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Advanced Simulation and Computing

[FY06--07 Implementation Plan\
]{.smallcaps}Volume 2

August 5, 2005

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  ***Dimitri Kusnezov***,\                                                                                      *8/5/05*
  NNSA ASC Program Director                                                                                     

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  ***Arthur Hale***,\                                                                                           *8/5/05*
  SNL ASC Executive                                                                                             

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  ***Michel McCoy***,\                                 ![](media/image4.png){width="1.925in"                    *8/5/05*
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  ![](media/image5.png){width="3.0277777777777777in"                                                            *8/5/05*
  height="0.4722222222222222in"}***James Peery***,\                                                             
  LANL ASC Executive                                                                                            

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Implementation Plan Contents at a Glance

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  **Section                                     **Vol.   **Vol.   **Vol.
  No./Title**                                   1**      2**      3**

  I.            Executive Summary                                 

  II\.          Introduction                                      

  III\.         Accomplishments                                   

  IV\.          Product Descriptions                              

  V.            ASC Level 1 and 2 Milestones                      

  VI\.          ASC Integration                                   

  VII\.         ASC Risk Management                               

  VIII\.        Performance Measures                              

  IX\.          Budget                                            

  Appendix A.   Glossary                                          

  Appendix B.   Points of Contact                                 

  Appendix C.   1.5.1.4.12 Alliance Support                       
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Contents

I. Executive Summary [1](#__RefHeading___Toc521547952)

II\. Introduction [2](#__RefHeading___Toc521547953)

ASC Contributions to the Stockpile Stewardship Program
[3](#asc-contributions-to-the-stockpile-stewardship-program)

The New National Work Breakdown Structure
[4](#the-new-national-work-breakdown-structure)

III\. Accomplishments for FY04--FY05 [7](#__RefHeading___Toc521547956)

Computational Systems and Software Environment
[7](#computational-systems-and-software-environment)

Facility Operations and User Support
[10](#facility-operations-and-user-support)

IV\. Product Descriptions by the National Work Breakdown Structure
[15](#__RefHeading___Toc521547959)

WBS 1.5.4: Computational Systems and Software Environment
[15](#wbs-1.5.4-computational-systems-and-software-environment)

WBS 1.5.4.1: Capability Systems [15](#wbs-1.5.4.1-capability-systems)

1.5.4.1.1 Purple (LLNL) [16](#purple-llnl)

1.5.4.1.2 Systems Requirements and Planning (LANL)
[16](#systems-requirements-and-planning-lanl)

1.5.4.1.3 Q Maintenance Contract (LANL)
[17](#q-maintenance-contract-lanl)

1.5.4.1.4 Red Storm Capability Computing Platform (SNL)
[17](#red-storm-capability-computing-platform-snl)

WBS 1.5.4.2: Capacity Systems [18](#wbs-1.5.4.2-capacity-systems)

1.5.4.2.1 Tri-Lab Linux Capacity Cluster (LLNL)
[19](#tri-lab-linux-capacity-cluster-llnl)

1.5.4.2.2 Capacity Systems Procurement (LANL)
[19](#capacity-systems-procurement-lanl)

1.5.4.2.3 Capacity Systems Integration (LANL)
[19](#capacity-systems-integration-lanl)

1.5.4.2.4 Capacity System Procurement (SNL)
[20](#capacity-system-procurement-snl)

1.5.4.2.5 Integration and Deployment of Scalability and Performance
Enhancements that Allow Capacity Systems to Address Mid-Range Capability
Problems (SNL)
[20](#integration-and-deployment-of-scalability-and-performance-enhancements-that-allow-capacity-systems-to-address-mid-range-capability-problems-snl)

1.5.4.2.6 Application Performance and Reliability, Availability, and
Serviceability Performance Metrics (SNL)
[21](#application-performance-and-reliability-availability-and-serviceability-performance-metrics-snl)

WBS 1.5.4.3: Advanced Systems [21](#wbs-1.5.4.3-advanced-systems)

1.5.4.3.1 BlueGene (LLNL) [22](#bluegene-llnl)

1.5.4.3.2 Cyclops Processor-in-Memory Supercomputer (SNL)
[22](#cyclops-processor-in-memory-supercomputer-snl)

1.5.4.3.3 Supercomputer Network Development to Enable Petaflops Scale
Capability Machines (SNL)
[23](#supercomputer-network-development-to-enable-petaflops-scale-capability-machines-snl)

1.5.4.3.4 Next Generation Capability System Development (SNL)
[24](#next-generation-capability-system-development-snl)

WBS 1.5.4.4: System Software and Tools
[25](#wbs-1.5.4.4-system-software-and-tools)

1.5.4.4.1 System Software Environment for Scalable Systems (LLNL)
[26](#system-software-environment-for-scalable-systems-llnl)

1.5.4.4.2 Code Development and Performance Environment for Scalable
Systems (LLNL)
[27](#code-development-and-performance-environment-for-scalable-systems-llnl)

1.5.4.4.3 System Software and Tools Advanced Development (LANL)
[28](#system-software-and-tools-advanced-development-lanl)

1.5.4.4.4 Performance Enhancements of ASC Weapons Performance Codes
(LANL)
[29](#performance-enhancements-of-asc-weapons-performance-codes-lanl)

1.5.4.4.5 Application and System Performance Analysis (LANL)
[29](#application-and-system-performance-analysis-lanl)

1.5.4.4.6 Fault-Tolerant and High Performance System Software (LANL)
[30](#fault-tolerant-and-high-performance-system-software-lanl)

1.5.4.4.7 Technology Development for Capability and Capacity Systems
(SNL)
[31](#technology-development-for-capability-and-capacity-systems-snl)

1.5.4.4.8 ASC Programming Tools Project (SNL)
[32](#asc-programming-tools-project-snl)

1.5.4.4.9 Development of Tools to Collect Standardized RAS Metrics and
Control Red Storm's Capability Usage Performance (SNL)
[32](#development-of-tools-to-collect-standardized-ras-metrics-and-control-red-storms-capability-usage-performance-snl)

WBS 1.5.4.5: Input/Output, Storage Systems, and Networking
[33](#wbs-1.5.4.5-inputoutput-storage-systems-and-networking)

1.5.4.5.1 Archival Storage (LLNL) [34](#archival-storage-llnl)

1.5.4.5.2 File Systems (LLNL) [35](#file-systems-llnl)

1.5.4.5.3 Networking and Testbeds (LLNL)
[36](#networking-and-testbeds-llnl)

1.5.4.5.4 Archival Storage (LANL) [36](#archival-storage-lanl)

1.5.4.5.5 File Systems and Input/Output (LANL)
[37](#file-systems-and-inputoutput-lanl)

1.5.4.5.6 File Systems (SNL) [38](#file-systems-snl)

1.5.4.5.7 Archive Systems (SNL) [39](#archive-systems-snl)

1.5.4.5.8 Advanced Networking (SNL) [39](#advanced-networking-snl)

1.5.4.5.9 Applications in Support of Manufacturing Production and
Connectivity (Y-12)
[41](#applications-in-support-of-manufacturing-production-and-connectivity-y-12)

WBS 1.5.4.6: Pre- and Post-Processing Environments
[41](#wbs-1.5.4.6-pre--and-post-processing-environments)

1.5.4.6.1 Scientific Visualization (LLNL)
[42](#scientific-visualization-llnl)

1.5.4.6.2 Scientific Data Management (LLNL)
[43](#scientific-data-management-llnl)

1.5.4.6.3 Displays and Image Delivery (LLNL)
[44](#displays-and-image-delivery-llnl)

1.5.4.6.4 Systems and Services Integration (LLNL)
[44](#systems-and-services-integration-llnl)

1.5.4.6.5 Production Visualization (LANL)
[45](#production-visualization-lanl)

1.5.4.6.6 Pre-Production Post-Processing (LANL)
[46](#pre-production-post-processing-lanl)

1.5.4.6.7 Scientific Visualization (SNL)
[47](#scientific-visualization-snl)

1.5.4.6.8 Scientific Data Management (SNL)
[48](#scientific-data-management-snl)

1.5.4.6.9 Display Environments (SNL) [49](#display-environments-snl)

1.5.4.6.10 Visualization Server Deployment (SNL)
[49](#visualization-server-deployment-snl)

1.5.4.6.11 Design through Analysis Realization Team (SNL)
[50](#design-through-analysis-realization-team-snl)

1.5.4.6.12 Model Generation and Manipulation (SNL)
[51](#model-generation-and-manipulation-snl)

WBS 1.5.5: Facility Operations and User Support
[51](#wbs-1.5.5-facility-operations-and-user-support)

WBS 1.5.5.1: Facilities, Operations, and Communications
[51](#wbs-1.5.5.1-facilities-operations-and-communications)

1.5.5.1.1 System Administration and Operations (LLNL)
[52](#system-administration-and-operations-llnl)

1.5.5.1.2 Software and Hardware Maintenance, Licenses, and Contracts
(LLNL)
[53](#software-and-hardware-maintenance-licenses-and-contracts-llnl)

1.5.5.1.3 Computing Environment Security and Infrastructure (LLNL)
[53](#computing-environment-security-and-infrastructure-llnl)

1.5.5.1.4 Facilities Infrastructure and Power (LLNL)
[53](#facilities-infrastructure-and-power-llnl)

1.5.5.1.5 Classified and Unclassified Facility Networks (LLNL)
[54](#classified-and-unclassified-facility-networks-llnl)

1.5.5.1.6 Wide-Area Classified Networks (LLNL)
[54](#wide-area-classified-networks-llnl)

1.5.5.1.7 Requirements and Planning (LANL)
[55](#requirements-and-planning-lanl)

1.5.5.1.8 Ongoing Network Operations (LANL)
[55](#ongoing-network-operations-lanl)

1.5.5.1.9 Infrastructure Integration (LANL)
[56](#infrastructure-integration-lanl)

1.5.5.1.10 Ongoing Systems Operations (LANL)
[57](#ongoing-systems-operations-lanl)

1.5.5.1.11 Systems and Network Maintenance (LANL)
[58](#systems-and-network-maintenance-lanl)

1.5.5.1.12 Systems and Network Equipment (LANL)
[58](#systems-and-network-equipment-lanl)

1.5.5.1.13 Ongoing Facilities (LANL) [59](#ongoing-facilities-lanl)

1.5.5.1.14 Facilities Upgrade Project (LANL)
[60](#facilities-upgrade-project-lanl)

1.5.5.1.15 Cyber Security Operations (SNL)
[60](#cyber-security-operations-snl)

1.5.5.1.16 Power, Physical Security, and Facilities Support Personnel
(SNL)
[61](#power-physical-security-and-facilities-support-personnel-snl)

1.5.5.1.17 Tri-Lab Dedicated Wide Area Network Monitoring and Operations
(SNL)
[61](#tri-lab-dedicated-wide-area-network-monitoring-and-operations-snl)

1.5.5.1.18 Sandia Production Systems, Albuquerque, New Mexico (SNL)
[62](#sandia-production-systems-albuquerque-new-mexico-snl)

1.5.5.1.19 Sandia Production Systems, Livermore, California (SNL)
[62](#sandia-production-systems-livermore-california-snl)

1.5.5.1.20 Red Storm and High Performance Computing Network Deployment
(SNL)
[63](#red-storm-and-high-performance-computing-network-deployment-snl)

1.5.5.1.21 Kansas City Plant Facility and Operations Support (KCP)
[63](#kansas-city-plant-facility-and-operations-support-kcp)

WBS 1.5.5.2: User Support Services
[64](#wbs-1.5.5.2-user-support-services)

1.5.5.2.1 Hotlines and System Support (LLNL)
[64](#hotlines-and-system-support-llnl)

1.5.5.2.2 Integrated Computing Network Consulting, Training and
Documentation, and External Computing Support (LANL)
[65](#integrated-computing-network-consulting-training-and-documentation-and-external-computing-support-lanl)

1.5.5.2.3 Ongoing User Services (LANL) [66](#ongoing-user-services-lanl)

1.5.5.2.4 Red Storm Customer Care (SNL)
[66](#red-storm-customer-care-snl)

WBS 1.5.5.3: Collaborations [67](#wbs-1.5.5.3-collaborations)

1.5.5.3.1 Program Support (LLNL) [68](#program-support-llnl)

1.5.5.3.2 University Outreach (LLNL) [68](#university-outreach-llnl)

1.5.5.3.3 One Program/Three Labs (SNL) [68](#one-programthree-labs-snl)

V. ASC Level 1 and 2 Milestones [69](#__RefHeading___Toc521548043)

VI\. ASC Integration [103](#__RefHeading___Toc521548044)

VII\. ASC Risk Management [121](#__RefHeading___Toc521548045)

VIII\. Performance Measures [125](#__RefHeading___Toc521548046)

Appendix A. Glossary [129](#__RefHeading___Toc521548047)

Appendix B. Points of Contact [131](#__RefHeading___Toc521548048)

Appendix C. 1.5.1.4.12 Alliance Support (LLNL, LANL, SNL)
[133](#__RefHeading___Toc521548049)

List of Tables

Table V-1. Quick Look: Level 1 Milestone Dependencies
[69](#__RefHeading___Toc521548050)

Table V-2. Quick Look: Level 2 Milestone Dependencies for FY06
[70](#__RefHeading___Toc521548051)

Table V-3. Quick Look: *Preliminary* Level 2 Milestone Dependencies for
FY07 [76](#__RefHeading___Toc521548052)

Table VI-1. All Subprograms as Related to Integrated Codes
[103](#__RefHeading___Toc521548053)

Table VI-2. All Subprograms as Related to Physics and Engineering Models
[108](#__RefHeading___Toc521548054)

Table VI-3. All Subprograms as Related to Verification and Validation
[111](#__RefHeading___Toc521548055)

Table VI-4. All Subprograms as Related to Computational Systems and
Software Environment [115](#__RefHeading___Toc521548056)

Table VI-5. All Subprograms as Related to Facility Operations and User
Support [117](#__RefHeading___Toc521548057)

Table VI-6. All Subprograms as Related to External Programs
[119](#__RefHeading___Toc521548058)

Table VII-1. ASC's Top Ten Risks [121](#__RefHeading___Toc521548059)

Table VIII-1. ASC Performance Measures
[125](#__RefHeading___Toc521548060)

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521547952 .anchor}I. Executive Summary

The Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP) is a single, highly integrated
technical program for maintaining the safety and reliability of the U.S.
nuclear stockpile. The SSP uses past nuclear test data along with
current and future nonnuclear test data, computational modeling and
simulation, and experimental facilities to advance understanding of
nuclear weapons. It includes stockpile surveillance, experimental
research, development and engineering programs, and an appropriately
scaled production capability to support stockpile requirements. This
integrated national program will require the continued use of current
facilities and programs along with new experimental facilities and
computational enhancements to support these programs.

The Advanced Simulation and Computing Program (ASC)[^1] is a cornerstone
of the SSP, providing simulation capabilities and computational
resources to support the annual stockpile assessment and certification,
to study advanced nuclear-weapons design and manufacturing processes, to
analyze accident scenarios and weapons aging, and to provide the tools
to enable Stockpile Life Extension Programs (SLEPs) and the resolution
of Significant Finding Investigations (SFIs). This requires a balanced
resource, including technical staff, hardware, simulation software, and
computer science solutions.

In its first decade, the ASC strategy focused on demonstrating
simulation capabilities of unprecedented scale in three spatial
dimensions. In its second decade, ASC is focused on increasing its
predictive capabilities in a three-dimensional simulation environment
while maintaining the support to the SSP. The program continues to
improve its unique tools for solving progressively more difficult
stockpile problems (focused on sufficient resolution, dimensionality and
scientific details); to quantify critical margins and uncertainties
(QMU); and to resolve increasingly difficult analyses needed for the
SSP. Moreover, ASC has restructured its business model from one that was
very successful in delivering an initial capability to one that is
integrated and focused on requirements-driven products that address
long-standing technical questions related to enhanced predictive
capability in the simulation tools.

ASC must continue to meet three objectives:

-   **Objective 1. Robust Tools.** Develop robust models, codes, and
    computational techniques to support stockpile needs such as
    refurbishments, SFIs, LEPs, annual assessments, and evolving future
    requirements.

-   **Objective 2. Prediction through Simulation.** Deliver validated
    physics and engineering tools to enable simulations of
    nuclear-weapons performances in a variety of operational
    environments and physical regimes and to enable risk-informed
    decisions about the performance, safety, and reliability of the
    stockpile.

-   **Objective 3. Balanced Operational Infrastructure.** Implement a
    balanced computing platform acquisition strategy and operational
    infrastructure to meet Directed Stockpile Work (DSW) and SSP needs
    for capacity and high-end simulation capabilities.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521547953 .anchor}II. Introduction

The ASC Program supports the National Nuclear Security Administration's
(NNSA's) long-term strategic goal of Nuclear Weapons Stewardship:
*"ensure that our nuclear weapons continue to serve their essential
deterrence role by maintaining and enhancing the safety, security, and
reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile."*[^2]

In 1996, ASCI---the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative---was
established as an essential element of the SSP to provide nuclear
weapons simulation and modeling capabilities.

In 2000, the NNSA was established in 2000 to carry out the national
security responsibilities of the Department of Energy, including
maintenance of a safe, secure, and reliable stockpile of nuclear weapons
and associated materials capabilities and technologies.

Shortly thereafter, in 2002, ASCI matured from an initiative to a
recognized program and was renamed the Advanced Simulation and Computing
(ASC) Program.

Prior to the start of the nuclear testing moratorium in October 1992,
the nuclear weapons stockpile was maintained through (1) underground
nuclear testing and surveillance activities and (2) "modernization"
(i.e., development of new weapons systems). A consequence of the nuclear
test ban is that the safety, performance, and reliability of U.S.
nuclear weapons must be ensured by other means for systems far beyond
the lifetimes originally envisioned when the weapons were designed.

NNSA will carry out its responsibilities through the 21st century in
accordance with the current Administration's vision and the Nuclear
Posture Review (NPR) guidance. NNSA Administrator Ambassador Brooks
summarized[^3] the NNSA objectives for SSP as follows:

"We will continue to lead the way to a safer world through the deep
reductions in nuclear forces codified by the Moscow Treaty, through
Nunn-Lugar and other cooperative threat reduction efforts, and through
other actions. At the same time, although conventional forces will
assume a larger share of the deterrent role, we will maintain an
effective, reliable, and capable---though smaller---nuclear force as a
hedge against a future that is uncertain and in a world in which
substantial nuclear arsenals remain. Our ongoing efforts to reduce the
current stockpile to the minimum consistent with national security
requirements, to address options for transformation of this smaller
stockpile, and to create a responsive nuclear weapons infrastructure are
key elements of the Administration's national security strategy..."

A truly responsive infrastructure will allow us to address and resolve
any stockpile problems uncovered in our surveillance program; to adapt
weapons (achieve a capability to modify or repackage existing warheads
within 18 months of a decision to enter engineering development); to be
able to design, develop, and initially produce a new warhead within
three to four years of a decision to do so;[^4] to restore production
capacity to produce new warheads in sufficient quantities to meet any
defense needs that arise without disrupting ongoing refurbishments; to
ensure that services such as warhead transportation, tritium support,
and other ongoing support efforts are capable of being carried out on a
time scale consistent with the Department of Defense's ability to deploy
weapons; and to improve test readiness (an 18-month test readiness
posture) in order to be able to diagnose a problem and design a test
that could confirm the problem or certify the solution (without assuming
any resumption of nuclear testing).

Additionally, the NPR guidance has directed that NNSA maintain a
research and development and manufacturing base that ensures the
long-term effectiveness of the nation's stockpile and begin a modest
effort to examine concepts (for example, Advanced Concepts Initiatives,
including the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator) that could be deployed to
further enhance the deterrent capabilities of the stockpile in response
to the national security challenges of the 21st century.

The ASC Program plays a vital role in the NNSA infrastructure and its
ability to respond to the NPR guidance. The program focuses on
development of modern simulation tools that can provide insights into
stockpile problems, provide tools with which designers and analysts can
certify nuclear weapons, and guide any necessary modifications in
nuclear warheads and the underpinning manufacturing processes.
Additionally, ASC is enhancing the predictive capability necessary to
evaluate weapons effects, design experiments, and ensure test readiness.

ASC continues to improve its unique tools to solve progressively more
difficult stockpile problems, with a focus on sufficient resolution,
dimensionality, and scientific details, to quantify critical margins and
uncertainties (QMU), to resolve the increasingly difficult analyses
needed for stockpile stewardship. The DSW provides requirements for
simulation, including planned SLEPs, stockpile support activities that
may be ongoing or require short-term urgent response, and requirements
for future capabilities to meet longer-term stockpile needs. Thus, ASC's
advancing leading-edge technology in high-performance computing and
predictive simulation meets these short- and long-term needs, including
the annual assessments and certifications and SFIs. The following
section lists past, present, and planned ASC contributions to meet these
needs.

#### ASC Contributions to the Stockpile Stewardship Program

**In FY96**, ASCI Red was delivered. Red, the world's first teraflops
supercomputer, has since been upgraded to more than 3 teraflops.

**In FY98**, ASCI Blue Pacific and ASCI Blue Mountain were delivered.
These platforms were the first 3-teraops systems in the world.

**In FY00**, ASCI successfully demonstrated the first-ever three
dimensional (3D) simulation of a nuclear weapon primary explosion and
the visualization capability to analyze the results; ASCI successfully
demonstrated the first-ever 3D hostile-environment simulation; and ASCI
accepted delivery of ASCI White, a 12.3-teraops supercomputer.

**In FY01**, ASCI successfully demonstrated simulation of a 3D nuclear
weapon secondary explosion; ASCI delivered a fully functional Problem
Solving Environment for ASCI White; ASCI demonstrated high-bandwidth
distance computing between the three national laboratories; and ASCI
demonstrated the initial validation methodology for early primary
behavior. Lastly, ASCI completed the 3D analysis for a
stockpile-to-target sequence (STS) for normal environments.

**In FY02**, ASCI demonstrated 3D system simulation of a full-system
(primary and secondary) thermonuclear weapon explosion, and ASCI
completed the 3D analysis for an STS abnormal-environment crash-and-burn
accident involving a nuclear weapon.

**In FY03**, ASCI delivered a nuclear safety simulation of a complex,
abnormal, explosive initiation scenario; ASCI demonstrated the
capability of computing electrical responses of a weapons system in a
hostile (nuclear) environment; and ASCI delivered an operational
20-teraops platform on the ASCI Q machine.

**In FY04**, ASC provided simulation codes with focused model validation
to support the annual certification of the stockpile and to assess
manufacturing options. ASC supported the life-extension refurbishments
of the W76 and W80, in addition to the W88 pit certification. In
addition, ASC provided the simulation capabilities to design various
nonnuclear experiments and diagnostics.

**In FY05**, ASC identified and documented SSP requirements to move
beyond a 100-teraops computing platform to a petaflops-class system; ASC
delivered a metallurgical structural model for aging to support
pit-lifetime estimations, including spiked-plutonium alloy. In addition,
ASC provided the necessary simulation codes to support test readiness as
part of NNSA's national priorities.

**By FY06**, ASC will deliver the capability to perform nuclear
performance simulations and engineering simulations related to the
W76/W80 LEPs to assess performance over relevant operational ranges,
with assessments of uncertainty levels for selected sets of simulations.
The deliverables of this milestone will be demonstrated through 2D and
3D physics and engineering simulations. The engineering simulations will
analyze system behavior in abnormal thermal environments and mechanical
response of systems to hostile blasts. Additionally, confidence measures
and methods for uncertainty quantification will be developed to support
weapons certification and QMU Level 1 milestones.

**By FY07**, ASC will support the completion of the W76-1 and W88
warhead certification, using quantified design margins and
uncertainties; ASC will also provide a robust 100-teraOPS-platform
production environment supporting DSW and Campaign simulation
requirements. In addition, a high-capability platform will be sited at
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

**By FY08**, ASC will deliver the codes for experiment and diagnostic
design to support the CD-4 approval on the National Ignition Facility
(NIF).

**By FY09**, a modern baseline of all enduring stockpile systems, using
ASC codes, will be completed.

**In FY10** and beyond, ASC will continue to deliver codes for
experiment and diagnostic design to support the indirect-drive ignition
experiments on the NIF.

#### The New National Work Breakdown Structure

ASC's program structure is based on the new national work breakdown
structure (nWBS), described in the ASC Business Model
(NA-ASC-104R-05-Vol.1-Rev.5).

![](media/image6.wmf){width="6.536111111111111in"
height="3.6152777777777776in"}

**Sub-Programs**

As the chart visualizes, ASC is divided into five sub-programs:

-   Integrated Codes

-   Physics and Engineering Models

-   Verification and Validation

-   Computational Systems and Software Environment

-   Facility Operations and User Support

The first three sub-programs focus on improved models in the modern
codes, delivery of validated tools, and response to SSP issues (for
example, SFIs, LEPs, annual assessments). Key drivers are to improve the
confidence in prediction through simulations; to calculate, measure, and
understand the uncertainty in the predictions; and to ensure rapid
delivery of simulation capabilities to the SSP.

The fourth sub-program, Computational Systems and Software Environment,
ensures the creation of a computing environment needed for all
ASC-deployed platforms: capability, capacity, and advanced systems.[^5]
Not only is this sub-program responsible for related research and
technology development, but it is also responsible for planning,
procurement, and quality control activities.

The fifth, and last, sub-program, Facility Operations and User Support,
provides operational support for production computing and storage; user
support services, and collaborative research opportunities with
educational institutions, as well as, programmatic support across the
ASC program.

**Product Deliverables**

The Product deliverables are described at level 4 and span the
full-scope of the program in the context of the nWBS. They describe what
the Laboratories expect to provide to a given Product as a result of
their activities.

Deliverables can, but do not necessarily, contribute to level 2
milestones chosen in a given fiscal year. Deliverables that do directly
contribute to level 2 milestones for the fiscal year will be reviewed in
the context of level 2 milestone reviews.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521547956 .anchor}III. Accomplishments for
FY04--FY05

ASC accomplishments from Quarter 4, fiscal year 2004 through quarter 3,
fiscal year 2005, are reflected below for the newly named Computational
Systems and Software Environment and Facility Operations and User
Support sub-programs.

HQ is pleased to highlight the outstanding achievements of the Defense
Program Contractors.

#### Computational Systems and Software Environment

**LLNL Accomplishments for Computational Systems and Software
Environment**

At LLNL, the major Computational Systems and Software Environment (CSSE)
accomplishments related to L2 milestones are:

-   The ASC Purple hardware has arrived in stages, with test systems,
    followed by the 108-node unclassified uP system initially testing in
    June, the 1280-node classified section also installed in June, and
    the final full set of hardware scheduled for September. Associated
    with the various parts of Purple, there have been system workload
    tests for acceptance tests, environment testing, file system
    testing, and a port of the LCRM/SLURM resource management software
    to AIX for Purple. IBM and LLNL completed an important Purple
    contract milestone on time at Poughkeepsie, NY this June. This was a
    critical demonstration of Purple's capabilities.

-   The ASC BlueGene/L hardware has arrived in stages, with a
    quarter-size system deployed and tested, followed by the
    installation and operation of a half-sized system which is formally
    recognized as number one on the Top 500 list of systems. At the end
    of FY05, the full BlueGene/L system should be installed and in test
    status. The LLNL SLURM and LCRM resource management software
    packages have also been ported to BlueGene/L. Work on the Lustre
    file system for BlueGene/L, as well as other scaling, performance,
    and functionality testing for both system software and applications
    has been an ongoing FY05 activity. Input/output (I/O) libraries and
    other tools have been ported and tested.

-   The Lustre file system has been the target of development and
    testing with work to bring it into production status on multiple
    systems: initially BlueGene/L and the ALC cluster have been deployed
    as the base of the site-wide file system and other unclassified
    systems are being added and performance testing will proceed. The
    performance of the connection to the high-performance storage system
    (HPSS) has been demonstrated and a multi-cluster Lustre security has
    been implemented and approved for use on the classified system.

Other accomplishments include the release of HPSS R6.2, which eliminates
the need for distributed computing environment (DCE) software and is a
major refresh of other components of the infrastructure. Application
performance tuning has continued and a database for tracking performance
has been deployed. Pre-and Post-Processing Environment accomplishments
in FY05 include: completion of unclassified and classified visualization
theater and development-lab collaboration areas in Building 453, the
Terascale Simulation Facility (TSF), expansion of our production Linux
visualization cluster operation including a new cluster (Sphere), two
additional small machines (Klein and Vertex) to drive the TSF classified
Powerwall and to explore prototype technologies, procurement of a new,
large 256-node visualization cluster to directly support BlueGene/L data
analysis needs (expected to be delivered and installed in late
September), production release of the Hopper utility featuring powerful
search and view capabilities with Windows compatibility, and development
of new data management techniques to analyze fluid mix problems,
including comparison of simulation to experiments for Richtmyer-Meshkov
instabilities and bubble/spike dynamics in Rayleigh-Taylor simulations.

**LANL Accomplishments for Computational Systems and Software
Environment**

The Eclipse Parallel Tools Platform Project is accepted as an official
Eclipse foundation project. The project is aimed at providing a high
productivity user environment and an integration environment for source
code tools.

Prototype Fortran Language support released for the Eclipse IDE. This
includes early implementations of prototype Fortran language bindings
and a prototype parallel execution environment.

Tutorial on "Performance modeling of large-scale systems and
applications" given at the HPCA-11.

Tutorial on "Taking Your MPI \[Message Passing Interface\] Application
To The Next Level" given as Supercomputing 2004.

Organized workshop on "Performance Hardware Design and Functionality" at
HPCS-11.

The RADIANT team's Dynamic Right-Sizing technique which enables faster
wide-area network transfer and performance is integrated into the Linux
kernel (Linux 2.6.x).

A book on ParaView visualization tools is published with chapters
co-authored by LANL researchers, Jim Ahrens and Patrick McCormick. These
are titled, "Large-Scale Data Visualization and Rendering: A Problem
Driven Approach" and "ParaView: An End-User Tool for Large Data
Visualization." ParaView is the result of a collaboration, led by Jim
Ahrens, that includes LANL, SNL, ANL, and Kitware, Inc.

The state of the art CAVE immersive visualization facility, which
provides 3D immersive visualization analysis capabilities, moves into
production status. This facility provides never before available ways to
interact with the data displayed, aiding greatly in recognizing data set
features, and improving analysis capabilities.

The OpenIB Alliance is formed. The consortium is developing an Open
Source implementation of the InfiniBand networking stack, which is being
supported by the InfiniBand hardware vendors. InfiniBand is a commodity
network implementation that appears to be a good candidate to meet a
portion of ASC's future high performance networking needs.

The OpenIB software stack is accepted into the official Linux kernel
distribution.

For the first time we have shown two sizeable supercomputer clusters
which are of different architectures both having scalable simultaneous
access to a Scalable Global Parallel File System (GPFS) via a first
generation deployment of our Parallel Scalable Back Bone concept
(PaScalBB). This is a first for both the Scalable GPFS and PaScalBB
projects. A great accomplishment that has taken over five years from
inception to reality. This ushers in a new era where multiple
heterogeneous supercomputer users will have scalable access to a common
GPFS.

The parallel network file system (NFS) project within the NFS version 4
vendor and academic community demonstrated the first working prototype
of parallel NFS. The idea for this effort was born at Los Alamos over
three years ago. This is the first step in allowing the NFSv4 file
system client to have first class (native) access to our scalable GPFSs.
The parallel NFS effort entered the IETF standards body about 6 months
ago, due to diligent management by the tri-lab.

The NFSv4 project showed the first standards based secure NFS
functionality using a third party authentication like Kerberos in the
multi site setting. So in the future when this is deployed it will
replace the existing tri-lab DFS complex and enable multi-site secure
sharing of data with find grained access control.

We have shown the first 32 and 64 bit GPFS clients based on the Secure
Object Device model (ANSI T10 1355-D), which allows for highly scalable
and secure file system bandwidth.

Coordinator the Lustre file system development project which this year
was nominated for an R&D 100 award for innovative file system
technology.

HPSS development continues to work towards DCE replacement in the HPSS
product. The new HPSS version 6.2 is due out towards the end of this
fiscal year. DCE end-of-service is scheduled for Apr 06 and a
replacement is necessary for HPSS production capabilities of a
3-petabyte archive to continue.

LANL's first self-integrated capacity Linux platform, Lightning, moves
into production status. This includes the LANL developed software,
Science Appliance and LA-MPI designed for the special needs of high
performance computing (HPC). This also includes the GPFS software from
Panasas.

Initial release of Open MPI. This is a collaborative effort to develop a
state-of-the-art MPI implementation aimed as addressing both performance
and reliability issues of large-scale HPC platform environments. This is
a collaborative effort conceived and led by LANL, which also includes
participation by Indiana University (LAM/MPI), The University of
Tennessee (FT-MPI), the HPC Center (HLRS) at the University of
Stuttgart, SNL, and a variety of other contributors.

The development of the distributed memory version of the EnSight client
for a rendering cluster was completed by Computational Engineering
International working under a subcontract from LANL. This cluster
version of EnSight is essential to the FY06 deployment of the ViewMaster
rendering cluster which is designed replace three of LANL\'s older SGI
O2K rendering platforms with new commodity-based cluster hardware.

**SNL Accomplishments for Computational Systems and Software
Environment**

In FY05 Sandia met an ASC level 2 milestone by standing up the Red Storm
supercomputer and providing for initial operations. Red Storm is an
original design massively parallel processor supercomputer consisting of
approximately 10 K commodity processors interconnected into a custom
engineered modular platform. Cray, Inc. is responsible under contract to
Sandia National Laboratories for the development and manufacture of Red
Storm. Initial operation of all Red Storm hardware was demonstrated at
Sandia by providing functionality needed for early testing of
applications codes. We have run the 7X acceptance suite and document the
results. This milestone was delayed (from 4QFY04 to 2QFY05) due to
design and manufacturing difficulties, but the scope of the milestone
was expanded from the original to include running the 7X applications at
sufficient scale and duration to minimize risk and accelerate initial
user access to Red Storm. This additional risk mitigation goal added
success potential and experience (with the 7X applications) to our
effort. LANL users will gain early access to the machine.

In FY05 this product area provided the Sandia's ASC program with
critical technical capabilities to staff the Red Storm Risk Mitigation
effort. In response to the time criticality of Red Storm, Sandia started
the Red Storm Risk Mitigation project with efforts in three key areas:
Portals enhancements, PVFS-based parallel I/O capability, and MPI
application scaling efforts. These risk mitigation efforts provided
Sandia with a much better understanding of the remaining issues and
provided the foundation to meet or exceed our projected application
scaling by the 2QFY05 due date for this milestone. Continuing Risk
Mitigation efforts are directed towards providing LANL with early access
to Red Storm for their W76 milestone and meeting the requirements for
the remaining three 4QFY05 Red Storm milestones.

#### Facility Operations and User Support

**LLNL Accomplishments for Facility Operations and User Support**

The TSF is a new computing facility that was brought into production in
FY05. Completion of this milestone was declared on May 23, 2005, a full
four months ahead of schedule. This world-class facility has 48,000
square feet of computer floor that is clear span, no air handlers or
columns. This allows maximum flexibility for siting large computer
systems. The TSF is operating as a fully functioning classified computer
center. Over 200 staff was moved into the office tower attached to the
building. All system moves into the West and East computer rooms have
been accomplished. All accomplished with no safety or security
incidents.

Other major accomplishments during the fiscal year have been the siting
of the initial deliveries of both Purple and BlueGene/L platforms. By
the end of FY05, the hardware for both of these systems should be
complete on the floor of the TSF. This effort has involved all parts of
the subprogram---with facilities deployment, system administration,
security plans, networking, and establishment of user support and
documentation for the new systems.

BlueGene/L is the world's fastest supercomputer, according to the latest
TOP500 list, released June 22, 2005. BlueGene/L performed 136.8
teraflops, or trillion operations per second.

The next 32,000 nodes of BlueGene/L are being delivered and will be
built as a duplicate of the existing BlueGene/L system. After this
second system passes its acceptance test, the two sections will be
combined into the final system with all 65,000 nodes and a peak of 380
teraflops.

LLNL took delivery of 108 nodes of Purple for an unclassified compute
system. This system was put into production a few weeks later. Both LLNL
scientists and ASC Alliance partners are running on it now. We took
delivery of 252 nodes of Purple, a Federation switch (256 ports), and
300 terabytes of global disk. This is one-sixth of Purple. This
17-teraops compute system was put on the classified network.

The interface cluster for BlueGene/L and the archive HPSS was installed.
Four new tape robots were installed in the classified facility. The
parallel file system for BlueGene/L is being testing.

**LANL Accomplishments for Facility Operations and User Support**

The LANL stand-down began shortly into the review period. Throughout the
stand-down, Production Computing services continued to operate safely
and securely in a degraded mode as an essential operation, in order to
continue to provide computing services as permitted to non-LANL
customers and to ensure the health of all systems and data. As the
Laboratory developed new policies for the management of accountable
classified removable media, Production Computing worked with security
personnel to establish acceptable methodologies for the handling of
classified media in volume in a production environment. A complete
wall-to-wall inventory of all computer center machine rooms, vaults,
vault-type rooms, and repositories was successfully conducted. All
production operations were converted to the new laboratory accountable
classified removable media libraries and management processes.
Production Computing operations completed a management self-assessment
and was one of the first organizations to resume normal classified
computing operations at the Laboratory, in order to provide classified
computing services to the rest of the Laboratory as it resumed
classified operations.

