ANSYS Computing Platform Support July 2013 1
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 2
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. 3
ANSYS Platform Support - Windows 4 Platform ANSYS 14.0 ANSYS 14.5 ANSYS 15.0 x64 Windows XP (64-bit) x86 Windows XP (32-bit) x64 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (64-bit) x64 / Windows HPC Server 2008-R2 (64- bit) x64 Windows Vista (64-bit) x86 Windows Vista (32-bit) x64 Windows 7 (64-bit) x86 Windows 7 (32-bit) Professional and Enterprise Editions only x64 / Windows 8 (64 bit) Professional and Enterprise Editions only X64 / Windows Server 2012 Standard (64 bit) Last release Varies by application, see tables Batch only Varies by application, see tables Batch only Last Release Varies by application, see tables Batch only Last 32-bit release - - -
ANSYS Platform Support 64-bit Linux Platform ANSYS 14.0 ANSYS 14.5 ANSYS 15.0 Itanium / Linux (including SGI ProPack) x64 / RHEL 4 (64-bit) Last release Last release x64 / RHEL 5 (64-bit) 5.7, 5.8, 5.9 x64 / RHEL 6 (64-bit) 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 X64 / RHEL 7 x64 / SLES 10 (64-bit) Last release Ansoft Last release x64 / SLES 11 SP1 (64-bit) x64 / SLES 11 SP2 (64-bit) - Will evaluate post-release x64 / SLES 12 (64-bit) - - Will evaluate post-release 5 Some applications are not supported on Linux (see tables below) The ANSYS License Manager is also supported on 32-bit Linux platforms (next slide)
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. 6
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. 7
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. 8
9 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 32-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 64-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 64-bit SLES 10 64-bit SLES 11 64-bit RHEL 5 64-bit RHEL 6 Workbench Hosted Applications 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 * Not available on Windows 8
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 10
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 11 32-bit Windows XP Pro, Windows Vista, Windows 7 on x86 64-bit Windows XP Pro, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Windows 8 on x64 64-bit SLES 10 64-bit SLES 11 64-bit RHEL 5 64-bit RHEL 6 on x64 * 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) *** ANSYS AQWA and ANSYS ASAS are not available on Windows 8 64-bit Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 on x64 Applications Outside of Workbench 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 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 12 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 (14.5) YES YES CATIA V4 (4.2) YES YES CATIA V5 (V5-6R2012) YES YES CATIA V5 CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway (V5R20, V5R21, V5-6R2012) 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 Solid Edge ST4 YES YES SolidWorks (2012) YES YES STEP (AP203, AP214) YES YES YES (**) Win7 tested by ANSYS, but not supported by the CAD vendor
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 Solid Edge ST5 YES*** YES*** Solid Edge ST4 YES YES Solid Edge ST3 YES** YES** SolidWorks 2013 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, (***) Not available on Windows XP, ( + ) Available on Windows 8 13
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 14
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 15
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 Windows HPC Server 2008 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) Linux / x64 Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 OpenMPI 1.3.3 Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 OpenMPI 1.3.3 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) Platform MPI 8.2 OpenMPI 1.3.3 16
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 ** Windows HPC Server 2008 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) Linux / x64 Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 ** Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3 ** Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 ** Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) Platform MPI 8.2 ** Intel MPI is beta capability in ANSYS CFX 14.5 PVM and MPICH are also available on Linux 17
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) 18
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 19
Tested Graphics Cards R14.5 ANSYS tested R14.5 with the following graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA: AMD FirePro V3700, V3900, V7800, V8800, W5000, W7000, W8000, W9000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 580, 3800, FX 4600, FX 5500, FX 5600, FX 5800 NVIDIA Quadro 410, 600, 2000, 3800M, 4000M NVIDIA Tesla C2050 / Quadro FX 5800 NVIDIA Quadro K5000 20
Other Platform Policies and Requirements Virtualization ANSYS does not formally support use of our software on virtual machines at R14 and R14.5. At R15, ANSYS will support issues that we can reproduce on the base OS, but will not support issues specific to the virtualization layer. 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. 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 Input Device Support 3DConnexion Products (SpaceBall and SpacePilot Pro) are supported for Mechanical APDL, ANSYS Meshing, DesignModeler, Mechanical, ANSYS ICEM CFD, and CFD-Post for graphics manipulation. Selection operations still require a mouse. 3D/ Stereo Visualization 3D/Stereo visualization is supported in ANSYS CFD-Post Stereo-enabled hardware required; tested internally on Planar and Zalman stereo monitors 21
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. qad@ansys.com 22