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HPCBOX ClusterApp

Since version 1.9.0​

  • Adds AI Assistant functionality
  • Adds MCP server support
  • Major UX updates
  • Adds Flow Controls for split/join/decision/loops

Since version 1.4.0​

  • Adds preview functionality for workflow deployment.
  • Updates ANSYS CFX and Fluent integration to use separate MPI installations.
  • Adds support for Converge CFD.
  • Adds HPCBOX Activation process.
  • Replaces Alerts Key with reuse of Activation Key.
  • Other internal fixes.

Since version 1.3.3​

  • HPCBOX Events Viewer for monitoring AutoScaler events.
  • Adds support for configuring the HPCBOX AutoScaler.
  • Adds support for public workflow templates.
  • Adds support for GACODE.
  • UI improvements and bug fixes.

Since version 1.3.1​

  • Redesigned Workflow Template Management.
  • All job scripts and job logs are now created in an hpcbox sub-directory under the working directory of the workflow step.
  • STAR-CCM+ component now includes a method to start the client and server components as one single job.
  • GUI improvements to cluster worker nodes status display.
  • Other GUI improvements.
  • Various bug fixes.

Since version 1.2.7​

  • Adds automated RDMA test when starting compute nodes.
  • Minor GUI changes.

Since version 1.2.5​

  • Adds support for Siemens Nastran.
  • Adds support for Abaqus.
  • Adds support for custom termination of jobs.
  • Adds options to select XFCE as display manager.

Since version 1.2.4​

  • Now includes a cluster worker cleaner tool.
  • Adds support for ANSYS System Coupling on ANSYS flavored clusters.

Since version 1.2.1​

  • Now includes option to specify number of Processes Per Node (PPN). This is useful when you want correct processor pinning to maximize performance on certain CPU architectures like AMD Epyc.
  • Includes Tool to mount cloud storage.
  • UI changes

Since version 1.2.0​

  • Adds new section for worker performance and utilization monitoring.
  • Adds ability to assign a project id to workflow step jobs.
  • New filtering option to select worker types that you want to control in the Cluster tab.

Since version 1.1.8​

  • Adds support for HPCBOX Alerts. Requires a license key to be configured.

Since version 1.1.7​

  • Adds support for creating a worker Power OFF Schedule which leaves the master running.
  • Now displays active schedule notification in the Cluster tab as well.

Since version 1.1.5​

  • Adds support for starting only subset of nodes with ClusterControl.
  • Adds the possibility to control individual nodes in the Cluster tab.
  • Changes how we orchestrate and provision nodes.
  • Introduces X-Tile support for tiling log windows in a grid.
  • Displays individual logs for multi-instance jobs.
  • Group control for workers and jobs.

Since version 1.1.4​

  • Adds support for ANSYS products.
  • Adds support for development release updates.

Since version 1.1.3​

  • Adds task scheduler functionality.
  • Updates Star-CCM+ integration with custom launch support.

Since version 1.1.2​

  • Adds support for Star-CCM+

Since version 1.1.0​

  • Adds ability to perform a job hard kill if standard kill doesn’t work.
  • Adds ability to restart cluster workers from the workflow editor main screen.

Since version 1.0.9​

  • Adds support to include a description for every workflow step.
  • Adds support for issuing a shutdown to the whole cluster.

Since version 1.0.7​

  • Adds support to clone steps within a workflow.
  • Fixes minor UI issues.

Since version 1.0.4​

  • Adds support for multi instance runs for OpenFOAM.

Since version 1.0.2​

  • Ability to save, load and generate scripts from workflows.
  • Selective deletion of workers based on worker type.
  • Docker container support.
  • Minor bug fixes.

Since version 1.0.1​

  • The workflows are now queued in the reverse order. This means, newly created workflows will be at the bottom of the workflows queue, executing them in the order they were created.