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1. none Activate the DDM and enter the NETWORK SETTINGS menu 47 Example Select USE DDM Select NETWORK 48 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Select the file hostfile with the HOST FILE button Edit it by clicking the EDIT button The host file places two domains on host1 and one domain on host2 with the contents hostl 2 host2 1 workdir installdir Replace workdir and installdir with the full paths to the working and MSC Marc installation directories respectively Run MSC Marc from within MSC Marc Mentat using the SUBMIT button The following should appear on your screen Step 3 Check your results 49 Example Open Default Skip to Inc 50 Def Only Contour Bands Select Total Equivalent Plastic Strain ze es MSC 4 764e 01 4 282e 01 3 801e 01 3 319e 01 2 838e 01 3 2 357e 01 1 875e 01 1 394e 01 9 124e 02 4 310e 02 75 044e 03 Y Jobi Total Equivalent Plastic Strain 1 50 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide MSC Marc created a post file associated with each domain as well as a root post file associated with the job id For the previous model 1modell job1 t19 2modell job1 t19 and3modeli jobl t19 are the processor files while modell job1 t19is the root file If the model is very large it can be convenient to view only a portion of the model by selectin
2. Step 7 Exit Choose the exit option to leave the installation script r Exit from the trial submenu q Exit from the installation script Step 8 Installing the documentation Use option d of the documentation CD to install the documentations Chapter 4 Running MSC Marc 15 Chapter 4 Running MSC Marc This section describes the MSC Marc usage on Unix based machines applicable to either BSD4 or System V machines except where noted The MSC Marc programs are mainly controlled by a shell script program called run marc which is stored in the marc2005r3 subdirectory tools If you have used the option to creating a link during the installation this link is also known system wide as marc2005r3 It is designed to handle practically all possible options The shell script will submit a job and must be executed in the directory where all relevant input and output files concerning the job are available To use the shell script each MSC Marc job should have a unique name qualifier and all MSC Marc output files connected to that job will use this same qualifier MSC Marc input files should always be named job name dat whereby the prefix job name is the name qualifier which you are free to choose The suffix dat is obligatory To actually submit a MSC Marc job the following command should be used The single input line is split over multiple lines for clarity run marc jid rid pid sid prog user save q
3. Note The DEC machines cannot be connected to other Unix machines in this release Definitions 1 Root machine The machine on which the MSC Marc job is started 2 Remote machine Any machine other than the root machine which is part of a distributed MSC Marc run on the network 3 Shared installation MSC Marc is installed in an NFS shared directory on one machine only Other machines can access the MSC Marc executable since the directory is shared 4 Distributed installation MSC Marc is installed on all machines Each machine accesses its own MSC Marc executable 5 Distributed execution MSC Marc is run on multiple machines which are connected with a network Each machine loads the MSC Marc executable either from a shared or a local directory and then executes the executable 42 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide 6 Shared I O MSC Marc reads and writes data in an NFS shared directory Each MSC Marc executable running on the network reads writes to the same directory 7 Distributed I O MSC Marc reads and writes data in a directory located on each machine The user must make the input available in each directory and collect the results files after the analysis 8 NFS Network File System Network Configuration MSC Marc only needs to be installed on the root machine where the installation directory is shared via NFS shared installation MSC Marc can also be installed on the
4. This option is only needed when user subroutines are used Default options are shown in bold Chapter 4 Running MSC Marc 17 Table2 run marc Input Options continued Keyword Options Description yes Automatically copy input files to remote machines in a no network run yes Automatically copy post files back from remote machines in a no network run ORIEZFetc Batch queue only queue priority date time Batch queue only delay time for start of job Syntax January 1 1998 12 30 or today 5pm sec Batch queue only CPU time limit vf filename Refers to the viewfactor file for a heat transfer radiation analysis Monte Carlo method defaults file Used to define an auxiliary input file containing default values Oor1 If 0 when remeshing is required the analysis program goes into a wait state until meshing is complete If 1 when remeshing is required the analysis program stops the mesher begins and the analysis program automatically restarts Using the default procedure 0 uses more memory but less I O Using the restart procedure 1 invokes the RESTART LAST option directory_name Directory where the scratch files are created during the run Defaults to the current directory Default options are shown in bold Table 3 Examples of Running MSC Marc Jobs Examples of running MSC Marc jobs run marc jid e2x1 Description Runs the job e2x1 in the bac
5. C Program Files Intel Fortran Compiler80 1a32 Lib The following paths must also be included in the PATH environment variable to locate the required runtime libraries C Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 VC7 Bin C Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 VC7 Common7 IDE With FORTRAN the argument list for subroutines must match exactly If the argument does not match exactly your subroutine will not replace the existing subroutine in the MSC Marc Library The linker will continue to use the subroutine that is defined in the MSC Marc Library and since your routine will not be linked in it will never be called 84 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide MSC Marc Parallel Network for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide 86 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Table of Contents Part 1 General Information 0 0 cee eee ee eee page 87 Part 2 Installation Notes leeren page 89 Part 3 User NOS 666ci4 ca akon Rr ka 3 37a ORARIO eR RR m aad page 91 Introduction The current document is divided into three parts Part I provides the general description about the hardware and software requirements and definitions Part II provides a step by step approach to installation of the network version Part III provides miscellaneous information about executing a parallel job over
6. City and postal code Woodsland Ca 97001 Country USA Your name Pat Smith Your email address psmith pie com Step 7 Send the system identifier to the nearest MSC Software Corporation office Step 8 Enter passwords Step 9 umount and mount the CDs Step 10 Install documentations Appendix A Sample Installation of MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat 33 If you are installing both MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat enter both of your license codes Select option 3 to print or 4 for E mail vi license dat chmod 644 license dat Select option q to exit the installation script Follow the directions in Table 1 Enter the path Your telephone number 498 8779221 Your telefax number 498 8770101 Current system data Computer type SGI SGI Computer model IP27 O2 MSC license agreement number optional Amendment number optional Any changes y n n n Data written in file opt marc install sid001 dat Send this file to MSC Marc Selection 4 When you receive your passwords from MSC Software edit or create the lt parent gt flexlm licenses license dat file and add the license data sent to you It will consist of at least three lines a SERVER line a DAEMON line and a FEATURE line See Macrovision s FLEXIm End User Manual for more information Selection q Welcome to the MSC Marc installation script for Unix systems Ent
7. Dcomcn g will then display the identity view as shown in Figure 4 Chapter 9 Configuring the MSC Marc DCOM Server 77 Specifying the Logon User Marc DCOM Server Properties C Figure 3 Dcomcnfg Displaying the Properties of the MSC Marc DCOM Server In the Identity view select This user and specify a user that has access rights to this machine Select Apply and then OK to close the window Then select OK in the main view Marc DCOM Server Properties gen TGV SE SB SUBITO Kaniini SESS TG espe CCOA SECESNI Figure 4 Dcomcnfg Displaying the Identity Properties of the MSC Marc DCOM Server 78 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide The data files must be located in a shared directory This is required so that the two machines can access the files If the file is not located in a shared directory MSC Marc will issue an error message specifying that the file is not located in a shared directory To share a disk or a directory select My Computer from the desktop and select the disk or browse to the directory Then select the disk or the directory by using the right mouse button and select Sharing In the Sharing view select the Share this folder button and enter a name for the share Testing the installation You should first test the MSC Marc DCOM Server on the server machine and then test it on a client machine First copy a MSC Marc data file to a shared di
8. If it is not set then it will attempt to use the license file specified for FLEXIm License Manager version 9 2 If you do not already have your license file you may leave it blank however you must set the MSC LICENSE FILE variable before attempting to run any of the MSC Marc products Note This is an important step The installation will set the variable MSC_LICENSE_FILE to the setting that you enter Failing to set it to a valid license file will result in a licensing failure and you will have to edit the environment variable setting by using the System applet in the Control Panel file types The installation will associate the file types mfd mud t16 t19 and proc to MSC Marc Mentat if they are not already associated If they are as it would be in the case that you have a previous MSC Marc Mentat installation you will be asked if you wish to overwrite them If you answer YES then they are set to the current version and the PATH environment variable is updated with the current version specified first If you answer NO then they are not modified and the PATH environment variable is updated with the current version specified last install If you do not already have the Cluster Manager Service installed you will be asked NT MPICH if you want to install NT MPICH The 64 bit version will require either the MPICH2 Process Manager or the Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack You will only need to install this option if you will be
9. They are located in the mentat2005 bin directory and are named as follows pscolor1 bat pscolor2 bat pscolor3 bat psgrayl bat psgray2 bat psgray3 bat xdumpl bat xdump2 bat xdump3 bat PostScript The PostScript function is activated by pressing the Gray or Color Print button from the UTILS menu on the POSTSCRIPT panel The program captures the graphics portion of the screen into a file and sends this file to a PostScript printer using the psgray or pscolor batch scripts located in the mentat2005 bin directory In the example listed below the file is sent to the printer LPT1 This can be a printer attached locally or located somewhere on the network After the file is sent it is removed from disk automatically print D LPT1 1 del 1 72 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide The argument 1 is the filename handed to the batch script by MSC Marc Mentat If there is more than one printer on line the pscolor2 bat and pcolor3 bat batch scripts may be used to address these other printers You can use the setup printer program to configure a network printer Run setup printer for more details Edit The edit window bat batch script is used to control the editor associated with the EDIT commands It is possible to change the type of editor for example from notepad to emacs System Shell The system window bat batch script is used to control the type of window opened with the system
10. false turns it off The default is True or On All of the options DIR help Directory path name where the help files are located filename Specify the MSC Marc Mentat logfile name main ms The name of the startup menu file DIR material Directory path name where the material files are ocated DIR menus Directory path name where the menu files are located Chapter 5 Running MSC Marc Mentat 69 Table 11 MSC Marc Mentat Input Options continued Keyword Option Description Not provided by default For OpenGL and X Window versions of MSC Marc Mentat The use of this switch reduces run time memory requirements at the expense of graphic speed Use the OpenGL graphics interface if available directory name Provides a directory in which MSC Marc Mentat searches when opening an existing input file Multiple directories can be specified as follows path directory 1 path directory 2 etc filename Any additional set up commands you wish to add Store these in a procedure file containing the MSC Marc Mentat commands This reads all of the ASCII Menu files filename Record the MSC Marc Mentat commands in the procedure file filename True False Graphic refresh to use snapshots The default is True width height Change the size width and height in pixels of the window title Append title to the name of the window horizontal ratio Thi
11. host ci cr autorst pc sdir job name required as minimum restart name post name substructure name program name user subroutine name save user executable alternative for queue viewfactor name defaults name number of processors number of domains directory where job i o takes place host file copy input files to remote machines in a network copy post files back from remote machines in a network see detailed description in Table 9 computer name scratch file directory Table 9 describes the meaning of these input options and Table 10 gives examples 66 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Table 9 run marc Input Options Keyword Options job name Description Job and input file name identification Requires job name dat for all programs progname Run saved executable progname exe from a previous job user name User subroutine user name f will be used to generate a new executable program called user name exe Do not save the new executable program user name exe Save the executable program user name exe for a next time restart name For marc or progname identification of previous job that created RESTART file post name For marc or progname identification of previous job that created postfile containing temperature data For plot identification of job that created post file substructure Subst
