The IBM Power6 System

About the System

Using the System:  

Access

   The Power6 compute cluster "vip" is out of service.

Configuration

   How much memory is available? How many CPUs?

File systems

   Where to place your files. About AFS, the /tmp, and GPFS filesystems.

Software

   Available software packages, modules.

Batch System

   How to submit a batch job.

Documentation:

    Compilers

Available compilers. Frequently needed compiler options.

Fortran

Fortran User's Guide. Fortran Language Reference. How to compile an MPI or OpenMP program.

C/C++, UPC

   Parallel Programming

Getting started with MPI, OpenMP, and LAPI. Running programs under the "Parallel Operating Environemnt" (POE).

   Numerical Libraries

Which libraries are available? What is ESSL? What is pESSL?

   Programming Tools

About debugging and profiling your program.

   IBM documentation

          IBM Tuning Guide for High Performance Computing Applications on IBM POWER6

AIX 5L, compilers, libraries, LoadLeveler.          

Further Information  

Very useful technical books can be found at IBM's "Redbooks" website http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/.
Of course, you might also carry out your own little web research at IBM's ACTC site.
If you are working in the field of material and life sciences, you may find the page Materials and Life Science Applications @ IBM useful.