ANSYS-RSM-SetUp

ANSYS12.1Tutorial:RemoteSolveThisANSYStutorialshowyouhowtosetupRemoteSolveManager(RSM)configurationstosolveANSYSsimulationsonremotemachines.IntroductionThisarticledescribeshowtosetupaqueuesystemonaremotemachinedesignatedforsolvinglargeanalysesfrommultipleusersefficiently.Theprocessrequiresthreesteps:1.SettingupthequeueinRSMmanageronyourremotemachine2.SettinguptheRSMmanageronyourlocalmachinetobeabletosendjobstotheremotemachine3.ConfiguringAnsysWorkbenchonyourlocalmachinetoplacejobsinthequeueontheremotemachineBenefitsofRSM:•Moreefficientutilizationofhardwareresources•Multipleuserscanrunonasinglemachine•Jobscanbequeuedandwillberunassoonasresourcesareavailable•Youcancontinueworkingonyourlocalmachinewhiletheremotedoesthesolving(requiresseparateANSYSMechanicalPrepPostandsolverlicense)ANSYS12.1Tutorial,Step-by-stepinstructionsThisprocessdescribeshowtosetthisupforANSYSrelease12.0and12.1Itisonlyrecommendedtousethisfunctionalityifyouareconnectedtotheremotemachineviaafastnetworkconnection,preferably,butnotnecessarily,onalocalnetwork.Thereasonforthisisthattheresultfileswillhavetobetransferredfromtheremotetoyourlocalmachineaftersolutioncompletes.1)Settingupaqueueonyourremotemachine:OpenRSMmanageronthemachinethatwillactastheremotesolver.ThismachinemusthavethesameversionofANSYSinstalledasthemachinesyouwillsendjobsfrom.1Throughoutthisexample,theremotemachinewillbecalled“Monster5”andthequeuesystemonthismachinewillbecalled“Monster5Queue”AnRSMwindowshouldappearwithcontentsasshownifnoqueueshavebeensetuppreviously.Thereshouldbeaqueuecalled“Local”andacomputeservercalled“localhost”:Addaqueuebyright-clickingonQueuesandchooseAdd.Typethenameyouwantthequeuetohave,andassignlocalhostasthecomputeserver:2ThereshouldbeanewqueueinRSMmanagerwiththenameyoujustspecified.Expandthisfolder,rightclickon“localhost”andpressproperties.Inthepropertieswindowthatappearsyoucanset(amongotherthings)workingdirectory,maxrunningjobsandastartandstoptimeforthequeuetobeexecuted.Itisrecommendedthatyouchangetheworkingdirectorytoashorterpath,andnotusethedefault.Numberofrunningjobsspecifiesthenumberofconcurrentlyrunningjobs,andallofthesewillcheckouttheirownlicense.Ifyouonlyhaveonelicenseavailable,thisshouldbesettoone.Startandendtimespecifieswhenthequeuestartsandwhenitstopspickingnewjobsfromthequeue.I.e.ifthereisajobrunningwhenendtimeisreached,thisjobisfinished,butnonewjobisstarted.3Youarenowreadytosetupyourlocalmachinetosendjobstothisqueueontheremotemachine.Moveontothenextstep:2)SettinguptheRSMmanageronyourlocalmachine:OpenyourlocalRSMmanagerforANSYSR12.XStart-AllPrograms-ANSYS12.X-RSM-RSMManager:4AwindowlikethiswillshowupifyouhavenotsetupanyqueuesinRSMbefore:TheSolveManagerliesontheremotemachine,sotosetthisup,gotoTools-Optionsandtypethenameoftheremotemachine.Inthiscase:“Monster5”:5WhenyouclickOK,youshouldhaveaRSMwindowthatlookssomethinglikethis,wheretheexistingqueuesfoundontheremotemachinearelisted:6Ifitsays“(SetPassword)”afterMonster5,rightclickon“Monster5(SetPassword)”andclickSetPassword:Typeenterwithouttypingyourusername,andtype/retypeyourwindowspassword:7Totestyourconnection,rightclickonthelocalhostintheremotequeueandpress“TestServer”.MakesurethatthestatusfieldturnstoFinishedandnotFailed:Youarenowreadytosetupthissolvemanagerwithitsqueue(s)inworkbench.3)Addingtheremotemachineinworkbench:8ThefinalstepistoaddtheremotemachinetoyourSolveProcessSettingsinANSYSWorkbench.OpenaANSYSWorkbenchmodelinR12.Xandpress‘Tools-SolveProcessSettings..’inMechanical:Clickthe“AddRemote”inthewindowthatappears,typeMonster5asthe“SolveManager”,andselectMonster5QueueastheQueue:YoucanchoosehowmanyprocessorsontheremotemachineyouwanteachjobtoutilizeunderAdvanced.Dependingonhowmanyprocessorsyouhaveavailableonyourremotemachine,howmanylicensesyouhaveandhowmanysimultaneouslyrunningjobsyouallowinthequeue,youcansetuphowmanyprocessorseachjobshould9utilize.Thedefaultistwo,andastandardANSYSlicensecanrunontwoprocessors/coresTousetheremotemachineforsolving,pressthedrop-downbuttonnexttoSolvewhenthemodelisfullysetup,andselecttheremotemachine:IfyougointotheRSMManageragain,youshouldfindyour,andallothercurrentlyrunning,completedorqueuedjobsthere:Duringsolve,youcanretrieveyoursolutiontrackers,solveroutput,forceconvergenceplotsandsoonbyrightclickingonSolutionandclickingretrieve:Doyouwanttolearnmore?10PleasecontactANSYSTechnicalSupportatEDRon+467572120ortechnicalquestions,oraskforasalesrepresentativeforquestionsaboutlicensing....orsimplysendusyourcontactinformationandwewillgetbacktoyou:11