HPC/Applications/lumerical

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GUI Access

The CNM holds 2 GUI licenses (for running CAD), each with accompanying FDTD licenses, and 10 additional engine licenses.

There are two means to access Carbon's Lumerical licenses:

  1. X11 forwarding.
  2. License port forwarding.

X11 mode

Use the CAD X11 app on a Carbon login node.

CAD &
  • Requires X11 forwarding under SSH.
  • Disadvantage: May run slow or unstable.

Native

Run CAD natively on your desktop, but connect to the Lumerical license server on Carbon.

  • Advantage: Native graphics speed.
  • Caveat: needs an active network connection to a Carbon login node.
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Host clogin      # or similar
    LocalForward    26044 cmgmt3:26044
    …
    • In CAD, specify localhost as license server.

HPC 2011-10-10 Lumerical LM client setup.png

    • The setting is stored in ~/.config/Lumerical/FDTD\ Solutions.ini .

[license]
type=floating
server\host=localhost