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title: ANSYS RSM (Remote Resolve Manager)
#tags:
keywords: software, ansys, rsm, slurm, interactive, rsm, windows
last_updated: 23 August 2024
summary: "This document describes how to use the ANSYS Remote Resolve Manager service in the Merlin7 cluster"
sidebar: merlin7_sidebar
permalink: /merlin7/ansys-rsm.html
---
# ANSYS RSM (Remote Resolve Manager)
## ANSYS Remote Resolve Manager
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2. Right-click the **HPC Resources** icon followed by **Add HPC Resource...**
![Adding a new HPC Resource](../../images/ANSYS/merlin7/rsm-1-add_hpc_resource.png)
3. In the **HPC Resource** tab, fill up the corresponding fields as follows:
![HPC Resource](../../images/ANSYS/merlin7/rsm-2-add_cluster.png)
![HPC Resource](../../images/ANSYS/merlin7/rsm-2-add_cluster.png)
* **"Name"**: Add here the preffered name for the cluster. For example: `Merlin7 cluster`
* **"HPC Type"**: Select `SLURM`
* **"Submit host"**: `service03.merlin7.psi.ch`
* **"Slurm Job submission arguments (optional)"**: Add any required Slurm options for running your jobs.
* `--hint=nomultithread` must be present.
* `--exclusive` must also be present for now, due to a bug in the `Slingshot` interconnect which does not allow running shared nodes.
* **"Slurm Job submission arguments (optional)"**: Add any required Slurm options for running your jobs.
* `--hint=nomultithread` must be present.
* `--exclusive` must also be present for now, due to a bug in the `Slingshot` interconnect which does not allow running shared nodes.
* Check **"Use SSH protocol for inter and intra-node communication (Linux only)"**
* Select **"Able to directly submit and monitor HPC jobs"**.
* **"Apply"** changes.
4. In the **"File Management"** tab, fill up the corresponding fields as follows:
![File Management](../../images/ANSYS/merlin7/rsm-3-add_scratch_info.png)
![File Management](../../images/ANSYS/merlin7/rsm-3-add_scratch_info.png)
* Select **"RSM internal file transfer mechanism"** and add **`/data/scratch/shared`** as the **"Staging directory path on Cluster"**
* Select **"Scratch directory local to the execution node(s)"** and add **`/scratch`** as the **HPC scratch directory**.
* **Never check** the option "Keep job files in the staging directory when job is complete" if the previous
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* **"Apply"** changes.
5. In the **"Queues"** tab, use the left button to auto-discover partitions
![Queues](../../images/ANSYS/merlin7/rsm-4-get_slurm_queues.png)
* If no authentication method was configured before, an authentication window will appear. Use your
* If no authentication method was configured before, an authentication window will appear. Use your
PSI account to authenticate. Notice that the **`PSICH\`** prefix **must not be added**.
![Authenticating](../../images/ANSYS/merlin7/rsm-5-authenticating.png)
* From the partition list, select the ones you want to typically use.
* In general, standard Merlin users must use **`hourly`**, **`daily`** and **`general`** only.
* Other partitions are reserved for allowed users only.
* In general, standard Merlin users must use **`hourly`**, **`daily`** and **`general`** only.
* Other partitions are reserved for allowed users only.
* **"Apply"** changes.
![Select partitions](../../images/ANSYS/merlin7/rsm-6-selected-partitions.png)
6. *[Optional]* You can perform a test by submitting a test job on each partition by clicking on the **Submit** button
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## Using RSM in ANSYS
Using the RSM service in ANSYS is slightly different depending on the ANSYS software being used.
Using the RSM service in ANSYS is slightly different depending on the ANSYS software being used.
Please follow the official ANSYS documentation for details about how to use it for that specific software.
Alternativaly, please refer to some the examples showed in the following chapters (ANSYS specific software).