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    Network 
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    All compute and login nodes of Anselm are interconnected by
    [Infiniband](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfiniBand)
    QDR network and by Gigabit
    [Ethernet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet)
    network. Both networks may be used to transfer user data.
    
    Infiniband Network
    ------------------
    
    All compute and login nodes of Anselm are interconnected by a
    high-bandwidth, low-latency
    [Infiniband](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfiniBand)
    QDR network (IB 4x QDR, 40 Gbps). The network topology is a fully
    non-blocking fat-tree.
    
    The compute nodes may be accessed via the Infiniband network using ib0
    network interface, in address range 10.2.1.1-209. The MPI may be used to
    establish native Infiniband connection among the nodes.
    
    The network provides **2170MB/s** transfer rates via the TCP connection
    (single stream) and up to **3600MB/s** via native Infiniband protocol.
    
    The Fat tree topology ensures that peak transfer rates are achieved
    between any two nodes, independent of network traffic exchanged among
    other nodes concurrently.
    
    Ethernet Network
    ----------------
    
    The compute nodes may be accessed via the regular Gigabit Ethernet
    network interface eth0, in address range 10.1.1.1-209, or by using
    aliases cn1-cn209.
    The network provides **114MB/s** transfer rates via the TCP connection.
    
    Example
    -------
    
    `
    $ qsub -q qexp -l select=4:ncpus=16 -N Name0 ./myjob
    $ qstat -n -u username
                                                                Req'd  Req'd   Elap
    Job ID          Username Queue    Jobname    SessID NDS TSK Memory Time  S Time
    --------------- -------- --  |---|---| ------ --- --- ------ ----- - -----
    15209.srv11     username qexp     Name0        5530   4  64    --  01:00 R 00:00
       cn17/0*16+cn108/0*16+cn109/0*16+cn110/0*16
    
    $ ssh 10.2.1.110
    $ ssh 10.1.1.108
    `
    
    In this example, we access the node cn110 by Infiniband network via the
    ib0 interface, then from cn110 to cn108 by Ethernet network.