ANSYS 14.5 Computing Platform Support Summary...• Fedora, Scientific Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Oracle...
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Outline
Computing platform trends and support roadmap
• Windows
• Linux
• Solaris
ANSYS 14.5 Platform Support
• By application
Other Platform Related Issues
• MPI and Interconnect technology
• Job Schedulers
• GP-GPU accelerator support
• Tested graphics cards
• Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Remote Display
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Computing Platform Trends
Compute servers • Steady migration to servers or clusters running Windows or Linux
● Multicore x64 processors from Intel and AMD
● Linux dominant; steady growth of Windows HPC Server 2008
● 64-bit OS now standard
• Negligible footprint on other systems (e.g., legacy UNIX, Itanium)
• Emergence of GP-GPUs for accelerated processing
Desktop workstations / Interactive systems • Windows dominant, both 64-bit and 32-bit
• Smaller, but significant, use of Linux – nearly all 64-bit
• Emergence of GP-GPUs for accelerated processing
ANSYS Strategy: Focus on 64 bit Windows and Linux for both desktop and compute servers. Continue to focus on multicore processor optimization. Pursue GPU acceleration where feasible.
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ANSYS Platform Support - Windows
Platform ANSYS 14.0 ANSYS 14.5 ANSYS 15.0
x64 / Windows XP (32-bit/64-bit) Last release
x64 / Windows Enterprise Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Varies by application, see tables
Varies by application, see tables
Varies by application, see tables
x64 / Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Batch only
Batch only
Batch only
x64 / Windows Vista (32-bit/64-bit) Last Release
x64 / Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit) Last 32-bit release
x64 / Windows 8 (64 bit) - Will evaluate post-release
X64 / Windows Server 2012 (64 bit) - - If feasible
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ANSYS Platform Support – 64-bit Linux
Platform ANSYS 14.0 ANSYS 14.5 ANSYS 15.0
Itanium / Linux (including SGI ProPack)
Last release
x64 / RHEL 4 (64-bit) Last release
x64 / RHEL 5.3 and above (64-bit)
x64 / RHEL 6.0 and above (64-bit)
x64 / SLES 10 SP2 and above (64-bit) Last release Ansoft
Last release
If feasible / Last release
x64 / SLES 11 SP1 (64-bit)
x64 / SLES 11 SP2 (64-bit) -
x64 / SLES 12 (64-bit) - - If feasible
• Some applications are not supported on Linux (see tables below) • The ANSYS License Manager is also supported on 32-bit Linux platforms (see appendix)
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ANSYS Platform Support – 32-bit Linux
Platform ANSYS 14.0 ANSYS 14.5 ANSYS 15.0
x86 / RHEL 5 (32 bit) Last Release
x86 / SLES 10 (32 bit) Last Release
x86 / SLES 11 SP1 (32 bit) Last Release
x86 / SLES 11 SP2 (32 bit) - Last Release
Note that only the License Manager is supported on 32-bit Linux. ANSYS applications require 64-bit Linux.
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ANSYS Platform Support - Solaris
Platform ANSYS 14.0 ANSYS 14.5 ANSYS 15.0
Solaris 10 / SPARC (64-bit)
Solaris 10 / x86 (64-bit) Last release
Note that only the License Manager is supported on Solaris. ANSYS and Ansoft applications are not supported on Solaris.
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ANSYS 14.5 - LINUX Support Notes
ANSYS supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Novell SuSE Enterprise Linux (SLES / SLED)
• RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 • SLES / SLED 10, SLES / SLED 11 • Server and Desktop editions are supported.
● Desktop editions recommended for interactive use. ● Server editions require additional drivers and tools to support interactive use. ● Home editions are not supported.
ANSYS does not support other “compatible” Linux distributions • Fedora, Scientific Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Oracle LINUX, etc. ● We can not sustain certification and technical support of multiple Linux distributions ● Stability issues have been encountered on some open-source Linux ● We will only provide support on issues that can be reproduced on our certified RedHat
and Novell Linux releases.