In the first quarter of FY05, the level 2 milestone for ASC Lightning
system general availability was completed. This milestone was delayed
one quarter, due to the impact of the stand-down. The completion of the
milestone signified the integration of several new technologies into
production for the purpose of running large-scale Linux clusters in
volume while meeting LANL standards for performance, reliability, and
cost efficiency.

A large installation of Panasas GPFS provides the 200 terabytes scratch
file system for Lightning. Through the course of the integration, a
highly advantageous new technology for the I/O data movement for large
Linux clusters was deployed (Parallel, Scalable BackBone, or PaScalBB),
which provides high performance in data movement, dramatically increases
reliability by eliminating single points of failure, serves as an NFS
server for multiple systems, and has potential to scale to very large
volumes, first on unclassified systems and later on classified systems.

In addition, Lightning was the first classified cluster to make primary
use of the Los Alamos Message Passing Interface, enhancing performance
and providing increased reliability in message passing. This product
will soon be replaced by OpenMPI.

Lightning was also the first classified cluster to make production use
of the Science Appliance systems software stack, including LinuxBIOs and
the Bproc modifications to the Linux kernel. This systems software
provides dramatic improvements in the manageability of very large
clusters in volume, and provides a single process space spanning the
entire cluster.

As Lightning production operations spun up, the operations staff took on
the role of hardware engineers to provide hardware maintenance in a more
cost effective manner to these systems. Operations staff was trained and
received A+ certification from Linux Networx (LNXI) in order to assume
this responsibility without voiding manufacturer's warranties. This
enables LANL to avoid prohibitively high maintenance costs as volume is
scaled.

Lightning provides over 13 teraflops peak computing cycles to the
weapons community, and has been in production operation since December
2004. At the same time, the highly successful Flash system, a 3-teraops
replica of the Lightning technology, was successfully deployed for
unclassified weapons computing. The establishment of this new
Linux-based production cluster operation is highly significant in the
ability of the Weapons Complex to provide the volumes of capacity
computing cycles required in a cost effective manner, while still
meeting the Program demands for performance, reliability, and
maintainability. As of the third quarter of FY05, procurement is well
under way for the delivery of approximately 25 teraflops of peak
Lightning-like capacity systems, to be installed in summer, 2005, and a
significant ramp-up is expected in 2006 to meet the program's computing
requirements.

The ASC Q machine continued to function as the main capacity system
providing capacity and capability computing to the tri-lab complex
through FY05. By the third quarter, all Alphaserver SC clusters at LANL
will be upgraded to the Alphaserver SC v.2.6 "Eagle" release of the
operating system, providing performance improvements and additional
functionality. In addition to carrying a significant capacity load in
FY05, the ASC Q system was also used to run a capability 3D full-system
weapons simulation for much of the year. This simulation, still
underway, is providing increased resolution and additional physics
capabilities for the evaluation of anomalies in weapons systems. In
March, ASC Q was used to complete the Verification and Validation
program level 2 milestone for the W76 primary. The system is currently
being prepared to carry the load of the primary certification effort
scheduled to ramp up this summer.

During the third quarter of FY05, the capital equipment project for
expanding capacity for distributing conditioned power to the machine
room in the Nicolas C. Metropolis Center for Modeling and Simulation
(SCC) is nearing completion. This project, which is the next step in a
series of infrastructure upgrade projects, makes an additional 3.6 MW of
conditioned power available to computing systems in the primary
classified computing center at Los Alamos, bringing the total power
available for systems in that facility to 7.2 MW. The completion of this
project prepares the center to support the growth in computing capacity
that is anticipated in FY06. By the end of FY05, a design will also be
completed for the next project to be undertaken in FY06, pending
availability of funding, to expand this power capacity in preparation
for systems anticipated in FY07. Preparations are also being made for
upgrading the networking infrastructure in FY06 in preparation for this
growth; a request for proposal has been issued for 10 GigE routers.

During FY05, significant achievements were made in the LANL computing
centers in the management of machine and facility life cycles. The ASC
Bluemountain 3-teraops system was completely decommissioned by November
2005. SGI Origin2000 visualization servers from Bluemountain are still
in operation, but have all been consolidated in the computing facility.
The classified storage silos were also consolidated into the facility,
and all classified storage operations except the Disaster Recovery
backup silos were moved into that facility. This work represents a
significant accomplishment in reducing the number of classified
computing machine rooms that are being managed at Los Alamos.

In the storage arena, an important upgrade was made on the HPSS archival
storage systems to HPSS v5.1. This new version has important system
restructuring that eliminates the previous reliance upon Transarc's
Encina transactional software, replacing that with a standard DB2. This
upgrade was essential to ensure continued viability of supporting HPSS
in production, and for improving the robustness and reliability of the
archive. A Remote Disaster Protection capability using HPSS has also
been implemented between LLNL and LANL. By the end of the FY05, this
capability will be available for use in managing remote disaster
protection needs for the two laboratories.

Finally, FY05 saw the official formulation of the tri-lab Workload
Characterization Project. This project team is chartered to implement a
tri-lab system in FY06 to deliver quarterly data reports to the Federal
ASC managers that will provide details on how ASC machines are being
used complex-wide to accomplish programmatic goals. These reports will
provide historical data that will assist the program in improving the
fidelity of computing resource requirements estimations for future
projects, and help to increase credibility of these predictions.

**SNL Accomplishments for Facility Operations and User Support**

LANL and SNL installed a new OC-48 (2.5 gigabytes per second) link for
high speed ASC Wide Area Network connectivity in March 2005 when the new
Qwest GeoMax service contract went into effect. This new service
replaces the previous OC-48 service at two-thirds the yearly cost. In
addition to a cost reduction, the new service provides potential
redundancy through alternate paths and offers the opportunity to add
additional services such as 10 gigabytes per second Ethernet at very low
cost. The 10 gigabytes per second service was ordered with delivery
scheduled for August 2005 and will provide the first step in the
migration of the ASC wide area network (WAN) from ATM encryption
technology to IP encryption technology. To support this new capability
and any future services, a new 144-fiber cable has been installed
between the SNL telephone building (829) and 880.

Two significant activities related to installation and integration of
major platforms were completed in FY05. The delivery of Red Storm began
in the last week of FY04 and was completed in the last week of January
2005. Hardware level checkout and software integration was accomplished
in phases during this time as the system took final shape on the
computing floor in Building 725 in Tech Area I at Sandia's Albuquerque
location. The Initial Operation level 2 milestone completed in March
reflected contributions from many elements of the ASC program and
significant effort by the infrastructure and facilities support
organizations at Sandia.

The computing facility itself was designated a Vault Type Room in June
2005 in preparation for classified operations. The system received a
90-day accreditation for classified operation in June as well.

The success of the Institutional Computing Cluster (ICC) and Nuclear
Weapons Compute Cluster (NWCC) systems in providing capacity cycles for
the ASC program provided us the opportunity to retire the aging CPlant™
home-grown clusters. Retirement and removal of this equipment paved the
way for an additional large cluster resource to be procured and
integrated into Sandia's infrastructure. The Thunderbird cluster
composed of 4096 compute nodes interconnected with Infiniband was
delivered and installed in the summer of 2005, following a significant
renovation of the south end of the main computing annex in Building 880.
Additional power and cooling capacity was added to Room 230 to
accommodate the new cluster and to improve the basic infrastructure
support systems for that facility.

Also accomplished in FY04 and FY05 was the installation of two new HPSS
systems running Release 5.1. These systems are dedicated to the Data
Service Cluster systems, which support post processing and visualization
needs of the Red Storm Capability platform. The existing HPSS systems,
which primarily support ASCI Red, will be upgraded from Release 4.5 to
Release 5.1 in preparation for FY06 upgrades to Release 6.2 for all HPSS
systems.

There continues to be a significant presence of what we term "commercial
platforms" including two large memory SGI platforms and an HP
AlphaServer system. The SGI systems supply a large central memory (128GB
and 256GB respectively) for use by commercial codes which have not been
converted to Massively Parallel Programming models. The large central
memory and fast file systems provided by the SGI systems enable
extremely large simulation meshes to be generated and visualized prior
to being spread across many hundreds or thousands of processors for
simulation runs. The HP system provides a code porting vehicle for
applications codes destined for production runs on LANL Q, as well as
additional capacity for large memory per node problems.

User Support activities for Red Storm included the release of the
Collaborative Learning, Information and Knowledge web based tool which
will provide the methodology for tracking issues, maintaining a
knowledge base and providing an information search capability for Red
Storm and other tri-lab ASC platforms. In addition, the SARAPE web based
account request process was put into production, enabling tri-labs and
NWC wide requests for accounts to be processed on the web. This
electronic system was patterned after the original SecureNet paper based
account request system.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521547959 .anchor}IV. Product Descriptions by the
National Work Breakdown Structure

### WBS 1.5.4: Computational Systems and Software Environment

This sub-program provides to the ASC users a stable, seamless computing
environment for all ASC deployed platforms, ranging from capability,
capacity and advanced systems. It is responsible for delivering and
deploying the ASC computational systems and user environment via
technology development and integration at the Defense Programs National
Laboratories, in addition to industrial and academic partnerships. The
scope of the sub-program includes strategic planning, research,
development, procurement, maintenance, testing, integration and
deployment, and quality and reliability activities for all ASC
computational systems and software environment.

#### WBS 1.5.4.1: Capability Systems

This level 4 product provides capability production platforms and
integrated planning for the overall system architecture commensurate
with projected user workloads. The scope of this product includes
strategic planning, research, development, procurement, hardware
maintenance, testing, integration and deployment, and quality and
reliability activities, as well as industrial and academic
collaborations. Projects and technologies include strategic planning,
performance modeling, benchmarking, and procurement and integration
coordination. This product also provides market research for future
systems.

**Capability Systems Deliverables for FY06**

-   Purple will be accepted and put into limited availability status for
    classified NNSA computing.

-   LANL product deliverables include planning, preparation, and startup
    of the project to supply a capability system in the FY08 timeframe.
    A component of the planning is to understand and document LANL user
    requirements, which together with requirements from all
    laboratories, are drivers for the performance and sizing
    specifications on the system.

-   The specific SNL deliverable is to provide capability computing for
    the Nuclear Weapons Program through the transition to production of
    the Red Storm computing system in FY06. Red Storm will be a shared
    capability computing resource for the NNSA tri-lab.

**Strategy to Deliver Capability Systems for FY06--FY07**

-   Develop and acquire capability computing platforms designed to meet
    the needs of the NNSA scientists and engineers.

-   Partner closely with the vendor throughout the contract period from
    design and build to acceptance and throughout the life of the
    system.

-   Actively partner with off-site labs to develop tri-lab platform
    strategies and aid in the efforts at the other labs.

-   Have tri-lab ASC Platform Strategy team continue to work together
    with Federal ASC managers to determine system siting and other major
    considerations.

-   Move the Red Storm system to Limited Availability operation at the
    end of FY05.

##### 1.5.4.1.1 Purple (LLNL)

The Purple contract, a collaboration of the tri-lab community and IBM
led by LLNL, will deliver a 93-teraops capability to the SSP in 2005.
Purple will be the premier NNSA classified capability computer serving
weapons scientists and engineers at all three NNSA labs. This system is
a near five-fold increase in scale for a single compute system for NNSA.
The major architectural components of Purple consist of a computational
cluster, a high performance network infrastructure, and a cluster-wide
storage subsystem. The heart of the ASC Purple cluster is IBM's new
pSeries POWER5 based SMPs. The pSeries POWER5-based symmetric
multiprocessor is IBM's latest offering in the scalable POWER parallel
family of scalable, parallel computing solutions. The high-performance
network infrastructure is IBM's Federation 4-gigabyte switch, an
evolutionary step in network data transfers using technology based on
the proven architecture of scalable POWER parallel Switch and scalable
POWER parallel Switch2. The cluster-wide storage subsystem is based on
IBM's GPFS parallel file system running over 2-gigabytes-per-second
Fibre Channel. Access to the storage system from outside Purple will be
accomplished using parallel file transfer protocol over 1- and
10-gigabytes-per-second ethernet.

Purple is currently scheduled for delivery to LLNL in two portions. The
first 256-node piece was delivered and was accepted in the third quarter
of FY05. The remaining approximately 1280-node portion of Purple will be
demonstrated in the fourth quarter of FY05. The two systems will be
combined by about the second quarter of FY06 and enter limited
availability status---selected users have access to the system---in the
third quarter FY06.

In the second quarter of FY07, Purple will enter general
availability---any user with a valid account can access the system.
Purple is planned to have a five-year lifespan, with the likely end of
life in FY10.

##### 1.5.4.1.2 Systems Requirements and Planning (LANL)

This project covers all aspects of planning for capability systems and
strategic planning for supporting infrastructure.

The main focus is to define the requirements and the potential system
architecture of a capability platform that meets programmatic
requirements and drivers. The project will draw upon the skill and
experience of the Platforms Project Director's office for planning and
project management.

Depending on the outcome of the ASC Platform Strategy, the FY06 focus
will be on defining the requirements for systems, performing market
surveys of applicable technologies, and planning procurement strategies
that meets the needs of the program and the laboratory. If necessary, a
request for procurement for a capability platform can also be delivered
in FY06.

Along with a request for procurement, an early delivery system would be
installed and integrated for initial applications and systems testing in
FY07.

##### 1.5.4.1.3 Q Maintenance Contract (LANL)

This project covers the Hewlett-Packard maintenance contract for the Q
system.

The capabilities described here include Q system hardware/software
support, maintaining a spare parts inventory, system/application
support, and maintenance of third party software products.

The FY06 plan is to reduce the total cost of the Q system maintenance by
reducing the overall hardware and software support requirements and
reducing the amount of on-site analysts for the system. This will
require a phased-in plan.

The maintenance support for the Q system will continue at a reduced cost
in FY07.

##### 1.5.4.1.4 Red Storm Capability Computing Platform (SNL)

Red Storm is a tightly coupled massively parallel processor with a
little over 40 teraflops of peak processing capability. The machine uses
AMD Opteron processors and a custom, very high performance 3D mesh
communication network. Red Storm has a total of nearly 11,000 Opteron
micro-processors, Red Storm has over 30 terabytes of memory and
approximately 400 terabytes of high performance local disk that is split
equally between classified and unclassified use.

The Red Storm computer system was designed to provide for a relatively
easy upgrade path. The 3D mesh can be expanded to 32 K processors by
simply adding additional cabinets and communication cables. The Opteron
processors are high volume commodity parts that can be replaced with
higher performance processors as simply as in an upgrade to a PC. The
memory is high volume commodity data rate dual inline memory modules
that could be increased to 8 gigabytes per processor with currently
available memory dual inline memory modules.

Red Storm has several unique features among which are its Reliability,
Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) system, its Red/Black switching
capability, and its partitioned system software functionality. In
effect, Red Storm has a separate parallel computer system to manage and
monitor the main system. This system has its own network and processors
and its own operating system. All major components (including RAS system
components) in the system are monitored by the RAS system. All errors,
recoverable and non-recoverable, are logged by the RAS system.

Red Storm's unique Red/Black switching capability makes it possible for
the machine to be used as both a classified and unclassified computing
resource. The machine has 10,368 compute nodes that have from 2.0 to 4.0
gigabytes of dual data rate memory and 512 Service and I/O nodes each
with 6 gigabytes of dual data rate memory. (The compute nodes in the
normally classified section of Red Storm have 4.0 gigabytes of memory,
the compute nodes in the center section of Red Storm have 3.0 gigabytes
of memory, and the compute nodes in the normally unclassified section of
Red Storm have 2.0 gigabytes of memory.) The 512 service and I/O nodes
are equally divided between classified and unclassified use. Through the
Red/Black switching capability the compute nodes can be either all
classified or all unclassified, approximately 25 percent classified and
approximately 75 percent unclassified, or approximately 75 percent
classified and approximately 25 percent unclassified.

Partitioning of the Red Storm system software functionality provides a
full LINUX operating system on the service and I/O nodes and a
light-weight kernel operating system on the compute nodes. The
light-weight kernel operating system provides a substantial performance
advantage on the compute nodes while the full LINUX provides the full
set of features that users expect to see on logging in. The LINUX
operating system used on the service and I/O nodes is being enhanced to
provide users and system administrators a single system view.

During FY06, Red Storm will provide capability computing for nuclear
weapons applications. Red Storm has over 30 terabytes of memory and
10,368 compute processor that are connected through a very high
performance network which will make it possible to run very large,
complex, problems.

During FY06, Red Storm will transition from Limited Availability to full
production use as a capability computing resource for the ASC Program.
It is expected that Red Storm will be used to perform very important
calculations for the SSP this year.

The Red Storm computer system was designed and constructed to allow for
a processor upgrade. Sandia intends to consider as part of its overall
strategy for capability and capacity computing an upgrade to Red Storm
in late FY06 or early FY07.

Red Storm will be in full production throughout FY07.

#### WBS 1.5.4.2: Capacity Systems

This level 4 product provides capacity production platforms commensurate
with projected user workloads. The scope of this product includes
planning, research, development, procurement, hardware maintenance,
testing, integration and deployment, and quality and reliability
activities, as well as industrial and academic collaborations. Projects
and technologies include the procurement and installation of capacity
platforms.

**Capacity Systems Deliverables for FY06**

-   Linux clusters will be procured to meet NNSA capacity computing
    needs.

-   In FY06, the laboratories will continue to procure, install, and
    integrate capacity compute systems on the Scalable Unit model to
    meet programmatic requirements for resources into FY07 and beyond.

-   The specific SNL deliverable is to provide capability computing for
    the Nuclear Weapons Program through the transition to production of
    the Red Storm computing system in FY06. Red Storm will be a shared
    capability computing resource for the NNSA tri-lab.

**Strategy to Deliver Capacity Systems for FY06--FY07**

-   Leverage the extensive experience fielding world class Linux
    clusters within the tri-lab community.

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    three sites over two years, it is anticipated that the time and cost
    associated with any one cluster will be greatly reduced. In
    addition, it is anticipated that purchasing a huge set of common
    hardware components will lead to lower cost through volume
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-   Provide quick expansion with production-ready systems, while meeting
    programmatic need for performance, capacity, and efficiency.

-   Run Red Storm with typical minimum job-sizes of 3,000-4,000
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    distributed memory systems for running our MPI applications (not
    counting advanced architecture systems): highest end capability
    platforms, mid-range capability platforms, and turn-key commodity
    clusters with vendor provided/supported software stacks to help
    Sandia address its extensive 1-256 processor capacity production
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-   Focus capacity system procurements on addressing our need to fill
    the mid-range capability gap with the expectation that the lower
    processor count workload will backfill on these same platforms or
    use other SNL institutional turn-key systems.

##### 1.5.4.2.1 Tri-Lab Linux Capacity Cluster (LLNL)

A contract will be placed for a large amount of capacity computing
resources to be delivered over the next two fiscal years. This tri-lab
procurement will include options to procure a specific number of
scalable units each quarter of the FY06 and through the third quarter of
FY07 for a total of 32--64 scalable units over a total of seven
quarters. The procurement will include level 3 support.

This contract will provide a substantial increase in capacity compute
resources for NNSA at all three labs. These clusters will have a common
architecture and will run Linux as the operating system.

In FY06, LLNL will deliver, install, and integrate the Scalable Units
assigned to LLNL. We will ensure complete system delivery and ensure
maintenance is included.

As part of the ASC platform strategy, additional Scalable Units will be
delivered in FY07 to LLNL for capacity computing.

##### 1.5.4.2.2 Capacity Systems Procurement (LANL)

Coordinate any and all issues with respect to the tri-lab capacity
systems procurement. This covers all system hardware and software
defined in the capacity systems procurement.

The capacity systems will provide computing cycles to the weapons
program to meet capacity computing requirements. The system will be
delivered as several separate Scalable Units that will be made available
to the user community for production work. The procurement should
include the Scalable Units, the interconnect, file systems, and the
selected set of system software tools identified in the RFP.

In FY06, we will deliver and install the Scalable Units assigned to Los
Alamos. Ensure complete system delivery and ensure maintenance is
included.

As part of the ASC platform strategy, additional Scalable Units will be
delivered in FY07 to Los Alamos for capacity computing.

##### 1.5.4.2.3 Capacity Systems Integration (LANL)

The focus in this area is to take the delivered Scalable Units and
integrate them into the Los Alamos computing environment for production
work.

Completing the system integration defines the overall system environment
delivered to end users for running application codes. Once completed,
users can compile and run programs, use the system debugger, use the
parallel file system, store files in archival storage, and use the
scheduling system to input work to the system, among other things.

In FY06, we will integrate all hardware and software components to
deliver a system environment to application users for programmatic work.
Perform integrated quality assurance testing to ensure production
readiness of systems.

The same activities will be required for any new capacity systems
delivered in FY07.

##### 1.5.4.2.4 Capacity System Procurement (SNL)

This project supports the planning to establish and manage request for
proposals for capacity system procurements. This project will support
Sandia's involvement in one or more of the four capacity system
strategic options described above.

This project will draw on the expertise established with Sandia's
institutional cluster procurements as well as the technical foundation
that was leveraged to establish and foster a long-term collaboration
with Dell and Intel for the Thunderbird cluster. The pursuit of a Red
Storm option for Mid-range capability solutions will of course leverage
considerations from Cray established by the 1.5.4.1 product.

In FY06, we will analyze the options for addressing Sandia's mid-range
capability gap. Pursue the procurement option(s) that best address the
strategic interests of Sandia and the ASC program. Since the ASC program
will be pursuing an explicit capacity system platform strategy for
FY06-07, this project will support capacity system procurements that
will help Sandia provide its user community with Mid-range Capability
computing resources to address problems in the regime of approximately
1,000 to approximately 4,000 processors.

FY07 will be the second year of the explicit ASC platform procurement
cycle focused on capacity systems. FY07 procurements may reflect
continuation strategy established in FY06.

##### 1.5.4.2.5 Integration and Deployment of Scalability and Performance Enhancements that Allow Capacity Systems to Address Mid-Range Capability Problems (SNL)

Integration and Deployment of relevant capabilities from the Technology
Development for Capability and Capacity Systems (SNL) project, and other
sources, for example, the CSRFs project, MICS/OSCR projects, or LDRD
projects. Example capabilities include, OpenIB, OpenMPI, Cheshire
runtime, RAS subsystem, Open Catamount, and Lite Linux. The decision to
"promote" these technology developments to the "production" software
environment will be based on a systematic evaluation of the quantitative
benefits to both Application and RAS performance. A formal process for
test and evaluation will be used to demonstrate performance improvements
at scale through dedicated system time. The demonstrated benefit should
be shown from comparison to baseline performance provided by
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Performance Metrics
project.

This project provides focus on the decision point for when/how ASC
technology developments are ready for integration into the production
software environment.

In FY06, this project will support the test and evaluation of technical
capabilities that are specifically targeted at improving the scalability
and reliability of the Thunderbird cluster over the baseline performance
of the Dell/Intel/Topspin commodity software stack. Capabilities that do
not have a clear benefit will go back to the Application Performance
Metrics project for further development. This project will also support
the evaluation of tri-lab system software stacks that are proposed for
deployment on the TLCC. This product is expected to integrate technical
capabilities that will allow commodity clusters to scale up to 500-4,000
processor jobs.

In the FY07 timeframe, we expect to be ready to test and evaluate RAS
sub-system capabilities developed in the Technology Development for
Capability and Capacity Systems (SNL) project for large-scale capacity
systems. Of course, the measurement of RAS performance metrics by the
Development of Tools to Collect Standardized RAS Metrics and Control Red
Storm\'s Capability Usage Performance (SNL) project will be used to
guide the determination of whether or not this capability would be ready
for deployment into the production environment.

##### 1.5.4.2.6 Application Performance and Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Performance Metrics (SNL)

This project has two parts: the measurement and collection of
standardized application performance metrics, and the measurement and
collection of standardized RAS metrics for all our capacity systems.
There should be a corresponding project under the capability systems
product.

The Application Performance metrics portion of this project will provide
the ability to assess machines that are being considered for purchase by
Sandia, and will allow staff to determine the performance affects caused
by system changes. This will be accomplished by monitoring how much
different applications utilize the systems, using this information to
develop a benchmark suite, and developing a database of benchmark
results. The application benchmarks will be complemented with standard
micro-benchmarks.

In FY06, we will begin monitoring application usage; establish a suite
of application benchmarks starting with the ASC Red Storm 7X benchmarks,
and selected micro-benchmarks; and establish preliminary benchmark suite
and results for existing SNL capacity systems. Preliminary planned
activities in FY07 include refining the application benchmark suite. We
expect to add capabilities for automatic data collection, display and
comparisons that will be developed by the ASC Programming Tools Project
(SNL).

The RAS metrics portion of this project will provide the ability to
establish baseline reliability performance for all our ASC capacity
systems. A corresponding project will be used to collect similar RAS
performance metrics for our capability systems. These long-term
measurements will be used to assess the return on investment for future
improvements in capacity system capabilities that may be considered, for
example, RAS subsystem evaluation or various options for integrating
fault tolerance.

In FY06, we will measure standardized RAS metrics on all our ASC
capacity systems: Thunderbird Cluster, Red Squall. There may be interest
in collecting RAS metrics on our institutional clusters as well, such as
ICC, NWCC, Renegade/Rogue. We will establish baseline RAS performance
for Sandia HPC resources. If there is interest at LANL and LLNL, we will
establish collaborations to spread the adoption and collection of
standardized RAS metrics. If they are not ready in FY06, by FY07 we
expect to begin using standardized RAS metric collection tools developed
in project Development of Tools to Collect Standardized RAS Metrics and
Control Red Storm\'s Capability Usage Performance (SNL).

#### WBS 1.5.4.3: Advanced Systems

This level 4 product provides advanced architectures in response to
programmatic, computing needs. The scope of this product includes
strategic planning, research, development, procurement, testing,
integration and deployment, as well as industrial and academic
collaborations. Projects and technologies include strategic planning,
performance modeling, benchmarking, and procurement and integration
coordination. This product also provides market research, and the
investigation of advanced architectural concepts and hardware (including
node interconnects and machine area networks) via prototype development,
deployment and testbed activities. Also included in this product are
cost-effective computers designed to achieve extreme speeds in
addressing specific, stockpile-relevant issues through development of
enhanced performance codes especially suited to run on the systems.

**Advanced Systems Deliverables for FY06**

-   IBM will continue to support the BlueGene/L system for classified
    NNSA computing.

-   Sandia will create a test bed to analyze and assess the performance
    of Processor-In-Memory architectures on several important
    applications.

-   BlueGene/L will deliver nearly ten times the peak compute speed, in
    one-fifth the area, using a fraction of the electrical power of the
    largest supercomputers.

**Strategy to Deliver Advanced Systems for FY06--FY07**

-   Partner with the National Security Agency (NSA) and IBM.

##### 1.5.4.3.1 BlueGene (LLNL)

The Purple contract with IBM includes delivery and support of
BlueGene/L, a next-generation massively parallel computing system
designed to run a specific set of calculations for NNSA.

BlueGene/L is a scalable architecture in which the computational power
of the machine can be expanded by adding more building blocks without
introduction of bottlenecks as the machine scales up. BlueGene/L offers
a theoretical peak computational rate of 360 teraflops per second
through extreme scalability. With more than 65,536 dual processor nodes
and 32 terabytes of total memory (16 x 240 bytes or 512 megabytes memory
per node), BlueGene/L is expected to be the fastest supercomputer in the
world when it becomes operational in 2005. To achieve this dramatic
scale, BlueGene/L has three main communications networks: a 3D torus for
nearest neighbor calculations on grids; a global tree network for
broadcasts and reduction operations; and a barrier network for
synchronizing the complex algorithms in scientific calculation
envisioned for the machine.

In FY05, the BlueGene/L system will have been accepted and released for
early science runs. In FY06 IBM will support the system at an acceptable
level of stability and reliability. LLNL will collaborate with IBM in
their support activities helping to identify and resolve issues, and
will continue to work with IBM in the specifics of designing BlueGene/P,
the next generation of the BlueGene system.

In FY07, we will continue on-going support of the BlueGene projects
(BlueGene/L and BlueGene/P).

##### 1.5.4.3.2 Cyclops Processor-in-Memory Supercomputer (SNL)

Cyclops is an advanced architecture supercomputer under development by
IBM with funding from the NSA. Cyclops uses a Processor-In-Memory design
that offers 1--2 orders of magnitude improved performance/cost ratio of
over conventional microprocessor-based approaches. Cyclops is projected
to be available in 4QCY05 at a cost of \$15--\$25M/petaflops. Basic
analysis of Cyclops' architecture suggests it should offer this
improvement for about half of Sandia's workload in both the 2005 and
2010 timeframes. The aim of this project is to acquire two racks of
Cyclops hardware (30 Teraflops) and use it to run two Direct Simulation
Monte Carlo (DSMC) applications.

This project would serve three purposes:

-   Improved efficiency of neutron generator engineering. The neutron
    generator project reports an immediate need to shift from 2D to 3D
    DSMC simulations. This project would supply the computing platform.

-   Demonstrate immediate ability of petaflops computing. DSMC for
    microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) design is an identified driver
    of petaflops acquisitions proposed for 2010. We will demonstrate the
    application on an affordable petaflops platform available in 2005.

-   Demonstrating the viability of advanced architectures in the ASC
    context may motivate other groups to use Cyclops by shifting load
    from more expensive clusters/MPPs. This would both save money for
    supercomputer hardware and permit more effective deliverables based
    on simulation.

The Processor-In-Memory architecture approach has advantages on highly
compute-intensive applications. The overall Cyclops architecture has
remarkable similarities to Red Storm, including the 3D mesh, link
bandwidth, memory per node, etc. However, a Cyclops node comprises 80
floating-point processors with 80 gigaflops peak throughput (20 × the 4
gigaflops of each Red Storm node). This makes Cyclops appropriate for
applications that can effectively use dramatically more compute power
per unit of memory.

Planned activities in FY06 include acquiring two racks of Cyclops
hardware. Cyclops is an IBM research project funded by NSA. The terms of
NSA's investment in this project require that the intellectual property
be available to Government users. Sandia has been invited to participate
in this project by attending reviews, sharing software, and acquiring
hardware on the same terms as NSA. Cyclops is not an IBM product, so the
procedure is to place several orders for parts and have the IBM Central
Scientific Services organization assemble the system; this organization
does not charge profit for government customers. Some systems software
development will be required. Specifically, NSA has contracted with a
startup for an operating system sufficient for NSA's needs. The terms of
NSA's contract permit Sandia to have access to this software. However,
DOE applications use different operating system services. A minimal set
of these will need to be developed.

We will also port and/or develop two DSMC applications. Both neutron
generator and MEMS engineering use of DSMC through the Icarus program.
However, both groups agree that the current 2D Icarus needs to be
rewritten to become 3D. The necessary 3D Icarus (which would presumably
have a different name) will appropriate be written from scratch.

In FY07, without a follow-on project, the two-rack Cyclops purchased in
FY06 is turned over to the neutron generator and MEMS groups. These
groups would have 30 Teraflops to use until obsolescence for the cost of
upkeep, increasing their engineering efficiency through greater use of
simulation while simultaneously offloading more expensive
supercomputers. In a proposed follow-on project, these and other groups
see Cyclops as an option for increasing their use of simulation at the
same or lower cost. These groups would purchase additional Cyclops
hardware.

##### 1.5.4.3.3 Supercomputer Network Development to Enable Petaflops Scale Capability Machines (SNL)

This project proposes to develop the network infrastructure that will be
required for the next generation of capability supercomputers. The
performance goals are aggressive: 30 gigabytes per second of bandwidth,
500 ns of MPI latency, and over 10 million messages per second of MPI
message throughput. Message throughput is a network characteristic that
industry has shown little concern for, but it is critical for getting
\"usable bandwidth\" from the network when applications use short
messages. While message throughput is the most aggressive of the goals,
it is unlikely that industry will achieve any of these goals in this
time frame.

The proposed work is to create both the network interface and router
chips to reach these levels of network performance. The overall project
will include specifying the architecture for both of these chips as well
as designing the two ASICs (network interface and router) that will be
required to implement the network. The final year will include the
fabrication of both chips to be ready to provide to a vendor. It is
expected that a vendor partner would be engaged to build a system around
these network chips.

The goal of this project is to provide network capabilities that will
enable the creation of petaflops scale capability computers from
commodity processors. It will deliver 30 gigabytes per second of
bandwidth per direction per processor socket with 500 ns of latency
through MPI and MPI message throughputs in excess of 10 million messages
per second. This will enable petaflops scale capability systems to be
built from well understood commodity processors at a scale that is well
understood. This is in contrast with other approaches which propose
higher risk specialized processors or extremely high degrees of
parallelism.

Activities for FY06 will include specification of the network interface
architecture and router requirements and development of the initial VHDL
or Verilog code.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include completion of all
VHDL/Verilog code and beginning of verification. We expect 50 percent
verification completion by the end of the year.

##### 1.5.4.3.4 Next Generation Capability System Development (SNL)

This project will involve the development of a next generation system
architecture designed to scale to petaflops capability computing. The
architecture will provide the balanced performance that is needed to
support the complex physics and engineering codes that are the major
application codes of the ASC program.

For large capability computer systems the overall system performance is
primarily determined by the degree of parallel efficiency achieved.
Parallel efficiency depends to a large extent on the system
communication network performance. Communication network performance is
primarily characterized by message throughput for small messages and by
delivered bandwidth for medium to large messages.

Moving to petaflops scale computing also implies increasing the number
of processors to the range of 50,000 to 100,000. Achieving good
scalability of our mainline ASC application to this number of processors
will be very challenging.

This work will produce a computer system architecture for a petaflops
Capability Computer System.

In FY06, work for this project will be focused on the specification for
the communications network design.

In FY07, the project will be expanded to the full system architecture
for a next generation petaflops architecture.

#### WBS 1.5.4.4: System Software and Tools

This level 4 product provides the system software infrastructure,
including the supporting operating system environments and the
integrated tools to enable the development, optimization and efficient
execution of application codes. The scope of this product includes
planning, research, development, integration and initial deployment,
continuing product support, and quality and reliability activities, as
well as industrial and academic collaborations. Projects and
technologies include system-level software addressing optimal delivery
of system resources to end-users, such as schedulers, custom device
drivers, resource allocation, optimized kernels, system management
tools, compilers, debuggers, performance tuning tools, run-time
libraries, math libraries, component frameworks, other emerging
programming paradigms of importance to scientific code development and
application performance analysis.

This product area supports important academic, industrial, and other DOE
labs' contracts to meet users' system software and tools requirements
from the tri-labs or a specific lab. There are two tri-lab academic
contracts that will continue into FY06. The contract with the University
of Oregon is the final part of a three-year project to provide
enhancements to the tuning and analysis utilities performance tool to
address the issues presented by the large ASC applications and scale of
the ASC clusters. A second contract with the Universities of Wisconsin
and Maryland is to address Dyninst testing and an open binary editing
environment. A Dyninst test environment called ParseTest will be
developed to support stress testing for multiple environments. Both of
the contracts will terminate during FY06. At that time, a decision will
be made about funding additional academic contracts in this area to
address important research issues and continuing support for the
training of students with skills important to maintaining the tools
needed by ASC platforms.

In FY06 ASC will continue to collaborate with Argonne National
Laboratory on the development of the message passing library MPICH2.
This product won an R&D 100 award in FY05 and ANL will continue their
work for support of ASC platforms, improvements to the library including
work on performance, tool integration and I/O.

One industrial contract that this product area supports is the
Open\|SpeedShop (O\|SS) Path Forward effort. This is a project with SGI
to deliver an integrated suite of open source performance tools for the
ASC Linux capacity systems. The architecture of the software is
explicitly developed with expandability for future tools and experiments
in mind. In addition, the design is such that is should be easily
portable to other systems. The second industrial contract is with
OpenWorks on extension of the open source Valgrind memory tool to the
major ASC platforms. There are several project deliverables, including
support for Purple and BlueGene/L, that will be completed in FY06.

**System Software and Tools Deliverables for FY06**

-   For the Purple limited availability, this product will deliver
    acceptance testing, verify and support all aspects of the user
    software environment, and provide all of the resource management
    software (LCRM and SLURM) for the system and work with users in
    their efforts to get scalable performance on the systems.

-   For the BlueGene/L availability, the list of product deliverables is
    similar, with increased emphasis on scalable performance and usage
    of tools and runtime libraries at processor counts.

-   This product area is also responsible for the integration efforts of
    the DCE replacement security milestone.

-   This product area will be involved in the tri-lab milestone to
    verify the user environment on Purple with special emphasis on the
    remote computing access to the system.

-   SNL--specific deliverables for this product will include tools to
    measure our capability usage performance and to provide a means for
    prioritizing Capability jobs within our Red Storm resource
    management sub-system.

**Strategy to Deliver System Software and Tools for FY06--FY07**

-   Focus on requirements from the ASC customers added together with the
    requirements that are derived from the platform strategy.

