Establishing Accounts Accounts will be established for designated University users in accordance with existing Laboratory procedures. As this short-term policy is implemented, foreign nationals will not be able to receive accounts nor access to the ASCI machines because there are several issues associated with this limitation which will require more time to reach resolution. To expedite the process, a POC requesting an account at Lawrence Livermore, can fill out an Authorized Signature Form and mail it to the Livermore hotline. Then the POC can fax the completed Intersite Account Request forms to Livermore, since the POC's approved signature will be on file. The ASCI program recognizes that resource allocation is a challenging management issue that requires concerted University and Laboratory involvement to ensure an appropriate balance between University needs and ASCI mission drivers.
Allowable allocation is to be interpreted and prioritized differently by all three laboratories.
ASAP Center users will have access to the LANL ASCI resources through shared and dedicated interactive sessions and batch jobs. Shared sessions are executed immediately and are timeshared on the system. However, the CPU and wall clock time limits will be lower for shared access than for dedicated access. Dedicated jobs are submitted only when dedicated CPU's required for the selected job are free. Whether before or after December 1997, users may have access to the entire machine to charge against their allocation.