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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Platforms Workbench Hosted Applications
ANSYS supports Windows and Linux for interactive “desktop” use of the following applications hosted in the Workbench framework
Workbench Hosted Applications
32-bit
Windows XP,
Windows Vista,
Windows 7
64-bit
Windows XP,
Windows Vista,
Windows 7
64-bit SLES 10
64-bit SLES 11
64-bit RHEL 5
64-bit RHEL 6
ANSYS AQWA YES YES NO
ANSYS AUTODYN YES YES NO
ANSYS Blademodeler YES YES NO
ANSYS CFD-Post YES YES YES
ANSYS CFX YES YES YES
ANSYS Design Modeler YES YES YES
ANSYS DesignXplorer YES YES YES
ANSYS EKM Desktop YES YES YES
ANSYS Explicit STR YES YES YES
ANSYS FE Modeler YES YES YES
ANSYS Fluent YES YES YES
ANSYS Icepak YES YES YES
ANSYS Mechanical YES YES YES
ANSYS Mechanical APDL YES YES YES
ANSYS Meshing / Extended Meshing YES YES YES
ANSYS nCode DesignLife YES YES NO
ANSYS POLYFLOW YES YES YES
ANSYS Rigid Body Dynamics YES YES YES
ANSYS SpaceClaim DM YES YES NO
ANSYS TurboGrid YES YES YES
ANSYS Vista TF YES YES YES
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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Platforms Ansoft derived Electronics Product Line
ANSYS supports the following platforms for interactive or batch execution of the following applications
Applications Outside of
Workbench
32-bit
Windows XP Pro,
Windows 7
on x64 (1)
64-bit
Windows XP Pro,
Windows 7
on x64 (1)
64-bit SLES 10
64-bit SLES 11
64-bit RHEL 5
64-bit RHEL 6
on x64 (2)
64-bit
Windows HPC
Server 2008 R2
Or
Windows
Server 2008
on x64
Designer 8.0(*) Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive
HFSS 15.0 (*) Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive
Maxwell 16.0(*) Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive
Q3D Extractor 12.0(*) Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive
Simplorer 11.0(*) Interactive Interactive Interactive
SIwave 7.0 Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive
TPA 8.0 Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive
Unique platform issues and notes: (1) Windows Vista is not supported (*) These products can run Standalone or as Workbench-Hosted applications
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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Platforms Standalone Applications and Solvers
ANSYS supports the following platforms for interactive or batch execution of the following applications outside of Workbench
Applications Outside of
Workbench
32-bit
Windows XP Pro,
Windows Vista,
Windows 7
on x86
64-bit
Windows XP Pro,
Windows Vista,
Windows 7
on x64
64-bit SLES 10
64-bit SLES 11
64-bit RHEL 5
64-bit RHEL 6
on x64
64-bit
Windows
HPC Server
2008 R2
on x64
ANSYS AQWA , ANSYS ASAS Interactive Interactive ANSYS AUTODYN Interactive Interactive Solver Only ANSYS CFD-Post Interactive Interactive Interactive ANSYS CFX Interactive Interactive Interactive Solver Only ANSYS Composite PrePost Interactive Interactive ANSYS EKM Server Interactive * Interactive Batch Only ** ANSYS Fluent Interactive Interactive Interactive Solver Only ANSYS ICEM CFD Interactive Interactive Interactive ANSYS Icepak Interactive Interactive Interactive Solver Only ANSYS LS-DYNA Solver Only Solver Only Solver Only ANSYS Mechanical APDL Interactive Interactive Interactive Solver Only ANSYS POLYFLOW Interactive Interactive Interactive ANSYS SpaceClaim DM Interactive Interactive ANSYS TGRID Interactive Interactive Interactive ANSYS Turbogrid Interactive Interactive Interactive
* ANSYS EKM Server is supported on XP and Windows 7 but NOT supported on Windows VISTA ** ANSYS EKM Server is also supported on Windows Enterprise Server 2008 R2 (x64)
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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Platforms Workbench Hosted CAD Interfaces
ANSYS supports the following CAD readers, hosted in the Workbench framework • CAD Readers import geometry but do not invoke a bidirectional live interface to a running CAD application.