12. Mentat commands This reads all of the ASCII Menu files filename Record the MSC Marc Mentat commands in the procedure file filename True False Graphic refresh to use snapshots The default is True width height Change the size width and height in pixels of the window title Append title to the name of the window True False Fast X server double buffering The default is True horizontal_ratio This is similar to sz except it is a percentage of the default window size in the horizontal direction vertical_ratio This is similar to sz except it is a percentage of the default window size in the vertical direction Chapter 6 Making Changes to the MSC Marc Programs 21 The MSC Marc program sizing Chapter 6 Making Changes to the MSC Marc Programs The MSC Marc program sizing MSC Marc uses dynamic memory The initial amount of memory that MSC Marc will allocate is the amount given by the SIZING parameter in the input file set in MSC Marc Mentat in the JOB menu as MEMORY ALLOCATION MSC Marc will then automatically allocate more memory as needed There is a possibility to limit the amount of memory being allocated This can for instance be used to avoid that a machine with limited memory is using paging space for a run The include file in the tools directory of the MSC Marc installation directory contains a variable MAXSIZE MSC Marc will not allocate more memory than spe
13. a network and use of user subroutines The list of supported capabilities in parallel can be found in Section 7 of the Release Guide 87 Hardware and Software Requirements Part 1 General Information Hardware and Software Requirements The MSC Marc 2005 network version for Microsoft Windows uses MP MPICH from University of Aachen Lehrstuhl fiir Betriebssysteme Although no specific hardware requirements exist for MSC Marc to run in network mode it is preferable to have fast network connections between the machines It is recommended that the network should have a speed of at least 100 MBit per second If only two machines are to be used a hub or a cross over cable can be used to connect them If more than two machines are to be used a switch is preferable TCP IP is used for communications The O S must be Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 or later It is recommended to have a FORTRAN compiler installed This version supports Compaq Fortran with Microsoft Visual Studio 6 6B and Intel Fortran 8 0 If installing on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 check the TroubleShooting section regarding requirements for this O S version Definitions 1 Root machine The machine on which the MSC Marc job is started 2 Remote machine Any machine other than the root machine which is part of a distributed MSC Marc run on the network 3 Shared installation MSC Marc is installed in a UNC shared directory on one machine only Other mach
14. a user subroutine example using run marc j e2x4 user u2x4 Again MSC Marc should give a MSC Marc Exit number 3004 Note Should any of these examples not run please use the checklist in Appendix A to verify whether the installation was executed correctly Refer to Chapter 4 of this document for the syntax of run marc Contact MSC Software customer support if you are still unable to run the examples Chapter 4 Running MSC Marc 65 Chapter 4 Running MSC Marc This section describes the MSC Marc usage on Microsoft Windows based machines The MSC Marc programs are mainly controlled by a batch script program called run marc bat which is stored in the parent subdirectory marc2005r3 tools The batch script will submit a job and must be executed in the directory where all relevant input and output files concerning the job are available To use the batch script each MSC Marc job should have a unique name qualifier and all MSC Marc output files connected to that job will use this same qualifier MSC Marc input files should always be named job_name dat whereby the prefix job_name is the name qualifier which you are free to choose The suffix dat is obligatory To actually submit a MSC Marc job from an MS DOS Command Prompt window the following command should be used The single input line is split over multiple lines for clarity run marc jid rid pid sid prog user save back vf def nprocd nprods dir
15. could be inserted in the run_marc or mentat script The default setting is DIR flexlm licenses license dat where DIRis the path to the MSC Marc or MSC Marc Mentat directory Note that the FLEXIm license manager must be running before MSC Marc or MSC Marc Mentat executes This has changed from previous versions where it would startup the license manager automatically if it wasn t already running Note You may want to combine all of your FLEXIm licenses into one file and change the FLEXDIR setting appropriately For instance if you have already installed other MSC products and the MSC daemon has been activated Chapter 8 Managing FLEXIm with MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat 27 Security Directory Security Directory The security directory defaults to lt parent gt flex1m It must be writable by all MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat users if they will be allowed to start the license manager when needed since 1mgrd writes the logfile 1exlm flexlm 109g to that directory If you do not wish to have the security directory writable by others then you must have the license manager started at boot time You may also want to monitor the size of the logfile since all FLEXIm activity is recorded to that file Note The flexlm log file contains important status information regarding the license manager daemon Always check this file when you get a security error Combining the MSC Marc License with Other MSC Products You can combin
16. have MSC Marc installed the installation directory on the root machine needs to be shared using NFS or some other mechanism so that the MSC Marc executable is available from the remote machines Users need to be able to connect between the machines using rlogin without having to provide a password Assume the following there are two machines with hostnames host and host2 that are to be used in a parallel job over the network MSC Marc has been installed on host1 and the job is to be started from this machine A hypothetical naming convention is used for shared directories where a directory name on any machine starts with nfs hostname where hostname is the name of the machine on which the directory is located First test the installation for single processor execution Change directory to the test dm subdirectory of the MSC Marc installation directory on host1 Then do cd exmpl2 exmpl2 1 marc2005r3 j cyl2 b no v no and MSC Marc should exit in about three minutes if it is a successful run Then test the MSC Marc installation for multi processor execution Do cd exmpl2 2 and edit the file host file in this directory by replacing workdir with nfs hostl marcinstall test ddm examp2 exmpl2 2 and installdir with nfs hostl marcinstall The host names and directory names should of course be replaced with the names on the current system Finally type marc2005r3 j cyl2 b no v no nproc 2 host hostfile and MSC Marc should
17. in this example test host must be avoided since it is used internally by MSC Marc Specification of the host file The host file has the following general format hosti nl host2 n2 workdir2 host3 n3 workdir3 Each line must start at column 1 no initial blanks Blank lines and lines beginning with a number symbol are ignored The first entry is the host name of a machine to be used in the analysis The root machine must be listed first and each machine must only occur once The second entry specifies the number of processes to run on the machine specified in the first entry The sum of the number of processes given in the host file must equal the number of domains used In a five domain job it is required that nl n2 n3 5 The third entry specifies the working directory to use on this host This is where the I O for this host takes place The MSC Marc input files for this machine must be in this directory and the results files for this machine are created in this directory The different domains of the MSC Marc job are associated with the different machines as follows Suppose a five domain job test is run using a host file defined as 92 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide hostl 2 host2 1 workdir2 host3 2 workdir3 with appropriate definitions of the third entry see below There will be six MSC Marc input files associated with this job test dat 1test dat 5test dat Domains 1 and 2 wi
18. licensed for use Check that the mhostid of the system you are trying to use and that on your marc2005 FEATURE MARC license is the same Your user subroutine causes compiler errors You have no FORTRAN compiler Fortran libraries not available Check the variable syslibs in the file include in the marc2005 subdirectory tools It references special system libraries in usr 1ib which may not exist on your system If you are using install exe to test MSC Marc installation and the Test and maintain installation does not respond remove exec tcsh from your cshrc and restart installation testing Make sure MSC Marc Mentat has X server access to your display device The command xhost allows MSC Marc Mentat to run on a remote screen This command must be issued while logged onto the computer that owns the remote screen If you are using a terminal other than the default screen belonging to the machine you may have to set the X window output device C shell setenv DISPLAY your terminal name 0 0 Bourne shell DISPLAY your terminal name 0 0 export DISPLAY This may happen when the model you are working on becomes very large MSC Marc Mentat requires a considerable amount of memory to store the model We advise that a minimum of 128 MB core memory is available in your machine You can save memory by switching off the double buffering mode Appendix C MSC Marc MSC Marc Mentat Files and Subdirectories 37 Appendix C MSC Marc MSC M
19. local directory on the hard disk of each machine in the analysis distributed I O The User Notes describes how to specify what working directory to use root machine remote machines network Figure 6 Network Configuration Part 2 89 Network Configuration Installation Notes This part describes the specific steps needed to install and set up a network version of MSC Marc For general information on MSC Marc installation see MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Steps 1 6 Must be performed as Administrator Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Install MSC Marc on the root machine The installation directory must be shared such that it is available on the remote machines Install MP MPICH which is also on the CD on both the root machine and the remote machine s Note that MSC Marc only needs to be installed on the root machine but MP MPICH must be installed on all machines used in an analysis If both MSC Marc and MP MPICH are to be installed just follow the instructions in Setup If only MP MPICH is installed on a machine do the following Insert the CD and exit Setup which starts automatically Use My Computer and select the CD icon with the right mouse button and select Open e Start the installation of MP MPICH by double clicking the file rcluma install bat Enter a valid login username and password when prompted Also enter the domain name if
20. on your machine For counted licenses currently running too many MSC Marc jobs Try later If the limit has not been exceeded try restarting the license manager 1mgrd and the vendor daemon Msc Make sure no other MSC Marc jobs are running If you have just modified the 1icense dat file the lmgrd and MSC daemons may not have been restarted Run the mreread utility as follows Imreread c parent flexlm licenses license dat If you get the FLEXIm error Invalid inconsistent license key 8 130 2 No such file or directory it may be implying that the hostid value specified on the SERVER line are inconsistent with the passwords Check the values and restart the license manager If you get the FLEXIm error Cannot connect to license server 15 12 146 and you are using a floating license the license manager 1mgrd may not be running on the license server or the USE SERVER line in your client side license dat file is incorrect Also make sure that the TCP IP port numbers used on the SERVER line are the same on both the client and the server 36 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Link failed in MSC Marc Testing MSC Marc Installation fail MSC Marc Mentat cannot open the display MSC Marc Mentat runs OK then aborts If you get the FLEXIm error No such feature exists 5 147 and your license is limited to certain systems you may be trying to run on a system that is not
21. remote machines which then use their own executable distributed installation A distributed installation must be done if incompatible machines are used The root machine is the one on which the MSC Marc job is started typically from within MSC Marc Mentat The remote machines can be located anywhere as long as they are connected to the network The working directory on each machine can be a shared directory on any machine on the network shared I O or it can be a local directory on the hard disk of each machine in the analysis distributed I O The User Notes describes how to specify what working directory to use root machine remote machines network Figure 1 Network Configuration Part 2 43 Network Configuration Installation Notes This part describes the specific steps needed to install and set up a network version of MSC Marc For general information on MSC Marc installation see MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Install MSC Marc on the root machine and if needed on the remote machines MSC Marc only needs to be installed on the root machine However if MSC Marc is to be used on the remote machines as well it can also be installed there There is nothing special that needs to be done related to the installation itself for the network version In order to run parallel jobs on machines connected over the network it has to be set up properly If any of the remote hosts does not
22. running parallel jobs using the MSC Marc Parallel Network feature Note that this is a licensed feature For more information on using this feature see the section MSC Marc Parallel Network for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide install Python If you have selected the Complete or Modeler option you will be asked if you want to install Python 2 2 Although it is not required it is recommended that you install Python 2 2 since this will provide you with access to additional MSC Marc Python modules and documentation complete the Select the Finish button in Setup installation You may want to check the contents against the list supplied in Appendix A of this document Should any subdirectory be missing please contact MSC Software customer support for further details 64 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Step 5 starting the License Manager You must start the FLEXIm License Manager before attempting to run MSC Marc or MSC Marc Mentat To start the license manager use the Start menu and select Programs gt MSC Software gt MSC Licensing 9 2 FLEXIm Configuration Utility Select the Config Services tab and verify that the settings are correct i e the License File is set to the proper license file Then start the license manager from the Start Stop Reread tab by pressing the Start Server button Note If you already had the FLEXIm License M