-   Map the available resources against the requirements to deliver
    product results starts first with making the best possible use of
    the software provided and supported by platform partners.

-   Provide the best tools and protect portability, there is a heavy
    focus on formal and defacto standards (for example, languages and
    communication libraries).

-   Emphasize maturity and scale of the software for Purple and
    BlueGene/L, augmenting IBM software as needed, and in FY07, moving
    toward a software stack that provides more commonality between the
    tri-lab capacity systems, both from the user portability point of
    view and from the software development and support point of view.

-   Learn from the BlueGene/L system what software requirements can be
    expected from future petaflops systems so that we can influence
    development early enough to have the software arrive with the
    systems.

-   Establish standardized metrics for measuring RAS performance and
    develop tools that allow RAS performance measurements on all our ASC
    systems.

##### 1.5.4.4.1 System Software Environment for Scalable Systems (LLNL)

This LLNL project provides system software components for all the major
platforms at LLNL, research and planning for new systems and future
environments, and collaborations with external sources such as the
platform partners, especially IBM, and Linux vendors.

This project covers the system software components needed to augment
Linux and required proprietary operating systems function in a
manageable, secure, and scalable fashion needed for the LLNL platforms.
Currently, this includes work on scalable system management tools, the
security infrastructure to provide secure single-sign-on tri-lab access,
and the resource management environment to queue and schedule code runs
across the LLNL systems.

Primary LLNL activities in FY06 will focus on providing all capabilities
of the project for the ASC Purple system and the ASC BlueGene/L system.
Emphasis will be on completeness, manageability, and reliability of the
system environment for Purple, leading up to the full tri-lab usage
supporting the level 1 Purple general availability milestone. Emphasis
for BlueGene/L is on providing a stable environment and learning how the
system interfaces scale to the very large number of processors. Feedback
on the limitations of this environment will be used to provide input
into development activities needed to make future petaflops systems a
reality. A third focus of activities in FY06 will address providing the
operating system environment for any scalable units of the projected new
capacity systems. Replacement of the security DCE software layer and
integration with future enterprise-wide security software is also a
priority effort of this project.

Preliminary planned LLNL activities in FY07 will focus on taking the
system components for each of the systems (Purple, BlueGene/L, new
capacity) to the next level of maturity and scale. It is expected that
there will be some activity around increased commonality of the tri-lab
system software stack, increased emphasis on completeness of the Open
Source environment and further integration with the enterprise security
software. There will also be effort related to interaction with the ASC
platform products (1.5.4.1, 1.5.4.2, 1.5.4.3) to research and plan for
future platforms.

##### 1.5.4.4.2 Code Development and Performance Environment for Scalable Systems (LLNL)

This LLNL project provides the Code Development Tools for all the major
platforms at LLNL, supports user and code productivity through the tools
environment, research and planning for new tools and future
environments, and collaborations with external sources of tools such as
the platform partners (especially IBM), independent software vendors
(for example, Etnus and ParaTools), and academic sources of development
tools. The project supports activities to apply these tools directly to
user codes to understand and improve code performance and provide the
customer-based feedback needed to plan future improvements to the
environment. In addition, the project handles all bug reports, user
trouble reports, and interactions with the software provider to fix
software problems.

The tools covered by this project include, but are not limited to,
compilers, debuggers, performance assessment tools and interfaces,
memory tools, interfaces to the parallel environment, code analysis
tools, and associated run time library work, with explicit focus on the
development environment for the large scale parallel platforms. This
project does not cover the development environment for workstations or
other special purpose systems.

Primary LLNL activities in FY06 will focus on providing all capabilities
of the project for the ASC Purple system and the ASC BlueGene/L system.
Emphasis will be on completeness and reliability of the code development
and performance environment for Purple, leading up to the full tri-lab
environment supporting the level 1 Purple general availability
milestone. Emphasis for BlueGene/L will be in providing a stable
environment and learning how the environment/applications scale to the
very large number of processors. Feedback on the limitations of this
environment will be used to provide input into development activities
needed to make future petaflops systems a reality. A third focus of
activities in FY06 will address providing the expected environment for
any scalable units of the projected new capacity systems. Underlying all
of these activities will be direct customer support for the ASC code
teams as well as development of new techniques for improving the
robustness and performance of ASC codes on all platforms. User
assistance, trouble reports, and interaction with vendors to improve or
fix software products will continue to be an important aspect of LLNL
service to the users

Preliminary planned LLNL activities in FY07 will focus on taking the
code development and performance environment for each of the systems
(Purple, BlueGene/L, new capacity) to the next level of maturity and
scale. It is expected that there will be some activity around improving
the commonality of the tri-lab code development environment software
stack and increased emphasis on completeness of the open source
environment. There will also be effort related to interaction with the
ASC platform products (1.5.4.1, 1.5.4.2, 1.5.4.3) to research and plan
for future platforms, both capability and advanced architectures. All
user and platform support activities will continue.

##### 1.5.4.4.3 System Software and Tools Advanced Development (LANL)

This project produces production grade software for scalable Linux
System management (Science Appliance), Scalable, Portable, Fault
Tolerant MPI-2 Message Passing Library (Open MPI) with its supporting
run-time environment (Open RTE), a parallel aware IDE for enhanced
productivity (Eclipse), and an automated tracking and characterization
system for end user simulations and their data generation process
(Alexandria). This project covers the full software life cycle of these
products, from requirements gathering to software maintenance.

Capabilities:

-   Science Appliance: It (v9fs) provides fast, reliable, simple
    communications between cluster nodes, and will be the backbone of
    the newer Science Appliance software (Xcpu). This work is being done
    jointly with IBM.

-   Open MPI: Provides a scalable, portable, high-performance,
    Heterogeneous, Fault-tolerant MPI-2 implementation. The
    implementation is highly configurable, using a Component
    Architecture approach to support a variety of implementations of a
    given feature within the same library, and is being developed as
    part of an international collaboration. This library provides
    support for messaging across multiple networks in a single job.

-   Alexandria: An infrastructure for the collection of input and
    process information to determine the impact of software bugs and
    support reproducibility. An analysis tool to support profiling
    application deployment information at a global level across
    platforms and development tool usage.

-   Eclipse: Provides an Open-Source, multi-platform, industry
    supported, parallel core set of integrated developer tools,
    including an editor with advanced features, debugging tools, build
    system and performance analysis tools.

Planned activities in FY06:

-   Science Appliance: Verify v9fs functionality, extend Linux /proc to
    support Xcpu---a Linux Module version of BProc which does not
    require kernel patches---requirement, develop Xcpu, and work on
    scalability and reliability of this product.

-   Open MPI: Add support for the MPI-2 one-sided and memory allocation
    API\'s, production grade port to the Purple and Red Storm platforms,
    InfiniBand specific collective optimization using the InfiniBand
    specific network features, latency and bandwidth performance
    optimizations, and continued production hardening of the code base.

-   Alexandria: Provide an initial system release supporting
    characterization and analysis through call interception,
    characterization through parallel file signature generation,
    completion of un-optimized implementation of OO-database for data,
    and initial analysis tool development. Initial user (friendly)
    implementation across the simulation framework (all input processes
    that feed a simulation). Establish base infrastructure
    implementation, open / secure server implementations, and initial
    storage deployment.

-   Eclipse: Improve functionality to support parallel job
    scheduling/resource allocation, and support for external runtimes
    and monitoring systems (for example, supermon). Improve parallel
    debugger user interface functionality, integrate of parallel debug
    model with platform debug model, improve scalability/functionality
    of parallel debug infrastructure, and improve
    efficiency/functionality of data handling services. Develop services
    to support integration of performance and other tools, and develop
    common AST for C, C++, and Fortran, support for external generation
    of AST, and Fortran-specific tool support.

-   All tools: Software release and regression testing, cross functional
    test code development, and documentation. Second line s/w support,
    including bug fixes, and full system debugging.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include Science Appliance
(Production integration of Xcpu); Open MPI (optimizations for collective
operations, ports to additional platforms and interconnects, OpenRTE
productization as needed); Alexandria (development to expanded usage
model to other areas other than simulation frameworks); and Eclipse
(Enhanced debugger, remote job services, language support, and
simplified deployment).

##### 1.5.4.4.4 Performance Enhancements of ASC Weapons Performance Codes (LANL)

This project undertakes a systematic examination of the performance
issues in the ASC code products. This includes characterization of the
current state of code performance, analysis of the performance data,
making recommendations on code improvement, and applying the state of
the art tools and analysis to code optimization. This is an ongoing
effort to aid the code teams and their users in making informed
decisions regarding algorithms and compute platforms.

The project will be able to provide a basis for making informed decision
in areas involving code optimization and performance prediction. This
will allow developers of the codes to better direct their computer
science resources, and will allow users of the codes to make informed
estimates of the computer resources required to complete a proposed
study.

In FY06, the project will concentrate on two goals: completing a
baseline characterization of the computational performance of the main
ASC weapons performance codes, and using the knowledge gained from those
studies to recommend optimizations. Such recommendations will include
estimates of the effort required to make any modifications proposed and
the expected benefit. In addition, a baseline productivity of the
end-to-end use of these codes will be performed. This will form the
baseline for addressing productivity issues in the creation and use of
these codes.

In FY07, based on the work in FY06, this project will design and
implement one or more modifications to the ASC weapons performance codes
with the goal of improving code performance. It will also provide access
to training in optimization for the code developers, and repeat the
performance assessment, using the process developed in FY06.

##### 1.5.4.4.5 Application and System Performance Analysis (LANL)

The project concerns itself with the performance of large-scale systems
and applications. The workload consists of realistic, full-blown
applications both classified and unclassified, from the tri-lab
community, with an emphasis on LANL's systems and applications. The
machines under considerations are all platforms of interest to the ASC
program, capacity, capability and advanced architectures.

In the project we develop methodologies for performance analysis, and
analyze, measure, model and suggest solutions for optimizing performance
of large-scale machines and applications of interest to the ASC program
at large. We continue to develop and refine unique capabilities related
to modeling of apps and systems. Our models are the tools of choice that
we utilize for our work. They capture the workload (realistic apps) and
we apply them to analyze and predict performance when changes are needed
in the app or in the machine or to predict performance on architectures
that don't exist. Through our work we offer insight into performance
issues, answering authoritatively and quantitatively the "why" question
related to performance findings. We have the capability of investigating
"what if" type of scenarios, what the impact on performance would be
from various changes in the app or system. We can "baseline" performance
by quantitatively and accurately predicting what the performance of apps
on large-scale machines should be. We explore the root causes when
predicted performance is not achieved and suggest, and in many cases
implement, changes in the system to optimize performance. We report,
through publications in best scientific venues, and through technical
reports on timely topics. The output from our work is widely utilized to
guide decisions within ASC related to various strategies contemplated by
the program. In addition, work in this area will support Advanced
Architecture work.

In FY06 the project will develop performance models of Milagro (LANL),
Alegra (Sandia), and of a LANL classified application. It will measure,
model, and analyze the ASC capacity cluster solutions, as well as Purple
and the full Red Storm system. It will, also, benchmark and analyze a
variety of advanced architectures and vendor solutions for current and
future architectures. The project will deliver on a performance analysis
of the ASC capacity systems level 2 milestone, and several lower-level
supporting milestones. Through quantitative performance analysis, we'll
help guide decisions related to capacity cluster procurements and system
software strategy for ASC.

In FY07 the project anticipates work on an level 2 milestone related to
performance of all credible bids for the next ASC capability purchase.

##### 1.5.4.4.6 Fault-Tolerant and High Performance System Software (LANL)

This project will develop system and user-level software and
technologies to incorporate fault-tolerance features into current and
future computer systems. In addition, functionality that enables better
utilization of system resources to enhance application performance will
be developed.

This project will continue to enhance critical system software
components including Linux System management software (Science
Appliance), Message Passing software (Open MPI), and file system
software (PVFS2).

In FY06 work will done to improve overall system fault tolerance. This
includes work on automatic (no application changes) recovery from
Network Interface Card failures in Open MPI, initial work on MPI process
migration in anticipation of failure, and file system fault tolerance
using PVFS2 as the virtual layer to allow this. The process migration
work includes changes to Open MPI to allow for changing the network
addressing without any application code modifications (hooks are already
in the base design and implementation), work in Open MPI's run-time
layer (Open RTE) to collect run-time statistics and decide when failure
is expected, incorporating the ability to freeze a running process and
migrate it, notification to the running MPI processes that addressing
has changed (mechanism implemented already), and modifications to PVFS2
to handle the new file descriptors that are created as a result of
process migration. Work to improve the system performance includes the
implementation of the PVFS2 file system on top of a global file system
to allow for caching at the PVFS2 level to allow for caching to improve
file system I/O by properly aligning the data actually sent to disc, as
well as buffering data for optimally sized writes. Btime will be
integrated into the Science Appliance environment and integrated with
the Cray enhancements to the Linux scheduler to reduce the O/S
interference with the application, and keep it basically independent of
the size of the job by ensuring the application process are schedule by
the kernels to run at the same time. Finally, work will begin to
understand the costs of scheduling a user-level process once an
interrupt is received, with the aim of eventually reducing the interrupt
costs to be bellow that of the network latency to make asynchronous
message passing efficient, and to allow for effectively overlapping
communications and computation.

In FY07 the plans are to finish prototype implementation of automated
MPI process migration. Work is also planned to improve remote job
execution, including investigation of process migration between
clusters, pre-positioning remote data, and routing remote network
traffic for job management and monitoring purposes. Work is also planned
to improve the scalability of the system management tools.

##### 1.5.4.4.7 Technology Development for Capability and Capacity Systems (SNL)

This project supports both capability and capacity system software
development. The capability portion of this project has three primary
elements: 1) Continued support for Red Storm Risk Mitigation activities,
2) Development of Virtual Node support in Catamount for dual-core
Opterons, and 3) Coordination and Integration of Scalable I/O and Lustre
capabilities developed by the 1.5.4.5 product area with the Lustre
Parallel File system capabilities provided by Cray.

This project provided the technical foundation to meet the Red Storm
Initial Operation level 2 milestone in 2QFY05. In FY06, we will provide
system software support to transition Red Storm to General Availability
and support evaluation of advanced interconnect technologies for next
generation Capability Systems. If the planned processor upgrade to
dual-core Opterons does not occur in FY06, by FY07 the upgrade will
occur with a corresponding upgrade in memory. This project will provide
the support within Catamount for dual-core Opterons and larger memory
nodes.

The capacity portion of this project is focused on developing
enhancements in application performance, scalability and reliability
that will allow capacity systems to address our mid-range capability
workload. This project will have several components: 1) Cheshire runtime
for integration into large-scale clusters, 2) OpenIB support and
extensions, for example, support for high performance interconnect
capabilities, 3) PCI Express drivers for Open Catamount light weight
kernel, 4) management and integration tools for capacity systems and 5)
RAS sub-system capabilities.

In FY06, this project will develop capabilities that are specifically
targeted at improving the scalability and reliability of the Thunderbird
cluster over the baseline performance of the Dell/Intel/Topspin
commodity software stack. Should the TLCC procurement take place in
FY06, this project will define the system software stack that SNL will
propose for deployment on the TLCC. A key focus area for this year is
the development of a RAS subsystem capability for large-scale capacity
systems.

In the FY07 timeframe we expect to have a system software stack that
meets our scalability and reliability performance requirements that
allow capacity systems meet Sandia's needs for our mid-range capability
workload.

##### 1.5.4.4.8 ASC Programming Tools Project (SNL)

This project is concerned with providing programmers with the required
tools to aid them in making their code reliable and efficient.
Programming tools for the ASC program have unique requirements
including: coexistence with MPI, scalability to tens of thousands of
processors, and operability on ASC platforms, which, in some cases, run
operating systems unique to HPC platforms.

The sorts of tools required fall broadly into two categories,
performance analysis tools and debugging tools. Performance analysis
tools can be separated into tools for examining how well a program
utilizes a processor and tools for examining how efficiently a program
uses the communication network. Debugging tools can be divided into
traditional debuggers, memory debugging tools, and code coverage tools.
Traditional debuggers (for example, TotalView) permit programmers to
step through the execution of a program and inspect data. Memory
debugging tools (for example, Valgrind) provide more detailed
information debuggers by catch illegal reads and writes earlier in
program execution than traditional debuggers can. Code coverage tools
(for example, Javelina) make sure all code is executed during regression
testing to ensure that all potential bugs are exposed.

In FY06, the primary objective for this project is to establish, by
supplementing vendor supplied tools and developing new functionality
where needed, a complete suite of application performance analysis and
debugging tools for Sandia application development environments. The SNL
ASC Programming Tools Project is involved in the following activities to
ensure that ASC programmers have the necessary tools to provide
efficient and reliable programs:

-   Participate in the oversight of tri-lab contracts for tool
    development. Contracts that are currently in place include: Intel
    (Intel Trace Collector), Etnus (TotalView), OpenWorks (Valgrind),
    and SGI (Open-Source Speedshop).

-   Exploration of better ways to characterize application performance.
    This work is done primarily through our SNL developed tool: VProf.

-   Selective deployment of preliminary tool releases to code teams for
    evaluation and testing. These tools are deployed on the ICC and
    information is made available to developers through the Tools
    Portal: [http://tools.ca.sandia.gov](http://tools.ca.sandia.gov/).

-   This work is done in close collaboration with LANL and LLNL to
    ensure that we can efficiently provide programming tools with little
    redundant effort.

In FY07, new versions of tools, including Open-Source Speedshop and
Valgrind, will be tested and deployed on Sandia machines. Training in
the use of these and other tools will be provided. Modules to assist
users in understanding performance tools results will be developed for
Open-Source Speedshop.

##### 1.5.4.4.9 Development of Tools to Collect Standardized RAS Metrics and Control Red Storm's Capability Usage Performance (SNL)

This is a new project with two parts: to develop tools that will measure
Red Storm and Sandia's capacity systems RAS performance, and to develop
tools that will measure how Red Storm is meeting the ASC capability
usage performance policy directive---80 percent of Red Storm's usage
must be by jobs that use 40 percent or more of the available system
nodes.

Tools are needed to measure our standardized RAS performance metrics in
a manner that allows comparison across different systems. These tools
will also be useful to understand the cost/benefit of pursuing the
development of active RAS sub-systems. These tools will also support the
ability to establish a standardized set of RAS metrics that can be
measured for all ASC systems.

Initial work has been carried out to develop standardized definitions
for RAS metrics that can be applied to Sandia capability and capacity
systems. The time-consuming part of implementing RAS metrics involves
working with system administrators to annotate log-file anomalies. The
development of tools to help automate the collection of RAS metrics will
be required to increase acceptance and adoption of RAS performance
requirements for both ASC and the HPC community at large.

A key goal for FY06 will be to review the current work on RAS metrics
with the tri-lab ASC community and try to establish consensus on an ASC
standard.

In FY07, longer term, we will know our goal has been met when HPC
vendors are as interested in touting their RAS performance as their
Linpack performance.

Tools are needed to measure our capability usage performance metric and
provide resource management control to maintain or increase priority on
Red Storm's capability workload. This effort will provide measurements
of Red Storm's capability usage performance metric and develop at least
a couple of PBS queuing policy implementations that can be used to
foster Red Storm's ability to meet the ASC capability usage performance
goals.

In FY06, this product will provide the ASC program with a measure of Red
Storm's capability usage performance and a means for biasing the Red
Storm workload to favor capability jobs.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07, if required, will include more
proactive steps can be taken to prioritize capability jobs by limiting
backfill, factoring job size and capability usage performance as
considerations for establishing job priority.

#### WBS 1.5.4.5: Input/Output, Storage Systems, and Networking

This level 4 product provides I/O (input/output, or data transfer)
storage infrastructure in balance with all platforms and consistent with
integrated system architecture plans. The procurement of all supporting
subsystems, and data transfer, storage systems and infrastructures
occurs through this product. The scope of this product includes
planning, research, development, procurement, hardware maintenance,
integration and deployment, continuing product support, and quality and
reliability activities, as well as industrial and academic
collaborations. Projects and technologies include high-performance
parallel file systems, hierarchical storage management systems,
storage-area-networks, network-attached-storage (NAS), and HPSS or
future hierarchical storage management system disks, tape, robotics,
servers, and media. This product also includes relevant prototype
deployment and testbed activities. Projects and technologies in the
advanced networking and interconnect areas shall include networking and
interconnect architectures, emerging networking hardware technologies
and communication protocols, network performance/security
monitoring/analysis tools, and high performance encryption and security
technologies.

**I/O, Storage Systems, and Networking Deliverables for FY06**

-   LLNL-specific I/O, storage systems, and networking deliverables for
    FY06 will provide appropriate throughput to/from storage and storage
    capacity, appropriate access to and capacity for global file
    systems, and appropriate inter-site access to resources via
    encrypted WANs.

-   In FY06 SNL will provide I/O, storage, and local and WAN for the Red
    Storm computational, visualization, and data services resources. The
    file systems project will assist Cray with the deployment of the I/O
    library (SYSIO) and Lustre file system on Red Storm; and assist
    application and application library developers with performance
    optimization for the parallel file system and I/O libraries on Red
    Storm.

-   The archive systems project will deliver upgraded version 6.2 HPSS
    systems, and migrate the data transfer agent to production on Red
    Storm.

-   The advanced networking project will deliver a completed 25 GB/sec
    infrastructure for the classified Red Storm to the data services
    cluster; demonstrated Red Storm access at the committed rate of 100
    megabytes per second from tri-labs via the DisCom network; a robust,
    integrated, tri-lab security infrastructure using Kerberos and LDAP
    services; an OpenIB open source InfiniBand software stack that meets
    ASC HPC performance requirements; and a number of analyses and
    reports on next-generation parallel file system and networking
    technologies for a petaflops computing environment.

**Strategy to Deliver I/O, Storage Systems, and Networking for
FY06--FY07**

-   Ensure that research efforts and architecture and procurement
    decisions for these subsystems are made with a complete
    understanding of vendors' R&D and product roadmap and pricing; a
    thorough characterization of the product performance, reliability,
    manageability, and interoperability through testing and analysis;
    sustaining key industrial and academic collaborations; and a
    balanced and integrated planning effort considering the requirements
    all resources and funding allocation.

-   Work in close collaboration with commercial vendors and the HPC
    community, to influence technology maturation and leverage the
    investments of a very large community.

##### 1.5.4.5.1 Archival Storage (LLNL)

The Archival Storage Project provides end-to-end long-term, reliable,
high performance, archival storage services to ASC customers. This
includes all development, deployment, and support of scalable archival
storage software and interfaces for tri-lab ASC customers on the
unclassified and classified networks. It also includes the selection,
procurement, deployment, support, and maintenance of all archival
storage hardware and storage media and the ongoing technology refresh
and data stewardship necessary to safeguard and maintain the fruits of
ASC platform and science investment.

The Archival Storage Project provides state-of-the-art archival storage
of data for ASC customers at all three laboratories. The project
develops, deploys and maintains the HPSS in concert with five DOE
laboratories and IBM Global Services. HPSS provides a unique blend of
scalable, parallel archival storage interfaces and services to customers
running at all three ASC centers. Rather than constraining data transfer
to the speed of a single storage device, HPSS is designed to distribute
data across a configurable amount of storage units and to remove other
limits to scaling including number of files, directories, concurrent
users.

To supply the performance necessary to offload ASC platforms, and not
hinder computation, a world-class array of storage hardware is deployed
and supported underneath HPSS. This includes high performance disk
arrays, tape subsystems, mover nodes, storage-area-networks, networks,
robotics and petabytes of media. Together, this hardware and software
supports unlimited storage for an unlimited amount of time at speeds in
excess of 1.5 gigabyte per second, as of FY05.

In FY06, the development arm of the project will focus on engineering
HPSS Release 7.1 (R7.1), which will focus on greatly improving
performance of both small and large files and transaction rates.
Operationally, HPSS Release 6.2 (R6.2), which removes the dependence on
DCE and provides full Linux support, will be deployed on both
unclassified and classified networks through two carefully planned
conversion efforts. The hardware and software required to provide
support for Purple and BlueGene/L production operation will be deployed
and supported.

In FY07, the development of HPSS R7.1 will be completed and the product
will be released for deployment in ASC centers. The tri-lab requirements
process for HPSS R8.1 will be launched. While fielding the required
hardware in support of ASC platforms, the local HPSS teams will work to
integrate HPSS with the centers' scalable global file system.

##### 1.5.4.5.2 File Systems (LLNL)

The File Systems project provides for the development, testing (feature,
capability, and performance), procurement, integration, and ongoing
support of various file system technologies and interfaces necessary for
the efficient and effective use of ASC high-performance platforms.
Included is the continuing development and support of Lustre as a fully
featured file system for the range of ASC capability and capacity
platforms, the deployment and support of GPFS on the ASC IBM platforms
(White and Purple), and the deployment and support of ubiquitous NAS
services for home, project, and scratch space. A critical component
addressed by the Scalable I/O effort (SIOP) is the testing,
benchmarking, and support of various programming interfaces for parallel
I/O.

This project deploys and supports large-scale, high-performance Lustre
and GPFS file systems for ASC platforms as well as high-availability NAS
file systems for home and project space, and scratch space for serial
capacity clusters. Total disk capacity at the end of FY05 under Lustre
is approximately 1.5 petabytes with the addition of BlueGene/L and 2.3
petabytes under GPFS with Purple. NAS services provides highly-available
home and project space using the NFSv3 protocol that shared among all
resources on each of the classified and unclassified networks to enable
transparent file sharing between platforms. SIOP addresses the problem
of I/O capability by supporting several standard programming interfaces
for parallel I/O and by helping developers of applications and
high-level I/O libraries use parallel I/O effectively as well as
providing expertise in I/O and file system stability and reliability
testing, and performance characterization.

The planned activities in FY06 are to deploy into production Lustre
version 1.6 and the first instance of a shared Lustre file system on the
classified network. We will complete through the HP/CFS PathForward
Lustre development on clustered metadata, global namespace, security,
and OpenIB deliverables as well as full regression testing of all
features and functions developed as part of this effort. We will deploy
large-scale Lustre (on BlueGene/L) and GPFS (on Purple) file systems and
conduct tests to ensure that their stability, reliability, and
performance characteristics meet expected metrics. We will begin testing
and evaluation of NFSv4 for production use possibly replacing the
current NFSv3-based NAS. Ongoing support of currently deployed NAS
services and capabilities will continue. We will begin investigation and
analysis of new technologies in the areas of NAS data redundancy (on
center critical systems) and NAS backup technologies. We will accomplish
NAS server consolidation where possible to reduce administration and
maintenance.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include deploying into production
Lustre version 2.0 resulting from the HP/CFS PathForward project; begin
deploying NFSv4 as a replacement for current NFSv3-based NAS services;
continued ongoing support of currently deployed NAS services and
capabilities; and investigation and analysis expanding existing
environments, based on center wide increases in compute capabilities.

##### 1.5.4.5.3 Networking and Testbeds (LLNL)

The LLNL Networking and Testbeds project provides research, performance
testing, capability testing, and analysis for the file system, network,
and interconnect sub-systems in support of current and future systems
and environments. This work relies heavily on an adequately provisioned
testbed, skilled staff, and collaborations with vendors.

This project will test various hardware and software components to
quantify the features, performance, reliability, security, and
interoperability of the products and broader technology base. The
information acquired as a result of this project will be used to help
determine an integrated architecture and resultant procurements for
these sub-systems.

In FY06, in support of the milestones---"Develop strategies for
deploying and operating a petaflops-class compute resource by 2010,"
"Complete the hardware and software environment for BlueGene/L and
Purple," and "Ready the Purple system for general availability"---and
the tri-lab Linux capacity cluster, this project will perform research
and testing for technologies and products pertaining to interconnects,
local and WANs and IP NSA Type 1 encryptors, and file system servers,
clients and disks. Results of these efforts will optimize the
functionality, performance, reliability, manageability, and security of
the I/O services supporting these computing systems.

Preliminary planned LLNL activities in FY07 will further leverage
tri-lab activities in I/O related hardware and software, and seek to
improve the reliability, performance and manageability of the I/O
sub-systems in production. Additionally, this project will perform
research and testing to determine what technologies and products should
be considered for insertion into production to meet the growing I/O
performance and capacity requirements.

##### 1.5.4.5.4 Archival Storage (LANL)

This project provides end-to-end long-term, reliable, high performance
archival storage services to ASC customers. This includes all
development, deployment, and support of scalable archival storage
software and interfaces for tri-lab ASC customers. This project is
responsible for all hardware, software, and storage media provided to
ASC customers to enable the storing of dozens of petabytes of ASC
program data at rates of an order of magnitude greater than current
commercial systems provide.

The Archival Storage Project provides state-of-the-art archival storage
of data for ASC customers at all three laboratories. The project
develops, deploys and maintains the HPSS in concert with five DOE
laboratories and IBM Global Services. HPSS provides a unique blend of
scalable, parallel archival storage interfaces and services to customers
running at all three ASC centers. HPSS is designed to distribute user
data across a configurable amount of storage devices to enable high
performance data transfer as file sizes, and file system and network
capabilities continue to increase. The project also develops, deploys
and maintains the Parallel Storage Interface (PSI), which provides
multi-node and other unique data transfer operations to LANL ASC users
of HPSS. PSI enables scalable high performance data transfer operations
to or from HPSS given LANL's specific network, file system, and
computational platform implementation.

In FY06 this project will deliver and deploy a new version of HPSS to
eliminate dependency on DCE software, design, develop, document and test
HPSS version 7.1 to improve small file performance with HPSS, and
provide a new version of PSI to address FY05 user requirements as
determined by the ACE requirements gathering process. It will deploy
purchased storage technologies, provide on-going support of the
production HPSS archive, and plan and implement remote area disaster
protection of mission critical ASC user data. In addition the HPSS/PSI
resource manager will be developed to increase HPSS availability while
enabling necessary system maintenance operations.

In FY07 this project will initiate next generation archive planning. It
will also support future HPSS development to meet user requirements,
support the production HPSS archive, and deploy purchased storage
technologies. It will continue to development, deploy and support the
user interface to HPSS to meet the ongoing needs of the user community.

##### 1.5.4.5.5 File Systems and Input/Output (LANL) 

The File Systems and I/O Project provides end-to-end, high-performance
networking and scalable I/O infrastructure for ASC program. It also
delivers high bandwidth low latency interconnect technologies for the
ASC compute platforms. The ASC program requires system and storage area
network bandwidths at over 100 gigabytes per second, global file system
I/O rates beyond 100 gigabytes per second, and latencies in the 1
microsecond range. All this performance must be provided in an
integrated, usable, and secure way. Data transfer and storage
bottlenecks are now a critical concern for current-generation,
high-performance computing environments. Successfully meeting the ASC
programmatic milestones requires carefully balanced environments in
which the I/O infrastructure scales proportionally with increased ASCI
platform capabilities and application data needs.

This project is a coordination point for planning of all online storage,
network, and data movement activities within the ASC program at LANL.
These capabilities include online file systems such as the NFS complex
and local supercomputer file systems, GPFSs development, deployment and
management, scalable I/O middleware development and support,
interconnect technology development and deployment, and storage Area
Networking development and deployment.

In FY06 this project will handle NFS support including planning for
first generation scalable NFS and NFSv4 deployment, Panasas file system
support, maintenance, regression testing, MPI-IO support, and
enhancement for small and unaligned I/O, including development, testing,
and deployment. In addition, it will deploy OpenMPI and OpenIB on new
InfiniBand Clusters, implement the next phases of the PaScalBB to
provide file system and archive bandwidth, and investigate alternative
interconnects such as Quadrics, Myrinet, Infiniband, and 10 GigE.

In FY07 the project plans a study of possible next generation archival
technologies and direct attached File Transfer Agents. It also plans to
work on Panasas scalable metadata deployment and a demonstration of
remote directory memory access (RDMA) data movement capability,
deployment of a full collaborative caching layer in MPI-IO. It also
plans to demonstrate the next generation InfiniBand technology, and
deploy NFSv4.

##### 1.5.4.5.6 File Systems (SNL)

The file systems project provides scalable I/O infrastructure for ASC
and SSP computations such as coupled multi-physics simulations, and for
shared use of resources such as distance computing on 10--100 teraflops
systems. These often involve high fidelity, full system simulation
capabilities. The project works with vendors and researchers to provide
reliable, high-performance easily used scalable I/O libraries and file
systems that make optimum use of disk I/O rates of 25 gigabytes per
second and beyond. In addition, it educates users on how to ensure
optimum I/O performance from their applications.

The scalable I/O libraries work contributes to the integration of
current and future compute platforms, visualization rendering engines,
and data management pre- and post-processor servers. To support advanced
data management capabilities, the project works to ensure that
higher-level I/O libraries effectively use the lower level software and
capabilities. In particular, the layers of the tri-lab high-level I/O
model (for example, SAF or UDM, HDF5, MPI-I/O, industry and research
file systems) must work well together on all ASC platforms.

A number of different technologies are being developed. Specialized I/O
libraries on Red Storm allow high performance access to I/O services
from compute nodes running the Catamount lightweight kernel environment.
On Linux platforms and nodes, a number of competing technologies capable
of supporting network-attached high-performance parallel file systems,
such as Lustre and Panasas, are being integrated and further developed
to meet the demanding needs of the ASC HPC environment.

The ASC computing environment is slowly moving from closely coupled
storage and compute architectures to scalable, secure, shareable
storage, separate from and shared among multiple compute platforms, as
the ASC user moves from model pre-processing to simulation to analysis
and visualization. A number of candidate future technologies are being
developed in this project and others to enable this common
high-performance storage vision.

In FY06, a critical activity will be performance and reliability testing
of parallel file systems (Lustre File System and Panasas File System)
and intermediate I/O libraries (MPI-IO and parallel HDF5) from vendors
and researchers. The project provides feedback to those vendors and
researchers to assist them in improving their product for Sandia\'s
environment. Another critical activity is assisting application and
application library developers with performance optimization for the
parallel file systems and I/O libraries on HPC platforms. The project
will continue research in parallel file systems (such as Lustre,
Panasas, Terragrid and GPFS), working with vendors and researchers, for
the future generation of petaflops systems. These research areas
include: Parallel NFS (PNFS); integration of Northwestern's I/O library
research into MPI-IO; monitoring development work on HDF5 and MPI-IO
libraries to focus on ASC needs; influencing POSIX standards to create a
better interface for parallel I/O; and the use of PVFS2 as a research
parallel file system to guide next-generation research and development.

In FY07, it is expected that most of the FY06 research and development
of parallel file systems and I/O libraries will yield candidate
technologies for future petaflops systems. These technologies, coupled
with advances in network transport services, such as RDMA and service
guarantees, will create new opportunities to push the state-of-the-art
in I/O.

##### 1.5.4.5.7 Archive Systems (SNL)

The archive systems project provides economic storage for extremely
large sets of data produced by ASC computational users. The current
archive system of choice in the tri-lab environment is the HPSS. HPSS is
a hierarchical storage manager comprised of disk cache and tape storage
systems that provides end-to-end long-term, reliable, high performance,
archival storage services to ASC customers. This includes all
development and deployment of scalable archival storage software and
interfaces for tri-lab ASC customers on the Secure Restricted Network
(SRN) and Secure Classified Network (SCN).

HPSS provides state-of-the-art archival storage of data for ASC
customers at all three laboratories. The Project develops and deploys
the HPSS in concert with five DOE laboratories and IBM Global Services.
HPSS provides a unique blend of scalable, parallel archival storage
interfaces and services to customers running at all three ASC centers.
Rather than constraining data transfer to the speed of a single storage
device, HPSS is designed to distribute data across a configurable amount
of storage units and to remove other limits to scaling including number
of files, directories, and concurrent users.

In order to supply the performance necessary to offload ASC platforms,
and not hinder computation, a world-class array of storage hardware is
deployed and supported underneath HPSS. This includes high performance
disk arrays, tape subsystems, mover nodes, storage-area-networks,
networks, robotics, and petabytes of media. Together, this hardware and
software supports unlimited storage for an unlimited amount of time at
speeds in excess of 1.5 gigabytes per second (as of FY05).

Planned activities in FY06 include performing final testing of HPSS
version 6.2 and providing for general availability and deployment of
this release (removing a dependency on DCE and providing full Linux
support). The tri-labs and IBM Houston will focus on engineering HPSS
release 7.1 by defining requirements. For Red Storm the Transfer Agent
will be migrated to production.

Preliminary Planned Activities in FY07 include design, coding, testing,
and deploying version 7.1 on all HPSS systems; and work with the
tri-labs and IBM Houston to define version 8.1 requirements.

##### 1.5.4.5.8 Advanced Networking (SNL)

The advanced networking project provides key foundational network and
communication related technologies and services to enable the seamless
integration of file systems, archives systems, and ASC compute resources
from the user\'s desktop to the most powerful capability platforms like
Red Storm.

Currently, the advanced networking project is composed of five main
thrusts:

-   High-performance protocols and transport technologies to access
    network-attached storage in the local and wide areas.

-   The continued development of a robust, high performance network
    infrastructure from the system to the wide area that is capable of
    providing secure communications with well-understood service level
    characteristics for different traffic classes.

-   A security infrastructure to provide essential authentication and
    authorization services to the tri-lab community.

