Hardware Environment
Hardware Environment
A brief description of The ASCI Red TOPs Supercomputer (July, 2001)
The following questions are frequently asked about the hardware associated with ASCI Red, which is also called janus. Please note that the most current version of Frequently Asked Questions can be obtained on sasn100 by typing news janus-faq
What does the TeraOps LAN look like?
What does janus look like?
Where did janus get its name?
What security levels exist on janus and janus-s?
What file systems are available?
What options are available for I/O from parallel applications on janus?
What does a service node look like?
What does a compute node look like?
What does an I/O node look like? What does a system node look like?
What signals are available?
What is the clock rate on the PCI bus?
How can I access the counters in the Pentium Pro?
Where does the ATM link connect to the hardware?
What binary format is used for data storage in files?
How do I access the smss?
SMSS: Sandia's Mass Storage System (You must be on the SRN to access this page, email smss-help@sandia.gov if you need help)
On janus, do 'smssftp'
If you have any questions, email janus-help@sandia.gov
Updated: August 14, 2003
For information and feedback about these pages, please contact:
Robert K. Thomas -- rkthoma@sandia.gov