23. that the network version of MSC Marc including MP MPICH has been successfully installed on two machines that are to be used in a distributed analysis and that the appropriate MSC Marc licenses are in order Assume that host is the host name of the machine on which MSC Marc Mentat is running and from which the job is to be started the root machine The host name of the other machine the remote machine is host2 How to run a network job First make sure that the two machines are properly connected From hostl access host2 with Network Neighborhood If this is not possible a network run will not be possible See Part3 User Notes in this case In order to perform an analysis over a network a special file called a host file needs to be created by the user This file defines which machines are to be used how many processes are to run on each what working directory should be used and where the MSC Marc executable can be found on each machine The host file can be selected and edited in MSC Marc Mentat and the MSC Marc job started as usual from within MSC Marc Mentat see the example below If MSC Marc is run from the command line it is done as for a normal run using an additional command line option For example run marc b no jid test nproc 2 host hostfilel will run the two processor job test dat using the specification in the file host ilel No specific name or extension is used for the host file except that the name jobid host
24. to be recreated each time the shared name of the installation directory is changed The file marc net contains the connection between the path names on the root machine and the UNC names and can be created only by the Administrator If this file does not exist or contains outdated information the remote machines will not be able to find the executable on the root machine Test the MSC Marc installation for single processor execution by typing from the root machine es cd MSC marc2005r3 test_ddm exmp12 exmp12_1 run marc j cyl2 and MSC Marc should exit in about three minutes if it is a successful run Test the MSC Marc installation for multi processor distributed execution Assume the host name of the root machine is hostl and one of the remote machine is host2 Type from host1 C cd MSC marc2005r3 test_ddm exmp12 exmp12_2 and edit the file host file in this directory by replacing workdir with c MMSCWnarc2005r3Ntest ddmVexmpl2Nexmpl2 2 The host names and directory names should be replaced with the names on the current system Finally type run marc j cyl2 nproc 2 host hostfile and MSC Marc should exit in about two minutes if it is a successful parallel run on host and host2 using one processor on each If the job stalls or hangs at start up time exit it by typing control C in the window in which is was started See Part 3 User Notes in this section 91 How to run a network job Part 3 User Notes This section assumes
25. you use for the MP MPICH login then this file should be updated accordingly It has the format of set domain mydomainname 2 The remote hosts have permission to read from and write to the root host In particular check that the sharing is giving full access that is not being restricted to read only 3 Your MSC Marc and MSC Marc Parallel licenses are valid 4 The host names are valid 5 Check that the Cluster Manager Service is running The service is not running if you get a message similar to C MSC marc2005r3 demo_ddm e2x1 host does not contain any valid hosts Scanning network Select My Computer Control Panel Services and look for Cluster Manager Service V2 in the list Check that it has Status Started This must be done on all hosts Also check that the user name used for this service is the same on all hosts 99 Troubleshooting Running a Parallel Job when not connected to the Network If you disconnect your system from the network and want to run a parallel job on that system you will have to install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter Follow these steps Go to Control Panel Add Remove Hardware Select the hardware task you want to perform Add Troubleshoot a device Choose a Hardware Device Add a new device Do you want Microsoft Windows to search for your new hardware o I want to select the hardware from a list Select the type of hardware you want to install etwork adapters Select Network Adapter anuf
26. MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat 2005 r3 Installation and Operations Guide MSC SOFTWARE SIMULATING REALITY Corporate MSC Software Corporation 2 MacArthur Place Santa Ana CA 92707 Telephone 800 345 2078 FAX 714 784 4056 Europe MSC Software GmbH Am Moosfeld 13 81829 Munich GERMANY Telephone 49 89 43 19 87 0 Fax 49 89 43 61 71 6 Asia Pacific MSC Software Japan Ltd Shinjuku First West 8F 23 7 Nishi Shinjuku 1 Chome Shinjuku Ku Tokyo 160 0023 JAPAN Telephone 81 3 6911 1200 Fax 81 3 6911 1201 Worldwide Web www mscsoftware com User Documentation Copyright 2006 MSC S oftware Corporation Printed in U S A All Rights Reserved This document and the software described in it are furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license Any reproduction or distribution of this document in whole or in part without the prior written authorization of MSC Software Corporation is strictly prohibited MSC Software Corporation reserves the right to make changes in specifications and other information contained in this document without prior notice The concepts methods and examples presented in this document are for illustrative and educational purposes only and are not intended to be exhaustive or to apply to any particular engineering problem or design THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS BASIS AND ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED CONDITIONS
27. Marc Mentat Installation and Operations Guide MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Chapter 1 Read me first Installation Prerequisites 3 Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedure 5 Chapter 3 Installation Procedure Information 11 Chapter 4 Running MSC Marc 15 Chapter 5 Running MSC Marc Mentat 19 Chapter 6 Making Changes to the MSC Marc Programs 21 Chapter 7 MSC Marc Mentat Interfaces 23 Chapter 8 Managing FLEXIm with MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat 25 Appendix A Sample Installation of MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat 29 Appendix B Troubleshooting 35 Appendix C MSC Marc MSC Marc Mentat Files and Subdirectories 37 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Table of Contents 40 Introduction 40 Part 1 General Information 41 Hardware and Software Requirements 41 Compatibility 41 Definitions 41 Network Configuration 42 Part2 Installation Notes 43 Part3 User Notes 44 How to run a network job 44 Specification of the host file 44 Shared lO 45 Distributed I O 45 Example 46 Shared vs Distributed I O 50 Jobs with User Subroutine 50 Notes for Incompatible Machines 51 iv MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat Installation and Operations Guide Solver 51 Troubleshooting 52 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Preface 54 Chapter 1 Read me first Installation Prerequisites 55 Chapter 2 Quick Installation P
28. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID MSC Software logo MSC MSC MSC MSC ADAMS MSC Dytran MSC Marc MSC Patran ADAMS Dytran MARC Mentat and Patran are trademarks or registered trademarks of MSC Software Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries NASTRAN is a registered trademark of NASA MSC Nastran is an enhanced proprietary version developed and maintained by MSC Software Corporation LS DYNA is a trademark of Livermore Software Technology Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners This software may contain certain third party software that is protected by copyright and licensed from MSC Software suppliers METIS is copyrighted by the regents of the University of Minnesota NT MPICH is developed by Lehrstuhl f r Betriebssysteme der RWTH Aachen Copyright O 1992 2004 Lehrstuhl f r Betriebssysteme der RWTH Aachen PCGLSS 6 0 is licensed from Computational Applications and System Integration Inc Use duplication or disclosure by the U S Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in FAR 12 212 Commercial Computer Software and DFARS 227 7202 Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation as applicable MA V2005r3 Z Z Z DC OPS Contents MSC Marc and MSC
29. S install script needs to create directories in which to install MSC Marc and or Fileserver MSC Marc Mentat the default NFS export options do not allow this level of access by root Two approaches are possible do not install as root or if you must install as root modify your NFS export options to include root list where list can include hostnames and netgroups 4 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Should I be root Normally there is no need to be logged in as root However you will be queried as to whether you want to create an optional 1ink by which MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat will be known system wide under the name marc2005 or mentat2005 This link will by default be placed in the directory usr local bin to which you must have write permission Logging in as root is one way of ensuring that you can create this link Make sure that you have write permission to the installation directory before you start the installation script Note that on most systems you will have to be root to mount the CD ROM For NFS fileserver networks read the above paragraph FORTRAN compiler A FORTRAN compiler is necessary if user subroutines are to be used For other cases no compiler is needed The compiler needs to be compatible with the one used in the MSC Marc build see the MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat Release Guide for a list of supported compilers Chapte
30. SC Marc menu select RUN A DEMO PROBLEM Mentat RUN A DEMO PROBLEM and then select the COUPLED CONTACT COUPLED CONTACT demo It will run for 50 increments Step 10 Please follow the MSC Marc 2005 For Parallel Network Version for UNIX MSC Marc Installation Instructions Parallel Part 1 General Information and Network Part2 Installation Notes on installing version only and running jobs with the network version Step 11 Installing the documentation Use option d on the documentation CD to install the documentations Chapter 3 Installation Procedure Information Chapter 3 Installation Procedure Information Multiple machines NFS Servers If you are installing MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat on an NFS Fileserver the install script needs to create directories in which to install MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat the default NFS export options do not allow this level of access by root Two approaches are possible do not install as root or if you must install as root modify your NFS export options to include root list where list can include hostnames and netgroups Step 1 Start the install script from the CD ROM Start the installation by running the install exe script located on the CD ROM from a C or Bourne shell You should not have your current directory be the CD ROM device since temporary files will need to be created If you are installing MSC Marc and MSC Marc Ment
31. USE SERVER When used together with the SERVER line this line is used on the licensed client system as opposed to the license server to specify that it should obtain a license from the specified license server It has no options CAMPUS This line specifies that a pool of license tokens are used When the MasterKey licensing system is used the FEATURE line will have a specification for VENDOR STRING containing GROUP CAMPUS and BLV nn where nn is the number of tokens that is required in order to obtain a license All MSC Software products may obtain a license from a MasterKey license provided that a corresponding FEATURE line exists FLEXIm License Manager When you install MSC Marc or MSC Marc Mentat the FLEXIm License Manager is installed in the msc licensing 9 2 directory Once Imgrd exe is running it will read the license file license dat which is located in the msc licensing 9 2 directory The license file contains the MSC Marc and MSC Marc 74 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Mentat license and other MSC Software product licenses if necessary In addition Imgrd exe will also start the MSC Software vendor daemon MSC exe The path to MSC exe is specified in the license file on the DAEMON line These processes must be running on the license server for the MSC Software security system to obtain a license The only exception to this is for a zero count
32. When you receive the passwords from Enter the mkdir licenses the MSC Software salesperson they password cd licenses should be entered by means of creating wi licence dat the file License dat file in the chmod 644 license dal flexlm licenses subdirectory using an editor If the file was E mailed to you then save the contents in 1icense dat See Macrovision s FLEXIm End User Manual for more information on the license file format For MSC Marc Network run see Step 9 Step 8 1 Install Test the MSC Marc program If you installed both MSC Marc and Checking t Test and maintain the installation MSC Marc Mentat you can check the MSC Marc MSC Marc installation by following the instructions under Checking MSC Marc from MSC Marc Mentat Start the install exe script again and select option 1 Install the MSC Marc program and then select t Test and maintain the installation This brings up a new menu Select option 1 Test MSC Marc installation A new Test menu appears You must choose either Serial or Parallel depending on the license you have Run one of the standard MSC Marc demonstration examples as proof of a successful installation by choosing option 1 1 If all goes well one of the final messages on screen should read MSC Marc Exit number 3004 Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedure 9 1 2 Trial MSC Marc job with user subroutine If you havea FORTRAN compiler on your system choose a second demonstr
33. acturers Microsoft etwork Adapter Microsoft Loopback Adapter It will now install the loopback adapter You will have to enable disable the loopback adapter as you remove connect your machine to the network Running a Parallel job on Windows XP System when not a member of a Domain If you will be running a parallel job on a Windows XP system that is not a member of a domain you will have to modify a registry entry Using regedt32 look for the following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Lsa forceguest REG DWORD 00000001 If you find this key change the REG_DWORD value to 0 The name may also appear as ForceGuest If you do not have this registry entry your system will function properly Running a Parallel Job on Windows XP SP2 After you install or upgrade to Windows XP SP2 the RPC protocol does not permit anonymous requests to the RPC Endpoint Mapper but requires client requests be authenticated This will cause an Access is Denied error when you attempt to run a MSC Marc Parallel job Note These settings are important to enable Microsoft Windows to run a parallel job If they are not set properly the error message Host is unreachable 5 or Access is Denied 5 will be issued To workaround this problem do the following From a command prompt run gpedit msc Select Computer Configuration 100 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operat