-   The development of open source networking and communication software
    to meet the most demanding performance requirements of the ASC
    program while leveraging the development investment of the entire
    HPC community.

-   The development of algorithms and data analysis tools for monitoring
    the performance of ASC applications and services.

This project is focused on the development of advanced network hardware
and software capabilities from optimizing the Red Storm interconnect to
connectivity between Red Storm and RoSE resources to access via the
tri-lab DisCom WAN. With a broad range of the latest network
technologies such as IP encryption, 10 gigabytes per second ethernet,
InfiniBand, high-speed firewalls, service level guarantees, etc., this
project provides a robust, high performance network infrastructure
spanning latencies from a couple of microseconds to tens of
milliseconds. This network infrastructure requires status and
monitoring, and predictive modeling and simulation tools to efficiently
and proactively provision, configure, and diagnose problems with the
network at any level.

The security infrastructure capabilities include a Kerberos-based
authentication service, lightweight directory access protocol
(LDAP)-based directory services to be used for storing authorization
data, and administrative tools and services to support the
infrastructure over the tri-lab network environment.

The open source thrust enables ASC applications to more effectively
utilize, both capacity and capability resources. This work can be
leveraged across institutions and computing platforms. This project
works closely with the open source software community and Linux
distributors to incorporate HPC requirements into their software support
models.

On of the key tri-lab open source efforts is focused on the development
and delivery of a common InfiniBand software stack, capable of meeting
ASC performance and stability requirements for capacity and capability
systems, through the OpenIB InfiniBand Alliance. Through this activity
the tri-lab community has taken a leadership position by funding
HPC-specific development with a key InfiniBand vendor, Voltaire, and its
subcontractors, Cisco (Topspin) and Intel.

For the OpenIB effort, FY06 planned activities include further hardening
of the rapidly maturing second generation "gen2" code base on
large-scale systems of many hundreds to thousands of InfiniBand nodes,
as well as new development in a number of areas. These areas include
extensive diagnostic support at all levels of the "stack," support for
multi-path and traffic prioritization (such as, virtual lane to service
level mappings), support for machine booting over InfiniBand, new upper
level protocol development, as well as support for several new network
adapters (HCAs).

In general, the set of planned project activities in FY06 is quite large
and varied. The activities themselves range from next-generation
technology deployment to exploratory, advanced development to address
anticipated HPC performance and scalability needs. In terms of
deployment, a robust, integrated tri-lab security infrastructure based
upon Kerberos and LDAP will be finished in FY06. In the Red Storm
environment, a 25 gigabyte per second network infrastructure between the
classified Red Storm and data services cluster will be completed. In
terms of advanced development, some representative activities include
the investigation of next-generation, high speed security devices; the
engineering of guaranteed levels of network service in the tri-lab
environment; tool development for the real-time analysis of network
state and its effects on application performance; the evaluation and
development of RDMA transports from system area to WAN applications; and
software development to enable the highest levels of inter-process
communication.

Likewise, given the challenge of maintaining a balanced computing
infrastructure in a constantly evolving environment, the range of FY07
activities is anticipated to be as large and varied as it is in FY06. It
is anticipated that new technologies will be investigated and developed
to meet the ever-growing need for high performance networking at all
levels of the ASC computing infrastructure.

##### 1.5.4.5.9 Applications in Support of Manufacturing Production and Connectivity (Y-12)

This project will support the utilization of ASC codes and computing
resources to solve production manufacturing problems through modeling
and simulation. The project will include determination of optimal
methods for connecting to ASC computing resources and job submission,
execution and visualization.

FY06 planned activities include integrate Y-12 account management system
with ASC account requests; evaluate file transfer methods; develop
network infrastructure plan to support large file transfer; utilize
remote ASC resource for Manufacturing Casting Problem solution; and
participate in Nuclear Weapons Complex ASC activities.

Expected deliverables include file transfer method for large files;
documentation for network infrastructure upgrade; and results from
Manufacturing Casting Problem solution.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include participate in evaluation
of GigE encryptors; continue utilization of ASC resource for Production
Manufacturing problems; develop plan to integrate Y-12
compute/visualization resource with ASC environment; and participate in
Nuclear Weapons Complex ASC activities.

#### WBS 1.5.4.6: Pre- and Post-Processing Environments

This level 4 area provides integrated environments to support end-user
simulation set up, and post-processing visualization, data analysis and
data management. The scope of this product includes planning, research,
development, integration and deployment, continuing customer/product
support, and quality and reliability activities, as well as industrial
and academic collaborations. Projects and technologies include tools for
optimized problem set-up and meshing, metadata and scientific data
management, and application-specific and general-purpose visualization,
analysis, and comparison. Research includes innovative data access
methods and visualization of massive, complex data. Special focus will
be placed on tools for improving end-user productivity. Also included
are procurement, deployment, and support of office and collaborative
space visualization displays, mechanisms for image data delivery, and
custom graphics rendering hardware.

**Pre- and Post-Processing Deliverables for FY06**

-   Products and tools necessary to meet the LLNL FY06 Level 2 milestone
    "Deploy Next-generation Data and Visualization Capabilities for
    BlueGene/L and Purple Environments."

-   Contributions to the deployment of a Sandia-usable ASC Purple
    environment; prototype tools and/or techniques with applicability to
    V&V; general availability of Red Storm environment infrastructure;
    and initial design through analysis (DTA) environment release on
    Sandia's SCN.

**Strategy to Deliver Pre- and Post-Processing for FY06--FY07**

-   Coordinate efforts of four projects: Scientific Visualization,
    Scientific Data Management, Displays and Image Delivery, and Systems
    and Services Integration.

-   The tri-labs jointly support certain academic and industrial
    contracts for this product area (in addition to any lab-specific
    contracts). Academic partners currently include: University of Utah,
    for work relating to large data visualization and volume rendering;
    and Brown University, for work relating to immersive environments
    and advanced user interfaces. Key industrial partners are:
    Computational Engineering International, for customized development
    and support of the proprietary, production EnSight visualization
    tool suite; and Kitware, for customized development and support of
    the open source ParaView/Visualization Tool Kit system, which
    provides a foundation for active collaboration, prototyping and
    possible rapid delivery of advanced capabilities.

##### 1.5.4.6.1 Scientific Visualization (LLNL)

The Scientific Visualization Project is tasked with providing high-end
rendering, compositing, and analysis capabilities for all levels of
scientific simulation within the Defense and Nuclear Technologies (DNT)
Directorate at LLNL. This can be broken down into three activities:
computer graphics research, long-term exploration into data management
and rendering techniques; custom visualization application development,
providing tools that complement the scientists' existing toolset to
provide expanded capability; and visualization theater and
collaborative-space support infrastructure development. LLNL has ongoing
academic research collaborations with UC Davis (Dr. Ken Joy), Georgia
Tech (Dr. Jack Rossignac), and Duke University (Dr. Herbert
Edelsbrunner). LLNL also has an industrial development collaboration
with Tungsten Graphics for improved network drivers, compositing, and
better support for display lists and tiled stereo projection.

The team members of this project have extensive experience handling data
processing needs of DNT users. Our researchers are world-renowned for
their expertise with data and image compression, including on-the-fly
compression of very large datasets; work on multi-resolution streaming
architectures for data processing and visualization; topological
"summary" techniques for scientific datasets; and view-dependent
rendering and data management techniques. We have extensive experience
with parallel rendering techniques, both for tiled displays and
compositing architectures. The team exploits the latest capabilities of
clustering hardware, graphics processing unit advances, and parallel
storage systems. Our team also develops and maintains the software
infrastructure that supports our five Powerwalls. This software controls
the video switching infrastructure, interfaces with our institutional
job control system, and launches software services to provide
distributed rendering capabilities to our visualization theaters.

There are several projects started in FY05 that will be extended in
FY06. These include enhancing our simulated radiography work to support
scattering, improving our hardware-accelerated compositing work in the
VisIt tool, continued development of the Chromium Render Server for
remote desktop and tiled wall delivery, refinement of the
high-dimensional analysis capabilities in VisIt, and extending our
topology infrastructure to support new data analysis capabilities. We
will continue to work toward delivering capabilities within VisIt to
leverage its large installed user base. New activities that we will
embark on in FY06 include integration of the multi-resolution
capabilities of the ViSUS architecture into the VisIt visualization
system and extension of the rendering capabilities of VisIt to include
other technologies such as Chromium and/or ICE-T.

In FY07, hardware dedicated to compositing will likely available as
commodity components, possibly as cell processors. We hope to leverage
such technology to provide a generalized rendering and compositing
infrastructure for LLNL. In addition, we hope to deploy the Chromium
Render Server remote rendering system to address requirements-driven DNT
needs.

##### 1.5.4.6.2 Scientific Data Management (LLNL)

The Scientific Data Management Project is focused on providing users
with better ways to generate, organize, search, access, extract,
compare, track, and archive large-scale scientific data. This is
achieved through two major themes: metadata and data applications for
enhancing data access and organization, and data discovery techniques
and tools to represent, explore and extract pertinent information. The
metadata and data tools effort at LLNL develops production tools that
provide solutions for everyday data management needs, from organization
to movement to sharing. Its goal is to present the user with an
easy-to-use, consistent interface to data, regardless of location, and
to automate and simplify repetitive tasks. Data discovery develops
scalable algorithms for the interactive exploration of large, complex,
multi-dimensional scientific data. It applies and extends ideas from
data mining and pattern recognition in order to improve the way in which
scientists extract useful information from data.

The data and metadata tools team has expertise in data transport
protocols, graphical user interfaces, web technologies, data
representation, and advanced system architectures. This team developed
the Hopper file management tool and the SimTracker simulation data
management tool. Hopper features a sophisticated software infrastructure
allowing seamless interaction with many file archival and transfer
protocols, allowing the user to enjoy the same user interface no matter
where the data resides or where Hopper is running. Hopper provides
advanced data operations including synchronization, access checking, and
searching by attribute and content. SimTracker provides a web-based view
of a user's simulations, with powerful capabilities for archiving,
documenting, and sharing the data within a workgroup. Integration of a
comparison framework allows the user to easily invoke comparisons of
simulations, while access to external analysis tools is facilitated
through the SimTracker web interface. The data discovery effort focuses
on the Sapphire data mining project, which has expertise in data mining,
image analysis, video tracking, statistical techniques, and pattern
recognition. The algorithms (some of these have been issued patents) and
software in Sapphire are used for the comparison of simulations to
experiments, the analysis of experimental images to extract statistics
for use in building models, and feature extraction and tracking in data
from high fidelity simulations of fluid mix problems, utilizing Sapphire
capabilities in pattern recognition, advanced image processing, noise
removal, feature extraction and feature tracking.

FY06 activities in metadata and data tools will focus on addressing key
user requirements identified in the past year. These include: the
ability to create standalone transfer operations from which the
graphical user interface can be disconnected and later reconnected;
persistent operations capable of handling system and network
interruptions; and a command line mechanism that allows power users and
simulation codes to utilize Hopper's advanced data transfer and
connection infrastructure. For SimTracker, the focus area will be
providing a convenient way to create new simulation summaries from
online and archived data repositories. Sapphire will continue its
activities in data analysis, addressing problems of interest to DNT
scientists. Specifically, it will continue the comparisons of
simulations to experiments, the analysis of experimental images, and the
analysis of high-fidelity simulation data for use in building models.

For Hopper in FY07, we plan to provide transfer verification, regardless
of transfer type, assuring that each file was copied with no loss of
data. This includes using verification techniques provided by the
transport mechanism as well as externally applied techniques. In
addition, we plan to provide application programmer interfaces for other
languages to allow use of Hopper's data transfer and connection
infrastructure by other applications. In Sapphire, we plan to continue
analysis of experimental and simulation data as requested by DNT
scientists.

##### 1.5.4.6.3 Displays and Image Delivery (LLNL)

The Display and Image Delivery Project's systems include a broad array
of high resolution and high performance display devices and
tiled-display arrays for individual user offices and collaborative use
areas, together with the associated delivery systems for connecting
these to visualization platforms that are remote from them. Also
included within the scope of this project are the necessary switching
systems and control devices for these displays and visual arrays.

The display and image delivery systems permit DNT scientists and code
developers to exploit the power and performance of data analysis and
visualization servers for understanding and exploiting their simulation
results graphically with high-resolution displays. Both classified and
unclassified Powerwalls and collaborative facilities are provided, and
are co-located with these individuals.

FY06 activities will include upgrading and improving existing
capabilities, investigating and evaluating new capabilities, and
providing ongoing support and improved usability. Upgrades and new
improvements include deploying tiled displays for the B‑453
Visualization Developer Drop-In Center, deploying displays for the B‑453
classified collaborative facility, procuring and deploying
stereo-capable projection and image delivery system for the B‑132
Assessment Theater presentation projector, upgrading image delivery
system to support deployment of new visualization platform for driving
B‑132 Powerwall, and improving stereo capabilities of B‑453 Powerwalls
with support for deployment of stereo-capable graphics cards that
properly handle synchronization, enhancing usability of display
equipment in collaborative facilities and theaters with new or improved
control panel interfaces. Investigation and evaluation activities
include investigating technologies and designs for a B‑111 VWC PowerWall
upgrade, evaluating alternative or improved keyboard and mouse remote
delivery architectures and products (for example, USB-based), evaluating
improved image delivery technologies, and evaluating new display
products. Support, maintenance and usability activities include
providing support hardware and configurations for enhancements to the
Telepath resource management system, providing maintenance, improved
usability, incremental functionality enhancements, and user assistance
for all Powerwalls, other collaborative facilities and user office
display systems.

Planned FY07 activities are to procure and deploy a long-needed, but
delayed B‑111 VWC Powerwall projector upgrade, investigate providing
enhanced capabilities to other older visualization facilities as needed,
evaluate improved image delivery technologies and display products,
deploy improved image delivery technologies as needed, design, procure
and deploy alternative or improved keyboard and mouse remote delivery
products, provide maintenance, improved usability, incremental
functionality enhancements, and user assistance for all Powerwalls,
other collaborative facilities and user office display systems.

##### 1.5.4.6.4 Systems and Services Integration (LLNL)

The Systems and Services Integration Project is focused on two main
areas: visualization servers and operational support of the Pre- and
Post-Processing product resources for ASC computing customers. The
server effort includes architectural evaluations and planning, testbed
prototypes, component and system testing, and computer security planning
and execution, in addition to the deployment, system administration,
system debugging, and maintenance of visualization servers. Operational
support includes managing the use of five Powerwall facilities and the
associated servers, running video production labs, and applying and
consulting on software including resource management tools, movie
players, animation and visualization packages. The project also includes
liaison activities between ASC customers and Pre- and Post-Processing
projects, ensuring that tools and capabilities are meeting user
requirements and that they are easy to use.

The project has expertise in systems administration, software design and
development, a broad range of visualization hardware and software tools
and techniques, windowing systems, graphics processing units, video
production, computer animation and 3D modeling, user interfaces, and
software quality assurance. Hardware capabilities include five
production visualization servers that have a variety of central
processing units, interconnects, graphics cards, and disks. The Linux
clusters are connected to a Lustre file system and video display
infrastructure that drives Powerwalls and smaller displays. The project
maintains both an unclassified and classified video production lab, each
of which includes desktop systems with video editing software and an
assortment of video peripherals. Video production software includes 3D
modeling and animation packages, compositors, and related tools. We
install, maintain, and consult on a wide variety of software tools
(including EnSight, VisIt, IDL, Tecplot, AVS, and NCAR). We consult with
users on our tools including movie players (Blockbuster, xmovie),
visualization resource management software (telepath), software to run
tiled displays as one logical display (DMX), and other tools (ViSUS,
TeraScale Browser, and Hopper). The project supports demonstrations on
the PowerWall, and we have the capability to visualize simulation data
and create movies to be shown on Powerwalls or laptops. We also create
DVDs and videotapes as needed in addition to supporting live demos.

FY06 activities include production-level integration of a new
visualization server to support BlueGene/L. We will conduct
architectural evaluations of cluster technologies, followed by planning,
procurement, and deployment of clusters to run the 15-tile display in
the classified theater in B-132 and a development cluster on the open
side. We will address what hardware architecture can best drive the
office displays in Building 132 through a prototyping effort. We will
continue to maintain all of the visualization servers, and we will move
toward retirement of the remaining large classified SGI systems.
Priorities include applying visualization tools and techniques to the
large data sets that will be generated on BlueGene/L and Purple. We will
continue to provide consulting and support for graphics and video
production, and we will keep the production graphics software
environment current and consistent.

Planned FY07 activities will include continuing to support visualization
on the BlueGene/L visualization server and other platforms. We will
continue to conduct ongoing architectural evaluations and perform
architectural planning for future systems. We will continue to provide
consulting and support services in graphics and video production, and we
will continue to keep our production graphics software environment
current and consistent on the high-performance platforms, including the
compute servers.

##### 1.5.4.6.5 Production Visualization (LANL)

Visualization and visual analysis are essential tools needed by code
teams and designers in understanding the terabytes of data that are
generated in a single simulation run. The Production Visualization
Project provides visualization services from the machine to the desktop
for users in the ASC program. Most importantly, people funded by
Production Visualization work with code teams and designers to visualize
their datasets, train them so that they can visualize their own
datasets, assist them in using the large facilities, and assist in
giving briefings in the facilities to high-level visitors. Software
currently supported at full strength by the Production Visualization
Project includes EnSight, EnLiten, EnVideo, Vista, PoP and GMV. This
project also supports and maintains the large facilities, including the
new CAVE, the PowerWall Theater and the collaboratories. It maintains
the visualization infrastructure, which delivers video from the machines
to the users' desktops. Finally, it assists in the process of bringing
new machines up by troubleshooting graphics systems on these machines,
by performing the visualization software integration tasks needed, and
by installing and maintaining critical visualization software on ASC
machines.

This project is the place where all client-oriented visualization work
takes place in the ASC program at LANL. Capabilities include:

-   Custom visualizations for Code Teams A and B, ESA Division and RRW

-   Expert knowledge of visualization software, such as EnSight,
    EnLiten, Vista

-   Development and support of PoP and GMV

-   Support of the large facilities, such the CAVE and the PWT,
    including assistance, training and developing new tools to work with
    these facilities

-   Briefing support

-   Deployment and maintenance of Viz Corridor software, such as Matrix

In FY06 this project will continue support of Code Team A and B, ESA
Division, and RRW. It will provide outreach to users to encourage use of
the large facilities, and provide support for briefings at these
facilities. It will continue the support of Viz Corridor infrastructure,
and assist in standing up of ViewMaster---LANL's distributed memory
visualization cluster, and remote visualization capabilities for Purple.
Finally, it will provide oversight of EnSight development and
maintenance contracts, and of the facilities maintenance contracts.

In FY'07 this project will continue to support the Code Teams A and B,
ESA Division, and RRW. It will continue to assist in standing up remote
visualization portions of Purple, provide visualization support for
briefing, and continue to provide outreach to users to encourage of the
large facilities.

##### 1.5.4.6.6 Pre-Production Post-Processing (LANL)

Visualization provides the analyst with the means to assess the quality
of their simulations and to determine the correctness and sensitivity of
their results. This task is dedicated to supporting that mission by
finding the most expedient way to deliver useful information to the
scientists. We will achieve this goal by proceeding along two parallel
tracks: one, a systems approach that exploits technologies in graphics,
networking, and systems architecture; and the other, a user/desktop tool
foundry to support scientific decision making. As the systems and tools
mature, they will be deployed to the users and incorporated into the
production environment.

This project has the expertise in developing and deploying state of the
art visualization capabilities to meet the needs of analyzing very large
local and remote data sets, as well as series of similar data. This work
is used in state-of-the-art facilities including stereo display capable
flat multi-panel tile displays, three-dimensional immersive
environments, and desktop systems.

In FY06 this project will integrate the distributed memory visualization
and rendering cluster, ViewMaster, into LANL's production theater and
PowerWall environment, while fully deploying the fully distributed
memory client from Computational Engineering International. This project
will, also, continue to track and test new visualization technologies,
as they become available, to see how they meet the stated ASC needs.
Finally, this project will develop prototypes of visualization and
analysis tools using ParaView. These will include simplified and
automatic comparative visualization through linked panels, statistical
measures within data and between distinct realizations of simulation,
and improved tool suite for dealing with time varying data beyond
animation and keyframe blending.

In FY07 this project will continue to deploy new visualization and
rendering capabilities, as needed. It will continue evaluation of
promising technologies that will significantly increase user ability to
interact with large data sets in analytical fashion, in variety of
environments from desk side to theater to remote system. It will also
pursue the development of tools and the integration of powerful
techniques to convert large data into verifiable and statistically
meaningful information.

##### 1.5.4.6.7 Scientific Visualization (SNL)

The Scientific Visualization project researches, develops, deploys, and
supports software that, together with associated infrastructure,
delivers a visualization environment in support of ASC platforms and
applications. This project develops visualization capabilities to meet
the most difficult post-processing challenges facing the ASC community,
while also ensuring the availability and support of an appropriate suite
of tools, software components and systems that enable effective analysis
of simulation results by ASC-environment customers.

A major thrust for this project has been the development of scalable
visualization software that makes effective use of the aggregate power
of cluster-based platforms. In the past year, the Sandia visualization
group has deployed, to our knowledge, the world's highest-performing
scalable visualization system. The project employs the open source
ParaView/Visualization Tool Kit framework as a mechanism for development
and rapid deployment of advanced capabilities within Sandia---it is with
enhancements to ParaView that Sandia has achieved the performance result
referenced above. Aside from scalability and high performance, ParaView
is being leveraged to deliver custom features such as volume rendering
for highly unstructured mesh data, which mesh-form is uniquely prevalent
in Sandia's computational engineering codes amongst the tri-labs, and
the correct visualization of high-order unstructured elements.
Computational Engineering International's EnSight suite of tools, a
proprietary commercial tool set which has been enhanced in partnership
with this project, is provided for baseline relatively full-featured
production use. Certain other software is developed and/or provided as
needed, such as utilities for high-resolution movie generation and
playback on tiled displays, to enable use of shared visualization
facilities. Tools are designed and implemented to enable access to high
performance resources as needed, to enable use of the highly distributed
ASC environment (including across the tri-labs), and to enable use from
or directly on the desktop. The project provides testing, benchmarking,
installation, and end-user support for its full suite of tools and the
project is working with other elements of the Pre and Post Processing
Environment product to deliver an integrated DTA capability.

Planned activities in FY06 are support the deployment of the tri-lab ASC
Purple user environment; provide direct support for Red Storm
environment users; support the application of visualization tools for
V&V through the development of a simulated radiograph tool; support
strategic planning efforts targeted at the eventual delivery of a
petaflops computing environment; development, deployment and support of
visualization capabilities.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include development and support
of visualization tools; continued development of customized/targeted
interfaces; continued Red Storm user support; continued participation in
the development of an improved DTA environment; and direct Sandia user
support, as needed, of the ASC Purple user environment.

##### 1.5.4.6.8 Scientific Data Management (SNL)

The Scientific Data Management effort provides users with better ways to
generate, organize, search, access, extract, compare, track, and archive
large scale scientific data. This is achieved through three thematic
aspects: (1) metadata and data tools (MDT) for enhancing data access and
organization, (2) data discovery techniques and tools to represent,
explore and extract pertinent information, and (3) data models and data
formats to facilitate efficient parallel I/O and data interchange
between applications.

At Sandia, the Metadata and Data Tools effort provides easy to use
components for processing and analyzing simulation data. These
components ease large data movement, management, and manipulation. Data
Discovery is developing a collection of techniques and tools for the
detection, representation and extraction of information from simulation
data. These tools scale to terabyte data, make use of ASC\'s
visualization techniques, and are independent of specific simulation
codes.

Specifically, the MDT effort at Sandia provides desktop tools for large
data movement and management. Examples are dsacp (large data movement
between HPC systems and HPSS archive), zephyr copy (also known as zcp,
large data movement between HPC systems), and dsabrowse (browse and
manage the HPSS namespace). MDT also provides tools for data
manipulation. The primary tool is dstk, a Python based interactive
program that permits data derivation, subsetting, extraction, output,
and plotting.

Tools in the data discovery suite include the ParaView attribute editor
add-on (for marking regions of interest for computer learning, and
useful for data cleaning and labeling in general), infrastructure
software for rapid, robust pattern recognition in terascale data, the
ParaView Lookmarks add-on (which permits rapid screening of computer
detected regions of interest, as well as marking and returning to points
of personal interest), and the FCLib feature characterization software
library (for building custom automatic characterizations of regions of
interest that eliminate the tedious parts of post-processing analysis).

In FY06, in the MDT context, work will focus on DSTK support for the
Verification Software Toolkit (VST). VST is aimed primarily at code
studies that involve sequences of meshes and time-steps where the
studies focus on the numerical solution as a function of mesh and
time-step size, such as, the VST will address mesh and temporal
resolution studies. This will involve designing the DSTK integration
with VST, and implementing DSTK support for VST code and solution
verification, including observed order of accuracy and error estimation.
Other related MDT work will include DSA and DSTK usability enhancements
and product support, continued development of parallel tools using the
DSTK infrastructure, and performance enhancements for DSA tools. Those
enhancements will involve integration of the HPSS multi-node server
using Parallel File Transfer Protocol, improved small file performance,
integration with Hopper, and integration with the DTA application
controller. One Data Discovery activity will be the use of the FCLib
feature characterization library, by both developers and analysts, to
build useful custom characterizations. Feedback from that process will
improve FCLib and result in version 2.0. Pattern recognition research
will tackle the problem of bypassing gather/scatter while retaining
accurate results. We will also refactor the current pattern recognition
implementation to support SAF, to improve the parallel implementation,
and to integrate with other DD tools. Finally, we will also pursue a
contact with Computational Engineering International to replicate
lookmark and attribute editor functionality in the EnSight viz tool.

In FY07, in the MDT arena, we will provide DSTK support for VST
pre-processing verification (including mesh manipulation), further
develop parallel tools using the DSTK infrastructure, and continue to
provide DSA and DSTK usability enhancements and product support. In the
DD context, we will re-implement appropriate parts of the AVATAR Tools
suite to provide massive data pattern recognition capabilities on the
desktop, not just on the large ASC machines. We will also integrate the
Lookmark and FCLib capabilities to provide a simple data comparison tool
that will operate across distinct meshes.

##### 1.5.4.6.9 Display Environments (SNL)

This project is responsible for design and development, procurement and
deployment, initial operations, technical oversight, and continuing
critical maintenance of Data Analysis & Visualization (DAV) advanced
display environments \-- including high-resolution displays in shared
visualization facilities and the related audiovisual infrastructure.
Integral to this effort is the design, procurement, and deployment of
advanced display systems and their interface to the DAV compute
infrastructure. There will be significant FY06 emphasis on integration
with Red Storm environment high performance resources (in both of the
unclassified and classified networks). Shared visualization facilities
must be engineered to serve as a user output interface for presentation,
data analysis & visualization of data produced in the complete ASC
computational environment.

The core competencies of this project include the design and
development, procurement and deployment, initial operations, technical
oversight, and continuing critical maintenance of the data analysis and
visualization environments---including high-resolution displays and the
related audiovisual infrastructure. These facilities strive to provide a
user-friendly environment for effective data discovery, analysis, and
immersion as well presentation and collaboration.

The following activities are planned for FY06: Microsystems and
Engineering Sciences Applications (MESA) Microlab Design & Education
Center: Deployment and Initial Operations; MESA Weapons Integration
Facility (WIF-C and WIF-U): Design process begins; existing DAV
Facilities; ongoing operations/maintenance/support; and Technical
Network Infrastructure (Fiber/image distribution infrastructure (for
example dark fiber, image delivery) must grow in support of the Red
Storm environment and multiple visualization facilities serving as
scientific visualization output environments.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include MESA Weapons Integration
Facility (WIF-C and WIF-U): Design completion, deployment, and initial
operations; existing DAV Facilities: Ongoing
operations/maintenance/support; and continuing deployment of Technical
Network Infrastructure.

##### 1.5.4.6.10 Visualization Server Deployment (SNL)

The Visualization Server Deployment projects will develop, deploy and
operate terascale servers that will interactively analyze, visualize,
store and archive output from the largest scientific computers: Sandia's
capacity-computing clusters, Red Storm, ASC-Purple and beyond.

Capabilities of this project include highly interactive data analysis,
visualization; integrated Archival Storage with HPSS; shareable,
high-performance Institutional File System; and RoSE Clusters can
provide Visual Computing capabilities which complement batch computing
capabilities.

Planned activities in FY06 include production-quality operation of Red
RoSE (classified data/visualization cluster); production-quality
operation of Feynman & Black RoSE (unclassified data/visualization
cluster); institutional File System Deployment; and test cluster & test
suite deployment.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include production-quality
operation of Red Storm visualization services.

##### 1.5.4.6.11 Design through Analysis Realization Team (SNL)

The Design through Analysis Realization Team (DART) project provides a
finite element analysis environment that enables analysts to
significantly reduce the time required to complete the DTA process. DART
is focused both on the development of specific tools to help the analyst
with individual steps in the DTA process as well as integrating
technologies to make those tools work well together. To reduce analysis
time, DART technologies focus on three general areas of opportunity:
reducing the time required to traverse individual process steps,
reducing the fraction of rework required during subsequent visits to
process steps, and reducing the likelihood of backward process
iteration.

DART will deploy an SNL analysis environment on both the SRN and SCN
that supports analysis tool interoperability and reduces overall
engineering time for the design-through-analysis process. Tool
interoperability will be guided by the Analysis Process Coordinator and
will be enabled by a metadata construct that each of the
design-through-analysis tools supports. In addition to guiding the
analysis process, the Analysis Process Coordinator will provide the
analysts with means to view and organize analysis artifacts as well as a
means to archive and retrieve them. Simulation runs will be submitted
and monitored by the ASETS job submission tool, which will provide
support for a subset of ASC applications and platforms that will be
determined based on user priorities. Additional capability will be
provided for managing families of related analyses, specifically by
implementing a data passing mechanism with DAKOTA to support the use of
DDACE for running predetermined sets of simulations. The Analyst Home
Page will provide a one-stop-shop for analyst information needs. An
adaptive partitioning scheme will be developed and ultimately deployed
through the Zoltan library to improve the performance of simulations on
parallel compute platforms.

In FY06, DART will upgrade the initial limited capability environment
released on the SRN in FY05. Specifically, the Analysis Process
Coordinator will include enhanced capabilities, ASETS will support a
broader selection of ASC applications and platforms, and an initial
Analysis Family Management capability for predetermined design parameter
sets will be released. The environment will also support richer metadata
content for enhanced tool interoperability. In addition to the SRN
environment upgrade, an initial limited capability environment will be
released on the SCN. An adaptive partitioning scheme and associated
metrics will be developed, initially for structured mesh simulations.

In FY07, DART will upgrade the initial limited capability environment
released on the SCN in FY06. At the end of FY07, the SCN deployment of
the DART environment will provide the same basic capability as the SRN
release. In addition, the SRN environment will support a basic data
passing mechanism to support simple automated optimization analyses
through DAKOTA.

##### 1.5.4.6.12 Model Generation and Manipulation (SNL)

The Model Generation and Manipulation project comprises development of
several individual tools, including CUBIT, SIMBA, and Materials WISDM.
CUBIT provides a wide variety subtools that support geometric
manipulation to prepare a model for meshing and for creating the meshes
themselves. SIMBA provides subtools for modifying existing meshes,
augmenting them with additional information, managing collections of
model artifacts, and producing input decks for many ASC applications.
Materials WISDM is a materials information system and data manager.

The Model Generation and Manipulation project will provide analysts with
advanced capabilities for creating and manipulating simulation models.
These tools will focus on design solid model generation, analysis solid
model generation from the design solid model, mesh generation for
several analysis types, manipulation of the mesh, assignment of
additional mesh information, management of model artifact sets, input
deck generation, and identification of materials properties and
constitutive model parameters. Additional tools will address specific
geometry manipulation problems identified in the DART System Analysis
study as well as on identifying and correcting DTA process problems as
early as possible in the process. The latter effort focuses on reducing
process iterations that do not add overall value, but contribute to long
analysis times.

In FY06, the Model Generation and Manipulation project will enhance the
individual tool capabilities. Specifically, CUBIT will release an
interoperable virtual geometry capability that will complement the Power
Geometry tool released in FY05. SIMBA will complete a restructuring of
its user model based on feedback from the analyst community. This
restructuring effort promises to improve ease-of-use and draw additional
users. Materials WISDM will establish a more complete database of useful
material information. In addition, Materials WISDM will deploy on the
SCN in FY06. Additional effort will be expended to address opportunities
identified in the DART System Analysis: reduction of geometric
manipulation time and model verification (the early identification and
correction of process problems).

In FY07, the Model Generation and Manipulation project will focus on the
development of tools to address additional DTA process improvement
opportunities identified in the DART System Analysis.

### WBS 1.5.5: Facility Operations and User Support

#### WBS 1.5.5.1: Facilities, Operations, and Communications

This level 4 product provides necessary physical facility and
operational support for reliable production computing and storage
environments. The scope of this product includes planning, integration
and deployment, continuing product support, software license and
maintenance fees, procurement of operational equipment and media,
quality and reliability activities and collaborations. This product also
covers physical space, power and other utility infrastructure, and
LAN/WAN networking for local and remote access, as well as requisite
system administration, cyber-security and operations services for
ongoing support and addressing system problems.

**Facilities, Operations, and Communications Deliverables for FY06**

-   System administration and 24/7 operational support of ASC platforms;
    necessary software and hardware maintenance, license fees, and
    development and support contracts; efficient and secure
    infrastructure services to support the deployment and operation of
    ASC platforms; facilities, power, and other utilities and services
    sufficient to support the large-scale ASC computational environment;
    operational support of networks for the unclassified and classified
    facilities; and operational support for the DisCom and SecureNet
    WANs.

-   Continuous and reliable operation and support of production
    computing systems and all required infrastructure to support these
    systems, including primarily networking and facilities.

-   Successful operation of the Red Storm system, initially as a Limited
    Availability Platform and later in the year transitioning to a
    General Availability Platform.

-   KCP will continue an effort to build up the hardware resources,
    system administration expertise, systems integration, and remote
    computing capabilities to provide current generation ASC code
    support to KCP's finite element analysis engineers.

**Strategy to Deliver Facilities, Operations, and Communications for
FY06--FY07**

-   Focus on the end product to users: an integrated production
    environment that reliably provides computing resources that meet
    performance and availability needs of the users.

-   Hold Cray, Inc. to its contract to maintain and operate the Red
    Storm platform for five years following acceptance of the system by
    Sandia.

-   Leverage Readiness initiatives to participate in extensive
    collaboration with the design laboratories. These collaborations
    will provide the ability to support KCP's unique
    manufacturing-oriented analysis job profile, including local
    capabilities for urgent, unclassified, limited resource needs as
    well as remote capabilities for larger, manufacturing research
    investigations.

##### 1.5.5.1.1 System Administration and Operations (LLNL)

The System Administration and Operations project provides for the
ongoing system administration and computer operations functions for the
successful management and support of the ASC platforms and computing
environment. Includes laboratory-maintained hardware support
capabilities.

Capabilities include highly skilled system administration to ensure
installation, integration, and ongoing support of ASC platforms
including operating system and software configuration; feature,
functionality, and security patches; troubleshooting, analysis, and
diagnosis. This project also includes 24/7 operational monitoring
capability for unclassified and classified computing environments
consisting of large-scale computing platforms, infrastructure
components, and networks. For laboratory-maintained systems, this
project provides hardware maintenance capabilities including component
inventory and replacement.

In FY06, we plan to complete integration and initiate ongoing support
activities for BlueGene/L and Purple. We will continue to train and
develop staff in laboratory-maintained hardware support.

Preliminary planned activities for FY07 include integration and ongoing
support of projected TLCC capacity systems, and planning and preparation
for next generation peta-scale computing platforms.

##### 1.5.5.1.2 Software and Hardware Maintenance, Licenses, and Contracts (LLNL)

This project provides for vendor-provided hardware and software
maintenance, support, licenses, and development contracts.

Capabilities include negotiated hardware and software maintenance and
license contracts to ensure a robust ASC computing environment and to
protect the computational investment of the NNSA. Targeted development
contracts to enhance the capabilities of specific software components
are also included.

Planned activities in FY06 include ongoing vendor support for designated
platforms.

Preliminary planned activities for FY07 include ongoing vendor support
for designated platforms.

##### 1.5.5.1.3 Computing Environment Security and Infrastructure (LLNL)

The Computing Environment Security and Infrastructure project provides
for computing environment infrastructure services, software, servers,
workstations, and desktop systems necessary for the efficient,
effective, and secure operation and support of large-scale ASC
platforms.

Capabilities include ongoing integration, development, and support on
unclassified and classified networks of robust infrastructure
environments to support large-scale ASC platforms including but not
limited to name and time services, backups, staff productivity tools
(for example, e-mail and messaging), cyber security tools and
technologies.

Planned activities in FY06 include continued ongoing support of
currently deployed services and capabilities. Investigation and analysis
of new technologies for the possible replacement of existing
technologies will also continue.

Preliminary planned activities for FY07 include continued ongoing
support of currently deployed services and capabilities. Activities also
include investigation and analysis of new technologies for the possible
replacement of existing technologies.

