CURC System Changelog

CURC System Changelog#

The following is a high-level list of notable changes made to CU Research Computing systems grouped by year.

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Date	Change	Impact
Feb-26	Arbiter2 added to login nodes	All users will receive warnings (and potentially have their session terminated) if running intensive proccesses on login nodes
Feb-26	Added Mines IP ranges to greenlist for passwordless SSH via CILogon	Enable Mines users to log in and transfer files via terminal-based ssh in addition to Open OnDemand
Feb-26	Added NVIDIA GPU and VRAM utilization to `seff` command	Users and support staff are better able to track GPU usage metrics on NVIDIA nodes; Slurm job emails will now include this data also
Mar-26	`amilan128c` partition removed (rolled into `amilan`)	The `amilan128c` partition is no longer valid, but nodes are still accessible via `amilan`+constraint
Apr-26	`amc`, `csu`, and `rmacc` partitions removed	Affects user job submission parameters
Apr-26	SDS production rollout at sds.rc.colorado.edu	New CURC service providing detailed information on software available to users (caveat: some content is AI-generated)
Apr-26	RCAMP upgrade (including new Django interface)	New interface for adding/removing users from groups/projects; Safari may no longer render interface correctly
Jun-26	Retired `mem` QoS, introduced `mem-normal` and `mem-long` QoSes	Affects user job submission parameters