Dear Shaheen Users,
This is a reminder of the upcoming planned maintenance for Shaheen, scheduled to begin at 08:00 on Sunday, August 3, and expected to conclude by the end of Monday, August 4. We reserve Tuesday, August 5 as at risk period.
As previously communicated, this maintenance is essential to support system improvements and will include a complete system upgrade, covering the programming environment, firmware, and management subsystem. This work is part of the broader Shaheen upgrade project.
As previously communicated, this maintenance is essential to support system improvements and will include a complete system upgrade, covering the programming environment, firmware, and management subsystem. This work is part of the broader Shaheen upgrade project.
In addition, we would like to inform you of two subsequent planned outages in support of the Shaheen Phase 2 (GPU compute nodes) installation:
- August 19–24: Required to integrate the GPU Slingshot network into the system
- September 1–5: Required to extend the project filesystem.
During this second outage, Shaheen will remain available but only the/scratchfilesystem will be accessible. The project filesystem will be taken offline for the extension work.
Please note that the GPU system will not enter production during this phase. These extended outages are critical to enable the next stage of Shaheen’s development.
We kindly ask all users and PIs to plan their work accordingly and thank you for your understanding and support during these essential upgrades.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at help@hpc.kaust.edu.sa.
Sincerely,
The KSL Team
The KSL Team