• Linux support is limited due to lack of support by the CAD vendor
Workbench Hosted CAD Readers
32-bit
Windows XP,
Windows Vista,
Windows 7
64-bit
Windows XP,
Windows Vista
Windows 7**
64-bit
SLES 10, SLES 11
RHEL 5, RHEL 6
ACIS (22) YES YES YES
ANSYS BladeGen (12) - for ANSYS DesignModeler YES* YES*
CATIA V4 (4.2) YES YES
CATIA V5 (V5-6R2012) YES YES
CATIA V5 CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway (V5R20, V5R21) YES YES
CATIA V5 CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway (V5R19)) YES** YES**
Creo Elements/Pro (ProEngineer) – Creo Parametric 1.0 YES YES
GAMBIT (2.4) YES YES YES
IGES (4.0, 5.2, 5.3) YES YES YES
Autodesk Inventor (2012) YES YES
JT Open (8.0, 8.1) YES YES
Monte Carlo N-Particle – for ANSYS Design Modeler YES* YES* YES
NX (8.0) YES YES
Parasolid (24.1) YES YES YES
Solidworks (2012) YES YES
STEP (AP203, AP214) YES YES YES
(*) Not available on Windows 7 (**) Tested by ANSYS, but not supported by the CAD vendor
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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Platforms Workbench Hosted CAD Interfaces
ANSYS supports the following CAD Plug-Ins, hosted in the Workbench framework • CAD Plug-Ins provide bidirectional associative links to a running CAD application.
• Linux support is limited due to lack of support by the CAD vendor
Workbench Hosted CAD Plug-Ins
32-bit
Windows XP,
Windows Vista,
Windows 7
64-bit
Windows XP,
Windows Vista
Windows 7**
64-bit
SLES 10, SLES 11
RHEL 5, RHEL 6
Autodesk AutoCAD (2013) YES* YES*
Autodesk AutoCAD (2012) YES YES
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling (18.1, 18.0, 17.0) YES YES
Creo Elements/Pro (ProEngineer) - Creo Parametric 2.0 YES* YES*
Creo Elements/Pro (ProEngineer) - Creo Parametric 1.0 YES* YES*
Creo Elements/Pro (ProEngineer) - Wildfire 5.0 YES YES
Autodesk Inventor 2013 YES* YES*
Autodesk Inventor 2012 YES YES
NX 8.0 YES YES RH 6 and SLES 11 SP1
NX 7.5 YES YES RH 5.3 and SLES 10 SP2
NX 6.0 YES YES SLES 10 SP2
SolidEdge ST4 YES YES
SolidEdge ST3 YES** YES**
Solidworks (2011, 2012) YES YES
TeamCenter Engineering 9.1 (NX 8.0) YES* YES*
TeamCenter Unified 8.3 (NX 7.5.2) YES* YES*
TeamCenter Unified 8.3 (NX 7.5) YES* YES*
(*) Not available on Windows VISTA (**) Not available on Windows 7
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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Interconnects
ANSYS software performs parallel processing on distributed memory systems
• Performance driven by network bandwidth and latency
• Enabled via MPI (message passing interface) software that is integrated with the ANSYS distribution*
● Platform MPI (formerly HP MPI), Intel MPI, OpenMPI, Microsoft MPI
• Supported interconnects include
● Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10-GigE
● Infiniband (from QLOGIC, Mellanox)
● Myrinet (from Myricom)
● Selected vendor-specific interconnects
• See details in following tables
* Microsoft MPI is provided separately from Microsoft
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Supported Interconnects Distributed ANSYS Mechanical 14.5
Ethernet/GIGE Infiniband Myrinet
Windows / 32-bit Windows / 64-bit
Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3
Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3
Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3
Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)
Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)
Linux / x64 Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3
Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3
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Supported Interconnects ANSYS Fluent 14.5
Ethernet/GIGE Infiniband Myrinet
Windows / 32-bit Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3
Windows / 64-bit
Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3
Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3
Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)
Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)
Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)
Linux / x64
Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 OpenMPI 1.3.3
Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 OpenMPI 1.3.3
Platform MPI 8.2 OpenMPI 1.3.3
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Supported Interconnects ANSYS CFX 14.5
Ethernet/GIGE Infiniband Myrinet
Windows / 32-bit Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3 **
Windows / 64-bit
Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3 **
Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3 **
Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)
Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)
Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)
Linux / x64
Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 **
Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 **
Platform MPI 8.2
** Intel MPI is beta capability in ANSYS CFX 14.5 PVM and MPICH are also available on Linux
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ANSYS Remote Solve Manager and Third Party Resource Management / Job Schedulers
The ANSYS Remote Solve Manager (ANSYS RSM) can interface with the following commercial batch queuing systems on the specified operating systems:
• Platform LSF
● Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)
• PBS Professional
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)
• Windows HPC
● Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 or above (minimum of SP2 is preferred)
ANSYS RSM can also manage server resources directly without the involvement of a commercial batch queuing system.
