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RCS COMSOL Usage and Examples

Overview

Usage Notes

COMSOL versions 4.3, 4.4, 5.0, and 5.1 are available on SCC and scc-lite through BU ENG-IT software distribution. The GUI works best when using VNC (http://www.bu.edu/tech/support/research/system-usage/getting-started/remote-desktop-vnc/).

In practice, this procedure looks like this:

1. Create a VNC Password
If you have not used VNC on SCC, you must create a password.



[cjahnke@scc-lite ~]$ vncpasswd Password: Verify:



2. Create a VNC Session
From SCC, run the "vncstart" command to create VNC session. Read the instructions and take special note of the (1) hostname, (2) port number, and (3) VNC desktop number, as they will be needed later.



[cjahnke@scc-lite ~]$ vncstart ================================================= *** Your VNC server is now running! *** VNC desktop number: 1 VNC Port number: 5901 ================================================= To connect via VNC client: 1. On your local machine execute the following command: ssh cjahnke@scc-lite.bu.edu -L XXXX:localhost:5901 where XXXX - some number greater than 1023. You will be prompted to enter your SCC password. 2. Start your local VNC Client application and enter the following address in VNC server field: localhost:XXXX where XXXX is the number you selected in step 1. When prompted, use your VNC password. To terminate VNC server, execute command (in your scc-lite terminal window): vncserver -kill :1 =================================================




3. Forward the VNC Port
From a local computer, open a new terminal and setup port forwarding for the hostname and port advertised in the VNC session info. Note that I have choosen port 7000 to be my local port in place of "XXXX".



cjahnke@BUMC-PC922397:~$ ssh cjahnke@scc-lite.bu.edu -L 7000:localhost:5901




4. Open VNC Session
From your local computer, use a VNC client to connect to the forwarded port. Use the password you created with "vncpasswd" in step 1 as the password. The image below is "SSVNC" on Linux, but any standard client should work with similar settings.






5. Launch COMSOL
In the VNC window, open "Terminal" and load the following modules to setup the COMSOL environment.
"Terminal" can be found in Applications > System Tools > Terminal



[cjahnke@scc-lite ~]$ export PATH=/ad/eng/bin:$PATH [cjahnke@scc-lite ~]$ comsol51-research






6. Close The Session
Close everything and disconnect the VNC client.


7. Terminate the VNC Session
Terminate the VNC session when finshed, as described in the vnc session info from step 2. The job desktop number is should be preceeded by a colon (ie. for desktop "1" use "vncserver -kill :1".



[cjahnke@scc-lite ~]$ vncserver -kill :1