34. anager 9 2 installed you should not need to perform these steps You should specify the options Use NT Services and Start Server at Power Up under the Config Services tab This will enable the license manager to start automatically at boot time Step 6 checking Verify that the setting for MSC LICENSE FILE is set properly by opening an MS DOS Command Prompt window and typing set msc license file The value will be displayed and it should be set to a valid license file Correct the setting using the System applet in the Control Panel and selecting the Advanced tab and then the Environment variables button It should be listed under the System variables section Run MSC Marc Mentat by selecting the MSC Marc Mentat 200513 icon on the desktop or by going to the Start menu on the taskbar and selecting the Programs gt MSC Software gt MSC Marc 2005r3 gt MSC Marc Mentat 2005r3 menu item You may also start MSC Marc Mentat by typing mentat in a MS DOS Command Prompt window To check that MSC Marc is working properly run one of the standard MSC Marc demonstration examples as proof of a successful installation Open an MS DOS Command Prompt window and cd to the parentlmarc2005 subdirectory demo Run the e2x1 demo using the command run marc j e2x1 If all goes well one of the final messages on the screen should read MSC Marc Exit number 3004 If you have a FORTRAN compiler choose a second demonstration example by running
35. arc Mentat Files and Subdirectories The MSC Marc version you have received contains a full set of subdirectories listed below You can save disk space by removing the subsets that you do not need Table 5 Contents of the MSC Marc Distribution CD ROM bin executable MSC Marc programs tools shell scripts to run and maintain the MSC Marc programs flexlm FLEXIm security files AF_flowmat material data for database doc Installation Guide Release Guide and Volumes A E installed from the documentation CD ROM installed in this directory MSC Marc Mentat is not installed common insert files containing MSC Marc common blocks lib binary libraries with the compiled MSC Marc routines user templates for all available MSC Marc user subroutines demo input files and user subroutines for the MSC Marc Volume E Demonstration Problems demo ddm input files and user subroutines for the single parallel machine as well as the network parallel version of MSC Marc demo table input files and user subroutines for the MSC Marc Volume E Demonstration Problems based upon Table driven input format benchmark small set of demonstration examples for performance measurement test ddm one two and four processor test examples for installation testing of the single parallel machine as well as the network parallel version pldump2000 source routines for the post file conversion program pldump mpich MPI libraries for network parall
36. arc flexlm irix y N n lopt marc flexIm irix is not empty No new flexlm files are installed Installing from cdrom products gg65w120 k05 Enter the pathname to the directory containing the solver opt marc marc2005 Hit return to continue mentat script adjusted mrun script adjusted submit script adjusted submit2 script adjusted submit3 script adjusted killl script adjusted kill2 script adjusted kill3 script adjusted Do you want to create links to the mentat s startup scripts y N n Hit return to continue r Return to previous menu 0 Options 32 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Step 5 Security Step 6 Select option 1 Generate a system identifier Enter your data s Install Security sd Install Security documentation u Update Product scripts r Remove un install a product ci Change the installation directory cd Change the CDROM path 1 Change the product listing file sc Determining system configuration Selection S Security submenu 1 Generate system identifier file 2 Show the system identifier 3 Print the system identifier 4 Send the system identifier 5 Reset the license manager Imreread 6 Start the license manager daemon 7 Stop the license manager daemon Help r Return to previous menu Selection 1 Please enter the following information Your company name PieMontVue Inc Your department Your company address 101 Grant St
37. arc makes use of the parallel features of these solvers However the use of a hardware solver is in general not recommended in a network run The equation solution is performed on the root machine by starting multiple processes This is done in order to utilize the parallel performance of the solver which is using multithreading This is efficient on a single parallel machine but if the root machine of a network run does not have the number of processors available it will not be efficient Solver types 0 direct profile 2 sparse iterative 4 sparse direct and 8 multifrontal sparse are supported in parallel Out of core solution is only supported in parallel for Solver 8 52 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Troubleshooting Check that 1 The network connection between the hosts is working by using the command ping host 2 A remote login using the command rlogin can be done between the hosts without providing a password If not contact your system administrator or check the man pages for r login and look for rhosts 3 The host names used in the hostfile are correct It should be the same as the output from the command hostname on the respective host 4 The working and installation directories on the host file are correct Log onto the remote host change directory to these directories to verify the host file content The installation directory given should among others contain the
38. at install MSC Marc first and then install MSC Marc Mentat Personal data During installation you will be prompted to supply your name address telephone number etc You will also be asked to enter the MSC license agreement number which is listed on the accompanying packing slip This information will be sent to the MSC Software Corporation office supplying you the installation passwords and is intended to keep your data as known to the MSC Software Corporation up to date Password The MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat version you have received is protected protection against illegal usage by means of Macrovision s FLEXIm licensing software You cannot run the program directly after you have installed the product from the CD ROM until you obtain passwords from MSC Software Corporation Passwords will be supplied to you from the nearest MSC Software Corporation office after you have performed the first two steps of the installation procedure These steps are as follows Run the installation script install the software from the CD ROM and generate a machine specific identifier for the purpose of creating passwords 2 Send the machine specific identifier to the nearest MSC Software Corporation office 3 Upon return of the passwords enter these by editing the 1icense dat file Passwords normally only need to be entered once Multiple If you are installing MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat on an NFS Fileserver the machines NF
39. at install MSC Marc first using Main Menu option 1 Decide where the MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat program is to be located in the system This location is called the parent directory For example if you specify the installation path as usr software marc the parent directory is usr software marc It is recommended that you create this directory before you start the installation script The directories marc2005r3 and or mentat2005r3 install and flexlm will be created when the program is installed The install exe script will accept the following options a Turns on automatic installation installs both MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat from the CD ROM The i option described below is required c path Specifies the path to the CD ROM device This may also be the path to a NFS mounted CD ROM Normally the script will determine the path to the CD ROM device from the path specified to invoke install exe on the command line i path Specifies the installation path lt parent gt directory This option is required when specifying the automatic installation option a 1 file Specifies a file for product listing v Turns on verbose mode The automatic installation will install both MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat To perform an automatic installation run the installation script as follows cdrom install exe a i lt path gt Note that when the automatic installation is complete you will have to run t
40. ation Procedure 57 Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedure Step 1 From the MS DOS command prompt Start the Setup program obtain your type d setup or from the Start gt Run Substitute the drive letter for your CD ROM FLEXIm menu open d setup drive hostid Select the MSC Licensing server Obtain your FLEXIm hostid by selecting the software option MSC Licensing product O MSC Marc 2005r3 During installation it will display your DX MSC Licensing FLEXIm hostid and ask if you want to install the server You should elect to install the server only after you receive your license file since it will request the location of the license file when installing Step 2 cd msc software Send the hostid information to your nearest send to mkdir msc licensing 9 2 MSC Software office to obtain your MSC Software cd msc licensing 9 2 passwords Corporation notepad license dat The passwords you receive from the and MSC Software salesperson should be enter the entered by means of creating a file named passwords license dat in the C MMSC SoftwareMMSC Licensing V9 2 directory You may however save it anywhere you like Step 3 Install the MSC Licensing product Install the MSC Licensing system next The install the O MSC Marc 2005r3 MSC Marc 200513 release requires the use of licensing Dd MSC Licensing FLEXIm version 9 2 product The licensing server software will by default be installed in C MSC Software MSC Licens
41. ation example option 1 2 Here again MSC Marc should give a MSC Marc Exit number 3004 Troubleshooting 1 If you get an error message of 77 not found when running a job with a user subroutine and there is a Fortran compiler its path needs to be appended to your path in the cshrc file A typical example would be the Sun platform where the f77 compiler may live in the opt SUNWspro bin directory This path must be added if you get the 77 error message 2 Forthe IBM SP machines if you get ERROR Hostfile or pool must be used to request nodes create a host file in the marc2005r3 tools directory with the available nodes in it as node 1 node 2 Ste and set the path to point to this file in MP_HOSTFILE variable in the include file in the tools directory r Return to previous menu Repeatedly choose the Return Exit q Exit from the installation script option to leave the installation script Choose option q to leave the installation script 10 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Step 9 cd lt parent gt mentat2005 Next change your current directory Checking bin mentat to be the parent directory in which Mentat you installed MSC Mentat and then cd to mentat2005r3 Checking Run a Demo problem by selecting the menu MSC Marc buttons Enter the command bin mentat to from HELP start MSC Mentat From the HELP M
42. automatically 24 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide bin csh rsh mars lpr Psupt lt 1 rm f 1 The argument 1 is the filename handed to the shell by MSC Marc Mentat If there is more than one printer on line the psgray and pscolor shell scripts can be used to address these other printers Xdump The xwd command widely available on many platforms dumps an image of an X window into a specially formatted dump file This file can then be read by various other X utilities for redisplay printing editing formatting and archiving Its complementary xpr command takes the window dump file as input and formats its output for a particular device such as a PostScript printer or a HP PaintJet color mode Below is an example of a shell script that uses xwd and in conjunction with xpr sends the information to PaintJetxl See the man pages on your system for more details bin csh xwd xpr device pjetxl scale 2 etc aprint Abatphone2 L25 Edit The edit window shell script is used to control the editor associated with the EDIT commands It is possible to change the type of editor for example from vi to emacs or change the type of windowing environment System Shell The system window shell script is used to control the type of window opened with the system shell command It is possible to change the type of window Parallel Render The marc render shell script can be modifi
43. be logged in as administrator However you will administrator need administrator privileges since the system registry will be updated Also check that you have read and write permissions to the installation directory 56 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide FORTRAN compiler We strongly advise you to have a FORTRAN compiler on your system if you are installing the MSC Marc product During installation you will be asked which compiler version you currently have installed Note After you install the FORTRAN compiler make sure that all users have their path and lib environment variable include the path to the FORTRAN compiler Otherwise using user subroutines will not work properly See Appendix C Troubleshooting for important information regarding requirements for the Intel Fortran compiler Computer Name Your machine must have a computername hostname If no computer name is known supply one by using the Control Panel Network applet to set the Computer Name You should also make sure the Host Name specified in the DNS tab of Network Protocols TCP IP Protocol is the same as the Computer Name Previous Versions If you have previous versions of MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat installed you may want to adjust your PATH environment variable to remove the reference to the previous version Chapter 2 Quick Install
44. c executes it checks the list of license files specified by this environment variable You may have it point to a license server using the syntax port host as follows Variable MSC LICENSE FILE Value 10620 myserver If you have other products that use FLEXIm and they are required to be available when MSC Marc is running such as a FORTRAN compiler license then you should modify the MsSC LICENSE FILE setting to point to the proper license file for that product You may instead want to combine the licenses into one file Security Directory The security directory must be writable by all MSC Marc users since Imgrd exe will write the logfile flexlm log to that directory If you do not wish to have the security directory writable by others then you must update this location by starting the FLEXIm applet located in the Start menu You may also want to monitor the size of the logfile since all FLEXIm activity is recorded Note The flexlm log file contains important status information regarding the license manager daemon Always check this file when you get a security error Chapter 8 Managing FLEXIm 75 Combining the MSC Marc License with Other MSC Products If you move the security directory to a different location or more specifically if you move your license dat file then you must modify the MSC_LICENSE_FILE environment variable to specify the new path Combining the MSC Marc License with Othe
