Durchführung der Simulation
Startup
Log in to the Windows system with the username and password of your HRZ account.
The structure calculation will be performed on a Linux server that can be accessed by a remote connection to our computer cluster. For the remote connection we use the program MobaXterm. This program provides a shell environment in Windows that allows us the access to the remote computer. To establish the connection to the server please follow the following steps:
- Copy the ZIP file in T:/Struktrurechnung/MobaXterm_v7.4.zip to you personal folder U: and unpack it. (Keep in mind that only files in U: are kept after this day. All other files and directories are deleted automatically.)
- The folder contains two files, MobaXterm_Personal_7.4.exe (the program executable) and MobaXterm.ini an additional file containing all passwords and data necessary to automaticall access the server
- Start the program by klicking the execuatble MobaXterm_Personal_7.4.exe.
- The program starts with a default shell console (black area). Additionally you see on the left side a field named "Saved session". There, please click on the preconfigured connection 141.2.222.9 to connect. A new tab should open showing the prompt "honshu>". This is the name of our server.
The program shows the list of the files in the active directory on the left side. This enables you to open files in Windows by clicking them and in addition this allows you to copy files between Windows and the active directory on the server by drag and drop.
All students use the same account. As an first step, please create a directory for your group to work in. For that the following steps are necessary:
- Use the command 'mkdir' command to create a directory. Please choose the last name of one of the group members. Use only the standard letters A-Z and a-z. Every group name has to be unique. E.g. if your name is Müller, use 'Mueller' as the groupname, type
mkdir Mueller
- Now change the directory using the command 'cd'. For our example:
cd Mueller
