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# ANSYS HFSS (ElectroMagnetics)
This recipe is intended to show how to run ANSYS HFSS (ElectroMagnetics) in Slurm.
Having in mind that in general, running ANSYS HFSS means running **ANSYS Electronics Desktop**.
## Running HFSS / Electromagnetics jobs
### PModules
Is necessary to run at least ANSYS software **ANSYS/2022R1**, which is available in PModules:
```bash
module use unstable
module load Pmodules/1.1.6
module use overlay_merlin
module load ANSYS/2022R1
```
## Remote job submission: HFSS RSM and SLURM
Running jobs through Remote RSM or Slurm is the recommended way for running ANSYS HFSS.
* **HFSS RSM** can be used from ANSYS HFSS installations running on Windows workstations at PSI (as long as are in the internal PSI network).
* **Slurm** can be used when submitting directly from a Merlin login node (i.e. `sbatch` command or interactively from **ANSYS Electronics Desktop**)
### HFSS RSM (from remote workstations)
Running jobs through Remote RSM is the way for running ANSYS HFSS when submitting from an ANSYS HFSS installation on a PSI Windows workstation.
A HFSS RSM service is running on each **Merlin login node**, and the listening port depends on the ANSYS EM version. Current support ANSYS EM RSM
release and associated listening ports are the following:
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope='col' style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;">ANSYS version</th>
<th scope='col' style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;">Login nodes</th>
<th scope='col' style="vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;">Listening port</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr align="center">
<td>2022R1</td>
<td><font size="2" face="Courier New">merlin-l-001 merlin-l-001 merlin-l-001</font></td>
<td>32958</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>2022R2</td>
<td><font size="2" face="Courier New">merlin-l-001 merlin-l-001 merlin-l-001</font></td>
<td>32959</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>2023R2</td>
<td><font size="2" face="Courier New">merlin-l-001 merlin-l-001 merlin-l-001</font></td>
<td>32960</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Notice that by default ANSYS EM is listening on port **`32958`**, this is the default for **ANSYS/2022R1** only.
* Workstations connecting to the Merlin ANSYS EM service must ensure that **Electronics Desktop** is connecting to the proper port.
* In the same way, the ANSYS Workstation version must be the same as the version running on Merlin.
Notice that *HFSS RSM is not the same RSM provided for other ANSYS products*.
Therefore, the configuration is different from [ANSYS
RSM](ansys-rsm.md).
To setup HFSS RSM for using it with the Merlin cluster, it must be done from the following **ANSYS Electronics Desktop** menu:
1. **[Tools]->[Job Management]->[Select Scheduler]**:
![Select_Scheduler](../../images/ANSYS/HFSS/01_Select_Scheduler_Menu.png)
2. In the new **[Select scheduler]** window, setup the following settings and **Refresh**:
![RSM_Remote_Scheduler](../../images/ANSYS/HFSS/02_Select_Scheduler_RSM_Remote.png)
* **Select Scheduler**: `Remote RSM`.
* **Server**: Add a Merlin login node.
* **User name**: Add your Merlin username.
* **Password**: Add you Merlin username password.
Once *refreshed*, the **Scheduler info** box must provide **Slurm**
information of the server (see above picture). If the box contains that
information, then you can save changes (`OK` button).
3. **[Tools]->[Job Management]->[Submit Job...]**:
![Submit_Job](../../images/ANSYS/HFSS/04_Submit_Job_Menu.png)
4. In the new **[Submite Job]** window, you must specify the location of the **ANSYS Electronics Desktop** binary:
![Product_Path](../../images/ANSYS/HFSS/05_Submit_Job_Product_Path.png)
* In example, for **ANSYS/2022R1**, the location is `/data/software/pmodules/Tools/ANSYS/2021R1/v211/AnsysEM21.1/Linux64/ansysedt.exe`.
### HFSS Slurm (from login node only)
Running jobs through Slurm from **ANSYS Electronics Desktop** is the way for
running ANSYS HFSS when submitting from an ANSYS HFSS installation in a Merlin
login node. **ANSYS Electronics Desktop** usually needs to be run from the
**[Merlin NoMachine](../how-to-use-merlin/nomachine.md)** service, which currently runs
on:
* `merlin-l-001.psi.ch`
* `merlin-l-002.psi.ch`
Since the Slurm client is present in the login node (where **ANSYS Electronics
Desktop** is running), the application will be able to detect and to submit
directly to Slurm. Therefore, we only have to configure **ANSYS Electronics
Desktop** to submit to Slurm. This can set as follows:
1. **[Tools]->[Job Management]->[Select Scheduler]**:
![Select_Scheduler](../../images/ANSYS/HFSS/01_Select_Scheduler_Menu.png)
2. In the new **[Select scheduler]** window, setup the following settings and **Refresh**:
![RSM_Remote_Scheduler](../../images/ANSYS/HFSS/03_Select_Scheduler_Slurm.png)
* **Select Scheduler**: `Slurm`.
* **Server**: must point to `localhost`.
* **User name**: must be empty.
* **Password**: must be empty.
The **Server, User name** and **Password** boxes can't be modified, but if
value do not match with the above settings, they should be changed by
selecting another Scheduler which allows editig these boxes (i.e. **RSM
Remote**).
Once *refreshed*, the **Scheduler info** box must provide **Slurm**
information of the server (see above picture). If the box contains that
information, then you can save changes (`OK` button).