45. cified by MAXSIZE which is defined in number of million 4 byte words The default is set to 500 corresponding to 2 GB for 32 bit machines and 2000 corresponding to 8 GB for 64 bit machines These are also the practical memory limits in this release If the analysis requires more memory than specified by MAXSIZE MSC Marc will select at least one of the out of core options either ELSTO or out of core solver For a parallel job these memory limits are for each domain of the job You may choose to modify the MAXSIZE variable permanently This can be done by editing the include file It can also be modified by means of the install exe shell script Modifying the MPI Setting mpich or hardware For most platforms the executable of MSC Marc for the release has been built based on mpich MPI which is characterized by its general applicability to both single multiprocessor machines and a network of heterogeneous machines However the option to modify the above default setting to other hardware specific MPI is given Refer to the MSC Marc 2005 and MSC Marc Mentat 2005 Release Guide for the exception If you choose to modify the MPI setting you may do so by means of the install exe script cd parent install install exe Choose option 1 from the main menu to get to the MSC Marc menu and then choose t Test and maintain the installation to get to the MSC Marc tools menu Here choose option 2 to get into the maintenance submenu Choose the opti
46. e MSC Software products A MasterKey license is issued with a pool of tokens Each MSC Software product will attempt to retrieve a specified number of these tokens in order to be granted a license If not enough tokens are available then it will be queued Programs that are queued will be granted a license in the order which they request a license For example if there are 100 tokens and a request is made for 60 tokens that program will be granted a license If another program makes a request for 60 tokens it will be placed in the license queue If yet another program makes a request for 40 tokens it will be queued behind the requested 60 tokens When the program that was using the 60 tokens exits and releases its tokens the queued request for 60 tokens will then be granted a license Then the queued request for 40 tokens will be granted a license The amount of minutes a program will wait for a license after it has been queued may be specified with the environment variable MSC_AUTHQUE The default value is 5 minutes It may be set as follows in a command prompt set MSC AUTHQUE 20 76 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Chapter 9 Configuring the MSC Marc DCOM Server Specifying the Logon User The MSC Marc DCOM Server allows you to run jobs on a remote Microsoft Windows machine without actually being logged into it Unlike MSC Marc Parallel it will only run a single CPU job W
47. e the MSC Marc license with other MSC product licenses To do this add the MSC Marc license to the license file for MSC Nastran MSC Patran or other MSC Software products You will need to restart the license server before using MSC Marc Client Server Licensing The default installation assumes that the system in which MSC Marc is installed functions as the license server The term license server only refers to the fact that 1mgrd and msc are running on that system and maintains the state of available licenses Even if you have purchased a nodelocked license the nodelocked system functions as the license server for that license A nodelocked license can be distinguished from a floating license since it will have a HOSTID xxx in the feature line If you have purchased a floating license the system that is to be the license server must be determined before generating the system identification file sid001 dat You must generate the system identification file from the license server since the mhostid value of the server is needed to generate your passwords The license file that is returned to you should be placed in the 1ex1m directory The client systems can use the same license file or they can use a brief license file with just the SERVER and USE SERVER lines If you are using a license server and 1mgrd will always be running then you may wish to remove or rename the rc 1mgrd script started by the run_marc and mentat script so that it do
48. ed such that the photorealistic rendering is performed across multiple CPUs The parameter nbands is used to specify the number of CPUs Chapter 8 Managing FLEXIm with MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat 25 FLEXIm License File Chapter 8 Managing FLEXIm with MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat FLEXIm License File FLEXIm is the network based licensing product from Macrovision Software used in MSC products The license file 1icense dat should be placed in the parent flexlm licenses directory once you receive your licenses from your nearest MSC Software Corporation office Everyone should have read permission to the file The license file has the following format Line Description SERVER This line specifies the license server It has the format SERVER hostname hostid port DAEMON This line specifies the name of the vendor daemon MSC and the path It has the format DAEMON MSC lt parent gt flexlm lt platform gt msc FEATURE This line lists the feature or license names This line cannot be modified from what is sent to you For your MSC Marc license it has the format FEATURE MARC MSC 2010 1231 for single processor version FEATURE MARC Parallel MSC 2010 1231 for parallel version For your MSC Marc Mentat license it has the format FEATURE MENTAT MSC 2010 1231 Each single processor job is required to have a license name MARC for execution to proceed To run a multiprocessor job a corresponding number
49. el version source source routines for the standard MSC Marc program csource source routines for the standard MSC Marc program written in C bcssolver source routines for the multifrontal solver mshell sources for auxiliary programs for running MSC Marc Note that the last set is available on SOURCE code license tapes only 38 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Table 5 Contents of the MSC Marc Distribution CD ROM continued stubs source routines for solvers and MSC Marc reader mdsrc machine dependent routines for the MSC Marc programs Note that the last set is available on SOURCE code license tapes only The MSC Marc Mentat version you have received contains a full set of subdirectories listed below You can save disk space by removing the subsets that you do not need Table 6 Contents of the MSC Marc Mentat directory unloaded from CD ROM bin shell scripts and programs for MSC Marc Mentat help MSC Marc Mentat online help files materials MSC Marc Mentat material files menus MSC Marc Mentat menu files doc Installation Guide Release Guide and MSC Marc Volumes A E installed from the documentation CD ROM examples sample MSC Marc Mentat procedure files the examples training ctour directory contains movie files showing the use of MSC Marc products and training courses Table 7 Contents of the Flexlm lt platform gt direct
50. er a valid pathname to the directory to install the software lt current directory gt opt marc 34 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Select option d MSC Marc Installation script for Unix systems MSC Software Corporation Main menu d Install Documentations 0 Options Help information q Exit from the installation script Selection d Installing documetation at opt marc mentat2005 doc Hit return to continue Appendix B Troubleshooting 35 Appendix B Troubleshooting Cannot read CD ROM Cannot create Security failed The device name listed in Table 1 may be incorrect for your system Please consult your system manager The CD ROM device may not be mounted Please consult your system manager You have no write permission in the parent directory Change with chmod MSC Marc or MSC Marc Mentat was unable to obtain a license from the FLEXIm licensing software In this case MSC Marc or MSC Marc Mentat will exit The possible causes for this are The FLEXIm license manager is missing or cannot be executed due to permission problems Check the log file 1exi1m 1og in the 1ex1m directory Try testing the FLEXIm license server with the command 1ex1m 1mstat If this fails consult the FLEXIm End User Manual You are attempting to run on a machine that according to the MSC Marc password s you are not allowed to use Your license period has expired Check the date
51. es not attempt to start the license manager on the client MasterKey Licensing The MasterKey licensing option allows you to use a pool of licenses for all of the MSC Software products A MasterKey license is issued with a pool of tokens Each MSC Software product will attempt to retrieve a specified number of these tokens in order to be granted a license If not enough tokens are available then it will be queued Programs that are queued will be granted a license in the order in which they request a license For example if there are 100 tokens and a request is made for 60 tokens that program will be granted a license If another program makes a request for 60 tokens it will be placed in the license queue If yet another program makes a request for 40 tokens it will be queued 28 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide behind the request for 60 tokens When the program that was using the 60 tokens exits and releases its tokens the queued request for 60 tokens will then be granted a license Then the queued request for 40 tokens will be granted a license The amount of minutes a program will wait for a license after it has been queued may be specified with the environment variable MSC_AUTHQUE The default value is 5 minutes It may be set as follows in a Bourne shell MSC_AUTHQUE 20 export MSC_AUTHQUE In a C shell it may be set as setenv MSC AUTHQUE 20 Product Layout When yo
52. executable in the bin directory 5 The input files for each host are available in the respective working directory An error message is printed out from MSC Marc if they are not Error messages 6 The error message semget failed at job start up means that the communication environment is not clean This can be checked with the Unix command ipcs If entries belonging to specific users except root show up they may need to be removed Run the script tools mpiclean located in the MSC Marc installation directory Note This will kill all parallel jobs currently running under the current user Only entries belonging to the current user are deleted Other 1 On some machines sometimes there are files called p4_ shared arena xxxx With xxxx being some number left in var tmp These can eventually fill up that disk and should be removed MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide 54 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Preface This document describes the installation and usage of the MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat programs on Microsoft Windows platforms configured as shown in Table 8 The instructions given here require a basic knowledge of the machine on which you are loading the MSC Marc products no attempt is made to teach the use of Microsoft Windows commands This document contains a quick installation section intended fo
53. exit in about two minutes if it is a successful parallel run on host and host2 using one processor on each 44 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Part3 User Notes This section assumes that the network version of MSC Marc has been successfully installed on at least one of two machines that are to be used in a distributed analysis and that the appropriate MSC Marc licenses are in order Assume that host is the host name of the machine on which MSC Marc Mentat is running and from which the job is to be started the root machine The host name of the other machine the remote machine is host2 How to run a network job First make sure that the two machines are properly connected From host1 access host2 with rlogin host2 If a password needs to be provided to do the remote login this has to be taken care of If the rlogin is not possible without providing a password a network run will not be possible See Troubleshooting in this case In order to perform an analysis over a network a specific file called host file needs to be created by the user This file defines which machines are to be used how many processes are to run on each what working directory should be used and where the MSC Marc executable can be found on each machine The host file can be selected and edited in MSC Marc Mentat and the MSC Marc job started as usual from within MSC Marc Mentat see the example below If MSC Marc is run from t
54. g any one of the processor post files such as 3nodell job1 t19 This file contains only data associated with domain 3 as selected in the domain decomposition menu under Step 4 As described in Step 3 this file was created by host2 Shared vs Distributed I O For jobs with very large post or restart files it is usually more efficient to use distributed I O With distributed I O the input files and the post files are located on the host s local disks MSC Marc by default automatically transfers the input files and the post files to and from the remote host if needed Itis possible to suppress this transferring with two buttons in the Network settings in the JOBS menu in MSC Marc Mentat To run a job using distributed I O specify a local directory in the host file hosti 2 host2 1 usr people marcuser Jobs with User Subroutine User subroutines are fully supported in the network version The Fortran file with the subroutine is located in the working directory on the root machine MSC Marc automatically creates the executable and makes it available on all remote hosts There is no need to modify the host file if it is correct for a job without a user subroutine If the working directory is shared for all remote hosts and only compatible machines are used in the analysis the user subroutine is compiled on the root machine and the executable is available in the shared working directory If a remote host is using a local working directory t