##### 1.5.5.1.4 Facilities Infrastructure and Power (LLNL)

The Facilities Infrastructure and Power project provides for the
necessary physical facilities, utilities, and power capabilities to
support staff and the ASC computing environment.

Capabilities include adequate raised floor space, cooling facilities,
and power to site large-scale ASC platforms. In addition, needed office,
meeting room, and auxiliary space to enable a highly motivated and
effective staff is part of this project.

Planned activities in FY06 include ongoing maintenance and support of
existing computational and staff facilities, and analysis of future ASC
computing requirements to anticipate the needed modification and/or
expansion of facilities to be able to site next generation ASC
platforms.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include ongoing maintenance and
support of existing computational and staff facilities, and analysis of
future ASC computing requirements to anticipate the needed modification
and/or expansion of facilities to be able to site next generation ASC
platforms.

##### 1.5.5.1.5 Classified and Unclassified Facility Networks (LLNL)

The Classified and Unclassified Facility Networks project provides the
architecture design, planning, procurement, deployment and operational
support of the classified and unclassified facility networks.

Capabilities include a thorough understanding of the resource deployment
roadmap is acquired by participating in ongoing facility-wide planning
efforts that includes the archival storage, visualization, platforms,
capacity computing and file systems. Network design, procurements and
deployments are updated and scheduled to accommodate these plans and
ensure the network connectivity, performance, reliability, security and
operational support is available for the facilities to meet the
requirements of all subsystems is also part of this project.

In FY06, we will complete the integrated planning process so the
networking requirements are understood, particularly to meet our level 2
milestones and accommodate major deployments such as BlueGene/L, Purple,
visualization servers, and the Lustre file system.

Planning for the FY07 facility networks is an ongoing process and will
be similar to other years. The actual network activities are dependent
on the requirements. It is expected that in FY07 requirements for a
substantial, high-performance 10 gigabit ethernet core will be a
significant activity for this project.

##### 1.5.5.1.6 Wide-Area Classified Networks (LLNL)

The Wide-Area Classified Networks project provides the architecture
design, planning, procurement, deployment and operational support of the
classified wide-area networks, namely the DisCom WAN and the SecureNet
WAN.

Capabilities include ongoing discussions with the tri-lab community are
critical to this project to ensure that the network requirements for
those remote users and facilities are mutually agreed upon and
understood. This project must also plan far in advance to ensure the
required NSA Type 1 encryption products are available, since these
products are not commercial and have a long R&D and product development
lead time. Operational support of these wide-area networks also requires
effective and regular communication with and cooperation between the
tri-lab network support teams. These activities will help ensure the
proper planning occurs for the WANs, and the operational support is
effective for the broader tri-lab user community.

For FY06, the LLNL-SNL DisCom WAN link must be rebid. This will be
completed in FY06 and will include options to increase the bandwidth if
required. To benefit from network product developments the NSA Type 1
Encryptors for the DisCom WAN will migrate from ATM to IP encryptors.
Ongoing activities strive for improved reliability, responsiveness to
problems, and application performance.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 strive for on-going improved
reliability, responsiveness to problems, and application performance.
With new platforms expected at LLNL and SNL, the DisCom WAN bandwidth
may be inadequate to meet the tri-lab user requirements. This would
require an upgrade to the network components and encryptors to provide
this bandwidth.

##### 1.5.5.1.7 Requirements and Planning (LANL)

This project includes planning activities for computing operations,
collection and statistical evaluation of user requirements for computing
resources, development of new metrics and data collection, and the
project management of the tri-lab Workload Characterization Project.

The primary capability of this function is to collect and understand
user requirements for production computing resources and quality of
service, and to develop new metrics and data collection and analysis
techniques to assist these purposes.

In FY06, this project will continue to interact with the user community
and their program and line management to understand and document their
computing needs and plan to meet those needs with current systems. The
project will also provide input on user requirements for computing
resources to strategic planning functions for capability and capacity
systems as required by those projects. The focus in FY06 will be to
improve the quality and reliability of the requirements collected
through various means, including comparison to historical data. This
project includes the project management of the tri-lab Workload
Characterization Project to collect and report specific data on the use
of the machines across the tri-lab arena, for comparison to stated
requirements. FY06 activities will also include the planning and
development of new metrics and/or measures for continuous improvement in
quality of production services.

In FY07, we will continue to contribute to improvements in the quality
and reliability of computing requirements collection and analysis, both
at LANL and in the tri-lab arena.

##### 1.5.5.1.8 Ongoing Network Operations (LANL)

Ongoing Network Operations encompass all aspects of the network
infrastructure that support ASC computing in the classified and, to some
extent the unclassified arena. This includes directly attached networks
to HPC systems (machine area network), network backbones, the user's
local area network, and the WAN connecting the three laboratories.

The network aspect of Production Computing provides the network
technical expertise and operation required to support high-end
production computing and data storage services for the use of ASC
computing. Near-term commitments include ASC Q and HPSS and access to
the WAN through which LANL users can access White at Livermore, Red
Storm at SNL, and Purple and BlueGene/L at Livermore when those systems
are available. Network services in the classified partition are required
to promote and maintain an environment that is acceptable to users in
order to complete their assignments. Increased availability and security
require more automatic network monitoring and intrusion detection in the
classified network. Increased network backbone bandwidth within the LANL
campus is being planned to support growth in HPSS storage from local and
remote ASC computing. Increased bandwidth over the WAN is being planned
for anticipated requirements from LANL users of the new remote systems.
Thrust areas consist of:

-   Network support: Designing, developing, acquiring, deploying, and
    supporting classified network hardware and services to support
    Computational Systems. This includes operating and maintaining
    services such as e-mail, authentication, and Web servers, plus
    operating and managing the high-performance network backbone,
    services networks, local paths to ESNet, SecureNet and the WAN, and
    the high-performance parallel interface/gigabit and ten gigabit
    networks.

-   Network intrusion detection monitoring: Monitor and investigate
    anomalies using the Network Anomaly Detector and Intrusion Report
    system. Follow up on all suspicious findings. Continue regularly
    scheduled network scanning of secure systems for potential
    vulnerabilities.

-   WAN operation and support: In close cooperation with LLNL and SNL,
    operate and maintain the 2.5 gigabits per second WAN. Deploy new
    technologies to increase bandwidth and reliability where warranted.
    Deploy new Internet Protocol (IP) encryptors to position WAN growth
    and control costs. Plan for bandwidth growth from two to four times
    current bandwidth if use by LANL designers warrants such growth. In
    addition, new vendor offerings such as GeoMax from Qwest have
    provided cost savings of up to 40 percent for the WAN link from LANL
    to SNL.

-   Work closely with the Integrated Cyber Security Initiative (ICSI)
    project to deploy the new Enterprise Secure Network (ESN) which will
    not only include SecureNet operations but will also address
    directory, email, and other network services currently running
    locally at each site or over SecureNet. Plan for a demonstration of
    the new ESN working with an ASC application by April 2006.

The network LAN/MAN/WAN operation and maintenance requires the skills of
network engineers and technicians knowledgeable in all aspects of
network technology. These skills have been developed over the past 25
years at LANL. LANL network engineers participated in the first national
gigabit test beds in the early 1990s and developed the first standards
based gigabit network technology and deployed IP based networks
throughout the Lab in the late 1980's and moving this technology to the
HPC arena in the 1990s.

Planned activities in FY06 include continued operation and maintenance
of the LAN/MAN/WAN infrastructure that in the past was covered by
Production Computing Network Support and the DisCom WAN project. The
LAN/MAN planned activities are to complete deployment of 10GigE
technology in high traffic areas and provide network expertise in the
deployment of the PaScalBB (Parallel, Scalable, BackBone for a GPFS)
effort. In the WAN area new IP encryptors will be deployed to position
the WAN for future growth if and when necessary. Cost of the WAN is
expected to drop as long distance data links are becoming more
affordable.

For FY07 the activities will include continued operation and maintenance
of the LAN/MAN/WAN infrastructure. We also anticipate more integration
with the ESN deployment. For the WAN, we expect to see the first
deployment of 10 gigabit encryptors.

##### 1.5.5.1.9 Infrastructure Integration (LANL)

Infrastructure Integration encompasses the entire network infrastructure
upgrades need to support integration of new HPC computing platforms
planned for FY06 and FY07. This includes designing, procuring, and
installing network switches and routers needed to support the new HPC
platforms and provide increasing bandwidth to HPSS, VIZ systems, and
customer workstations. Will include integration of the network
components into the HPC computing platforms and storage systems. This
project will also include integrating new switches/routers into our
network monitoring platforms and training operational personnel to
monitor and troubleshoot the new systems.

Network engineers and technicians knowledgeable in all aspects of
network technology including HPC platform operating systems and storage
systems.

In FY06, we will develop PaScalBB networks to support new HPC clusters
in both the Yellow and Red networks. Upgrade network infrastructure to
increase bandwidth to HPSS, VIZ platforms, and customer workstations.
Install new backbone routers that support single and multiple 10 GigE
trunks between HPC platforms and customer LANs.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include developing plans to
support the needs of petaflops HPC platforms.

##### 1.5.5.1.10 Ongoing Systems Operations (LANL)

This project includes all services for computational systems operated by
Los Alamos for the purpose of developing and running user codes. These
services include system configuration, computer security, resource
management, system administration, system operation and monitoring, and
customer-driven system software development. The project works with
users to troubleshoot problems experienced with running their
applications on new systems, and also works with users to plan and carry
out transitions off of older platforms. This project is also required to
collaborate with systems research, development, and integration efforts
in the Simulation and Computer Science program element to usher new
technology into production. Thrust areas include:

-   Computer system support. Conduct daily system administration and
    continual monitoring of production systems and infrastructure
    servers. Install operating system patches and other software.
    Monitor systems for security events. Analyze and improve performance
    of key subsystems, including file systems. Develop scripts and tools
    to aid in administration. Design and deploy new infrastructure
    architectures and services. Maintain security plans and tests for
    existing systems and create plans as required for new production
    resources.

-   Scheduling environment daily management. Provide daily
    administration, monitoring, and problem resolution of software
    subsystems used in resource scheduling, including accounting and
    reliability data generation.

-   RAS. Continuously improve the end-to-end level of service as seen by
    the users. Ongoing study and improvements in the stability of large,
    integrated systems, including the development of improved diagnostic
    and monitoring capabilities.

-   System Operations: Ongoing operations currently requires staff to
    provide around-the-clock operations and monitoring of the scientific
    computing resources including high-performance computers, such as
    ASC Q and Lightning, and data storage and retrieval systems such as
    the HPSS. System operators monitor all components 24/7 and take
    corrective action and/or escalate problems to others who can effect
    corrective actions.

-   System Self Maintenance: Replace failing field replaceable units in
    selected systems on a 24/7 service basis. Repair field replaceable
    units and test to maintain a stock of reliable spare field
    replaceable units. Return failed components to suppliers as
    required. Maintain adequate stock of spare parts based on past and
    projected future component failure rates.

This project utilizes the skill, experience and talents of professional
teams of system administrators, operators, and other skilled technical
resources. These resources utilize automated tools and documented
procedures to administer, maintain, schedule and operate all HPC systems
and components. This includes all components of the production computing
environment, including compute engines, networks, fileservers, archival
storage systems, the facilities they reside in and utilities they are
dependent upon, and all required software on these systems.

Planned activities in FY06 include prepare to support the new Linux
capacity systems in production; plan for and execute the retirement of
systems that have reached end of life; continue to provide system
support, operations and management of all ASC production assets; study
the feasibility of reduced staff ("lights out") computer operations;
implement additional formal and informal customer satisfaction metrics
and measurement techniques; and expand self maintenance to additional
systems and components.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include prepare new Linux
capacity systems for production and support them in production
environment; continue to provide system support, operations and
management; and implement a reduced staff ("lights out") computer
operations model.

##### 1.5.5.1.11 Systems and Network Maintenance (LANL)

This project obtains hardware and software support services for all
production ASC systems and network assets operated by Los Alamos.
Support services include vendor on-site hardware and software support
contacts; contracts for parts sparing and logistics for self maintained
equipment; software licenses, annual software maintenance and support
fees; and contracts for telephone support and other remote hardware and
software support requirements.

Two main activities are the initial procurement of services for new
production resources, and the renewal of existing maintenance and
support contracts, normally on an annual basis. This project also
produces and maintains budgetary planning data and earned value
reporting on hardware and software maintenance commitments and projects.

This project is a coordination point for all maintenance contracts for
system and network hardware and software. Customers include ongoing
operations and integration teams, projects and groups. Interfaces
include third party vendors and suppliers and the Los Alamos supply
chain and accounting organizations. This project, in coordination with
supply chain, negotiates new and renewal contract pricing and terms and
conditions. It maintains databases of contractual expiration dates and
ensures that renewals are initiated and completed in a timely way so
that lapses in support and disruptions in services do not occur. Orders,
both original and renewal, are tracked as they proceed through
procurement and fulfillment.

Planned activities in FY06 include refine order entry and tracking
capabilities including interfaces with customers, supply chain, program
management, and accounting; forge even stronger relationships and
understanding with customers and external interfaces; develop methods
and procedures to ensure the capture of maintenance requirements for all
new production resources well in advance of their required date; procure
and ensure fulfillment of all maintenance services required by existing
and new systems in FY06; and plan for all maintenance services required
in FY07 and beyond.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include procure and ensure
fulfillment of all maintenance services required by existing and new
systems in FY07 and plan for all maintenance serves required in FY08 and
beyond.

##### 1.5.5.1.12 Systems and Network Equipment (LANL)

This project ensures the procurement of systems and networking equipment
required for support of ongoing production systems. In addition
procurements of related software support and third party labor are
coordinated and executed through this project. This project also
produces and maintains budgetary planning data and earned value
reporting on systems and networking equipment procurement activities.

This project is a coordination point for system and network equipment
and related software procurements. Customers include ongoing operations
and integration teams, projects, and groups. Interfaces include third
party vendors and suppliers and the Los Alamos supply chain and
accounting organizations. This project, in coordination with supply
chain, negotiates purchase pricing and terms and conditions.
Procurements are tracked as they proceed through procurement and
fulfillment.

Planned activities in FY06 include refine order entry and tracking
capabilities including interfaces with customers, supply chain, program
management, and accounting; develop even stronger relationships and
understanding with customers and external interfaces; develop methods
and procedures to ensure the identification of requirements for all new
production systems and network equipment well in advance; procure and
ensure delivery of all systems and network equipment required by
existing and new systems in FY06; and plan for all equipment required in
FY07 and beyond.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include procure and ensure
delivery of equipment required in FY07 and plan for all equipment
required in FY08 and beyond.

##### 1.5.5.1.13 Ongoing Facilities (LANL)

LANL has structured its infrastructure support into three projects: SCC,
Laboratory Data Communications Center (LDCC), and Central Computing
Facility (CCF).

The SCC, LDCC, and CCF projects require staff to operate and maintain
mission-critical equipment (electrical and mechanical systems) that
supports high-performance computing systems located in the three
computing facilities. The project covers the cost of running the SCC
facility including labor, materials and supplies, equipment and
installation upgrades, electrical power, and all maintenance contracts
associated with critical equipment. It also covers the cost of running
the programmatic portion (for example, labor, materials and supplies,
and maintenance contracts) of the other two facilities, the LDCC and the
CCF. The project provides support for infrastructure design upgrades and
computer site preparation for all three facilities. This work is in
direct support of the tri-lab compute resource needs for meeting their
ASC milestones for the SSP. The tri-lab community requires the systems
to be operational at all times. The main customer is the production
systems team, which is responsible for providing compute resources
necessary for SSP. This project provides the utility support for the
high-performance computer systems by striving to ensure continuous and
uninterruptible computing to the tri-lab community.

The computer facilities were established to house large,
mission-critical computer systems (such as, the Q system) in support of
the SSP and other research efforts. This project provides the ability to
ensure the continued operation of current computing systems and support
infrastructure as required to meet programmatic computing needs. A part
of this function is ensuring that facility site preparations have been
made and design of electrical and cooling requirements have been met for
computer systems planned by the Division.

Planned activities in FY06 include the following:

-   Prepare site to support new systems. The project includes site
    preparation for computer installations and design of electrical and
    cooling requirements for computer systems planned by the Division
    (such as, electrical, cable trays, cooling, design, etc.). This is
    in support of the platform acquisition that will bring over 500
    Teraflops computing resources into the tri-lab computing centers.
    Additional facilities upgrades will be needed in the LDCC to support
    future growth in the unclassified computing systems.

-   Ongoing Operations. This project ensures the continued operation of
    current computing systems and support infrastructure as required to
    meet programmatic computing needs. This minimizes interruption to
    the operation of systems and optimizes the performance, reliability,
    and availability from end-to-end (HPC system to the user\'s
    desktop). This includes all components of the production computing
    environment, including compute engines, networks, fileservers,
    archival storage systems, the facilities they reside in and
    utilities they are dependent upon, and all required software on
    these systems, as well as user support and assistance in making
    effective utilization of these resources. On call support is
    provided on a 24/7 schedule to ensure continued operations of
    electrical and mechanical systems.

In FY07, planned activities include maintenance and support for ongoing
operations including site preparations for future computer systems.

##### 1.5.5.1.14 Facilities Upgrade Project (LANL)

The project will provide an additional computing power capability as
required to support future systems by the end of FY06. The project will
consist of the installation of capital construction equipment as needed,
possibly including but not limited to Rotary UPS units, new electrical
substations and switchboards and a number of Power Distribution Units
chillers, cooling towers, and air handling units on the computer floor
of the SCC.

With execution of this project the total overall computing power
capability will be increased as required to support planned future
systems. This power capability will provide enough power to stay ahead
of computer projections with planned computer installations. With final
design completed in FY05, construction will be performed in FY06. The
contractor should be complete with the project in approximately six
months and operational acceptance finalized by the end of the fiscal
year.

##### 1.5.5.1.15 Cyber Security Operations (SNL)

This project provides the cyber security support for the ASC Program,
including development, deployment and management of cyber security
components related to authentication, authorization and remote access.
The project also has responsibility for accreditation of SecureNet.

The Cyber Security Project is focused on providing the authentication
and authorization services used by applications for the purposes of
remote access and data movement across ASC sites. This project and its
deliverables are important for meeting an FY06 level 2 milestone to
replace the tri-labs DCE security infrastructure. An important aspect of
this is maintaining the accreditation of SecureNet, and establishing a
working relationship with the ICSI program.

Planned activities in FY06 include activities related to the FY06 level
2 milestone for the replacement of the tri-labs DCE security
infrastructure; place into a production state the DCE replacement
Kerberos authentication servers; integrate authorization services with
the ICSI Directory Service; perform a Tri-labs demonstration of
applications utilizing replacement technologies; continue software
support for Kerberos based applications; deploy NFS V4 server for pilot
as a DFS replacement; provide the Security Officer for SecureNet; and
maintain accreditation of SecureNet.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include production NFS V4
services across the tri-labs and integration of ICSI need-to-know
services with high-performance computing applications.

##### 1.5.5.1.16 Power, Physical Security, and Facilities Support Personnel (SNL)

This project funds the power and space bills for all ASC scientific
computing, storage, visualization and infrastructure support activities
carried out in the central computing facilities at Sandia National Labs
in Albuquerque.

The planning, physical access control, cyber security compliance and
coordination with corporate facility and building managers necessary for
the continuous operation of the scientific computing infrastructure
constitute this project's capabilities. Funds provided by this project
pay for electricity, computing floor space, 24x7 operational personnel
who monitor the networks, computer services, building environments and
provide appropriate response to error conditions.

Planned Activities in FY06 include maintain operational stability of the
CCF (Building 880 Computing Annex), and the Super-Computing Annex (SCA,
Building 725) in Area I of Sandia Albuquerque; prepare a multi-year plan
for infrastructure upgrades and improvements to existing facilities to
replace aging and inefficient cooling and power distribution
technologies; and renovate and redeploy the computing floor space freed
up due to the retirement of the ASC Capability Platform ASCI Red.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include prepare for possible
infrastructure additions to power and cooling plant in response to
expanded SCA facility and future ASC Capability or Capacity platforms
and support Core Network renovations in the Open and Restricted Networks
moving to 10 GigE backbone capabilities throughout the main campus.

##### 1.5.5.1.17 Tri-Lab Dedicated Wide Area Network Monitoring and Operations (SNL)

This project manages the day-to-day operation of the WAN interconnecting
the tri-lab Classified computing environments.

The project will enhance the distance computing and machine network
infrastructure, monitoring and reporting to improve network availability
and user support and improve the network architectures for sharing the
tri-lab resources. The project will place emphasis on finding innovative
ways to continue to provide required services while enhancing
efficiency. The project will provide status, performance and
configuration of resources to support end users and the operational
customer, as well as metrics for management reporting and planning
purposes.

Planned activities in FY06 include collaborate with other ASC programs
elements to provide an updated Usage Model for Purple; determine Purple
status and monitoring Requirements; integration of Purple into current
DisCom status and monitoring tools; integration of DisCom WAN monitoring
of connections to Purple; determine User Perspective Tests that will be
run from SNL to Purple; determine enhanced integration of Red Storm into
CEMS at Sandia; determine integration of HPC Environment into CEMS at
Sandia; determine additional reporting (including metrics) from
available data; operational Support of WAN and Distance Computing;
update tri-lab Services offered via SARAPE; perform the network
engineering necessary to provide SNL access to BlueGene/L and Purple as
they become available; procure a replacement service for the current
AT&T network link between SNL/NM and LLNL/CA and make it operational.
Develop a cutover plan to implement the new service and move production
traffic to the new service before the AT&T contract expires on January
31, 2006; and utilizing CEM and other capabilities, continue to improve
the real-time monitoring and management of the DisCom environment and
generate enhanced status reports and other performance metrics.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include integration of the next
Computational Super Computer in the DisCom Status and Monitoring;
ee-evaluation of requirements for User Perspective Monitoring, Status
and Reports of HPC Environment; integrate 10 gigabytes per second
encryptors into the WAN if required to support applications; and
incorporate new ASC resources into the DisCom WAN as they are installed.

##### 1.5.5.1.18 Sandia Production Systems, Albuquerque, New Mexico (SNL)

This project coordinates and manages all the activities within the
computing centers that support daily operations and scheduling of ASC
capability and capacity computing systems and pre- and post-processing
platforms and the several hierarchical storage systems providing
long-term storage of scientific data.

Capabilities for this project include the following: Host the tri-lab
Expedited Priority Run sessions for Red Storm. Negotiate
system-dedicated time, operating system upgrade schedules, and
facilitate problem identification and resolution across the tri-lab user
community. Manage account granting process user requests appropriate to
the ASC priorities and system status of Limited or General Availability.
The end-to-end computational process requires a variety of
pre-processing and post-processing capabilities and a variety of
communications, storage, archive and infrastructure support systems.
This project provides funding to manage the operation of the various
commercial systems supporting ASC -- from the deployment, testing, and
integration of systems into the user environment, to the continuing
maintenance and management of systems in production operation. And, most
importantly, the project provides for the team of skilled and
experienced technical staff that administers the complex HPC environment
and supports system users.

Planned activities in FY06 include the following: Support ASC Milestone
computing needs of Sandia, Los Alamos and Livermore customers. Continue
to improve collection and dissemination of knowledge and user
experiences on Red Storm via the Collaborative Learning, Information and
Knowledge tool. Track and resolve all error conditions encountered by
customers and administrators in cooperation with Cray, Inc. and other
system providers. Conduct monthly user seminars to disseminate "best
practices," advertise system schedules and provide a face-to-face
feedback mechanism in addition to on-line contact methods. Collect,
analyze and distribute system utilization metrics and modify operational
parameters to improve customer satisfaction. Proceed with an orderly
migration of the HPSS systems from Release 5.1 to Release 6.2, and
realign the existing IBM storage subsystems following the retirement
from service of ASCI Red.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include provide additional
assistance in porting codes and improving computational performance,
scalability and I/O usability of the Red Storm platform and plan for
system component upgrades and/or integration of additional system
components.

##### 1.5.5.1.19 Sandia Production Systems, Livermore, California (SNL)

This project provides production computing, visualization and storage
infrastructure, and supporting staff at the Sandia California site. The
compute resources supported are used corporate wide, while the
visualization and storage are generally for use by users running at the
local site.

Production Systems, CA provides funding for (1) the maintenance and
support of the California production NWCC; (2) maintaining resources to
visualize data produced on NWCC, Red Storm, and ASC White; and (3)
support of the local data storage (NFS, HPSS, StorageTek) available to
analysis users in California. Our ultimate goal is to provide operation
of stable, powerful, efficient, accessible, and easily useable
computation and visualization systems services for the California CSSE
community in both SRN and SCN environments and for both R&D and
production use.

Planned activities in FY06 include continue support of all California
production computing, visualization, and storage infrastructure; improve
visualization cluster usage in combination with deployment of a user
environment common with the NWCC systems; increase size of available
storage and functionality of archival systems; technology refresh of
visualization servers through acquisition of large memory Linux
machines; and develop/write facility refresh plan for California
Computing Center.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include acquisition and
deployment of production centralized cluster/heterogeneous file system
and deploy and support FY07 TLCC in production mode.

##### 1.5.5.1.20 Red Storm and High Performance Computing Network Deployment (SNL)

This project will provide the high performance network environment to
interconnect all of Sandia's local supercomputing resources.

The latest technologies (for example, 10 G Ethernet, IP encryption,
high-speed firewalls, and parallel data movement applications) will be
validated and deployed to provide the required level of performance and
reliability for the current major supercomputing resources. These
performance requirements range from 25 gigabytes per second for Red
Storm to 1 gigabits per second for login and other services.

Planned activities in FY06 include complete the installation of the 25
gigabytes per second infrastructure for the Classified Red Storm to the
Data Services cluster; tune the classified and unclassified Red
Storm/Data Services network systems to achieve maximum network
performance; and work with the parallel data movement application teams
to optimize the performance and functionality of user data transfers in
the Red Storm/Data Services environment.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include support expected
expansions of Red Storm and capacity cluster performance requirements.

##### 1.5.5.1.21 Kansas City Plant Facility and Operations Support (KCP)

The Kansas City Plant (KCP) Facility and Operations Support project
provides support for transition of KCP simulation environment to local
and remote use of the SIERRA code framework.

This project will provide the capability to apply ASC mechanical
engineering and physics codes (specifically SIERRA) to the evaluation of
production processes to the Nuclear Weapons Complex stockpile, both
current builds and any readiness and enhanced surveillance issues that
may occur.

Planned activities in FY06 include collaborating with design agencies to
establish local and remote computing resources and support.

In FY07, we will complete the transition of production computing
capabilities to support of SIERRA applications.

#### WBS 1.5.5.2: User Support Services

This level 4 product provides users with a suite of services enabling
effective use of ASC tri-lab computing resources. The scope of this
product includes planning, development, integration and deployment,
continuing product support, and quality and reliability activities
collaborations. Projects and technologies include computer center
hotline and help-desk services, account management, web-based system
documentation, system status information tools, user training,
trouble-ticketing systems, and application analyst support.

**User Support Services Deliverables for FY06**

-   Product services for several level 2 milestones including Purple
    limited availability, BlueGene/L availability, and tri-lab Purple
    environment.

-   This product's deliverables include user assistance and consulting
    via help desk and in person consultation; preparation and
    presentation of appropriate training sessions and documentation for
    LANL and tri-lab customers; coordination of account management
    activities within the Los Alamos customer base and among tri-lab
    users and affiliates; problem identification, resolution and
    tracking; maintenance of historical records of problems and their
    resolution; reports on metrics such as system utilization and
    reliability (reliability metrics include interrupt and repair data
    from the individual components to complete systems); planning and
    user support for commercial production software tools; and direct
    end-user and application development support for effectively
    utilizing systems.

-   Contribute to the HPC Consortium Community particularly for sharing
    common information such as training.

**Strategy to Deliver User Support Services for FY06--FY07**

-   Maintain a well-trained and motivated workforce capable of providing
    user support services for Purple and BlueGene/L systems.

-   Focus on customer requirements for access and effective use of all
    ASC systems, take responsibility for direct customer service to
    local and remote users, and take responsibility for usage statistics
    and administrative interface for external users such as ASC
    Alliances.

-   Achieve continuous improvement in the quality of user support and
    user satisfaction with these services through the use of appropriate
    metrics and user feedback mechanisms.

-   Utilize quality software engineering design that is well planned and
    managed. We will be expeditious, incorporating code reuse when
    possible.

##### 1.5.5.2.1 Hotlines and System Support (LLNL)

The Hotlines and System Support project provides users with a suite of
services enabling effective use of ASC tri-lab computing resources.

This project includes computer center hotline and help-desk services,
account management, web-based system documentation, system status
information tools, user training, trouble-ticketing systems, and
application analyst support.

Planned activities in FY06 include supporting ASC tri-lab systems in the
following areas: provide daily technical consulting and user support
services; respond to customer calls to resolve questions about systems
use or status; provide account management activities and system event
scheduling including technical bulletin publishing; administer and
maintain Remedy for problem reporting and tracking; continue development
of the LCAMS product to improve efficiency and accountability of account
management activities and policy implementation; and develop and
maintain web pages, documentation, and training as needed.

For FY07, we expect to continue to provide the same activities and
services described for FY06.

##### 1.5.5.2.2 Integrated Computing Network Consulting, Training and Documentation, and External Computing Support (LANL)

This project is comprised of three teams: the Integrated Computing
Network consulting office, responsible for direct customer service to
local and remote users of LANL ASC resources, the training and
documentation team, responsible for the development and delivery of
documentation and training materials for LANL ASC resources, and the
external computing support team, responsible for usage statistics and
the administrative interface for external HPC users such as tri-lab ASC
and ASC Alliances. Thrust areas consist of:

-   User support services. Daily technical consulting and user support
    services. The Integrated Computing Network consulting office
    provides direct customer service to local and remote users of the
    LANL HPC resources in support of ongoing computing and the ASC
    program. They respond to customer calls to resolve questions about
    systems use or status. Conduct account management activities and
    system event scheduling. Provide administration and maintenance of
    user problem reporting and tracking systems.

-   Web page development and support. Develop and maintain web pages at
    LANL in support of ASC.

-   Operational metrics for HPC environment. Collect data regarding
    machine usage, machine availability, and mean-time-to-failure as
    needed by various interested parties and make that data accessible.

-   Develop and deliver documentation and training.

This project is staffed by teams of skilled and experienced consultants,
trainers, documenters and statistical professionals. This staff, coupled
with a set of procedures and tools deliver user support services
including help desk, account management, documentation and training.
They also maintain statistics on system utilization and reliability.

Planned activities in FY06 include perform ongoing user support for
users of LANL\'s ASC computing resources; expand class offerings
particularly in the use and support of Linux capacity systems and
Panasas based file systems; expand online documentation in both breath
and depth; deploy new trouble tracking systems in the open and secure;
deploy enhanced HPC statistical reports and infrastructure; re-architect
the accounts system; and further refinement and development of ongoing
customer satisfaction surveys to quickly identify and deal with any
future shortcomings.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include performing ongoing user
support for users of LANL\'s ASC computing resources, and continuing to
improve the quality of support for productive use of the computing
services.

##### 1.5.5.2.3 Ongoing User Services (LANL)

This project has two main focus areas grouped under the umbrella of User
Services. The first focus is to support the production environments by
ensuring that tools needed by users are available and working on
production platforms. Tools in this context include compilers, debugging
tools, and performance and profiling tools. To do this we research,
develop, and deploy reliable, available, and scalable capabilities in
commercial and custom software development. The essential elements must
be identified and advanced to minimize cost, enable similar environments
across like platforms, and enable developers to successfully develop,
debug, and analyze applications. Specific activities include: interact
with vendors and other third party tool providers to negotiate
requirements, licenses and product issues; work with the project lead
for Systems and Network Maintenance to budget for tool contracts and to
forecast new requirements; test tools on new computing resources before
they go into production use; establish acceptance/regression test suite
for tools; assist users in applying tools to their problems; continue
development of a comprehensive tools strategy, base on LANL needs and in
concert with the tri-lab tool workshops; and participate in planning and
assessing tools environments for future ASC systems.

The second focus is on application development and end user in-person
support. This involves technical consulting and collaborations with
customers on issues related to the application code development
environment and use on production systems, including documentation and
training. The goal is to engage users directly to understand problems
and issues and assist in their solution. The staff fulfilling this focus
area also serve as a two-way conduit for communication of requirements,
issues, and information between users and all the ASC teams that support
them.

Planned activities in FY06 include assisting users via direct support
and with tools as the number and use of Linux capacity computing
platforms grows and moves from 32-bit to 64-bit operation; providing
support for the 64-bit production development environment on Lightning
and new capacity clusters and establishing a focused approach to
supporting users; ensuring that an acceptance/regression test suite
process is initiated for tool acceptance prior to production
implementation; to provide technical consulting and collaborations with
customers on issues related to the application code development
environment on production systems; and to manage requests for and
installations of third-party software on the production systems.

Planned activities in FY07 include planning for software tools required
for future systems, and continuing to improve the quality of support for
productive use of the computing services.

##### 1.5.5.2.4 Red Storm Customer Care (SNL)

Classroom instruction provided through Cray, Inc. and augmented by local
experts. Web based training will provide overviews and baseline
education about the Red Storm system and access methods. In an effort to
cultivate a shared wisdom community we provide the Collaborative
Learning, Information and Knowledge tool to gather, share and maintain
HPC user knowledge. SARAPE provides remote users with the ability to
request account access for NNSA wide platforms, engineering applications
and network access. We will continue significant investigations of
application code performance on specific architectures (specifically,
Red Storm) and prepare general models to predict the behavior of codes
on new architectures. Implement and support a Software Quality
Environment for applications developers, systems administrators and
operating systems developers. This activity is in cooperation with the
system level metrics gathering work identified in the Systems Software
and Tools product area (1.5.4.4).

Capabilities for this project include the following: Statistics
gathering through interview and review of access logs to determine the
use of the services that provide customer support. Continue to provide
methods for administrators to verify status of support and for all users
to collaborate within secured access environment. Provide SARAPE web
based request access to all ASC platforms within the tri-lab arena to
all customers of these platforms. Administer software quality platforms
to minimize disruptions to production platforms and support application
development regression tests and quality processes. Identify to what
extent real application performance correlates to the performance of
select application kernel benchmarks. Use models to identify the
limiting features of codes and platforms. Collect production based
workloads to support software quality practices for system software.

Planned activities in FY06 include using a well defined statistical
analysis design to gather data at 1 month from release of Red Storm and
six months following release to compare to determine growth direction,
capability and requirements. The primary activity will be to employ the
ability for consultants to provide user support solely from within the
email environment while having the code append history to database
objects. Document the SARAPE process and work with the Sandia
Infrastructure Support group to possibly transfer responsibility.
Develop and expand Access Grid training capability and work with the
other labs to develop a training "library" to allow for reuse of
training material and sharing of tools among the labs. Expand coverage
of research to additional codes exhibiting varied computational and I/O
characteristics. Initiate the Software Quality Environment with
appropriate development platforms as determined by application
development teams at Sandia.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include a review of data that
will determine these activities, including an ongoing metrics gathering
and evaluation plan.

#### WBS 1.5.5.3: Collaborations

This level 4 product provides collaboration with external agencies on
specific high-performance computing projects. The scope of this product
includes planning, development, integration and deployment, continuing
product support, and quality and reliability activities collaborations.
This product also includes any programmatic support across the entire
ASC program and studies, either by internal or external groups, that
enable the program to improve its planning and execution of the its
mission.

**Collaborations Deliverables for FY06**

-   LLNL will manage tri-lab contracts and procurements, support tri-lab
    meetings and conferences, prepare and release ASC documents, and
    continue with earned value management of the Purple contract.

-   Sandia will explore possible cooperative work with the SC05 ASC
    Research Exhibit and the FY06 Principle Investigators meeting.

**Strategy to Deliver Collaborations for FY06--FY07**

-   Encourage a strong relationship with the US academic community and
    NNS for the benefit of ASC. We are also committed to excellent
    service to the tri-lab community in our joint activities.

-   Support SC05 Research Booth.

##### 1.5.5.3.1 Program Support (LLNL)

The Program Support project provides service to the ASC program. These
services include document management, technical writing and editing,
procurement and contracting, project management, and meeting support.
These services are in support of both LLNL-only and tri-lab activities.

In FY06, this project will support preparation and release of technical
reports, publicity media, and tri-lab documents such as FY07
Implementation and SuperComputing publicity. Procurement activities will
include management of existing tri-lab contracts and negotiating and
executing new contracts. Project management support will be provided for
earned value management of the Purple project. Meeting support will be
needed for the FY06 principle investigator's meeting, SC06, predictive
simulation workshops, and other meetings.

In FY07, we plan to continue FY06 activities.

##### 1.5.5.3.2 University Outreach (LLNL)

The University Outreach project is the focal point for the ASC Program
to engage the U.S. academic community, facilitating scientific exchanges
between laboratory and academic researchers and developing the next
generation of scientists.

