Step 3- Interacting with the CRC Ecosystem Basics

Now that you have successfully logged in an access portal, we will describe

1. How to query what software is available within the ecosystem
2. How to request computing resources in the back-end
3. How to submit jobs, query the status of jobs, and cancel jobs

A schematic of this part of the process is highlighted below.

Definitions

• back-end -- the dedicated computing nodes, storage arrays, networking, and supporting management infrastructure are often referred to collectively as the back-end. Access to the back-end are restriced based on access policy.
• front-end -- these are the access portals, the gateway to the back-end. The Slurm workload manager controls access to the back-end computing nodes.