55. he installation script interactively to generate the system identifier using option 1 see Step 3 Generate system identifier 11 12 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Check the contents against the list supplied in Appendix C MSC Marc MSC Marc Mentat Files and Subdirectories of this document If any subdirectory is missing please contact MSC Software Corporation customer support for further details Note See Table 1 at the beginning of this document for the name of the CD ROM device for your machine if you can t determine what it is named or see your systems administration guide Step 2 Extract the files and set paths Extract the files from the CD ROM and set the path names in the MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat background files to correspond to the location where you have installed the version From the main menu list of the install exe script choose option 1 to install MSC Marc or option 2 to install MSC Marc Mentat and then select the platform from the Marc2005 submenu Note that a default platform selection is displayed if the script determines that MSC Marc or MSC Marc Mentat has not yet been installed In MSC Marc the installation script extracts the files and proceeds to set the path names in the run_marc scripts to correspond to the current location of the MSC Marc version In MSC Marc Mentat the installation script extracts the files and proceeds to set the
56. he license file on the DAEMON line These processes must be running on the license server for the MSC Software security system to obtain a license MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat contact these daemons at regular intervals If no contact is made after a specified time period MSC Marc or MSC Marc Mentat terminates execution For the 200513 version the FLEXIm License Manager must be at version 10 8 or higher When the security programs are installed they will be upgraded to version 10 8 You should stop the FLEXIm License Manager before installing the product so that the programs can be updated If your license server is a remote machine then you need to update the FLEXIm programs on the server before attempting to run the product If you do not have a CD ROM for that platform the programs may be downloaded from ftp ftp mscsoftware com pub msc products system util flexlm v10 8 0 There is a readme file which will tell you which zip file to download and an install file which will provide instructions for installing the programs Environment Variables The environment variable MSC LICENSE FILE is used to specify the full path to the license dat file and is a colon separated list of file pathnames An example setting of MSC LICENSE FILE is MSC LICENSE FILE SDIR flexlm licenses license dat usr local flexlm licen ses license dat 1515 mars earth com The variable must be set in your environment or optionally
57. he command line it is done as for a serial run using an additional command line option For example marc2005r3 v no b no jid test nproc 2 host hostfilel will run the two processor job test dat using the specification in the file host ile1 No specific name or extension is used for the host file except that the name jobid host in this example test host must be avoided since it is used internally by MSC Marc Specification of the host file The host file has the following general format hostl nl host2 n2 workdir2 installdir2 host3 n3 workdir3 installdir3 Each line must start at column 1 no initial blanks Blank lines and lines beginning with a number symbol are ignored The first entry is the host name of a machine to be used in the analysis The root machine must be listed first and each machine must only occur once The second entry specifies the number of processes to run on the machine specified in the first entry The sum of the number of processes given in the host file must equal the number of domains used In a five domain job it is required that nl n2 n3 5 The third entry specifies the working directory to use on this host This is where the I O for this host takes place The MSC Marc input files for this machine must be in this directory and the results files for this machine are created in this directory 45 Shared I O The fourth entry specifies where the MSC Marc installation directory that this
58. he executable will be automatically copied over to the remote machine using remote copy rcp MSC Marc automatically knows if a directory is shared or local If incompatible machines are used the compilation is done on each machine separately If a shared working directory is used the host name is appended to the name of the executable For local directories the new executable is placed in the local working directory This is all done automatically by MSC Marc To make sure that incompatible machines are treated as such use the INCOMPATIBLE button in the MSC Marc Mentat NETWORK SETTINGS menu or if started from the command line use the command line option comp no 51 Notes for Incompatible Machines Notes for Incompatible Machines This version only supports connection of homogeneous networks that is machines of the same type The communication software we use MPICH allows heterogeneous networks to be used You could connect for instance two HPs three IBMs two SGIs and a Sun to run a job Obviously the install directories must be local to the different machines in this case Restrictions 1 Hardware vendor provided solver must NOT be used when using different machines on the network 2 Please note that DEC machines cannot be connected to other Unix machines at this time Solver Solver type 6 hardware provided sparse is available on HP SGI and Sun No specific input is needed for its use in a parallel analysis MSC M
59. he installation script install exe choose option s Install security from the system identifier main menu list A submenu will appear Choose option 1 from this submenu to generate the system identifier Note When you generate the system identifier you will be asked to enter your name address etc See Appendix A Sample Installation of MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for a sample session Step 4 The system identifier is stored in the subdirectory install under the parent Send to directory in a file called sid001 dat The file can be printed using option 3 in MSC Software install exe Send the printout by means of telefax to the nearest MSC Software Corporation Corporation office If you have access to the E mail facility you can E mail the system identifiers directly using option 4 in install exe Step 5 Password Change your current directory to the subdirectory 1exlm licenses under the parent directory If you receive your passwords via E mail then save the license data in a file named 1icense dat in this directory The permissions for 1icense dat should be 644 since all users will need read access If you receive your passwords via telefax then enter them by means of creating the license dat file using an editor and typing in the information The password will consist of at least three lines SERVER line which specifies the system hostname DAEMON line which specifies the vendor specific daemon name a
60. he network version Part III Provides miscellaneous information about executing a parallel job over a network and use of user subroutines The list of supported capabilities in parallel can be found in Section 7 of the Release Guide 41 Hardware and Software Requirements Part 1 General Information Hardware and Software Requirements The MSC Marc 2005 network version for Unix uses MPICH Version 1 2 5 from Argonne National Laboratory for MPI The latter is included on the MSC Marc CD Although no specific hardware requirements exist for MSC Marc to run in network mode it is preferable to have fast network connections between the machines It is recommended that the network should have a speed of at least 100 MBit per second If only two machines are to be used a hub or a cross over cable can be used to connect them If more than two machines are to be used a switch is preferable TCP IP is used for communications For a list of supported Unix platforms see the Release Guide Section 7 Compatibility Although it is possible to connect different Unix machines it is recommended to only use compatible machines in an analysis Two machines are compatible if they can both use the same MSC Marc executable Some examples of compatible machines are 1 Several machines with exactly the same processor type and O S 2 One SGI R8000 Irix 6 5 and one SGI R10000 Irix 6 5 machine 3 One HP J Class HPUX 11 0 and one HP C Class HPUX 11 0
61. hen you install MSC Marc the installation will initially setup the MSC Marc DCOM Server The server must be setup on both the client and the server machine The user must specify a login user for the MSC Marc DCOM Server using Dcomcnfg before attempting to run a job remotely To run Dcomcn g open up a console window and type dcomcnfg at the prompt or select the Start Run menu and enter dcomcn g and press OK It will appear as shown in Figure 2 Distributed COM Configuration Properties Event Object Change HTML Application Image Document Internet Explorer Ver 1 0 logagent Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service Logical Disk Manager Remote Client Machine Debug Manager Marc DCOM Server Media Player Microsoft Access Application Microsoft Agent Server 2 0 Microsoft Clip Gallery Microsoft Development Environment Microsoft Equation 3 0 Microsoft Excel Application Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft FrontPage 1 Microsoft FrontPage 2 Figure 2 Dcomcnfg Displaying MSC Marc DCOM Server On Windows XP a different interface appears Select the Component Services Computers My Computer DCOM Config option and scroll down to the Marc DCOM Server item Right click it and select Properties Select the Properties button for the MSC Marc DCOM Server A new window will appear showing the various properties This is shown in Figure 3 The only property that needs adjusting is the Identity property Select the Identity tab
62. host should use is located This entry can be omitted if the name of the MSC Marc installation directory is the same on all machines which could be a shared directory on host with the same name from host2 and host3 The directories in the third and fourth entries will be used from the respective host To check the correctness of the host file specification log in to the respective machine and list the directories as specified in the host file For the host file given above do rlogin host2 ls workdir2 ls installdir2 The second line should show the working directory to use on host2 and the third line the installation directory which will be used by host2 The different domains of the MSC Marc job are associated with the different machines as follows Suppose a five domain job test is run using a host file defined as hostl 2 host2 1 workdir2 installdir2 host3 2 workdir3 installdir3 with appropriate definitions of the third and fourth entries see below There will be six MSC Marc input files associated with this job test dat 1test dat 5test dat Domains and 2 will be associated with host1 domain3 with host2 and domains 4 and 5 with host3 Shared I O Suppose a job is to be run on host and host2 A shared directory on host is to be used for I O and from host2 its name is nfs host1 marc workdir assuming a hypothetical naming convention for shared directories which starts with nfs hostname The installation directory is a
63. icon that the Setup program created on your desktop You do not need to start the batch script from a specific directory The MSC Marc Mentat program creates the default files in your current working directory i e where you are located at the time of starting the MSC Marc Mentat program if run from the command line or the Start in directory specified for the shortcut if started from the MSC Marc Mentat 2005r3 icon The batch script mentat bat contains a number of arguments which are passed on to the MSC Marc Mentat program Table 11 gives the meaning of these input options You are free to alter these commands to suit your preference Table 11 MSC Marc Mentat Input Options Keyword Option area ratio Description This is similar to s z except it is a percentage of the default window size DIR bin Directory path name where the external MSC Marc Mentat programs and shell scripts are located binary menu filename This is used to compile ASCII menu files into a Binary menu file True False Double buffering a screen refresh is first assembled in a separate memory section and then displayed This option results in a smooth appearance The default is True or On 8x15 Default font type This uses the gray scale color map True False This option enables the middle mouse button help windows to run the Adobe Acrobat reader using the PDF help files True turns on using the PDF help
64. id on both the server and the client machines Check that the user ID has read and write access to the directory where the job is to be run Check that the directory that the data file resides in is a shared directory Note that for Windows 2003 Server you must also specify the user permissions using the GRANT option for the net share command or by clicking the Permissions button under the Sharing tab in Explorer e Run the run marc script using the it option to print out debugging information This will print out exactly what is being sent to the server Xparent NMmarc2005r3NtoolsNrun marc pc lt servername gt j e2x1 it 0 The pathnames displayed from the debug output should be displayed as a proper UNC name If not verify that the directory is shared e Start the MSC Marc DCOM Server manually and connect to it To do this cd to the marc2005r3 bin directory and run the program marcsvr exe You may also supply the it option to obtain what the server has received Then open up another command prompt window and run the job In the marcsvr exe window you should see the log file output from the job 80 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Appendix A MSC Marc Subdirectories The MSC Marc version you have received contains a full set of subdirectories listed below You can save disk space by removing the subsets that you do not need Table 12 Contents of the MSC Marc Distributio
65. ime restart name Identification of previous job that created RESTART file post name Identification of previous job that created postfile containing temperature data substructure Substructure jobs only name of the substructuring file substructure t31 background foreground queue name Run the program in the background Run the program in the foreground Submit to batch queue the queue name Only available for machines with batch queue Queue names and submit command syntax may differ from site to site adjust run marc if necessary Alternative for queue run the program in the background Run the program in the foreground Ask for confirmation before starting the job Will start the job immediately 21 3 All i Number of processors generally same as the number of domains DISUNUG Number of domains for parallel processing using a Single Input file 2 4 etc Number of threads for parallel matrix solver directory_name Directory where the job i o should take place Defaults to current directory directory_name Directory where the scratch files are placed Default is to dir hostfile Specify the name of the host file for running over a network default is execution on one machine only in which case this option is not needed When machines are compatible in a run over the network When machines are not compatible in a run over the network
