System requirements

Before you install IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center, ensure that your host has the operating system, and memory and CPU requirements according to your cluster size.

Memory and CPU requirements for IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center Center host

Ensure that the host has enough memory. The following table indicates the minimum hardware requirement for the IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center web server.

Item Small cluster (Up to) Medium cluster (Up to) Large cluster (Up to)
Active jobs 5000 50,000 500,000
Job throughput 10,000 jobs/day 100,000 jobs/day 1 million jobs/day
Hosts 100 1000 6000
Active users 50 200 1000
Concurrent users 10 40 200
Time to keep job information and data (default) 14 days 14 days 14 days
Minimum required hardware for the IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center web server

1 CPU, 4 cores each

Memory: 16 GB

Disk type: Normal

2 CPUs, 4 cores each

Memory: 32 GB

Disk type: Faster

2 CPUs, 8 cores each

Memory: 48 GB

Disk type: Faster
Tuning required? No Yes Yes
Number of IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center servers 1 1 2
Note: Each host must have at least 800 MB of local disk space to install. To support ongoing logging of important data, 2 GB or more is preferred.

Supported operating systems

  • Linux 2.6 glibc 2.3 x86 64 bit, Red Hat 5.6, 6.4, 6.5, 6.8
  • Linux 3.10 glibc 2.17 x86 64 bit, Red Hat 7.2
  • Linux 3.0 glibc 2.11 x86 64 bit, SUSE 11.2, 11.3
  • Linux 3.11 glibc 2.18 x86 64 bit, SUSE 12
  • Linux for Power Systems™ Servers 8 Little Endian (Linux kernel 3.13, glibc 2.19): Ubuntu 14.04
  • Linux for Power Systems Servers 8 Little Endian (Linux kernel 4.4, glibc 2.26): Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Linux for Power Systems Servers 8 Little Endian (Linux kernel 3.10, glibc 2.17): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
  • Linux for Power Systems Servers 8 Little Endian (Linux kernel 3.12, glibc 2.19): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Supported authentication

  • Password File
  • NIS
  • LDAP
  • AD (Active Directory)
  • X.509
  • CA SiteMinder
  • SAML
Note: Single sign-on is not supported by IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center Desktop Client(X.509, CA SiteMinder, SAML).

Certified web browsers

Linux:

  • Mozilla Firefox 3.6, 10.0

Windows:

  • Internet Explorer 10, 11

  • Mozilla Firefox 20-27, 38 ESR, 45 ESR

  • Google Chrome 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32-49

Important:

Adobe Flash version 8 or later is required to access report charts and flow charts.

Tested applications and versions

The following versions of supported applications are tested with IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center:

Note: Job submission forms can be customized to support other versions.
Application Tested Versions
ABAQUS
  • 6.9-1
ANSYS
  • V121
  • V120
  • V110
  • V100
BLAST
  • 2.2.20
CATIA
  • V5R20 Windows 7
CFX
  • CFX-5 (Ansys Suite)
CLUSTALW
  • 2.1
CMGL_GEM
  • 2008.12
  • 2009.13
CMGL_IMEX
  • 2008.11
  • 2009.11
CMGL_STARS
  • 2008.12
  • 2009.11
DCV
  • NICE DCV Server 2012.0-4557 on LSF® compute hosts
  • RealVNC Visualization Edition (VE) 4.5.1 Viewer on user workstations
ECLIPSE
  • 2009.1
  • 2010
Exceed
  • Exceed on Demand server 13.8 SP1 (IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center web server)
  • Exceed on Demand Client 13.8 SP1
Important: For Exceed submission templates to work properly, JRE 1.7 or higher is required on the browser.
FLUENT
  • 12.1.2
  • 12.0.16
  • 6.3.26
HMMER
  • 3.0
LS-DYNA
  • 971
  • 970
MATLAB
  • R2011a
NASTRAN
  • MSC 2008
NWCHEM
  • 6.0
RGS
  • HP Remote Graphic Software 5.4.7/5.4.8
STAR-CCM+
  • 6.02