In FY06, the ASC program will partner with universities and research
centers, gaining access to the most current advances in applied
sciences, computer science and scientific computing. These partnerships
also permit the ASC program to influence the direction and focus of
applied research activities in areas of relevance to the program. The
ASC program will support the High Performance Computer Science Graduate
Fellowship and the summer and visitor programs. Through these
activities, the ASC program trains and recruits the next generation of
applied and computer scientists. Visits to the Laboratory and
participation of laboratory researchers involve these young researchers
in problems aligned with programmatic interest

In FY07, we plan to continue FY06 activities.

##### 1.5.5.3.3 One Program/Three Labs (SNL)

One Program/Three Labs funds several critical coordination and
integration activities essential to the success of ASC. These crosscut
and outreach activities seek to facilitate cooperation and collaboration
among the weapons laboratories, improve program visibility within the
high-performance computing community, and enhance the overall operations
of the ASC program.

One Program/Three Labs supports expenses incurred by the laboratories to
meet management expenses for the Alliance program for
laboratory/Alliance center meetings, cross-Center meetings and
workshops, and NNSA and tri-lab Sponsor Team reviews.

Planned activities in FY06 include the ASC Executive Committee, a
tri-lab management structure including DOE-HQ program managers and an
executive and deputy from each of the labs; quarterly meetings of the
ASC Executive Committee; annual principal investigator meetings that
expose attendees to technical and programmatic efforts at the three
laboratories; and SAIC contract to provide various administration
support.

FY07 activities will continue to be a tri-lab program management effort.

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[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548050 .anchor}Table V-1. Quick Look: Level 1
Milestone Dependencies

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  **Milestone   **Milestone Title**  **Level**   FY     **Completion   **DOE                     **Site(s)**   ASC Category    Depends on  Milestone ID     Has another Milestone
  ID**                                                  Date**         Program/Subprogram(s)**                                 another                      Milestone   ID
                                                                                                                               Milestone                    depending   
                                                                                                                                                            on it       
  ------------- -------------------- ----------- ------ -------------- ------------------------- ------------- --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- -----------
  349           Deliver advanced ASC 1           2006   Jun-06         ASC/Integrated Codes      HQ, LLNL,     Enhanced        Yes         LANL-VV-06-01,   Yes         359 (M44)
                physics and                                                                      LANL, SNL     predictive                  LANL-IC-06-01,               
                engineering                                                                                    capability, DSW             LANL-IC-06-02                
                simulation                                                                                     Deliverables,                                            
                capabilities to                                                                                Increasingly                                             
                support the W76 and                                                                            productive                                               
                the W80                                                                                        environment                                              
                LEP/certification.                                                                                                                                      

  350           Proved a 100         1           2007   Dec-06         ASC                       HQ, LLNL      Enhanced        Yes         461, 464, 1348,  Yes         359 (and
                teraflops platform                                                                             predictive                  LL-CSSE-06-02,               many more)
                environment                                                                                    capability, DSW             LL-CSSE-06-04,               
                supporting to the                                                                              Deliverables,               LL-CSSE-06-05,               
                tri-laboratory DSW                                                                             Increasingly                CSSE-07-03                   
                and Campaign                                                                                   productive                                               
                simulation                                                                                     environment                                              
                experiments.                                                                                                                                            

  359           Complete modern      1           2009   Sep-09         ASC/Integrated Codes      HQ, LLNL,     DSW                         349                          
                baseline of all                                                                  LANL, SNL     Deliverables                                             
                enduring stockpile                                                                                                                                      
                systems with ASC                                                                                                                                        
                codes.                                                                                                                                                  
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<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M28, M36, M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>2</td>
<td>Code B release to support RRW and W76</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Mar-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, &amp; L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M28, 349 (M33), M36, M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>3</td>
<td>Code A release to support RRW and W76</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M28, 349 (M33), M36, M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>4</td>
<td>Code A release to support RRW and W76</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M28, M36, M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>5</td>
<td>Plutonium science for W88</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>6</td>
<td>Multiphase EOS capability</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M36, M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>7</td>
<td>Pilot Demonstration of UQ in 5 Areas of Physics and Engineering</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M36, M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>8</td>
<td>Secondary V&amp;V Assessment Supporting W76-1 LEP Certification
(Intermediate)</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Verification &amp; Validation</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LANL-IC-06-04</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>9</td>
<td>Primary V&amp;V Assessment Supporting Code Capabilities for Primary
Burn</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Verification &amp; Validation</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LANL-IC-06-01</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LANL-IC-06-03</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>10</td>
<td>Validation assessment capability for simulation of engineering shock
transmission through nonlinear materials</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Verification &amp; Validation</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M36, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>11</td>
<td>Define and baseline end-to-end productivity measures for use of code
projects A and B products</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LANL-IC-06-01, LANL-IC-06-02</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>12</td>
<td>Performance prediction study of representative ASC application
workload based on candidate capacity hardware platforms</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LANL-IC-06-01, LANL-IC-06-02</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M36, M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>13</td>
<td>Characterize code project A and code project B on capacity
production systems</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LANL-IC-06-01, LANL-IC-06-02</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M36, M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>14</td>
<td>Capacity computing systems integration using revised software stack
and code developer acceptance</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>DSW Deliverables</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>M36, M38, 359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>15</td>
<td>Computer Center Infrastructure upgraded to support growth in
computing systems.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Facility Operations and User Support</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>L3, L4, L5 milestones</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>359 (M44)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>16</td>
<td>Demonstrate high quality full system capability in a 2D secondary
performance code with the addition of one or more physics model
improvements needed for DSW simulations</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Mar-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>17</td>
<td>Apply enhanced 3D secondary simulation capability to calculations
required for the W80 LEP/certification</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td><p>Enhanced predictive capability</p>
<p>DSW deliverables</p></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>18</td>
<td>Implement and demonstrate a parallel 2D capability in an existing 3D
secondary performance code</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Dec-05</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>19</td>
<td>Enhance capabilities of nuclear weapon simulation codes to support
current and planned design efforts</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>20</td>
<td>Explore and assess new opportunities to enhance the predictive
capability of primary performance and safety codes for future stockpile
activities</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>21</td>
<td>Next-generation Pu multiphase EOS delivered for QMU and stockpile
certification</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>22</td>
<td>Hydro-nuclear Global Sensitivity Analysis of Selected Nuclear
Events</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-04</td>
<td>ASC/Verification &amp; Validation</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>23</td>
<td>Boost Physics Global Sensitivity Analysis of Selected Nuclear
Events</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Verification &amp; Validation</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>24</td>
<td>Application of Multi-Variate Adaptive Response Surface and Adaptive
Latin Hypercube Analysis Methods to Selected Issues in W-80
Performance</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-04</td>
<td>ASC/Verification &amp; Validation</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>25</td>
<td>Deploy Next-Generation Data and Visualization Capabilities for
BlueGene/L and Purple Environments</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>26</td>
<td>Purple System Ready for Limited Production</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>461, 1348</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>350, LL-CSUE-07-02, LL-CSUE-07-03</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>27</td>
<td>Algorithms for error-corrected reliability analysis in risk-informed
design</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes </td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>28</td>
<td>Apply coupled mechanical-electrostatics analysis capability to
microsystem device.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes </td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>DSW deliverables</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>29</td>
<td>Simulate W76-1 electronic systems performance in combined thermal
and hostile environments.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>30</td>
<td>Demonstrate robust PRESTO simulation capability for B61 impacts, W76
abnormal mechanical environments &amp; SGT accidents.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>31</td>
<td>Demonstrate the calculation of current-voltage curves (collector and
base currents) for an npn silicon bipolar junction transitor using
two-dimensional CHARON simulations, and incorporating a finite set of
defects and defect annealing in the simulations.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>32</td>
<td>Develop and demonstrate a predictive computational capability for
polymers in confined geometries that connects changes in polymer
mechanical performance to slow chemical reactions of aging.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>33</td>
<td>Apply a validation process for determining adequacy of AF&amp;F
response predictions in a full-system blast test</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Verification and Validation</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>DSW deliverables</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>34</td>
<td>Perform system-level Uncertainty Quantification and sensitivity
analysis for abnormal thermal environments.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Verification and Validation</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>DSW deliverables</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>43</td>
<td>Perform integral-level validation of fire model predictions of heat
flux to a weapon in a hydrocarbon fuel fire.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Verification and Validation</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>DSW deliverables</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>35</td>
<td>Provide the networking and I/O technology road map to support a
petaflops computing environment and the conversion of the existing
service to a new provider</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>36</td>
<td>Develop a high-level interprocessor communication network for
petaflops computing.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>37</td>
<td>Tri-lab verification methodology</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-04</td>
<td>ASC/Verification and Validation</td>
<td>LLNL, LANL, SNL</td>
<td>DSW deliverables</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>39</td>
<td>Deploy Security Infrastructure for ASC Tri-Lab</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Jun-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LLNL, LANL, SNL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>41</td>
<td>BlueGene/L Simulations Informing Pit Lifetime Estimates</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>LLNL, LANL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LL-CSSE-06-03</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>42</td>
<td>Deploy Purple Tri-Lab User Environment</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>06</td>
<td>Sep-06</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LLNL, LANL, SNL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LL-CSUE-06-04</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>350</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548052 .anchor}Table V-3. Quick Look:
*Preliminary* Level 2 Milestone Dependencies for FY07

<table>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 16%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 4%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 14%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th><strong>Milestone ID</strong></th>
<th><strong>Milestone Title</strong></th>
<th><strong>Level</strong></th>
<th>FY</th>
<th><strong>Completion Date</strong></th>
<th><strong>DOE Program/Subprogram(s)</strong></th>
<th><strong>Site(s)</strong></th>
<th><strong>ASC Category</strong></th>
<th>Depends on another Milestone</th>
<th>Milestone ID</th>
<th>Has another Milestone depending on it</th>
<th>Milestone ID</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td>LL-IC-07-01</td>
<td>Develop enhanced capabilities in a multidimensional (1D,2D,3D)
effects code to support current and planned effects modeling
efforts</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>FY07-Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td><p>Enhanced predictive capability</p>
<p>DSW deliverables</p></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>LL-IC-07-02</td>
<td>Demonstrate a dynamic P&amp;M model capability with multi-physics
coupling in a performance code</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>FY07-Q3</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>LL-IC-07-03</td>
<td>Complete initial 2D mesh generation capability</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>FY07-Q2</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>LL-IC-07-04</td>
<td>Enhance capabilities of nuclear weapon simulation codes to support
current and planned design efforts</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>FY06-Q3</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td><p>Enhanced predictive capability</p>
<p>DSW deliverables</p></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>LL-IC-07-05</td>
<td>Explore and assess new opportunities to enhance the predictive
capability of primary performance and safety codes for future stockpile
activities</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>FY06-Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>LL-PEM-07-01</td>
<td>Advanced HE reactive flow model for scaled hydrodynamic
studies.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>FY07-Q1</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>LL-PEM-07-02</td>
<td>Produce and provide advanced assessment of a complex physics model
using the full compliment of verification and validation tools and
techniques available.</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>FY07-Q3</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>LL-CSSE -07-01</td>
<td>Develop strategies for deploying and operating a petaflops class
compute resource by 2010</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td></td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>LL-CSSE-07-02</td>
<td>Complete the hardware and software environment for BlueGene/L and
Purple</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td></td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td></td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LL-CSUE-06-04, LL-CSUE 06-03</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>LL-CSSE-07-03</td>
<td>Ready the Purple system for General Availability</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td></td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LLNL</td>
<td></td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>LL-CSUE-06-04</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>350</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>LANL-CSSE-07-01</td>
<td>Plan for Next Generation Capability System Architecture and Design,
Based on Tri-Lab Application Drivers and Requirements</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td></td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>LANL-FOUS-07-01</td>
<td>Capacity Computing Systems Using Revised Software Stack, Designer
Tested and Ready for Production Use</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td></td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>LANL</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SNL-IC-07-01</td>
<td>Deliver fully integrated solver capability in Trilinos Release
7</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>SNL-IC-07-02</td>
<td>Allegro High Energy Density Capability</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SNL-IC-07-03</td>
<td>PREMO vortex-fin interaction capability</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>SNL-IC-07-04</td>
<td>ARIA level set capabilities</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SNL-IC-07-05</td>
<td>Combined cable SGEMP, box IEMP, and cavity SGEMP capability</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Integrated Codes</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>SNL-PEM-07-06</td>
<td>Fluid-Structure Interaction Subgrid models for Microsystems To
Predict Damping-Type Models for Use In Structure Dynamics Code</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>DSW deliverables</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SNL-PEM-07-07</td>
<td>A Physics-Based Methodology for Calculating Properties of
Radiation-Induced Defects</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Physics and Engineering Models</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Enhanced predictive capability</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>SNL-VV-07-08</td>
<td>Develop A Tri-Lab QMU Methodology and Implementation Plan</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Verification and Validation</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>DSW deliverables</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SNL-CSSE-07-09</td>
<td>Deliver techniques and methodologies developed under DVS to support
verification and validation</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>07</td>
<td>Q4</td>
<td>ASC/Computational Systems and Software Environment</td>
<td>SNL</td>
<td>Increasingly productive environment</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Detailed Milestone Descriptions for FY06

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  ---------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------- ---------------- --------------
  **Milestone (ID#):**                                                                    
  Performance prediction                                                                  
  study of                                                                                
  representative ASC                                                                      
  application workload                                                                    
  based on candidate                                                                      
  capacity hardware                                                                       
  platforms (#12)                                                                         

  **Level**: 2                                                                            

  **Fiscal Year**: FY06                                                                   

  **DOE Area/Campaign**:                                                                  
  ASC                                                                                     

  **Completion Date**:                                                                    
  Jun-06                                                                                  

  **ASC nWBS                                                                              
  Subprogram**:                                                                           
  Computational Systems                                                                   
  and Software                                                                            
  Environment                                                                             

  **Participating                                                                         
  Sites:** LANL                                                                           

  **Description**:                                                                        
  Complete a formal                                                                       
  systematic performance                                                                  
  study of candidate                                                                      
  compute architectures                                                                   
  considered for the                                                                      
  anticipated next ASC                                                                    
  capacity platform                                                                       
  procurement against a                                                                   
  tri-Lab application                                                                     
  workload. We                                                                            
  anticipate that                                                                         
  Partisn, Sage, CTH,                                                                     
  and UMT2K will be                                                                       
  included. The spectrum                                                                  
  of architectures under                                                                  
  consideration will                                                                      
  include all credible                                                                    
  bids in the                                                                             
  procurement process.                                                                    
  The study will use                                                                      
  validated application                                                                   
  models to rank the                                                                      
  proposals based on                                                                      
  achievable/sustained                                                                    
  performance on the                                                                      
  realistic workload                                                                      
  considered. For a                                                                       
  subset of the bids, we                                                                  
  will perform                                                                            
  point-design studies,                                                                   
  to assess the impact                                                                    
  of various proposed                                                                     
  changes in the                                                                          
  configuration on                                                                        
  application                                                                             
  performance. The                                                                        
  software stack from                                                                     
  each of the three Labs                                                                  
  will be utilized in                                                                     
  the analysis.                                                                           

  **Completion                                                                            
  Criteria**: The                                                                         
  milestone will be                                                                       
  complete when the                                                                       
  ranking for a system                                                                    
  and application                                                                         
  performance standpoint                                                                  
  of all credible bids                                                                    
  will be done. This                                                                      
  includes the                                                                            
  point-design studies                                                                    
  mentioned in the                                                                        
  Milestone Description.                                                                  

  **Customer**: The                                                                       
  client is the ASC                                                                       
  program (S&CS,                                                                          
  Platforms, and HQ)                                                                      
  which are keenly                                                                        
  interested in ensuring                                                                  
  that the next                                                                           
  procurement exhibits                                                                    
  superior performance                                                                    
  characteristics for                                                                     
  the ASC applications.                                                                   

  **Milestone                                                                             
  Certification                                                                           
  Method**: To certify                                                                    
  the completion of this                                                                  
  milestone, a formal                                                                     
  review will be                                                                          
  conducted, and formal                                                                   
  documentation will be                                                                   
  submitted documenting                                                                   
  the milestone work.                                                                     

  **Supporting                                                                            
  Resources**:                                                                            

  **Codes/Simulation                                                                      
  Tools Employed**:                                                                       
  Sage, Partisn, UMT2K                                                                    
  and CTH, at a minimum                                                                   
  will be employed. In                                                                    
  reality, we expect                                                                      
  that a larger suite of                                                                  
  apps will be                                                                            
  considered. PAL                                                                         
  developed models of                                                                     
  these applications                                                                      
  will be employed.                                                                       

  **Contribution to the                                                                   
  ASC Program**:                                                                          

  **Contribution to                                                                       
  Stockpile Stewardship:                                                                  
  text**                                                                                  

  **No.**                **Risk Description**          **Risk Assessment                  
                                                       (low, medium,                      
                                                       high)**                            

                                                       **Consequence**   **Likelihood**   **Exposure**

                                                                                          

                                                                                          
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| **    | **Risk Description**       | **Risk    |          |        |
| No.** |                            | A         |          |        |
|       |                            | ssessment |          |        |
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| 2     | Design Delays/Failure      | Low       | High     | Medium |
+-------+----------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
| 3     | GFE RUPS Schedule Delays   | Medium    | High     | High   |
+-------+----------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
| 4     | Contractor Procurement     | High      | High     | High   |
|       | Delay                      |           |          |        |
+-------+----------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
| 5     | Electrical Equipment       | High      | High     | High   |
|       | Delays                     |           |          |        |
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+---------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
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+---------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
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+---------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
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+---------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
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+---------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
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+---------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
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|         | deployment not           |           |          |        |
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+---------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+

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| with   |                           |           |          |        |
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| nment: |                           |           |          |        |
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| for    |                           |           |          |        |
| LEP    |                           |           |          |        |
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| dep    |                           |           |          |        |
| loyed. |                           |           |          |        |
+--------+---------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
| *      | **Risk Description**      | **Risk    |          |        |
| *No.** |                           | A         |          |        |
|        |                           | ssessment |          |        |
|        |                           | (low,     |          |        |
|        |                           | medium,   |          |        |
|        |                           | high)**   |          |        |
+--------+---------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
|        |                           | **Cons    | **Like   | **Expo |
|        |                           | equence** | lihood** | sure** |
+--------+---------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
| 1      | User environment software | Low       | Low      | Low    |
|        | doesn\'t meet application |           |          |        |
|        | requirements              |           |          |        |
+--------+---------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
| 2      | Tri-lab classified        | Low       | Low      | Low    |
|        | network access and        |           |          |        |
|        | security infrastructure   |           |          |        |
|        | not reliable for remote   |           |          |        |
|        | use                       |           |          |        |
+--------+---------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+
| 3      | Resources for this        | Medium    | Medium   | Medium |
|        | milestone, from the       |           |          |        |
|        | Computational Systems and |           |          |        |
|        | Software Environment      |           |          |        |
|        | subprogram, will also be  |           |          |        |
|        | working on taking Red     |           |          |        |
|        | Storm from Limited to     |           |          |        |
|        | General Availability.     |           |          |        |
+--------+---------------------------+-----------+----------+--------+

Milestone Descriptions for Preliminary FY07

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  **Milestone (ID#)**: Develop strategies for deploying and operating a
  petaflops-class compute resource (LL-CSSE-07-01)

  **Level**: 2

  **Fiscal Year**: FY07

  **DOE Area/Campaign**: ASC

  **Completion Date**: FY07-Q1

  **ASC nWBS Subprogram**: Computational Systems and Software Environment

  **Description**: Petaflops computing will require a robust software and
  hardware environment that does not exist today. We will develop the
  requirements for such software and hardware using our experience with
  using the BlueGene/L system. Performance and reliability at the scale
  for such high-end computing will be our key goals for this environment.
  From these requirements we will develop strategies for each major
  component of the environment.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **Milestone (ID#)**: Deploy the Purple system for General Availability
  (LL-CSSE-07-02)

  **Level**: 2

  **Fiscal Year**: FY07

  **DOE Area/Campaign**: ASC

  **Completion Date**: FY07-Q2

  **ASC nWBS Subprogram**: Facility Operations and User Support

  **Description**: When Purple is placed in the limited availability
  status it will be made available to a large, but controlled, set of
  users and have a functional hardware and software user environment.
  However functionality will be missing. We will complete the environment
  by deploying the missing capabilities. We will upgrade the data
  analysis servers, and provide sufficient archival bandwidth and
  capacity. We will complete the system software and the software
  development environment and ensure that it is stable and reliable. User
  documentation will be complete and accurate and training modules made
  available. A system for ensuring program directed scheduling will have
  been put into operation.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **Milestone (ID#)**: Models and data supporting RRW

  **Level**: 2

  **Fiscal Year**: FY07
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **Milestone (ID#)**: Plutonium material/EOS theory and modeling
  advances

  **Level**: 2

  **Fiscal Year**: FY07
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **Milestone (ID#)**: Boost predictive theory advances

  **Level**: 2

  **Fiscal Year**: FY07
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **Milestone (ID#)**: Models and data supporting RRW

  **Level**: 2

  **Fiscal Year**: FY07
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **Milestone (ID#)**: Plutonium material/EOS theory and modeling
  advances

  **Level**: 2

  **Fiscal Year**: FY07
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **Milestone (ID#)**: Boost predictive theory advances

  **Level**: 2

  **Fiscal Year**: FY07
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **Milestone (ID#)**: Deliver techniques and methodologies developed
  under DVS to support verification and validation. (SNL-CSSE-07-01)

  **Level**: 2

  **Fiscal Year**: FY07

  **DOE Area/Campaign**: ASC

  **Completion Date**: 9/30/07

  **ASC nWBS Subprogram**: Computational Systems & Software Engineering

  **Description**: As V&V gains importance throughout the ASC program, an
  increasing emphasis is being placed on the development and delivery of
  data and visualization tools that support the needs of V&V. We will
  test prototypes and evaluate approaches in the FY06 time frame, with
  the intent of targeting delivery of selected techniques and
  methodologies in FY07. We are expecting to partner with V&V and/or key
  application milestones that are linked to V&V deliverables.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548044 .anchor}VI. ASC Integration

In the tables below, ASC program management has described how the
subprograms contribute to a milestone or another deliverable of any of
the subprograms, products, or external programs for a given subprogram.
Included in the descriptions is whether or not a delay would impact a
planned deliverable or subprogram, product, or external program. If the
table cell is blank, the product does not affect any deliverables.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548053 .anchor}Table VI-1. All Subprograms as
Related to Integrated Codes

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Integrated Codes (Modern, Multi Physics Codes; Legacy Codes;
                    Engineering Codes; Focused Research, Innovation, and
                    Collaboration; and Emerging and Specialized Codes)
  ----------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
  **Integrated      
  Codes**           

  LLNL              MMPC acts as the vehicle, which integrates the work from many
                    other products to provide the complexes weapons physics
                    simulation tools. Legacy Codes act a touchstone with the past and
                    serve as a first check for the ability of MMPC to simulate UGTs.
                    FRIC provides libraries (especially solvers) and other algorithms
                    that are used by MMPC and Emerging and Specialized Codes.
                    Emerging and Specialized Codes provide MMPC with nascent codes as
                    they reach a sufficient level of maturity.

  LANL              Theory and experiment developed in the Science Campaigns come
                    together the MMPC, which provide DSW with the simulation tools
                    required for weapons certification, assessment, surety, SFI
                    resolution, and design feasibility. Legacy codes are historical
                    UGT calibration tools that provide a benchmark for the MMPC, with
                    that benchmark being a rudimentary predictive simulation
                    capability with uncertainties greater than those deemed
                    acceptable by the MMPC. FIRC Provides for higher-risk,
                    exploratory research (Weapons-Supported Research) necessary to
                    pursue high-payoff numerical algorithm innovations. Deliverables
                    include more robust and accurate algorithms for MMPC in the area
                    of shock physics, transport, linear and nonlinear solvers, and
                    coupled multi-physics. Provides an analysis tool for the design
                    of casting/welding operations in the nuclear weapons complex,
                    setup tools for providing mesh geometry and initial and boundary
                    condition information for the MMPC, and energy diagnostic tools
                    for post-processing the MMPC output in weapons effects studies.
                    The casting simulation tool contributes reusable software
                    components (solvers, parallel communication, etc.) for all of IC
                    Products.

  SNL               FRIC Provides the libraries and frameworks, including solvers,
                    optimization other algorithms that are used by integrated codes
                    at SNL, particularly engineering codes.

  **Physics and     
  Engineering       
  Models**          

  LLNL              Improved models of physical behavior---including, strength,
                    equation of state, nuclear reactions, opacity, high explosive
                    performance, and advanced hydrodynamic behavior---are delivered
                    for use in the modern multi-physics codes, leading towards the
                    goal of improved predictive capability using science based
                    models. Contributes to FY06 L1 and L2 IC milestones, and a
                    proposed FY07 L2 milestone. Delays in this product impact the
                    progress in improving the predictive capability of the integrated
                    codes. Model Implementation facilitates the delivery of an
                    effective capability within the modern multi-physics codes,
                    moving forward with improved predictivity. New model
                    implementations are achieved through close collaboration between
                    the integrated code developers and the developers of the new
                    physics models. In some cases the ASC integrated codes are
                    utilized as the development test-bed for new models. Contributes
                    to FY06 L1 and L2 IC milestones, and a proposed FY07 L2
                    milestone. Delays in this product impact the progress in
                    improving the predictive capability of the integrated codes. This
                    activity provides new material and physics models for integration
                    in the MMPC and possibly ESC and legacy codes. Fundamental
                    Physics Codes and Application delivers codes that provide opacity
                    data that is directly inserted into integrated code simulations.
                    Contributes to FY06 and FY07 L2 IC milestones. Delays in this
                    product impact the progress in improving the predictive
                    capability of the integrated codes through accuracy of
                    simulations and increased uncertainties. Material Data Libraries
                    delivers updated libraries of properties of programmatic
                    materials for various physics packages, including equation of
                    state, opacity, and nuclear reactions, to the integrated codes.
                    Library maintainers work closely with the integrated code
                    developers to insure effective data access through the library
                    APIs. Contributes to FY06 L1 and L2 IC milestones. Delays in this
                    product impact the accuracy of simulated predictions, increasing
                    uncertainty, and delaying DSW applications. This activity
                    provides new material data libraries for integration in the MMPC
                    and possibly ESC and legacy codes.

  LANL              Theoretical Models and Experimental Integration Provides for
                    development of fundamental, first-principles theory in area of
                    nuclear and atomic physics, equations of state, high explosives,
                    materials response and damage, turbulence and mix, thermonuclear
                    burn, and engineering analysis. Also provides for higher-risk,
                    exploratory research (Weapons-Supported Research) necessary to
                    pursue high-payoff weapons physics innovations. These theoretical
                    developments drive the improved models instantiated in the Model
                    Implementation Products that are delivered into the MMPC.
                    Implements (in software libraries) new and improved models
                    developed in the Theoretical Models and Experimental Integration
                    Product for the MMPC and legacy codes in area of materials
                    response and damage, equations of state, turbulence and mix,
                    thermonuclear burn, and engineering analysis. Fundamental Physics
                    Codes and Application Develops, maintains, evolves, and applies
                    codes whose algorithms represent high-fidelity solutions to
                    fundamental, first-principles formulations for nuclear and atomic
                    physics, equations of state, materials response, high explosives,
                    turbulence and mix, and thermonuclear burn. These codes are the
                    vehicle by which new, postulated theories developed in the
                    Theoretical Models and Experimental Integration Product are
                    verified and validated. Successfully validated theories are
                    delivered as new models and materials libraries to the MMPC.
                    Material Data Libraries Integrates and tests software libraries
                    and databases into the IC Sub-Program (primarily the MMPC
                    product) that instantiate nuclear and atomic physics data,
                    equations of state, and high explosive and foam materials
                    response.

  SNL               Model implementation provides science-based sub-grid and
                    constitutive models for the ASC Engineering Codes. This activity
                    requires tight integration between project leads and code PIs.

  **Verification    
  and Validation**  

  LLNL              Establishes the validity of the models and code functionality
                    required to assess Performance. May confirm the adequacy, or
                    otherwise, of developments in the MMPC, ESC or Legacy codes and
                    hence may provide new requirements. V&V Methods supports all
                    aspects of software quality assurance for the Integrated Codes as
                    well as the development of mathematical methods for assessing
                    Uncertainty Quantification of the outputs of the Integrated
                    Codes. Specialized V&V Assessments are used to make targeted
                    assessment of code performance against specific stockpile weapons
                    systems or families of systems. Data Validation and Archiving is
                    used to support the variety of databases that the Integrated
                    Codes access to perform their function. This activity may provide
                    improved experimental data with which to aid the validation of
                    models in MMPC, ESC or legacy codes.

  LANL              Develops fundamental V&V and QMU methodologies and test suites to
                    be used in periodic formal and quantitative assessments of codes
                    primarily released in the MMPC Product area. The test suites are
                    archived, assessments are documented, and methodologies are
                    delivered as standard tools. Also supports software quality
                    assurance activities for all codes developed in the IC
                    Sub-Program. Develops and conducts, for performance codes in the
                    MMPC Product area, test suites, sensitivity analyses, uncertainty
                    quantification, single- and multi-effects physics validation, and
                    verification studies. These assessments, which are conducted and
                    documented regularly, are part of an evolutionary delivery life
                    cycle in which primary performance simulation requirements are
                    progressively elaborated. Develops and conducts, for selected SNL
                    and LLNL engineering codes delivered in the IC Sub-Program, test
                    suites, sensitivity analyses, uncertainty quantification, single-
                    and multi-effects physics validation, and verification studies.
                    These assessments, which are conducted and documented regularly,
                    are part of an evolutionary delivery life cycle in which
                    engineering simulation requirements are progressively elaborated.
                    Performs focused V&V assessments of specific physics or
                    combinations of physics of interest to the IC Sub-Program, such
                    as astrophysical applications (for radiation hydrodynamics) and
                    output diagnostics (for transport). Establish requirements and
                    deliver the software and hardware infrastructure for maintaining
                    archival databases needed to support V&V assessments of codes in
                    the IC Sub-Program. These databases include (but are not limited
                    to) data generated in small-scale and integral experiments as
                    well as UGT events.

  SNL               The Engineering Codes and Legacy Code CTH rely on verification
                    methodologies developed in the V&V Methods product to execute
                    software quality practices. Methodologies for verification,
                    validation, UQ and Sensitivity analyses are used extensively
                    through V&V applications and all L1 and L2 milestones to which
                    the V&V program contributes. Directly supports L1 milestones and
                    supporting L2 milestones; Directly supports Alegra-HEDP Z-Pinch
                    milestone.

  **Computational   
  Systems and       
  Software          
  Environment**     

  LLNL              Contributes the required computational resources to enable the
                    development, test, and usage of the 3D and full systems physics
                    for the large codes. A delay in delivery of capability systems
                    impacts the resources available to the entire tri-lab program,
                    making it more difficult to provide the Integrated code
                    capabilities. Contributes the required computational resources
                    for code development and production parameter studies using the
                    products of the Integrated Codes. Delay or inadequate capacity
                    system resources slow down the progress of this area. Contributes
                    to the resources needed for research in preparing for future
                    petascale calculations needed by the program in about 2010.
                    Contributes the software environment needed to operate the
                    computational resources for the development, test, and production
                    usage of the new codes. A delay in delivery of system software
                    and tools impacts the resources available to the entire tri-lab
                    program, making it more difficult to use the computational
                    resources effectively. User productivity and time-to-solution is
                    impacted. Contributes the files systems and storage systems
                    needed to operate the computational resources for the
                    development, test, and production usage of the codes. A
                    disruption or delay in delivery of these systems may make the
                    computational resources needed by Integrated codes unusable. A
                    disruption or delay of the networking developments may impact the
                    remote usage of the capability systems by the Integrated Code
                    efforts at the other laboratories. The Post Processing product
                    contributes to the understanding of the results of the Integrated
                    Codes. For the large codes on the large systems, the volume of
                    data produced is frequently too great to make judgment about the
                    quality of the result without visual processing of the results.
                    Delay in deliverables from this product impacts productivity of
                    the Integrated Code efforts.

  LANL              Ensures the hardware and software maintenance, reliability,
                    availability, and security of LANL capability platforms
                    (currently the Q platform) for reliable execution of MMPC codes
                    during the simulation of high-fidelity, 3D, full physics
                    scenarios. Procures, integrates, and maintains the capacity
                    computing resources required for development of codes in the IC
                    Sub-Program and their end use application for DSW, certification,
                    assessment, and SFI resolution. Perform R&D work with selected
                    computer vendors in the design and demonstration of
                    next-generation (\>3-5 years away) computing platforms whose
                    characteristics are tuned for more efficient execution
                    performance of codes in the MMPC Product area. Provide a reliable
                    and resilient system software environment for codes in the IC
                    Sub-Program by focusing on Linux software stack extensions
                    (Science Appliance), efficient and portable MPI, useful IDEs
                    (Eclipse environment), code coverage tools (Alexandria), process
                    migration, scalable run-time, and network device failover.
                    Understand, predict, and improve performance of IC codes on these
                    computer systems through performance modeling and analysis.
                    Provide, support, and evolve the hardware and software necessary
                    to meet the run-time and archival output requirements for codes
                    in the IC Sub-Program.

  SNL               Robust operating systems are required for Engineering Codes and
                    Legacy Codes to run reliably on capability platforms. Robust
                    operating systems are required for Engineering Codes and Legacy
                    Codes to run reliably on capacity platforms. Sufficient computing
                    capacity is required to meet the user demand for simulations with
                    Engineering Codes and Legacy Codes. Provides the computing
                    systems focused on the mid-range capability gap (workloads in the
                    range of approximately 500-4,000 processors). Supports both
                    production computing workload and application/algorithm
                    development resources. May also provide resources for jobs below
                    500 processors. Robust operating systems that run predictably on
                    various platforms are required for V&V assessments and
                    applications requiring capacity computing. Sufficient user
                    capacity required to meet needs of V&V and applications,
                    especially those requiring QMU. Provides the system software for
                    both Capability and Capacity Systems the will be used by
                    Integrated Codes workload. This Product also provides the code
                    development tools to support both Application and Algorithm
                    development. Provides and supports critical infrastructure
                    required for code development and production simulations. In
                    FY06, this product is completing the production deployment of
                    file systems, storage and networking for the Red Storm general
                    availability computing environment; developing the next
                    generation security infrastructure in support of tri-lab
                    computing; and laying the groundwork in the form of a roadmap to
                    deliver petaflops computing. SNL: Fast creation of meshes and
                    input files for Engineering Codes and Legacy Codes are required
                    for efficient and effective simulations with these codes.
                    Visualization capabilities on both the desktop and other
                    platforms are needed to interpret results from Engineering Codes
                    and Legacy Codes.

  **Facility        
  Operations and    
  User Support**    

  LLNL              This product is required for all production operation of the
                    computational resources needed by this subprogram, including
                    tri-lab system access. Contributes the user support needed to
                    access and operate the computational resources for the
                    development, test, and production usage of the integrated codes.
                    A disruption or delay in delivery of user support impacts the
                    resources available to the entire tri-lab program, making it more
                    difficult to use the computational resources effectively. User
                    productivity and time-to-solution is impacted.

  LANL              Deliver systems and network operations and maintenance and
                    facilities maintenance and upgrades for all capacity and
                    capability computing platforms used by codes in the IC
                    Sub-Program. Provide on-call experts for timely consultation with
                    end users and developers of codes in the IC Sub-Program
                    experiencing software and hardware problems on all computing
                    platforms.
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                    Physics and Engineering Models (Theoretical Models and
                    Experimental Integration; Model Implementation; Fundamental
                    Physics Codes and Application; Material Data Libraries)
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  **Integrated      
  Codes**           

  LLNL              Supplies requirements and feedback to PEM regarding Material Data
                    Libraries and models.

  LANL              Supply requirements and feedback to the PEM Sub-Program through
                    (integral, regression, unit) testing and end use on the accuracy
                    and robustness of delivered and integrated material data
                    libraries and models for material response, turbulence, burn, and
                    high explosive behavior. Supply requirements and feedback to the
                    PEM Sub-Program through (integral, regression, unit) testing on
                    the impacts of new material data libraries and models for
                    material response, turbulence, burn, and high explosive behavior
                    to algorithm changes in the areas of hydro, transport, solvers,
                    and multi-physics coupling.

  SNL               In some case changes to the codes may be required to handle
                    advanced constitutive models or sub-grid models. The PEM staff
                    and management work with PIs from Engineering codes.

  **Physics and     
  Engineering       
  Models**          

  LLNL              This product provides sub-continuum scale simulations, which are
                    used in the development of new theoretical models as well as in
                    producing parameterizations of physical properties used to
                    populate material data libraries.

  LANL              Provides for development of fundamental, first-principles theory
                    in area of nuclear and atomic physics, equations of state, high
                    explosives, materials response and damage, turbulence and mix,
                    thermonuclear burn, and engineering analysis. Also provides for
                    higher-risk, exploratory research (Weapons-Supported Research)
                    necessary to pursue high-payoff weapons physics innovations.
                    These theoretical developments drive the improved models
                    instantiated in the Model Implementation Products. Implements (in
                    software libraries) new and improved models developed in the
                    Theoretical Models and Experimental Integration Product in area
                    of materials response and damage, equations of state, turbulence
                    and mix, thermonuclear burn, and engineering analysis. Develops,
                    maintains, evolves, and applies codes whose algorithms represent
                    high-fidelity solutions to fundamental, first-principles
                    formulations for nuclear and atomic physics, equations of state,
                    materials response, high explosives, turbulence and mix, and
                    thermonuclear burn. These codes are the vehicle by which new,
                    postulated theories developed in the Theoretical Models and
                    Experimental Integration Product are verified and validated.

