
3d 3h 30m 12s &
I n st an ce_2 I n st an ce_4
Monitor
03 June 23 October
2016 2015

Paused for RADIOSS Ru n n i n g
2d 14h 25m 10s

RADIOSS Paused Saf e

I n st an ce Running for
7d 3h 45m 15s
I n st an ce_5

30 November
2015

RADIOSS Ru n n i n g

Saf e

Create
&

Organize

Configure
&

Deploy

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What is required for robust simulation everywhere?

System and Application Software Integration Support

Application Software
Web / Portal Services
Workload Management
Cluster Management / Operating System
Interconnect (Storage /
Compute)
Storage
Compute
Cores

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HyperWorks Unlimited Simulation Appliance

“Our vision is to radically change the way organizations
design products and make decisions.”

HyperWorks Unlimited TM

System and Application Software Integration Support  State-of-the art, managed private HPC
appliance
Application Software
 Attractively priced for lease
Web / Portal Services  Fully configured hardware and software
Workload Management
Cluster Management / Operating  Unlimited use of all Altair software
SInytesrtecomnnect (Storage /
CStoomrapguete)

Comp
ute
Cores

Lease | Roll-in |Connect | Simulate | Innovate

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HWUL Capabilities

Product Type Inspire: optimization-driven concept design Some Competitive Tools
Concept Design Evolve: Geometry modeling and rendering Rhinoceros, Spaceclaim, etc.

Modeling HyperMesh: General FEA pre-processor Ansa, TSV, Abaqus- CAE, Sofy,
Visualization SimLab: FEA pre-processor for powertrain DEP Morpher, Easi-Crash, Primer,
HyperCrash: Crash and safety pre-processor Adams Chassis / Adams Car., etc.
Analysis MotionView: MBD general pre-processor
MetaPost, Abaqus-CAE, Animator,
Industry Solutions HyperView: CAE/MBD post-processor Envision, GPP, Matlab
Math & Optimization HyperGraph: Data analysis and plotting tool
MSC Nastran, LS-Dyna, Abaqus,
Cloud & HPC OptiStruct: Linear and nonlinear FE analysis Ansys, Adams, Star-CMM+, etc.
RADIOSS: Highly non-linear structural FE analysis
AcuSolve: General purpose FE-based CFD solver PowerFLOW, Autoform, LS-Dyna,
MotionSolve: Multi-body systems analysis Pamstamp, etc.

Virtual Wind Tunnel: External aerodynamics Genesis, SFE Concept, Insight,
HyperForm: Sheet metal and tube forming simulation ModeFrontier, Matlab, Excel, etc.
HyperXtrude: Metal and polymers extrusion
LSF, Teamcenter, Enovia, etc.
OptiStruct: CAE/MBD post-processor
HyperStudy: Data analysis and plotting tool
HyperMath: multi-purpose numerical analysis

PBS Professional: HPC workload manager
Simulation Cloud Suite: comprehensive SLM solution
HWUL Virtual Appliance: CAE Public cloud solution
HWUL Physical Appliance: CAE private cloud

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HWUL (2) System Specifications-Haswell

The configurations are supported by the following specifications:

Compute Nodes – for Explicit Simulation Codes Graphics Nodes – for graphically rich
24 cores (per node), Intel E5-2680v3, 2.5 GHz: interactive applications
• 128 GB RAM DDR4 Memory DIMMs 24 cores (per node), Intel E5-2680v3, 2.5 GHz:
• FDR Infiniband connectivity and integrated on-
• 1 or 2 NVIDIA QUADRO K5000 Graphics Card
board GbE • 256 GB RAM DDR4 Memory DIMMs
• 1 TB Hard Drive (7200 RPM SATA) • (8) x 600 GB SAS Hard Drive (15,500 RPM)
• 1, 10 GbE dual-port card
Compute Nodes – for Implicit Simulation Codes • 1 QDR Infiniband card
24 cores (per node), Intel E5-2680v3, 2.5 GHz:
Head Node* – Included with all configurations
• 256 GB RAM DDR4 Memory DIMMs 16 cores, Intel Xeon E5-2630v3, 2.4 GHz:
• (8) x 600 GB SAS Hard Drive (15,500 RPM)
• 1, 10 GbE dual-port card • 64 GB RAM DDR4 Memory DIMMs
• 1 QDR Infiniband card • 32 TB 7200 RPM SAS HDDs
• 1 dual-port 10 GbE card w/SR optics
Infrastructure Components • 1 FDR Infiniband card
• 1 internal RW DVD-ROM
• Rack and PDU(s)
• 1Gb Ethernet switch System Software
• 36-port FDR Infiniband switch
• Maintenance console • OS: RHEL6.X

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HyperWorks Unlimited Details

• Application integration

• Install the application binaries on the appliance
• Integrate application into PBS Professional and Compute Manager
• Can support Altair and non Altair solvers

• This includes partner products but requires separate pool of licenses

• Updates of solvers included but in limited quantities

• Support model

• We offer 24/7 support via Altair Connect

• 6 hour response time

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HyperWorks Unlimited Clients

US and France

PBS Professional is now Open Source!

Public Sector The HPC World Private Sector

Risk takers PBS Pro® Risk averse
Early adopters Later adopters
Natural Collaborators Dual-licensing Natural Competitors

Open Source Commercial