66. ines can access the MSC Marc executable since the directory is shared 4 Distributed installation MSC Marc is installed on all machines Each machine accesses its own MSC Marc executable 5 Distributed execution MSC Marc is run on multiple machines which are connected with a network Each machine loads the MSC Marc executable either from a shared or a local directory and then executes the executable 6 Shared I O MSC Marc reads and writes data in a UNC shared directory Each MSC Marc executable running on the network reads writes to the same directory 7 Distributed I O MSC Marc reads and writes data in a directory located on each machine Transfer of data files and post files between the root machine and remote machines is done automatically by MSC Marc 8 UNC Uniform Naming Convention 88 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Network Configuration MSC Marc only needs to be installed on the root machine where the installation directory is UNC shared shared installation MSC Marc can also be installed on the remote machines which then use their own executable distributed installation The root machine is the one on which the MSC Marc job is started typically from within MSC Marc Mentat The remote machines can be located anywhere as long as they are connected to the network The working directory on each machine can be a shared directory on any machine on the network shared I O or it can be a
67. ing 9 2 Upon completion of installing the server it will ask you to select your license file Step 4 Select the MSC Marc 2005r3 product Select the MSC Marc 2005r3 product to install the from the initial installation screen install MSC Marc X MSC Marc 2005r3 After the Welcome banner the Software product O MSC Licensing License Agreement screen appears Please read it carefully Press the Next button to proceed 58 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide set location Choose Destination Location Destination Folder C MSC Software MSC Marc 2005r3 The next screen will prompt you to set the location where you want the products installed This path is the parent directory It defaults to C MSC Software MSC Marc 2005r3 The directories marc2005r3 and mentat2005r3 will be created in the directory that you specify setup type You will then be presented with which Select the Complete option to install both product options to install MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat Complete Select the Solver option to only install O Solver MSC Marc or select the Modeler option to M mite only install MSC Marc Mentat program Select Program Folder Select the folder that you wish to place the folder Program Folder shortcut to the MSC Marc Mentat startup script MSC Software The default program folder name is MSC Software l specify O MSC Marc Sol
68. ions Guide expand Administrative Templates expand System click Remote Procedure Call double click RPC Endpoint Mapper Client Authentication Change the value to Enabled You will also need to check the Data Execution Prevention settings Right click My Computer Go to Properties Select the Advanced tab Select the Performance Settings button Select the Data Execution Prevention tab Select the button for Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only Required Privileges Running a parallel job either locally or over a network requires certain user privileges If the privileges are not sufficient MPICH will print an error code of 1314 You will need to check the following settings from the Control Panel Select Administrative Tools Select Local Security Policy Check the following items under Local Policies gt User Rights Assignment Windows 2000 Increase quotas Replace a process level token Windows XP Adjust memory quotas for a process Replace a process level token You can add usernames to these if needed by right clicking them and going to Properties Note that if they log in through a domain controller the setting on the domain controller will also need to provide access to these settings for each username
69. ision s FLEXIm End Users Guide for more information on entering your license password 62 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Step 3 install licensing software Select the MSC Licensing product from the CD ROM Note that installing the licensing software requires administrator privileges The licensing product will by default be installed in C MSC Software MSC Licensing 9 2 You should have your password information saved to a license file on your system When you install the server software the installation will request that you specify a license file If you do not already have one you may create a blank 1icense dat in C MSC Software MSC Licensing 9 2 The installation will tell you that no valid server line was found It will then ask if you still want to use it so select Yes to use the file temporarily When you receive your passwords from your MSC Software office save the password data to this file See Macrovision s FLEXIm End Users Guide for more information on entering your license password Select the Finish button in Setup Press the escape key or the X in the lower left corner of the Demoshield window to exit Logoff from your Windows session and log back in again so that the environment settings will take effect Note The drive letter that is used will be that of your System Drive letter Step 4 install the MSC Marc l products You shou
70. kground the input file e2x dat resides in the current working directory run marc jid e2x14 user u2x14 save yes Runs the job e2x 4 in the background using the user subroutine u2x14 f and the input file e2x14 dat An executable program named u2x14 marc will be saved after completion of the job run marc jid e2xl4a prog u2x14 Runs the job e2x 4a using the executable produced by job e2x14 run marc jid e3x2a ver no back no Runs the job e3x2a in the foreground The job will run immediately without verifying interactively 18 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Table 3 Examples of Running MSC Marc Jobs continued run marc jid e3x2b rid e3x2a Performs a restart job using the results of the previous job e3x2a run marc jid e2x1 nprocd 2 Runs a two processor job on a single parallel machine run marc jid e2x1l nprocd 2 host Runs a two processor job over a network hostfile The hosts are specified in the file host file refer to the MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide for runs on a network of machines Chapter 5 Running MSC Marc Mentat 19 Chapter 5 Running MSC Marc Mentat This section describes the MSC Marc Mentat usage on Unix based machines applicable to either BSD4 or System V machines except where noted MSC Marc Mentat is started by a shell script program called mentat which is stored in
71. l sparse are supported in parallel Out of core solution is only supported in parallel for Solver 8 98 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Troubleshooting Use the Event Viewer on the root host by selecting Start Programs Administrative Tools Event Viewer to read the System Security and Application log files under the Log button To read these files on a remote host select Log Select Computer and pick the remote host from the list Look for log entries related to Cluster Manager Service V2 Check that 1 Your user ID is recognized by the local or remote hosts Also check that the password you entered during the MP MPICH installation process is the same as that for the local system or the domain The installation process does NOT verify that the password you entered is the same as the machine or domain login password Also note that your password must not have any spaces in it or the MP MPICH installation process will not handle your password correctly Either of these types of errors will give you the error message Access is denied 5 Also note that if you change your login password you must reset your MP MPICH password by doing the following cd marc2005r3 nt_mpich bin mpiexec stor save tools setdomain bat Enter the username domain and password when prompted The file marc2005r3 tools setdomain bat is used to set the domain for the login If you wish to change the domain
72. lation directories are shared Enter the menu HELP gt RUN A DEMO PROBLEM and select the example CONTACT WITH DDM Select and confirm your three domains as shown below Step 1 Vi none 94 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Activate DDM and enter the NETWORK SETTINGS menu Step 2 Select USE DDM Select NETWORK Click on the HOST FILE button and select the file called hostfile and modify it to contain hostl 2 host2 1 hostl 95 Example Set the working directory according to the share names on the current system The host file places two domains on host and one domain on host2 Run MSC Marc from within MSC Marc Mentat using the SUBMIT 1 button Step 3 Check your results 96 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Step 4 Inc 50 Time 5 000e 01 4 764e 01 4 282e 01 3 801e 01 3 319e 01 2 357e 01 1 875e 01 1 394e 01 9 124e 02 4 310e 02 5 044e 03 2 838e 01 5 Jobl Total Equivalent Plastic Strain wt Open Default Skip to Inc 50 Def Only Contour Bands Select Total Equivalent Plastic Strain 97 Shared vs Distributed I O MSC Marc creates a post file associated with each domain as well as a root post file associated with the job id For the previous model 1mode11_job1 t19 2model1_job1 t19 and 3modell j
73. ld decide where you want the products to be installed before running the Setup program on the CD ROM The directory that you specify will be created during the installation process The MSC Marc product will by default be installed in C MSC Software MSC Marc 2005r3 You may rename it if you like This location is the installation path and in the remainder of this document the directory that you specify will be referred to as parent The directories marc2005r3 and mentat2005r3 will be created in the location that you specify setup type Select the product options that you wish to install The Complete installation will be selected by default which includes both MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat compiler version You will be asked which FORTRAN compiler version of MSC Marc you wish to use The choice will be one of the following MSC Marc Solver Intel Fortran version 8 0 MSC Marc Solver Digital Fortran version 6 6B MSC Marc Solver 64 bit Intel Fortran 8 1 This is important for use with user subroutines since only these FORTRAN compiler versions are supported New users should select the Intel Fortran version The 64 bit option will only be displayed on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64 bit and Microsoft Windows XP 64 bit Chapter 3 Installation Procedure Information 63 specify license You will be prompted to specify the path to your license file It will default to file the current setting of MSC LICENSE FILE
74. les to opt marc install Installing the security files in opt marc flexlm irix Installing from cdrom products ag65 w12n k05 include script adjusted run marc script adjusted Do you want to create links to the marc s startup scripts y N n Hit return to continue MSC Software Corporation Mentat 2005 Menu d1 Install for HP Compaq Dec Tru64 5 1x 400 MB h1 Install for HP UX 11 0 64bit PA2 0 390 MB h2 Install for HP UX 11 22 Itanium 2 390 MB il Install for IBM AIX 4 3 2 3 400 MB i2 Install for IBM AIX 5 2 64bit 400 MB 11 Install for Linux 2 4 x 32bit RedHat 7 1 350 MB 12 Install for Linux 2 4 x 64bit RedHat 9 350 MB g1 Install for SGI IRIX R12K 6 5 460 MB 2 Install for SGI IRIX64 R12K 6 5 4460 MB Step 3 Step 4 Options Appendix A Sample Installation of MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat 31 Select option g1 Enter the path to the marc2005 directory You can use the default selection by just pressing the enter key Make your choice Return to main menu Go to options menu sl Install for Sun Solaris 2 8 32bit Ultra IT 400 MB s2 Install for Sun Solaris 2 8 64bit Ultra IIT 400 MB Help information r Return to previous menu Selection g2 g2 You have selected SGI IRIX R12K 6 5 Is this correct Y n y Installing MSC Marc Mentat 2005 for SGI IRIX64 R12K 6 5 Installing the script files to opt marc install Do you want to replace opt m
75. license If the number of licenses for a feature the number following the expiration date is 0 then neither Imgrd exe or MSC exe are used The license manager is only used to keep track of licenses that are checked in out MSC Marc contacts these daemons at regular intervals If no contact is made after a specified time period MSC Marc terminates execution For the 2005 version the FLEXIm License Manager must be at version 9 2 or higher When you select the MSC Licensing product they will be upgraded to version 9 2 You should stop the FLEXIm License Manager before installing the product so that the programs can be updated this is done automatically on Microsoft Windows If your license server is a remote machine then you need to update the FLEXIm programs on the server before attempting to run the product If you do not have a CD ROM for that platform the programs may be downloaded from ftp ftp mscsoftware com pub msc products system util flexlm v9 2 There is a readme file which will tell you which zip file to download and an install file which will provide instructions for installing the programs Environment Variables The environment variable MSC LICENSE FILE is used to specify the license dat file This environment variable can be set using the System applet in the Control Panel and is a semicolon separated list of file pathnames or hosts The default setting will be c msc software msc licensing 9 2 license dat When MSC Mar
76. ll be associated with host1 domain3 with host2 and domains 4 and 5 with host3 Shared I O Suppose a job is to be run on host and host2 A shared directory on host is to be used for I O The UNC sharename for this directory is assumed to be di x7 The host file for a two processor job would simply be hostl 1 host2 1 host1 dir7 To verify the work directory given enter Network Neighborhood from host2 and click through hosti dir7 The directory seen should be the same one as the working directory on hostl Itis also possible to use only two entries for each host in the host file host name and number of processes This requires that the working directory is shared and that the sharing information is up to date in the file tools marc net in the MSC Marc installation directory Distributed I O If the user wants to have the I O to be local on host2 specify the host file as Rosti 1 host2 1 D users dir5 The I O on host2 will now take place in the directory D users dir5 on the hard disk of host2 For this case the MSC Marc input files are transferred to D users dir5 on host2 before the job is started and the results files are transferred back after the analysis for postprocessing This transfer of files is done by MSC Marc automatically 93 Example Example The definitions for a network run with MSC Marc Mentat is demonstrated with a simple example We assume the simplest case where both the working directory and instal