  SNL               Contributes to the model implementation product. Gives
                    theoretical underpinnings for sub-grid and constitutive models.
                    Works with Model Implementation PIs. Model implementation is
                    dependent on successful theoretical activities under the above
                    product. These products are tightly integrated.

  **Verification    
  and Validation**  

  LANL              Develops fundamental V&V and QMU methodologies and undertakes
                    software quality assurance activities that are used in the
                    assessment of material data libraries and models delivered for
                    use in codes in the IC Sub-Program. Scrutinizes the material data
                    libraries and models delivered by PEM to performance codes by
                    conducting sensitivity analyses, uncertainty quantification,
                    single- and multi-effects physics validation, and verification
                    studies. Scrutinizes material (nuclear and atomic) data libraries
                    delivered by PEM to astrophysical applications (for radiation
                    hydrodynamics) and output diagnostics (for transport). Establish
                    and maintain experimental databases needed to validate new models
                    and material data libraries developed by PEM.

  SNL               Verification and validation of sub-grid and constitutive models
                    is reliant on V&V methods and engineering assessments to provide
                    validated models.

  **Computational   
  Systems and       
  Software          
  Environment**     

  LLNL              A delay in delivery of capability systems impacts the total
                    resources available to the entire tri-lab program, limiting
                    resources available to the Physics and Engineering model
                    development. Contributes the required computational resources for
                    code development and production parameter studies using the
                    products of the Physics and Engineering models. Delay or
                    inadequate capacity system resources slows down the progress of
                    this area. The BlueGene/L system will be directly used for
                    materials aging studies. Contributes the software environment
                    needed to operate the computational resources for the
                    development, test, and production usage of the new models and
                    codes -- especially for the BlueGene/L environment. A delay in
                    delivery of system software and tools support makes it more
                    difficult to use the computational resources effectively. User
                    productivity and time-to-solution is impacted. Contributes the
                    files systems and storage systems needed to operate the
                    computational resources for all code use. A disruption or delay
                    in delivery of these systems may make the computational resources
                    unusable. The function of the parallel files systems will be
                    especially important for the effective use of BlueGene/L for
                    material studies. The Pre- and Post-Processing product
                    contributes to an understanding of the Physics and Engineering
                    Models. For highly scaled physics and materials codes on
                    BlueGene/L, the volume of data produced coupled with unique
                    architecture of BlueGene/L requires next-generation data
                    visualization and analysis tools and servers. Delay in tool and
                    server deployment from this product will have a large impact on
                    the productivity and understanding of the Physics and Engineering
                    Models efforts.

  LANL              Ensures the hardware and software maintenance, reliability,
                    availability, and security of LANL capability platforms
                    (currently the Q platform) with which to scrutinize the effects
                    of PEM material data libraries and models on predictive
                    simulation of UGTs and full system scenarios. Procures,
                    integrates, and maintains the capacity computing resources
                    required for development and testing of PEM material data
                    libraries and models and their integration into codes in the IC
                    Sub-Program. Perform R&D work with selected computer vendors in
                    the design and demonstration of next-generation (\>3-5 years
                    away) computing platforms that are cognizant of the memory
                    bandwidth requirements imposed by the material data libraries and
                    models supplied by PEM. Provide a reliable and resilient system
                    software environment for material library and model development
                    in the PEM Sub-Program by focusing on Linux software stack
                    extensions (Science Appliance), efficient and portable MPI,
                    useful IDEs (Eclipse environment), coverage tools (Alexandria),
                    process migration, scalable run-time, and network device
                    failover. Provide, support, and evolve the hardware and software
                    necessary to meet the run-time and archival output requirements
                    for material data libraries and models implemented in the PEM
                    Sub-Program.

  SNL               Provides the computing systems that are focused on the Mid-range
                    Capability Gap, such as, workloads in the range of approximately
                    500-4,000 processors. Supports both production computing workload
                    and Application and Algorithm development resources. May be well
                    suited for extended job duration workloads.

  **Facility        
  Operations and    
  User Support**    

  LLNL              This product is required for all production operation of the
                    computational resources needed by this subprogram, including
                    tri-lab system access. Contributes the user support needed to
                    access and operate the computational resources for the
                    development, test, and production usage of the codes and
                    applications. A disruption or delay in delivery of user support
                    impacts the resources available to the entire tri-lab program,
                    making it more difficult to use the computational resources
                    effectively. User productivity and time-to-solution is impacted.

  LANL              Deliver systems and network operations and maintenance and
                    facilities maintenance and upgrades for all capacity and
                    capability computing platforms used by the PEM Sub-Program.
                    Provide on-call experts for timely consultation with developers
                    and integrators of models and material data libraries in the PEM
                    Sub-Program experiencing software and hardware problems on all
                    computing platforms.
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                    Verification and Validation (V&V Methods, Primary V&V
                    Assessments, Secondary V&V Assessments, Engineering V&V
                    Assessments, Specialized V&V Assessments, Data Validation and
                    Archiving, University Partnerships)
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  **Integrated      
  Codes**           

  LLNL              MMPC provides the code capabilities for V&V assessments.

  LANL              Provides the codes used in primary and secondary V&V
                    assessments, acts on corrective actions resulting from those
                    assessments, and improves software quality as guided by
                    activities and training in the V&V Sub-Program. Improves
                    software quality as guided by activities and training in the V&V
                    Sub-Program. Uses findings in primary and secondary and V&V
                    assessments to provides more robust and accurate (shock physics,
                    transport, linear and nonlinear solvers, and coupled
                    multi-physics) algorithms. Improves software quality as guided
                    by activities and training in the V&V Sub-Program. Improves
                    software quality as guided by activities and training in the V&V
                    Sub-Program and acts on corrective actions identified in V&V
                    assessments.

  SNL               The Engineering Codes CALORE, FUEGO, SALINAS and DAKOTA will be
                    used in executing the FY06 tri-lab level 1 V&V milestone. Normal
                    user support is expected to be required, but additional support
                    will be supplied if required. The code Alegra-HEDP will support
                    a L2 V&V milestone. V&V and QMU applications require that codes
                    are ready for stockpile computing such as, there is adequate
                    SQE, regression testing, code verification, and acceptance
                    tests. Provides the optimization framework and algorithms that
                    are used by the verification and validation products at SNL.
                    Provides the framework that is used by SNL, LLNL and LANL
                    verification and validation products. The V&V program and QMU
                    studies will rely on capabilities afforded by Dakota to perform
                    UQ studies, sensitivity studies, and optimization studies.

  **Physics and     
  Engineering       
  Models**          

  LLNL              Provides guidance on experiments necessary for verifying new
                    physics and engineering models. Provides the most up to date
                    material property libraries for use in the integrated codes for
                    doing the various V&V system assessments. Provides the best
                    available physics models within the integrated codes for doing
                    the various V&V system assessments.

  LANL              Communicates verification and validation requirements imposed by
                    new and improved theoretical models and works with V&V
                    assessment teams in developing metrics, test suites, etc.
                    Ensures that the latest software libraries embodying new and
                    improved models in area of materials response and damage,
                    equations of state, turbulence and mix, thermonuclear burn, and
                    engineering analysis are available to V&V assessment teams.
                    Ensures that the latest software libraries and databases
                    embodying nuclear and atomic physics data, equations of state,
                    and high explosive and foam materials response are available to
                    V&V assessment teams. Improves software quality in fundamental
                    codes as guided by activities and training in the V&V
                    Sub-Program. Communicates validation requirements imposed by the
                    theoretical models embodied in these codes to V&V assessment
                    teams.

  SNL               Models from PEM will be required for L1 milestone and support L2
                    milestones. Models from PEM are required for other V&V
                    assessments. PEM models must be verified and validated in a
                    manner consistent with the requirements of the V&V program and
                    applications that require QMU assessments. V&V program requires
                    a consistency and pedigree of material data and its usage.

  **Verification    
  and Validation**  

  LLNL              Develops fundamental V&V and QMU methodologies and test suites
                    to be used in periodic formal and quantitative code assessments
                    by the primary, secondary, and engineering assessment teams. The
                    test suites are archived, assessments are documented, and
                    methodologies are delivered as standard tools.

  LANL              Conducts code V&V assessments that utilize the methodologies and
                    tools devised by the V&V Methods Product area. Work with other
                    assessment teams in evolving the assessment rigor, formality,
                    and corrective action feedback. Support V&V assessments by
                    delivering the software and hardware infrastructure necessary
                    for maintaining archival databases of data generated in
                    small-scale and integral experiments as well as UGT events.

  SNL               Methodologies for verification, validation, UQ and Sensitivity
                    analyses are used extensively through V&V applications and all
                    L1 and L2 milestones to which the V&V program contributes.
                    Directly supports L1 milestones and supporting L2 milestones;
                    Directly supports Alegra-HEDP Z-Pinch milestone.

  **Computational   
  Systems and       
  Software          
  Environment**     

  LLNL              Contributes the required computational resources to enable the
                    test, and usage of the 3D and full systems physics for the large
                    codes. A delay in delivery of capability systems impacts the
                    resources available to the entire tri-lab program, making it
                    more difficult to perform the V&V testing of the Integrated code
                    capabilities. Contributes the required computational resources
                    for production parameter studies needed for V&V. Delay or
                    inadequate capacity system resources slows down the progress of
                    this area. Research and experience in advanced systems will
                    contribute to preparation for future petascale calculations
                    needed for future stockpile calculations. Contributes the
                    software environment needed to operate the computational
                    resources for the production V&V testing. If the environment
                    isn't robust, it is more difficult to use the computational
                    resources effectively and user productivity / time-to-solution
                    is impacted. Contributes the files systems and storage systems
                    needed to operate the computational resources for all production
                    use. V&V activities also rely on access to older archived
                    results. The Pre- and Post-Processing product helps support new
                    computational paradigms and increased program emphasis of V&V
                    activities. The large number of runs (100s to 1000s) and vast
                    amount of (possibly geographically distributed) data requires
                    new ways to manage and analyze large data. Delay in this
                    product's deployment will have a large impact on the ability of
                    V&V to analyze and post-process results in a timely way.

  LANL              Ensures the hardware and software maintenance, reliability,
                    availability, and security of LANL capability platforms
                    (currently the Q platform) with which to conduct V&V assessments
                    of predictive simulation of UGTs and full system scenarios.
                    Procures, integrates, and maintains the capacity computing
                    resources required for development of V&V Methods products and
                    conducting the primary, secondary, and engineering V&V code
                    assessments. Performs R&D work with selected computer vendors in
                    the design and demonstration of next-generation (\>3-5 years
                    away) computing platforms that are cognizant of the
                    computational loads imposed by rigorous V&V assessments, and
                    UQ/sensitivity studies. Provides a reliable and resilient system
                    software environment for code assessments in the V&V Sub-Program
                    by focusing on Linux software stack extensions (Science
                    Appliance), efficient and portable MPI, useful IDEs (Eclipse
                    environment), coverage tools (Alexandria), process migration,
                    scalable run-time, and network device failover. Provide,
                    support, and evolve the hardware and software necessary to meet
                    the run-time and archival output requirements for V&V
                    assessments in the V&V Sub-Program. Provide for current and next
                    generation production visualization needs of V&V assessments in
                    the V&V Sub-Program. Associated activities include visualization
                    hardware and user support of existing systems, next generation
                    visualization R&D, expert visualization, legacy visualization
                    tool support, and quantitative data analysis

  SNL               Provides the computing systems that are focused on the Mid-range
                    Capability Gap, such as, workloads in the range of approximately
                    500-4,000 processors. Supports both production computing
                    workload and V&V and QMU Algorithm development resources. May be
                    especially useful for parameter studies and QMU assessments.
                    Provides the system software for both Capability and Capacity
                    Systems the will be used by V&V and QMU workload.

  **Facility        
  Operations and    
  User Support**    

  LLNL              This product is required for all production operation of the
                    computational resources needed by this subprogram, including
                    tri-lab system access. Contributes the user support needed to
                    access and operate the computational resources for data
                    validation and archiving, and University partnerships. A
                    disruption or delay in delivery of user support impacts the
                    resources available to the entire tri-lab program, making it
                    more difficult to use the computational resources effectively.
                    User productivity and time-to-solution is impacted.

  LANL              Deliver systems and network operations and maintenance and
                    facilities maintenance and upgrades for all capacity and
                    capability computing platforms used by the V&V Sub-Program.
                    Provide on-call experts for timely consultation with V&V
                    assessment teams in the V&V Sub-Program experiencing software
                    and hardware problems on all computing platforms.

  SNL               The V&V program has strong collaborations with the University of
                    Utah in fire modeling and V&V of fire modeling codes; The V&V
                    program has a collaboration with Stanford on turbulent fluid
                    dynamics.
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[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548056 .anchor}Table VI-4. All Subprograms as
Related to Computational Systems and Software Environment

+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
|      | Computational Systems and Software Environment (Capability    |
|      | Systems; Capacity Systems; Advanced Systems, System Software  |
|      | and Tools; I/O, Storage Systems; and Networking; Pre- and     |
|      | Post-Processing Environments)                                 |
+======+===============================================================+
| **In |                                                               |
| tegr |                                                               |
| ated |                                                               |
| Cod  |                                                               |
| es** |                                                               |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LLNL | Supplies requirements and feedback to CSSE to improve systems |
|      | and environments deployed for ASC.                            |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LANL | Supplies requirements and feedback to the CSSE Sub-Program on |
|      | capability, capacity, and advanced systems hardware,          |
|      | software, and environments through code team development,     |
|      | alpha use, and testing activities. Work with the CSSE code    |
|      | optimization and performance modeling efforts in identifying  |
|      | and improving code execution performance.                     |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| SNL  | There are requirements for the Engineering Codes to be        |
|      | running on ASC capability and capacity platforms.             |
|      |                                                               |
|      | Provides the fundamental research in algorithms, advanced     |
|      | architectures, performance modeling, I/O and pre and post     |
|      | processing.                                                   |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| *    |                                                               |
| *Phy |                                                               |
| sics |                                                               |
| and  |                                                               |
| Eng  |                                                               |
| inee |                                                               |
| ring |                                                               |
| Mode |                                                               |
| ls** |                                                               |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LLNL | Works closely with the staging teams for new capability and   |
|      | capacity systems; frequently the science codes are the early  |
|      | adopters of new systems and are used during the testing       |
|      | period to provide a thorough shake-out of new machines.       |
|      | Contributes to certifying that new systems are ready for      |
|      | general availability.                                         |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LANL | Supply requirements and feedback to the CSSE Sub-Program on   |
|      | capability and capacity systems hardware, software, and       |
|      | environments used to support theoretical model development,   |
|      | in implementing models into codes in the IC Sub-Program, in   |
|      | developing and applying fundamental physics codes, and in     |
|      | developing software libraries and databases that instantiate  |
|      | nuclear and atomic physics data, equations of state, and high |
|      | explosive and foam materials response                         |
|      |                                                               |
|      | Work with the CSSE code optimization effort in identifying    |
|      | and improving execution performance.                          |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| **   |                                                               |
| Veri |                                                               |
| fica |                                                               |
| tion |                                                               |
| and  |                                                               |
| Vali |                                                               |
| dati |                                                               |
| on** |                                                               |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LLNL | This product contributes requirements and feedback to the     |
|      | CSSE subprogram.                                              |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LANL | Supply requirements and feedback to the CSSE Sub-Program on   |
|      | capability and capacity systems hardware, software, and       |
|      | environments used to develop tools in the V&V methods, code   |
|      | assessment, and data archiving activities.                    |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| **C  |                                                               |
| ompu |                                                               |
| tati |                                                               |
| onal |                                                               |
| Sys  |                                                               |
| tems |                                                               |
| and  |                                                               |
| Soft |                                                               |
| ware |                                                               |
| E    |                                                               |
| nvir |                                                               |
| onme |                                                               |
| nt** |                                                               |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LLNL | A delay in the deployment of the Purple system and BlueGene/L |
|      | will result in a direct delay of other milestones in this     |
|      | subprogram. The capacity systems supplied by this product     |
|      | will be the development target of other products in this      |
|      | subprogram. If the software environment is not deployed in a  |
|      | timely fashion, or is not robust -- other milestones and      |
|      | efforts in this subprogram are directly impacted and delayed; |
|      | likewise if the file systems are not operational and robust   |
|      | -- other milestones and efforts in this subprogram are        |
|      | directly impacted and delayed. The Pre- and Post-Processing   |
|      | product delivers both hardware and software for the           |
|      | Computational Systems and Software Environment. Delays in     |
|      | researching, developing, integrating and deploying new data   |
|      | analysis and visualization tools will impact the ability of   |
|      | this subprogram to meet its overall goals and milestones.     |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LANL | Leverage, where possible, any hardware and software           |
|      | maintenance, reliability, availability, and security activity |
|      | in support of LANL capability platforms (currently the Q      |
|      | platform) to similar capacity platform activities. Share      |
|      | computing facility requirements with other (capacity,         |
|      | advanced) systems. Comply with requirements and resources     |
|      | needed for software development activities in the CSSE        |
|      | Sub-Program. Transfer any mature technologies developed as a  |
|      | result of R&D work with selected computer vendors in the      |
|      | design and demonstration of next-generation (\>3-5 years      |
|      | away) computing platforms to appropriate production efforts   |
|      | in the CSSE Sub-Program. Provide a reliable and resilient     |
|      | capability and capacity system software environment by        |
|      | focusing on Linux software stack extensions (Science          |
|      | Appliance), efficient and portable MPI, useful IDEs (Eclipse  |
|      | environment), code coverage tools (Alexandria), process       |
|      | migration, scalable run-time, and network device failover.    |
|      | Communicate problems, requirements, and corrective actions to |
|      | other Product areas in CSSE. Provide, support, and evolve the |
|      | hardware and software on capability and capacity systems      |
|      | necessary for application run-time and archival output needs. |
|      | Provide feedback and requirements for capability and capacity |
|      | system software and hardware necessary for current and next   |
|      | generation production visualization of application output     |
|      | data.                                                         |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| SNL  | Provides development resources and some opportunity for       |
|      | large-scale Capacity dedicated system time testing and        |
|      | evaluation. Will support integration and deployment of        |
|      | products from other CSSE product areas. Provides the runtime, |
|      | system software and system integration and management tools   |
|      | for Capability, Capacity and Advanced Systems the will be     |
|      | procured by CSUE product areas. This Product also provides    |
|      | the application performance and RAS Metrics that can be       |
|      | useful to guide decisions to upgrade or change system         |
|      | software. System integration and management tools are also    |
|      | used by many Pre and Post processing systems.                 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| **   |                                                               |
| Faci |                                                               |
| lity |                                                               |
| Op   |                                                               |
| erat |                                                               |
| ions |                                                               |
| and  |                                                               |
| User |                                                               |
| S    |                                                               |
| uppo |                                                               |
| rt** |                                                               |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LLNL | This product is required for the operational aspects needed   |
|      | to support the work of all of the efforts in this subprogram. |
|      | User Support services provides the direct source of feedback  |
|      | from customers about problems related to this CSUE            |
|      | subprogram. It also provides the documentation and training   |
|      | need by the subprogram products. A disruption or delay in     |
|      | delivery of user support impacts the resources available to   |
|      | the entire tri-lab program, making it more difficult to use   |
|      | the computational resources effectively. User productivity    |
|      | and time-to-solution is impacted. This product includes       |
|      | procurement support for acquisitions of this subprogram.      |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| LANL | Deliver systems and network operations and maintenance and    |
|      | facilities maintenance and upgrades for all capacity and      |
|      | capability computing platforms. Provide on-call experts for   |
|      | timely consultation with developers of system software in the |
|      | CSSE Sub-Program experiencing software and hardware problems  |
|      | on all computing platforms.                                   |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548057 .anchor}Table VI-5. All Subprograms as
Related to Facility Operations and User Support

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Facility Operations and User Support (Facilities, Operations,
                    and Communications; User Support Services; Collaborations)
  ----------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
  **Integrated      
  Codes**           

  LLNL              Supplies requirements and feedback to FOUS to improve
                    facilities, operations, and support services.

  LANL              Supply requirements and feedback to the FOUS Sub-Program on the
                    facilities, operations, and support of capability and capacity
                    systems through code team development, alpha use, and testing
                    activities.

  SNL               Provides an infrastructure for external collaborations,
                    including facilities, administration and networking.

  **Physics and     
  Engineering       
  Models**          

  LLNL              Contributes requirements and feedback to the general operations
                    and support of the computer facilities.

  LANL              Supply requirements and feedback to the FOUS Sub-Program on the
                    facilities, operations, and support of capacity systems used to
                    support theoretical model development, in implementing models
                    into codes in the IC Sub-Program, in developing and applying
                    fundamental physics codes, and in developing software libraries
                    and databases that instantiate nuclear and atomic physics data,
                    equations of state, and high explosive and foam materials
                    response.

  **Verification    
  and Validation**  

  LLNL              Contributes requirements and feedback to the general operations
                    and support of the computer facilities.

  LANL              Supply requirements and feedback to the FOUS Sub-Program on the
                    facilities, operations, and support of capability and capacity
                    systems used in V&V code assessment and storage hardware used
                    in data archiving activities.

  **Computational   
  Systems and       
  Software          
  Environment**     

  LLNL              A delay in the deployment of the Purple and BlueGene/L systems
                    will impact delivery of other resources and milestones supplied
                    by this subprogram. The capacity systems supplied by this
                    product will be the development target of other efforts in this
                    subprogram. Problems with their operational status will be the
                    direct responsibility of this subprogram. If the software
                    environment, and archive and file systems, are not operational
                    robust -- a substantial load is put on the operational staff
                    and user services staff to track problems and maintain
                    operational status. ( Pre- and Post-Processing) Delivers both
                    hardware and software for the Computational Systems and
                    Software Environment. Delays in the procurement, installation,
                    testing and deployment of data visualization and analysis
                    hardware and tools will impact the ability of this subprogram
                    to meet its overall goals and milestones.

  LANL              Share computing facility operations and support requirements
                    with other systems. Supply requirements and feedback to the
                    FOUS Sub-Program on the facilities, operations, and support of
                    capability and capacity systems used in system software
                    development activities, for application run-time and archival
                    output needs, and in current and next generation production
                    visualization of application output data.

  SNL               Provides the computing systems that are focused on the
                    Mid-range Capability Gap. Close coordination and integration
                    with 1.5.5 will be required to ensure Capacity System
                    infrastructure requirements are met, such as, space, power,
                    cooling, and network interfaces to storage, visualization and
                    archiving resources. New capacity systems will also require
                    staffing from 1.5.5 for system administration and user support.

  **Facility        
  Operations and    
  User Support**    

  LLNL              Interruptions in the facilities supported by this product
                    causes a major load on the User Support services to interact
                    with customers. User support services provides the direct
                    customer problem tracking related to the Reliability,
                    Availability, and Servicability (RAS) of the operational
                    systems and tri-lab communications networks. Includes
                    procurement support for acquisitions of this subprogram.

  LANL              Use experiences gained in facilities operations, maintenance,
                    and upgrades to anticipate user problems areas, thereby
                    coordinating fast and effective user support services. Track
                    issues brought up by users and devise corrective actions for
                    those issues directly related to facility operations and
                    maintenance.
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[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548058 .anchor}Table VI-6. All Subprograms as
Related to External Programs

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    External Programs
  ----------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
  **Integrated      
  Codes**           

  LLNL              Simulation codes for Nuclear Explosive Package (NEP)
                    engineering support DSW and LEP work at both LLNL (for example,
                    W80-3) and LANL (for example, W76-1).

  LANL              Provide DSW and the Science Campaigns with the simulation tools
                    required for weapons certification, assessment, surety, SFI
                    resolution, and design feasibility. These same tools are also
                    feasible for design and assessment simulations of DOD
                    conventional weapons. Provide DSW with the historical UGT
                    calibration simulation tools required for benchmarking and
                    quantifying simulation uncertainties (relative to the MMPC
                    codes) in weapons certification, assessment, surety, SFI
                    resolution, and design feasibility. Targets the reduction of
                    numerical solution uncertainties known to exist in DSW
                    certification by engaging for higher-risk, exploratory research
                    (Weapons-Supported Research) necessary to pursue high-payoff
                    numerical algorithm innovations in the area of shock physics,
                    transport, linear and nonlinear solvers, and coupled
                    multi-physics. Deliver simulation analysis and design support
                    for W88 pit manufacturing, DOE Complex (e.g., LANL Sigma
                    Foundry) casting design operations, Y-12 casting and welding
                    operations, DOE Complex criticality safety scenarios, and DSW
                    diagnostics output assessments and predictions.

  **Physics and     
  Engineering       
  Models**          

  LANL              Deliver theories useful in understanding basic physical
                    phenomena of interest to experimental programs in DSW, the
                    Science Campaigns, the DOD, and modeling and simulation
                    programs in the DOE Office of Science. Software libraries
                    embodying models for phenomena like materials response and
                    damage and high explosive behavior can be useful for
                    experimental programs in DSW, the Science Campaigns, for
                    nuclear reactor programs in the NNSA, and for conventional
                    weapons modeling and simulation program in the DOD. Atomistic,
                    molecular dynamic, and chemistry codes generated in this
                    product area represent tools for studying fundamental tools for
                    studying and understanding phenomena such as material
                    properties and behavior. These tools are need in many other
                    programs such as those in the DOE Office of Science.

  **Verification    
  and Validation**  

  LANL              Generic code V&V assessment tools (error estimates, QMU,
                    convergence analysis), processes, and methodologies can be
                    applied to similar assessments of simulation tools in other
                    programs such as those being developed in the DOD and DOE
                    Office of Science. These assessments lead to corrective actions
                    that ultimately improve the code predictability, hence improve
                    the simulation fidelity used for DSW certification. Generic
                    code V&V assessment processes and methodologies can be applied
                    to similar assessments of simulation tools in other programs
                    such as those being developed in the DOD and DOE Office of
                    Science. Archival databases of UGT events and other experiments
                    is useful for DSW activities.

  **Computational   
  Systems and       
  Software          
  Environment**     

  LANL              Other programs in need of and using HPC can benefit from ASC
                    experiences and expertise gained in fielding capacity systems.
                    Specifically, selected system software (e.g., Linux software
                    stack) and vendor hardware used and developed for ASC platforms
                    helps to advance future systems procured by other programs.
                    Accelerates and potentially redirects vendor HPC strategies and
                    plans to be more cognizant of HPC needs in scientific
                    computing. This benefits other programs in need of and using
                    HPC. System software and tools developed by ASC can ultimately
                    find their way into commercial systems or standard operating
                    systems (e.g., Linux). I/O and storage R&D driven by ASC
                    capability and capacity needs helps to accelerate the
                    availability and reliability of commercial vendors in this area
                    (e.g., Panasas, Lustre, etc.). Visualization advances and needs
                    helps to accelerate the availability, reliability, and
                    usefulness of commercial vendor products (e.g., Computational
                    Engineering International's EnSight) in this area.

  **Facility        
  Operations and    
  User Support**    

  LANL              Knowledge and experience gained from operations, maintenance,
                    and upgrades of high-performance computing (HPC) facilities is
                    useful for other programs engaged in HPC activities, such as
                    Program Offices in the DOD and DOE Office of Science.
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[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548045 .anchor}VII. ASC Risk Management

Risk management is a process for identifying and analyzing risks,
executing mitigation and contingency planning to minimize potential
consequences of identified risks, and monitoring and communicating
up-to-date information about risk issues. Risk management is about
identifying opportunities and avoiding losses. A "risk" is defined as
(1) a future event, action, or condition that might prevent the
successful execution of strategies or achievement of technical or
business objectives, and (2) the risk exposure level, defined by the
likelihood or probability that an event, action, or condition will
occur, and the consequences, if that event, action, or condition does
occur. Table VII-1 summarizes ASC's top ten risks, which are managed and
tracked.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548059 .anchor}Table VII-1. ASC's Top Ten
Risks[^7]

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  No   Risk Description     Risk                                  Mitigation Approach
                            Assessment                            
  ---- -------------------- ------------- ------------ ---------- -----------------------------
                            Consequence   Likelihood   Risk       
                                                       Exposure   

  1    Compute resources    High          High         HIGH       Integrate program planning
       are insufficient to                                        with DSW and other Campaigns,
       meet capacity and                                          to ensure requirements for
       capability needs of                                        computing are understood and
       designers, analysts,                                       appropriately set; maintain
       DSW, or other                                              emphasis on platform strategy
       Campaigns.                                                 as a central element of the
                                                                  program; pursue plans for
                                                                  additional and cost-effective
                                                                  capacity platforms.

  2    Designers, analysts, Very High     Low          MEDIUM     Maintain program emphasis on
       DSW, or other                                              V&V; Integrate program
       Campaign programs                                          planning with DSW and other
       lack confidence in                                         Campaign programs to assure
       ASCI codes or models                                       requirements needed for
       for application to                                         certification/qualification
       certification                                              are properly set and met.
       /qualification.                                            

  3    Inability to respond Very High     Low          MEDIUM     Integrate program planning,
       effectively with                                           particularly technical
       Modeling &                                                 investment priority, with DSW
       Simulation (M&S)                                           and other Campaign programs
       capability and                                             to ensure capability and
       expertise in support                                       expertise is developed in
       of stockpile                                               most appropriate areas;
       requirements -- near                                       retain ability to apply
       or long term,                                              legacy tools, codes, models.
       planned or unplanned                                       
       (SLEP, SFIs, etc.).                                        

  4    Base of personnel    High          Low          MEDIUM     Maintain emphasis on "best
       with requisite                                             and brightest" personnel
       skills, knowledge,                                         base, with Institutes,
       and abilities                                              Research Foundations, and
       erodes.                                                    University programs, as
                                                                  central feeder elements of
                                                                  the program.

  5    Advanced material    Moderate      High         MEDIUM     Increase support to physics
       model development                                          research; pursue plans for
       more difficult,                                            additional computing
       takes longer than                                          capability for physics model
       expected.                                                  development

  6    Data not available   High          Moderate     MEDIUM     Work with Science Campaigns
       for input to new                                           to obtain needed data;
       physics models or                                          propose relevant experiments.
       for model                                                  
       validation.                                                

  7    Infrastructure       High          Low          MEDIUM     Integrate program planning
       resources are                                              with DSW and other Campaigns,
       insufficient to meet                                       to ensure requirements for
       designer, analyst,                                         computing are understood and
       DSW, or other                                              appropriately set; maintain
       Campaign program                                           emphasis on system view of
       needs.                                                     infrastructure and PSE
                                                                  strategy, as central elements
                                                                  of the program.

  8    External regulatory  Moderate      Low          MEDIUM     Work with external regulatory
       requirements delay                                         bodies to assure that they
       program deliverables                                       understand NNSA's mission,
       by diverting                                               ASC's mission, and the
       resources to                                               processes to set and align
       extensive                                                  requirements and
       compliance-related                                         deliverables, consistent with
       activities                                                 applicable regulations.

  9    Inadequate Problem   Moderate      Very Low     LOW        Integrated planning between
       Solving Environment                                        program elements to
       impedes development                                        anticipate application
       and use of advanced                                        requirements and prioritize
       applications on ASC                                        PSE development and
       platforms.                                                 implementation.

  10   Fundamental flaws    Moderate      Very Low     LOW        Anticipate or resolve
       discovered in                                              algorithm issues through
       numerical algorithms                                       technical interactions on
       used in advanced                                           algorithm research through
       applications require                                       the Institutes, ASCI Centers,
       major changes to                                           and academia, and focus on
       application                                                test problem comparisons as
       development.                                               part of software development
                                                                  process.
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[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548046 .anchor}VIII. Performance Measures

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548060 .anchor}Table VIII-1. ASC Performance
Measures

+---------------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-------+---------+
| ADVANCED      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| SIMULATION    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| AND COMPUTING |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| (ASC)         |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| CAMPAIGN      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
+===============+=====+=====+=====+====+=====+=====+=======+=========+
| **Goal**:     |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| Provides      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| leading edge, |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| high-end      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| simulation    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| capabilities  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| to meet       |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| weapons       |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| assessment    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| and           |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| certification |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| requirements, |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| including     |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| weapon codes, |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| weapon        |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| science,      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| platforms,    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| and computer  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| facilities.   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-------+---------+
| INDICATOR     | ANN |     |     |    |     |     |       | E       |
|               | UAL |     |     |    |     |     |       | NDPOINT |
|               | T   |     |     |    |     |     |       | TARGET  |
|               | ARG |     |     |    |     |     |       | DATE    |
|               | ETS |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-------+---------+
|               | F   | F   | F   | FY | F   | F   | FY10  |         |
|               | Y04 | Y05 | Y06 | 07 | Y08 | Y09 |       |         |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-------+---------+
| Peer-reviewed | H   | I   | I   | W  | C   | Co  | Qua   | By      |
| progress in   | igh | nit | nit | 80 | ond | mpl | ntify | 2015,   |
| completing    | Fi  | ial | ial | co | uct | ete | ma    | acc     |
| milestones,   | del | ba  | val | de | mod | mod | rgins | omplish |
| according to  | ity | sel | ida | ba | ern | ern | and   | full    |
| a schedule in | P   | ine | ted | se | ba  | ba  | unc   | tra     |
| the Advanced  | rim | P   | s   | li | sel | sel | ertai | nsition |
| Simulation    | ary | rim | imu | ne | ine | ine | nties | from    |
| and Computing | C   | ary | lat |    | of  | of  | of    | legacy  |
| Campaign      | ode | C   | ion |    | all | all | m     | design  |
| Program Plan, |     | ode | c   |    | en  | en  | odern | codes   |
| in the        |     |     | ode |    | dur | dur | bas   | to      |
| development   |     |     | for |    | ing | ing | eline | modern  |
| and           |     |     | W76 |    | sto | sto | s     | ASC     |
| i             |     |     | and |    | ckp | ckp | imula | codes   |
| mplementation |     |     | W80 |    | ile | ile | tions | with    |
| of improved   |     |     |     |    | s   | s   |       | doc     |
| models and    |     |     |     |    | yst | yst |       | umented |
| methods into  |     |     |     |    | ems | ems |       | quantif |
| integrated    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ication |
| weapon codes  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | of      |
| and           |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | margins |
| deployment to |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | and     |
| their users   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | uncert  |
| (long-term    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ainties |
| output).      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | of      |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | sim     |
| Panel         |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ulation |
| Criteria: (1) |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | sol     |
| Delivery and  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | utions. |
| i             |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| mplementation |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| of validated  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| models into   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| code          |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| projects, and |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| (2)           |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| Documented    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| verification  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| of            |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| ap            |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| proximations. |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-------+---------+
| Cumulative    | 32% | 38% | 51% | 6  | 87% | 96% | 100%  | By      |
| percentage of |     |     |     | 7% |     |     |       | 2010,   |
| the 31 weapon |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | analyze |
| system        |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | 100     |
| components,   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | percent |
| pri           |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | of 31   |
| mary/secondar |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | weapon  |
| y/engineering |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | system  |
| system,       |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | com     |
| analyzed      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ponents |
| using ASC     |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | using   |
| codes, as     |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ASC     |
| part of       |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | codes,  |
| annual        |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | as part |
| assessments   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | of      |
| and           |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | annual  |
| c             |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | asse    |
| ertifications |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ssments |
| (long-term    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | and     |
| output).      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | certifi |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | cations |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | (       |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | interim |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | t       |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | arget). |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-------+---------+
| The maximum   | 40  | 100 | 200 | 2  | 200 | 350 | 350   | BY      |
| individual    |     |     |     | 00 |     |     |       | 2009,   |
| platform      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | deliver |
| computing     |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | a       |
| capability    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | maximum |
| delivered,    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ind     |
| measured in   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ividual |
| trillions of  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | p       |
| operations    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | latform |
| per second    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | co      |
| (teraflops)   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | mputing |
| (long-term    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | cap     |
| output).      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ability |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | of 350  |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | t       |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | eraops. |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-------+---------+
| Total         | 75  | 172 | 160 | 3  | 470 | 980 | 980   | By      |
| capacity of   |     |     |     | 60 |     |     |       | 2009,   |
| ASC           |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | attain  |
| production    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | a total |
| platforms     |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | pro     |
| attained,     |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | duction |
| measured in   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | p       |
| teraflops,    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | latform |
| taking into   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | c       |
| consideration |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | apacity |
| procurements  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | of 980  |
| & retirements |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | t       |
| of systems    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | eraops. |
| (long-term    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
| output).      |     |     |     |    |     |     |       |         |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-------+---------+
| Average cost  | \   | \$5 | \   | \  | \   | \   | \$    | By      |
| per teraflops | $8. | .7M | $3. | $2 | $1. | $1. | 0.96M | 2010,   |
| of            | 15M |     | 99M | .7 | 96M | 37M |       | attain  |
| delivering,   |     |     |     | 9M |     |     |       | an      |
| operating,    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | average |
| and managing  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | cost of |
| all SSP       |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | \$0.96  |
| production    |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | M per   |
| systems in a  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | te      |
| given fiscal  |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | raflops |
| year          |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | of      |
| (efficiency   |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | deli    |
| measure).     |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | vering, |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ope     |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | rating, |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | and     |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | m       |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | anaging |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | all SSP |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | pro     |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | duction |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | s       |
|               |     |     |     |    |     |     |       | ystems. |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-------+---------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548047 .anchor}Appendix A. Glossary