Some standalone ANSYS applications support a slightly different list of third party job schedulers. (See speaker notes)
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GPU Acceleration ANSYS Mechanical 14.5 can exploit multiple GP-GPUs to accelerate
computations using the SMP and DMP ANSYS solvers
Supported on 64-bit Windows/Linux x64 systems
Supported hardware: • NVIDIA Tesla 20-series (1U) cards
• NVIDIA Quadro 6000 card
• NVIDIA Quadro K5000
• NVIDIA Tesla K10 should be supported when available
• NVIDIA Tesla K20 should be supported when available
• NVIDIA Quadro K6000 should be supported when available
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Tested Graphics Cards – R14.5
ANSYS tested R14.5 with the following graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA:
• AMD FirePro V3700, V3900, V7800, W5000, W7000, W8000, W9000
• NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800, FX 4600, FX 5500, FX 5600, FX 5800
• NVIDIA Quadro 410, 600, 2000, 3800M, 4000M
• NVIDIA Tesla C2050 / Quadro FX 5800
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Other Platform Policies and Requirements
Processor Certification • We certify x86 and x64 workstation and server chipsets from Intel and AMD • Testing is restricted to desktops / servers • Functionality on laptops is assumed but not certified
Virtualization • ANSYS does not formally certify or support use of our software on virtual machines. • Use virtualization software “at your own risk”. Cloud Computing • ANSYS is ‘hardware neutral’ and can support your use of our applications on 3P / cloud infrastructure • Currently, we do not directly support any specific cloud infrastructure.
Remote display (Exceed, VNC, NX) • ANSYS does not certify or support remote display options, but is moving to do so at R15 • These options are subject to local implementation issues (e.g., network environment)
Mobile Device Support • ANSYS 14.5 does not support mobile devices. We can share our mobile device roadmap.
User Programmable Feature Support • For product-specific compiler requirements, see Chapter 2, Platform Details, in the installation guide for your platform • Obtaining Visual Studio 2008 (required for linking user programmable features on Windows platforms):
● If you do not have Visual Studio 2008, you can still link user programmable features by downloading Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 SDK from the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C17BA869-9671-4330-A63E-1FD44E0E2505&displaylang=en
3D/ Stereo Visualization • 3D/Stereo visualization is supported in ANSYS CFD-Post
● Stereo-enabled hardware required; tested internally on Planar and Zalman stereo monitors
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ANSYS Quality Assurance Services
(NQA1)
ANSYS Quality Assurance Services provide certification for nuclear industry customers
• Verification testing packages enable on-site certification
These QA services are supported only for platforms supported in the initial release
• Customers should refer to each release's Installation Guide for details on which platforms are supported at initial release.
Contact the ANSYS, Inc. Corporate Quality Group for information about ANSYS, Inc.'s QA Services.