  -------------- -----------------------------------------------------------
  **ASC**        Advanced Simulation and Computing

  **CCF**        Central Computing Facility

  **CSSE**       Computational Systems and Software Environment (WBS 1.5.4)

  **DCE**        Distributed Computing Environment

  **DMSC**       Direct Simulation Monte Carlo

  **DNT**        Defense and Nuclear Technologies Directorate at LLNL

  **DSW**        Directed Stockpile Work

  **DTA**        Design Through Analysis

  **ESN**        Enterprise Secure Net

  **FOUS**       Facility Operations and User Support

  **GPFS**       Global Parallel File System

  **HPC**        High Performance Computing

  **HPSS**       High Performance Storage System

  **I/O**        Input/Output

  **IC**         Integrated Codes

  **ICC**        Institutional Computing Cluster

  **ICSI**       Integrated Cyber Security Initiative

  **KCP**        Kansas City Plant

  **LANL**       Los Alamos National Laboratory

  **LDAP**       Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

  **LDCC**       Laboratory Data Communications Center

  **LEP**        Life Extension Program

  **LLNL**       Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  **MEMS**       Microelectromechanical Systems

  **MPI**        Message Passing Interface

  **NAS**        Network-Attached Storage

  **NFS**        Network File System

  **NIF**        National Ignition Facility

  **NNSA**       National Nuclear Security Administration

  **NPR**        Nuclear Posture Review

  **NSA**        National Security Agency

  **nWBS**       National Work Breakdown Structure

  **NWCC**       Nuclear Weapons Compute Clusters

  **PaScalBB**   Parallel Scalable Back Bone Concept

  **PEM**        Physics and Engineering Models

  **PSI**        Parallel Storage Interface

  **QMU**        Quantify Critical Margins and Uncertainties

  **RAS**        Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability

  **RDMA**       Remote Direct Memory Access

  **SCC**        Nicolas C. Metropolis Center for Modeling and Simulation

  **SCN**        Secure Classified Network

  **SFI**        Significant Finding Investigation

  **SLEP**       Stockpile Life Extension Program

  **SNL**        Sandia National Laboratories

  **SRN**        Secure Restricted Network

  **SSP**        Stockpile Stewardship Program

  **STS**        Stockpile-to-Target Sequence

  **TSF**        Terascale Simulation Facility

  **V&V**        Verification and Validation

  **VST**        Verification Software Toolkit

  **WAN**        Wide Area Networking

  **WBS**        Work Breakdown Structure
  -------------- -----------------------------------------------------------

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548048 .anchor}Appendix B. Points of Contact

+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| WBS    | Title       | Contact                                       |
+========+=============+===============================================+
| 1.5.4  | Co          | Terri Quinn, LLNL, 925-423-2385,              |
|        | mputational | <quinn1@llnl.gov>                             |
|        | Systems and |                                               |
|        | Software    | Rich Graham, LANL, 505-665-5685,              |
|        | Environment | <rlgraham@lanl.gov>                           |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | James L. Handrock, SNL, 925-294-3444,         |
|        |             | <jlhandr@sandia.gov>\                         |
|        |             | Sudip Dosanjh, SNL, 505-845-7018,             |
|        |             | <ssdosan@sandia.gov>                          |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1      | Capability  | Mark Seager, LLNL, 925-423-3141,              |
| .5.4.1 | Systems     | <seager1@llnl.gov>                            |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Manual Vigil, LANL, 505-665-1960,             |
|        |             | <mbv@lanl.gov>                                |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Jim Tomkins, SNL, 505‑845-7249,               |
|        |             | <jltomki@sandia.gov>                          |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1      | Capacity    | Mark Seager, LLNL, 925-423-3141,              |
| .5.4.2 | Systems     | <seager1@llnl.gov>                            |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Manual Vigil, LANL, 505-665-1960,             |
|        |             | <mbv@lanl.gov>                                |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Carl S. Leishman, SNL, 505‑844-3784,          |
|        |             | <csleish@sandia.gov>                          |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1      | Advanced    | Mark Seager, LLNL, 925-423-3141,              |
| .5.4.3 | Systems     | <seager1@llnl.gov>                            |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Rich Graham, LANL, 505-665-5685,              |
|        |             | <rlgraham@lanl.gov>                           |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Sudip Dosanjh, SNL, 505-845-7018,             |
|        |             | <ssdosan@sandia.gov>                          |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1      | System      | Terri Quinn, LLNL, 925-422-2385,              |
| .5.4.4 | Software    | <quinn1@llnl.gov>                             |
|        | and Tools   |                                               |
|        |             | Rich Graham, LANL, 505-665-5685,              |
|        |             | <rlgraham@lanl.gov>                           |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Jim Ang, SNL, 505-844-0068,                   |
|        |             | <jaang@sandia.gov>                            |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1      | I/O,        | Doug East, LLNL, 925-424-4148,                |
| .5.4.5 | Storage     | <east1@llnl.gov>                              |
|        | Systems,    |                                               |
|        | and         | Rich Graham, LANL, 505-665-5685,              |
|        | Networking  | <rlgraham@lanl.gov>                           |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | James L. Handrock, SNL, 925-294-3444,         |
|        |             | <jlhandr@sandia.gov>                          |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1      | Pre- and    | Steve Louis, LLNL, 925‑422‑1550,              |
| .5.4.6 | Post        | <stlouis@llnl.gov>                            |
|        | -Processing |                                               |
|        | E           | Rich Graham, LANL, 505-665-5685,              |
|        | nvironments | <rlgraham@lanl.gov>                           |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Dino Pavlakos, SNL, 505‑844‑9089,             |
|        |             | <cjpavla@sandia.gov>                          |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1.5.5  | Facility    | Terri Quinn, LLNL, 925-423-2385,              |
|        | Operations  | <quinn1@llnl.gov>                             |
|        | and User    |                                               |
|        | Support     | Cheryl Wampler, LANL, 505-667-5243,           |
|        |             | <clw@lanl.gov>                                |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | John Zepper, SNL, 505-845-8421,               |
|        |             | <jdzeppe@sandia.gov>                          |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1      | Facilities, | Doug East, LLNL, 925-424-4148,                |
| .5.5.1 | Operations, | <east1@llnl.gov>                              |
|        | and         |                                               |
|        | Com         | Steve Shaw, LANL, 505-606-0203,               |
|        | munications | <shaw@lanl.gov>                               |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | John Noe, SNL, 505-844-5592,                  |
|        |             | <jpnoe@sandia.gov>                            |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1      | User        | Brian Carnes, LLNL, 925-423-9181,             |
| .5.5.2 | Support     | <carnes1@llnl.gov>                            |
|        | Services    |                                               |
|        |             | Steve Shaw, LANL, 505-606-0203,               |
|        |             | <shaw@lanl.gov>                               |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | John Noe, SNL, 505-844-5592,                  |
|        |             | <jpnoe@sandia.gov>                            |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1      | Col         | Terri Quinn, LLNL, 925-423-2385,              |
| .5.5.3 | laborations | <quinn1@llnl.gov>                             |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Cheryl Wampler, LANL, 505-667-5243,           |
|        |             | <clw@lanl.gov>                                |
|        |             |                                               |
|        |             | Robert Thomas, SNL, 505-844-7450,             |
|        |             | <rkthomas@sandia.gov>                         |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1.5.   | Caltech,    | Dan Meiron, 626-395-3424,                     |
| 1.4.12 | Center for  | <dim@its.caltech.edu>\                        |
|        | Simulating  | Michael Aivazis, 626-395-3424,                |
|        | Dynamic     | <aivazis@caltech.edu>\                        |
|        | Response of | Paul Dimotakis, 626-395-6811\                 |
|        | Materials   | Bill Goddard, 626-395-2731,                   |
|        |             | <wag@wag.caltech.edu>\                        |
|        |             | Michael Ortiz, 626-395-4530,                  |
|        |             | <ortiz@aeor.caltech.edu>\                     |
|        |             | Dale Pullin, 626-395-6081,                    |
|        |             | <dale@galcit.caltech.edu>                     |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1.5.   | Stanford,   | Parviz Moin, 650-723-9713,                    |
| 1.4.12 | Center for  | <moin@stanford.edu>\                          |
|        | Integrated  | Juan Alonso, 650-723-9954,                    |
|        | Turbulence  | <jjalonso@stanford.edu>\                      |
|        | Simulation  | Heinz Pitsch, 650-736-1995,                   |
|        |             | <h.pitsch@stanford.edu>\                      |
|        |             | William Dally, 650-725-8945,                  |
|        |             | <billd@csl.stanford.edu>\                     |
|        |             | Pat Hanrahan, 650-723-8530,                   |
|        |             | <hanrahan@cs.stanford.edu>                    |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1.5.   | University  | Donald Q. Lamb, 773-702-7194,                 |
| 1.4.12 | of Chicago, | <d-lamb@uchicago.edu>\                        |
|        | Center for  | Robert Rosner, 773-702-0560,                  |
|        | As          | <r-rosner@uchicago.edu>\                      |
|        | trophysical | Todd Dupont, 773-702-3485,                    |
|        | Flash       | <Dupont@cs.uchicago.edu>\                     |
|        | Phenomena   | Rusty Lusk, 630-252-7852, <lusk@mcs.anl.gov>\ |
|        |             | Tomasz Plewa, 773-834-3227,                   |
|        |             | <tomek@flash.uchicago.edu>\                   |
|        |             | Andrew Siegel, 773-834-8501,                  |
|        |             | <siegela@flash.uchicago.edu>\                 |
|        |             | Jim Truran, 773-702-9584,                     |
|        |             | <truran@nova.uchicago.edu>                    |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1.5.   | University  | Michael T. Heath, 217-333-6268,               |
| 1.4.12 | of          | <m-heath@uiuc.edu>\                           |
|        | Illinois,   | William A. Dick, 217, 244-7235,               |
|        | Center for  | <wdick@uiuc.edu>\                             |
|        | Simulation  | Robert A. Fiedler, 217-333-3247,              |
|        | of Advanced | <rfiedler@uiuc.edu>                           |
|        | Rockets     |                                               |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 1.5.   | University  | David W. Pershing, 801-581-5057,              |
| 1.4.12 | of Utah,    | <David.Pershing@utah.edu>\                    |
|        | Center for  | Chuck Wight, 801-581-8796,                    |
|        | Simulation  | <Chuck.Wight@utah.edu>\                       |
|        | of          | Tom Henderson, 801-581-3601,                  |
|        | Accidental  | <tch@cs.utah.edu>\                            |
|        | Fires and   | Philip Smith, 801-585-3129,                   |
|        | Explosions  | <smith@crsim.utah.edu>\                       |
|        |             | Greg Voth, 801-581-7272,                      |
|        |             | <voth@chem.utah.edu>\                         |
|        |             | Patrick McMurtry, 801-581-3889,               |
|        |             | <mcmurtry@eng.utah.edu>\                      |
|        |             | Eric Eddings, 801-585-3931,                   |
|        |             | <eddings@che.utah.edu>\                       |
|        |             | Steve Parker, 801-585-1504,                   |
|        |             | <sparker@cs.utah.edu>                         |
+--------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc521548049 .anchor}Appendix C.\
1.5.1.4.12 Alliance Support (LLNL, LANL, SNL)

The Alliance Support project---part of nWBS product 1.5.1.4 Focused
Research, Innovation, and Collaboration---involves various activities in
support and management of the ASC university alliance program. Primarily
it supports the LLNL alliance strategy team (AST) member from LLNL and
some members from LLNL of the tri-lab support teams (TSTs) for various
alliance centers. The AST manages and coordinates the program in terms
of reviews, reporting, communication, new solicitations, and program
quality in general between labs and NNSA Headquarters and among the
centers. The TSTs primarily provide support for the centers in terms of
interactions with the laboratories on an individual researcher basis and
visits between the centers and the labs and hold yearly spring TST
reviews of the centers.

The project capabilities are primarily management and communication and
some technical interaction.

The planned FY06 activities include preparing a solicitation for a
follow-on alliance program to begin in FY08, provide a spring TST review
of each center and hold a conference whose technical program highlights
results of the current program, as well as various other interactions
between centers, labs and headquarters, as appropriate.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include conducting a
peer-reviewed solicitation for the expected follow-on alliance program,
and interactions as above as appropriate.

***California Institute of Technology, Center for Simulating Dynamic
Response of Materials***

The overarching goal of the Caltech ASC Alliance Center is the
development of a virtual shock physics facility to simulate dynamic
response in materials. An allied goal is to advance the state of the art
in modeling using a multiscale paradigm. The research developments of
the center are ultimately translated into algorithms that perform
scalably on the ASC computing platforms. Finally, a significant
additional thrust has been the integration of four validation
experiments as part of our program. The center's modeling and algorithm
development efforts are targeted at the integrated simulation of high
velocity impact experiments wherein a detonation elicits shock response
in a solid target. The fluid mechanics associated with the detonation
simulation is performed using advanced Eulerian advection methods while
the solid mechanics of the target are performed using a Lagrangian
approach and tetrahedral finite elements. The two approaches are coupled
using a novel fluid solid coupling approach based on level sets. The
software environment that supports these simulations is known as the
Virtual Test Facility (VTF).

Capabilities include the following:

-   Integrated simulation capability: At present the VTF software has
    the following capabilities: parallel 3D AMR based Eulerian fluid
    mechanics solver via the AMROC framework, parallel 3D solid
    mechanics, parallel 3D solid shells, scalable communication and
    Eulerian-Lagrangian coupling algorithms, multiscale materials models
    for both solid and fluid. Integrated simulations can be optionally
    deployed via the Python based Pyre framework.

-   Validation: A key part of the center's research program is the use
    of four key experiments to validate the VTF software. These
    experiments are: converging shocks and compressible turbulence
    experiment -- used to validate the shock propagation and turbulence
    models developed by the center; dynamic deformation --validates the
    center's multiscale modeling an simulation of high strain rate
    deformation; dynamic fracture -- validates the center's modeling of
    brittle dynamic fracture; and detonation-fracture -- the center's
    integrated simulation capability as well as its modeling of ductile
    rupture in solids and detonation in combusting gases.

-   Research in multiscale modeling: The center sponsors a research
    program to develop multiscale models for dynamic deformation of
    metals and high explosives as well as development of models for
    compressible turbulence in fluids.

-   Research in computational science: The center carries out research
    to develop scalable algorithms to support the integrated simulation.
    Important contributions here include the fast level set algorithm, a
    scalable Eulerian-Lagrangian coupling algorithm and the Pyre
    framework as well as new WENO based advection algorithms for
    compressible turbulence simulations.

In FY06 we plan to integrate the LLNL Paradyn solver as a part of the
VTF framework. This work is being undertaken with the collaboration of
the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED) and in particular
with the Methods Development Group at LLNL. The integration of the
Paradyn solver with the VTF will be performed only on LLNL computers and
will not be distributed as part of the center's basic VTF software
package.

Expected Deliverables FY06:

-   Integrated simulation capability -- Continue to improve the data
    structures used for adaptive mesh refinement in AMROC so as to
    improve scalability and load balancing. Provide for input of CAD
    descriptions so as to increase the usability of the solvers. We also
    plan the first release of the VTF software in Q1 FY06

-   Converging shock experiment: Completion of large-aperture optics and
    beginning of Phase-1 shock-focusing experiments. Continue to provide
    validation data for simulations. Continue VTF simulations of Phase 0
    and Phase 1 converging shock experiment including boundary layer
    effects

-   Dynamic deformation experiment: Investigate the deformation of
    polycrystalline tantalum using the shear compression specimen and by
    evaluating the texture evolution in specimens subjected to
    high-strain-rate deformation. Develop digital image correlation
    (DIC) and high-speed full field thermal imaging techniques to
    measure the local deformation and temperature fields in the SCS
    specimen for validation of mesoscale models of plasticity in the
    VTF. Continue dynamic deformation validation runs using the VTF for
    polycrystalline aluminum and tantalum. Especial emphasis will be
    devoted to the development of quantitative validation measures.

-   Dynamic fracture experiment: Conduct experiments to provide mixed
    mode and pure mode-II cohesive zone laws of adhesive bonds using
    asymmetric four-point bending fracture tests. Conduct separate set
    of experiments for obtaining dynamic cohesive zone laws under mode-I
    and mixed mode loading conditions to verify the sufficiency of
    quasi-static cohesive zone laws in the VTF simulations.

-   Detonation-fracture experiment: Develop visualization techniques to
    image simultaneously propagating detonations and fracture. Compare
    fracture data with fully integrated VTF simulations.

-   Multiscale modeling for solid dynamics: Develop model for
    microstructure in Fe due BCC to HCP phase transformation. Integrate
    the level set model of void coalescence into the VTF framework to
    conduct large-scale (many voids) coupled multiscale simulations of
    spallation of ductile crystal under shock loading. Conduct
    simulations to quantitatively assess the impact of microstructure on
    response of polycrystalline metals. Develop nanovoid based model for
    ductile fracture

-   Computational science: Continue to improve pyre. Extend the support
    for distributed services. Continue to incorporate AMROC based
    simulations in the framework by providing support and application
    scripts for the Center\'s integrated applications.

Preliminary Planned Activities in FY07 include: validated simulations
for converging shock experiment in phases 0, 1, 2 including compressible
turbulence; validated simulations for dynamic deformation experiment;
validated simulation for dynamic fracture; validated simulation for
detonation fracture experiment including detonation driven ductile
rupture; and second release of VTF software with validated models.

***Stanford, ASC Alliance Center for Integrated Turbulence Simulations,
CITS***

CITS's mission is the development of a high-fidelity computational
framework for the simulation of turbulent thermo-fluid systems involving
a variety of physical phenomena and geometrically complex
configurations. The simulations environment is based on multiple,
integrated codes that address specific physical phenomena, such as
detailed turbulence dynamics, multiphase interface tracking, combustion,
etc. Strong emphasis is given to the development of efficient and
scalable numerical algorithms for the ASC parallel computational
platforms.

A complementary goal is the development of streaming supercomputer
hardware and supporting software and algorithms; streaming represents
the next generation of high performance scientific computing as
demonstrated by the recent industrial interest.

Capabilities include the following:

-   Integrated Simulations. CITS overarching problem is the simulation
    of the complete aero-thermodynamic flow path through a jet engine.
    CITS simulation environment is based on Python and built around the
    Center's flagship codes, CDP (Large Eddy Simulation approach) and
    TFLO (based on Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations). It also
    includes a set of general-purpose interpolation and communication
    libraries (CHIMPS, Coupler for High-performance Integrated
    Multi-Physics Simulations).

-   Software Engineering. Scalability has been extensively pursued at
    the Center. Tests have been performed on several platforms;
    dedicated ALC runs (1,800 central processing units) have
    demonstrated nearly perfect scalability for TFLO. CDP demonstrated
    good scalability to 1350 processors. Code I/O has also received
    considerable attention; both CDP and TFLO use native MPI I/O
    procedures and have demonstrated I/O rates of 150Mb/sec or greater
    on a variety of problem sizes. On the streaming side, a new
    hierarchical programming language that makes it significantly easier
    to develop applications for exposed-communication architectures has
    been developed. Also a detailed architectural design of a stream
    processor was completed

-   Physics Modeling. Accurate turbulence modeling has been the key
    feature of CITS. In addition models for characterizing combustion,
    heat release and the pollutant production in the engine combustion
    chamber have been developed and validated; work on soot modeling is
    now underway. Multiphase flow capabilities have also been
    substantially enhanced by introducing a new paradigm, the Resolved
    Level Set Grid (RLSG) method, which directly uses the CHIMPS
    integration software to couple the liquid/gas interface tracking
    algorithm (based on a Cartesian mesh solver) and CDP.

-   Verification and Validation. CITS has increased the visibility and
    internal dissemination of Verification and Validation activities to
    build a more widespread knowledge. Work on global grid refinement
    for unstructured grids has been completed and has enabled the
    largest (to the group's knowledge) polyhedral mesh simulation with 2
    billion fully unstructured control volumes. CITS is also organizing
    a 2-day workshop on error estimation and uncertainty quantification
    to jumpstart activities in this arena.

In FY06, the work on the integration framework will continue with the
objective of ensuring scalability and accuracy in the transfer of data
between the various component codes. On the solver side, the algorithmic
development will be related to the improvement of the linear system
solver currently utilized. Another key aspect of the work in CDP will be
related to the development, implementation, and testing of improved soot
models.

Validation of the Center's new multiphase interface tracking approach
will be completed.

The work on unstructured grid refinement algorithm will be continued by
allowing local as well as global adaptation. Error estimation for
time-periodic flows will be initiated using a dual formulation based on
the time-spectral approach, creating a unique possibility in terms of
efficiency for analyzing flow in turbo-machinery components.

On the streaming supercomputer project the plan is to refine the
compiler for the hierarchical programming language, develop applications
in this language, and port the programming system to the IBM Cell
processor.

Several collaborations with the National Labs based on the use of CITS
codes, algorithms or physical models have been initiated. The activities
range from the modeling of landslide-generated tsunami waves to fire
modeling. Important collaborations have been initiated, in particular
with the LLNL/CASC Group for flow modeling activities and algorithmic
developments.

In FY06, we expect completion of the first full-wheel simulation of the
high-pressure component of a Pratt & Whitney jet engine- This landmark
calculation will generate a substantial amount of data and will answer
two fundamental questions related to engine components interaction and
engine stability. It will also push the envelope in terms of
computational resources used for a single calculation.

Research on accurate algorithms for compressible flow simulation will be
completed and initial testing of the new approach will be carried out
(this activity is carried out in collaboration with the University of
Minnesota). CITS is also collaborating with Michigan State and
Notre-Dame universities in an experimental program for validation of
high fidelity numerical algorithms for compressible flow.

The first version of the Center simulation environment will also be made
open-source.

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include:

-   Integrated simulation of the full jet engine, including the low- and
    high-pressure components and the fan.

-   Validation of compressible flow algorithm using the Michigan and
    Notre-Dame data.

-   Development of error estimation capabilities for periodic flows.

-   Further development and distribution of the CITS legacy codes in the
    open domain.

***University of Chicago, ASC Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear
Flashes***

The goal of the Center is to solve long-standing problems of
thermonuclear flashes on the surfaces of compact stars, such as neutron
stars (X-ray bursts) and white dwarfs (novae); and particularly, in the
interior of white dwarfs (Type Ia supernovae). This remarkable problem
includes physical phenomena such as the accretion flow onto the surfaces
of these compact stars; shear flow and Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities on
the stellar surfaces and interiors; ignition of nuclear burning under
conditions leading to convection; and either deflagration or detonation,
stellar envelope expansion, and the possible creation of a common
envelope binary star system. The Center\'s scientific goal is realized
by means of the construction of a multi-dimensional, multi-physics,
simulation code (the "FLASH code"), which is able to carry out numerical
simulations of the various aspects of the "FLASH problem." In what
follows, we highlight the capabilities of the code and the important
astrophysical studies that have been accomplished using the code. We
then specify some of the FY06 milestones for the Center's groups.

The FLASH code is a community code that is capable of simulating a wide
variety of problems is astrophysics, laboratory fluid dynamics, and
plasma physics. Its capabilities include non-relativistic and
relativistic hydro, non-relativistic and relativistic MHD, a variety of
equations of state, a variety of nuclear networks, multipole and
multigrid self-gravity with both isolated and periodic boundary
conditions, massless tracer particles, massive particles for treating
dark matter, and diffusive radiation transfer. The code has been
down-loaded by more than 500 scientists around the world. The FLASH code
has enabled the Center to propose and simulate a self-consistent picture
of C/O mixing in the surface layers of white dwarf stars prior to novae
outbursts; and to simulate the entire white dwarf star during the
deflagration phase of Type Ia supernovae, leading to the discovery of an
entirely new and promising mechanism for such supernovae.

In FY06, the primary scientific activity of the Center in the coming
year will be large-scale, integrated, multi-physics simulations of Type
Ia supernovae, focusing on the deflagration phase. The primary
computational physics and validation activities in the coming year will
be the continued development of physics modules in support of these
large-scale simulations of Type Ia supernovae and the initiation of new
collaborations with the DOE labs in validation. The primary code
activities in the coming year will be the continued development of FLASH
3, the migration of the FLASH code to new ASC platforms as they become
available, and support of the large-scale astrophysics simulations of
Type Ia supernovae. The primary visualization activities will be the
continued development of FLASHVIEW and the visualization of the
large-scale simulations of Type Ia supernovae carried out by the
astrophysics group and of validation experiments carried out by the
computational physics and validation group. The primary activities of
the computer science group will be demonstration of the FLASH code on
the next generation of scalable computers. The primary basic physics
activities will be the continued study of the Rayleigh-Taylor
instability, turbulence, and reactive flows.

Specific astrophysics milestones for FY06 include: extensive 3D
simulations of the deflagration phase of Type Ia supernovae, enabling us
to explore the sensitivity of the outcome to the location and the number
of ignition points; development of an improved subgrid model for Type Ia
supernova flames; and extensive 2-d simulations of the detonation phase,
enabling us to determine the energy and the nucleosynthetic yield of the
explosion. Specific computational physics and validation milestones for
FY06 include: completion of a low-Mach number solver and application of
the solver to the smoldering phase of novae; continued development of a
level-set front tracker and preliminary application of the front tracker
to Type Ia supernova flames; continued simulations and study of the
shock-cylinder experiment at LANL and initiation of a collaboration with
Bruce Remington (LLNL) on laser-driven experiments. Specific code
milestones for FY06 include: migration of the remaining physics modules
to FLASH 3 and refinement of FLASH 3; migration of the FLASH code to new
ASC platforms as they become available; and continued support of the
simulations being carried out by astrophysics group. Specific
visualization, computer science, and basic physics milestones for FY06
include: visualization of large-scale simulations carried out by the
FLASH Center; further development of FLASHVIEW, the FLASH desktop
visualization tool; demonstration of FLASH on the next generation of
scalable computers, including the ASC BlueGene/L and Red Storm machines;
and mathematical and numerical studies of flames and reactive flows.

The primary scientific activity of the Center in FY07 will be
large-scale, integrated, multi-physics simulations of Type Ia
supernovae, focusing on the smoldering phase prior to ignition and on
the detonation phase. Other activities will include completion of the
low-Mach number and level-set front tracker modules, continuation of
validation studies, making FLASH 3 robust enough to replace FLASH 2,
continued development of FLASHVIEW, and continued studies of reactive
flows.

***University of Illinois, Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets***

The goal of the University of Illinois Center for Simulation of Advanced
Rockets (CSAR) is the detailed, whole-system simulation of solid
propellant rockets from first principles under both normal and abnormal
operating conditions. The design of solid propellant rockets is a
sophisticated technological problem requiring expertise in diverse
subdisciplines, including the ignition and combustion of composite
energetic materials; the solid mechanics of the propellant, case,
insulation, and nozzle; the fluid dynamics of the interior flow and
exhaust plume; the aging and damage of components; and the analysis of
various potential failure modes. Each of these aspects is characterized
by very high energy density, extremely diverse length and time scales,
complex interfaces, and reactive, turbulent, and multiphase flows.

CSAR is focusing on the reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM) of the NASA
Space Transportation System, better known as the Space Shuttle, as its
long-term simulation vehicle. The RSRM is a well-established commercial
rocket, is globally recognized, and design data and propellant
configurations are available. The Center has a Space Act Agreement with
NASA in place to share data and simulation results under an Export
Control/ITAR relationship. Several smaller scale rockets are also
simulated to provide validation data for CSAR codes. Simulations that
include full geometric and materials complexity require a sequence of
incremental developments---in engineering science, computer science, and
systems integration---over an extended period.

Our approach to system integration has been to develop a single
executable code containing modules for the various components and an
interface code for tying them together. We are following an
object-oriented design methodology that hides the data structures and
other internal details of the individual component codes. This
simplifies development and maintenance of the interface code and the
component codes, and also makes it easier to swap different versions of
the same component---a critical capability for determining the most
efficient algorithms and implementations.

Broadly known as Rocstar, the CSAR simulation code is a fully coupled,
multiscale, multiphysics suite of integrated modules for 3D simulation
of solid propellant rocket performance on massively parallel computers.
The suite is designed to be sufficiently general to solve any
fluid/structure interaction problem. Components include fluid dynamics
(Rocflo, Rocflu), entrained particle tracking and interaction (Rocpart,
Rocsmoke), solid mechanics (Rocsolid, Rocfrac), fracture (Rocfrac),
particle packing (Rocpack), combustion (Rocburn, Rocfire), and software
interface codes for coupling and mesh association (Roccom, Rocman,
Rocface, Rocinteract, and others). Refinement of models reflects the
synthesis of fundamental, subscale studies critical for detailed
simulations of accident scenarios and for reliable simulation of
multiscale phenomena such as combustion and turbulence.

The code has been applied to several research problems in addition to
solid propellant rockets. These include validation studies employing
super-seismic shocks, human (or animal) arteries, and acoustic
interaction between helicopter rotor blades and the helicopter body.
Rocpack has recently been licensed to the U.S. Army Engineering Research
and Development Center for a preliminary study investigating packing of
land mines in rocks and soil.

CSAR-NNSA/DP Interactions: Center personnel have traveled extensively
and have been involved in a large number of technical and informational
meetings. These included meetings intended to explore rocket science and
technology, identify technical collaborators, describe the ASC/ASAP
program, and establish relationships among Center investigators, DOE lab
scientists, and industry leaders. One of the leading topics of
discussion between lab staff and CSAR investigators has been and will
continue to be in pursuing the potential use within the labs of specific
technologies developed at CSAR. Immediate technology candidates include
our technology for data transfer at component interfaces and our
framework for integration of separately developed codes with automated
load balancing.

Student-NNSA/DP Interactions: To date, 29 former CSAR students and four
staff members have joined the DOE/NNSA labs as permanent employees. CSAR
has been remarkably successful in encouraging student-lab interactions.
Opportunities for UIUC graduate and undergraduate student interaction
with the NNSA/DP laboratories include summer student internships, joint
research, and CSAR undergrads in labs collaborating in research with
NNSA/DP scientists.

Expected Deliverables in FY06:

-   RSRM simulations --- Semi-annual simulations of RSRM exercise the
    then-most recent features of Rostar. RSRM simulations will increase
    in complexity and machine demand through the end of DOE/NNSA
    support, concluding with a 10,000 +/- processor simulation run in
    2007.

-   Titan IV case rupture accident --- In this simulation, the pressure
    builds up until the case fails. In test firing an early design
    (1991), a rocket motor exploded violently destroying the test stand,
    but there was no propellant detonation. This simulation will include
    the use of the new advanced material model for the propellant that
    includes the effects of voids and dewetting.

-   3D vortex shedding captured in RSRM simulations downstream of
    intersegment inhibitors

-   Gravitational body forces added to Rocflo and Rocfrac modules

-   Algorithm for propellant regression along case verified

-   Automatic insertion of cohesive elements in Rocfrac verified

-   Implementation of remeshing for tetrahedral meshes verified

-   Material model and new finite element developed for case insulation

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include:

-   RSRM complete normal burn --- The ignition transients for the Space
    Shuttle booster are well characterized in the open literature, and
    we have access to extensive test data. An especially difficult
    aspect of simulating the entire history of a large motor is reducing
    the run time. For a fluids mesh that is fine enough to allow
    accurate turbulence modeling, for example, time zooming techniques
    under consideration will be required to reach 120 seconds of
    physical problem time.

-   Other major rocket simulations include aluminized propellant
    combustion and burnout in the U.S. Air Force ballistic test system
    (BATES) motor; an end-to-end validation study using a commercial
    attitude control motor (Aerojet); smoke, temperature and vorticity
    validation; and an enhanced simulation of the Titan IV case rupture
    accident.

***University of Utah, Center for Simulation of Accidental Fires and
Explosions***

The principal objectives of C-SAFE are to advance the state of the art
in high-performance computer simulation science by creating world-class
software and by educating students, postdocs and professional staff in
the science and art of high-performance simulation. C-SAFE software is
particularly suited for creating, verifying, validating and visualizing
simulations of complex physical and chemical behavior over wide ranges
of time and space. The C-SAFE target scenario is to simulate the
explosive response of a cylindrical steel container of PBX9501 embedded
in a 10-m diameter jet fuel fire. A key goal is to create multi-physics
simulation software for which the behavior at the resolved (grid) scale
accurately reflects underlying physics associated with smaller
unresolved scales, down to the scales of individual atoms and molecules.

The C-SAFE target simulation scenario places stringent demands on the
software in order to produce validated results. The fire simulation uses
Large Eddy Simulation (LES) on a structured grid to capture the effects
of radiant and convective heating on the length and time scales relevant
to large pool fires such as may be present after an airplane crash or
other transportation accident. The Center has developed the methodology
for identifying chemical surrogates for jet fuel and other complex
hydrocarbon mixtures, as well as detailed kinetic mechanisms for
combustion in air. Because energy transport in fuel fires is dominated
by radiation from soot particles, C-SAFE has created a world-class
center for understanding the chemistry of soot formation and has
pioneered techniques for incorporating that knowledge into large-scale
simulations.

Although the fire simulation occurs on time scales of seconds to
minutes, the resulting explosion occurs over the course of a few
milliseconds. The code therefore incorporates methods of detecting the
rare trigger events and executing appropriate changes in time stepping,
while incorporating only those physics models that are relevant to the
process and time scale of interest. Creating validated simulations of
explosions has required the development of new mechanics codes (such as,
an extension of the Material Point Method) for simulating closely
coupled fluid-structure interactions on multiple time scales in ways
that allow seamless transitions between compression, metal plasticity,
fracture and explosive release of gases at arbitrary locations
throughout the simulation domain.

The chemical and mechanical properties of plastic-bonded explosives have
been investigated from first principles using molecular dynamics
simulations, the results of which are used to formulate validated
homogeneous computational models and constitutive laws for use at the
resolved grid scale of the simulations.

All of these capabilities are combined in a single scalable software
infrastructure (Uintah Core Code Development), which allows large-scale
interactive visualization, incorporation of adaptive mesh refinement
(AMR) algorithms and infrastructure, as well as continuous code
verification through daily testing. The code has been ported to five
major supercomputer architectures and exhibits excellent scaling
characteristics to at least 2000 processors.

The principal scientific application of the code is analysis of heating
rates and fire geometries on the violence of the resulting explosion
(such as, limiting behaviors of fast and slow cookoff, as well as
intermediate behaviors and transitions). Because the computational
modules are designed to reflect underlying fundamental physics rather
than empirical observations, the code also has proved capable of
simulating many different types of complex processes such as cell
membrane mechanics and interaction of projectiles with human tissue.
Therefore, the intrinsic capabilities that were built into the software
for one purpose can be leveraged for many different types of scientific
investigations driven by high-performance computer simulations.

Expected deliverables in FY06:

-   Verified and validated high-performance simulation code capable of
    predicting violence of explosion resulting from heating of PBX in a
    jet fuel fire

-   Incorporation of adaptive mesh refinement and multigrid resolution
    into a true multimaterial CFD code closely coupled with solid
    materials, including parallel implementation of explicit fracture
    mechanics

-   A suite of validated reaction tables and soot models appropriate to
    JP-8 fuel fires that can be incorporated into most CFD codes

-   Temperature-dependent parameters for ViscoSCRAM model of PBX
    mechanical properties originally created at LANL

-   Computational support for large-scale remote visualization in Uintah

-   Completely integrated multi-physics multi-time scale simulation of
    fire, heat up and explosion of a steel container of PBX9501
    (simulation target scenario)

Preliminary planned activities in FY07 include fully implicit version of
the extended Material Point Method code for closely coupled
fluid-structure interaction; validation of AMR infrastructure in the
large-scale fire simulation code; temperature-dependent parameters for
ViscoSCRAM model of PBX mechanical properties originally created at
LANL; inclusion of thermal decomposition, damage, ignition and
pressure-induced instability into the combustion simulation model for
PBX9501; implement validated computational models for soot deposition on
surfaces, densification and thermal conduction; and improved dynamic
load balancing, scaling and performance

[^1]: In FY02 the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Program
    evolved from the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI).

[^2]: NNSA Strategic Plan, page 8.

[^3]: Speech presented to the Heritage Foundation Conference: *U.S.
    Strategic Command: Beyond the War on Terrorism*, May 12, 2004.

[^4]: While there are no plans to develop new weapons, gaining the
    capability is an important prerequisite to deep reductions in the
    nuclear stockpile.

[^5]: The ASC Program is in transition for current platforms. Future
    platforms will follow the Capital Acquisition Management process
    identified in the NA-10 *Program Management Manual*.

[^6]: Factors such as FY06 Congressional Appropriations, NNSA/DP
    directives, and National Security considerations may necessitate a
    change in the current milestone set.

[^7]: The ASC Top Ten Risks table was originally published in the *ASC
    Program Plan FY05*.