77. lp Directory path name where the help files are located bitplane threshold This install color map switch is only relevant if you are 3 8 running MSC Marc Mentat on an X Window screen that does not support many colors This number allows you to set a lower bound on the number of colors MSC Marc Mentat will use On cheaper screens setting this number too high may produce distracting side effects filename Specify the MSC Marc Mentat logfile name 24 16 8 Maximum graphic depth allowed The default is 24 main ms The name of the startup menu file 20 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Table 4 MSC Marc Mentat Input Options continued Keyword Option Description DIR material Directory path name where the material files are located DIR menus Directory path name where the menu files are located Not provided by default For OpenGL and X Window versions of MSC Marc Mentat The use of this switch reduces run time memory requirements at the expense of graphic speed Use the OpenGL graphics interface if available directory name Provides a directory in which MSC Marc Mentat searches when opening an existing input file Multiple directories can be specified as follows path directory 1 path directory 2 etc filename Any additional set up commands you wish to add Store these in a procedure file containing the MSC Marc
78. n CD ROM bin executable MSC Marc programs tools batch scripts to run and maintain the MSC Marc programs MlexIm FLEXIm security files AF flowmat material data for database doc Installation Guide Release Guide and MSC Marc Volumes A E installed in this directory if MSC Marc Mentat is not installed lib binary libraries with the compiled MSC Marc routines common insert files containing MSC Marc common blocks user templates for all available MSC Marc user subroutines demo input files and user subroutines for the MSC Marc Volume E Demonstration Problems demo ddm input files and user subroutines for the single parallel machine as well as the network parallel version of MSC Marc demo table input files and user subroutines for MSC Marc Volume E Demonstration Problems based upon Table driven input format benchmark small set of demonstration examples for performance measurement test ddm one two and four processor test examples for installation testing of the single parallel machine as well as the network parallel version pldump source routines for the post file conversion program pldump pldump2000 source routines for the post file conversion program pldump2000 Appendix B MSC Marc Mentat Files and Subdirectories 81 Appendix B MSC Marc Mentat Files and Subdirectories The MSC Marc Mentat version you have received contains a full set of subdirectories listed below You can save disk s
79. nd path FEATURE line s which specifies the product and options This line contains the password and the expiration dates The run marc and mentat script uses the environment variable MSC LICENSE FILE to locate the 11cense dat file It should be either the full pathname to the license file or using the specification port host such as 1500 mars earth com See Chapter 8 Managing FLEXIm with MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat or Macrovision s FLEXIm End User Manual for more information on entering your license password Note The FLEXIm license manager needs to be started on the license server before running the program The run marc and mentat scripts no longer attempt to start the license manager 14 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Step 6 Checking MSC Marc If you installed both MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat you can check the MSC Marc installation by following the instructions under Checking MSC Marc from MSC Marc Mentat Run one of the standard MSC Marc demonstration examples as proof of a successful installation Using the installation script install exe choose 1 Install MSC Marc from the Main Menu and then choose t Test and maintain the installation and the MSC Marc Tools menu appears Choose option 1 from this menu a new menu appears and you must choose depending on the license you have either Serial or Parallel A list of problems appears a
80. nd you can choose which problem you want run If all goes well one of the final messages on screen should read MSC Marc Exit number 3004 If you have a FORTRAN compiler on your system choose a demonstration example with a user subroutine Again MSC Marc should give a MSC Marc Exit number 3004 Note Should any of these examples not run please use the checklist in Appendix B Troubleshooting to verify whether the installation was executed correctly Refer to Chapter 4 Running MSC Marc of this document for the syntax of run marc Contact MSC Software Corporation customer support if you are still unable to run the examples Checking MSC Marc Mentat Run MSC Marc Mentat Repeatedly choose the exit option to leave the installation script O Return to the previous menu O Exit from the installation script type mentat if a soft link was created Note Should MSC Marc Mentat fail to start please use the checklist in Appendix B Troubleshooting to verify whether the installation was executed correctly Contact MSC Software Corporation customer support if you are still unable to run the program Checking MSC Marc from MSC Marc Mentat If you have both MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat installed you can check the MSC Marc installation from within MSC Marc Mentat To do this click the HELP button on the bottom right corner of the MSC Marc Mentat window Use the RUN A DEMO PROBLEM button to run an installation check on MSC Marc
81. o the main menu Step 3 Options 0 Go to options menu in main menu Step 4 s Install Security Security sd Install Security documentation u Update Product scripts d Delete un install a product ci Change the installation directory cd Change the CDROM path 1 Change the product listing file sc Determining system configuration Step 5 S Security submenu Generate system identifier From the Generate 1 Generate system identifier file options menu select option s and then system option 1 You will be prompted for your identifier name address etc You will also be prompted to supply your MSC license agreement number and your amendment number which is in the accompanying letter 8 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide MSC Marc Tools Menu 1 Test MSC Marc installation Test the MSC Marc installation 1 1 Run a MSC Marc job without user subroutine Step 6 2 Show system identifier The system identifier is stored in the Send the 3 Print the system identifier subdirectory install under the system parent directory in a file called identifier to S Send the system identifier sid001 dat Send the contents of MSC Software this file to the nearest MSC Software r Return to previous menu Corporation office to receive passwords q Exit from the installation script You may exit the script now by choosing the option q Step 7 cd lt parent gt flexlm
82. obl t19 are the processor files while model1_job1 t19 is the root file To postprocess the entire model select model1 job1 t19 as the postprocess file If the model is very large it may be convenient to view only a portion of the model by selecting any one of the processor post files such as 3nodel1 job1 t19 This file contains only data associated with domain 3 as selected in the Domain Decomposition menu As specified in the host file this file was created by host2 Shared vs Distributed I O For jobs with very large post or restart files it is usually more efficient to use distributed I O With distributed I O the input files and the post files are located on the host s local disks MSC Marc by default automatically transfers the input files and the post files to and from the remote host if needed Itis possible to suppress this transferring with two buttons in the Network settings in the JOBS menu in MSC Marc Mentat To run a job using distributed I O specify a local directory in the host file hostl 2 host2 1 d Nworkdir Jobs with User Subroutine User subroutines can be used as usual If local directories are used on remote hosts distributed I O the new executable will be transferred automatically to the remote host if necessary Solver Solver type 6 hardware provided sparse is not available on the Microsoft Windows platform Solver types 0 direct profile 2 sparse iterative 4 sparse direct and 8 multifronta
83. of multiple licenses with the feature name MARC Parallel plus a license name MARC is required For example to run a job using four processors in parallel one MARC license and four MARC Parallel licenses are needed USE SERVER When used together with the SERVER line this line is used on the licensed client system as opposed to the license server to specify that it should obtain a license from the specified license server It has no options CAMPUS This line specifies that a pool of license tokens are used When the MasterKey licensing system is used the FEATURE line will have a specification for VENDOR STRING containing GROUP CAMPUS and BLV nn where nn is the number of tokens that is required in order to obtain a license All MSC Software products may obtain a license from a MasterKey license provided that a corresponding FEATURE line exists 26 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide FLEXIm License Manager The run marc and mentat script will start the FLEXIm license manager daemon 1mgrd using the rc lmgrd script located in the 1ex1m platform directory Once 1mgrd is running it reads the license file 1icense dat which is located in the 1ex1m licenses directory The license file contains the MSC Software license and other MSC Software product licenses if necessary In addition 1mgrd also starts the MSC Software vendor daemon msc The path to msc is specified in t
84. om n SCSI controller number for CDROM AIX 5 2 mount rv cdrfs dev cdO cdrom cd lt other_dir gt or later umount cdrom IRIX64 6 5 CD will be automounted by system cd lt other_dir gt or later or eject CDROM mount rt is09660 dev scsi scndul0 cdrom or where cd lt other_dir gt n SCSI controller number umount cdrom u CD ROM unit Note The CDROM will usually automount to cdrom or CDROM Solaris 2 8 CD will be automounted by system cd other dir or later eject cdrom Linux 2 4 20 mount mnt cdrom RedHat cd other dir or later mount dev cdrom cdrom MSC Linux umount mnt cdrom Chapter 1 Read me first Installation Prerequisites 3 Chapter 1 Read me first Installation Prerequisites Before Decide where you want the product to be installed before reading in the MSC Marc installing the and or MSC Marc Mentat software from the CD ROM You will be prompted for a software parent directory to install the software which will be referred to as lt parent gt During the installation a directory called marc2005r3 and or ment at2005r3 install and flexim will be created in theu directory you specify MSC Marc requires approximately 130 Mbytes of permanent disk storage capacity Mentat requires approximately 400 to 450 Mbytes of permanent disk storage capacity The ment at2005r3 examples directory contains approximately 230 Mbytes of data If you are installing both MSC Marc and MSC Marc Ment
85. om the HELP menu select RUN A DEMO PROBLEM and then select the COUPLED CONTACT demo It will run for 50 increments To check that user subroutines are working by running one of the standard user subroutine demo problems cd msc software msc marc cd 2005r3 marc2005r3 demo run marc j e2x4 u u2x4 If you have a FORTRAN compiler run a user subroutine example using run marc j e2x4 user u2x4 MSC Marc should give a MSC Marc Exit number 3004 59 60 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Step 7 for Network Version only If you will be using the MSC Marc Parallel Network feature you will need to setup NT MPICH This service is optionally installed on the system when you installed MSC Marc however you will need to install it on the remote machines Follow the MSC Marc Parallel Network for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Parts 1 and 2 for important information on installing and running jobs with the network version Chapter 3 Installation Procedure Information 61 Chapter 3 Installation Procedure Information Step 1 From the CD ROM run the Setup program and select the MSC Licensing product obtain your to obtain your FLEXIm hostid When you are asked if you want to proceed with FLEXIm Server Installation you should select No at this time hostid The system identifier may also be found after installing the Se
86. on 2 1 to modify the MPI setting The options of modifying the MPI setting are given Switching the Default for AIX 5 1 64 bit Version The default for the MSC Marc AIX 5 1 64 bit version is serial For users with the IBM POE hardware MPI installed in their systems the default can be switched by performing the following steps 1 Copy marc hrdwr to marc under the marc2005r3 bin directory 2 Copy mdsrc a hrdwr to mdsrc a under the marc2005r3 1ib directory 22 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide 3 Change the include under the marc2005r3 tools directory from MP ITYPE none MPITYPE mpich MP ITYPE hardware to MP ITYPE none MPITYPE mpich MPITYPE hardware Chapter 7 MSC Marc Mentat Interfaces 23 MSC Marc Mentat External Programs Chapter 7 MSC Marc Mentat Interfaces MSC Marc Mentat External Programs MSC Marc Mentat supports a number of CAD interfaces IGES MSC Patran Ideas VDA etc These interfaces are programmed in external programs called from within MSC Marc Mentat The interface programs are stored in the mentat2005r3 subdirectory bin These programs read the data files in their native format and translate the contents into a MSC Marc Mentat model file This file is subsequently read by MSC Marc Mentat The external programs are called from within MSC Marc Mentat by means of the file submenu Jobs The subdirectory bin contains shell script files to s
87. ory unloaded from CD ROM lmcksum performs a checksum of the license file lmdiag diagnose a problem with checking out a license lmdown shutdowns the license daemons lmgrd the main license manager daemon for Flexlm lmhostid prints the hostid of a system lmremove allows you to remove a single user s license lmreread causes the license manager to reread the license file lmstat helps you monitor the status of all network licensing activities lmswitchr switches the FLEXadmin log file for the specified feature lmutil The executable to which the FLEXIm utilities are linked lmver Lists the FLEXIm version of a library or executable msc The vendor daemon used to pass MSC Marc specific licensing information to Imgrd rc lmgrd The script that starts Imgrd See the FLEXIm End User Manual for more information MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide 40 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Table of Contents Part 1 General Information 0 00 cece eee eee eee page 41 Part 2 Installation NoteS 0 0000 e eee eee eee page 43 Part3 User Notes 0 00 c eee ee eee page 44 Introduction The current document is divided into three parts Part I Provides the general description about the hardware and software requirements and definitions Part II Provides a step by step approach to installation of t
88. pace by removing the subsets that you do not need Table 13 Contents of the MSC Marc Mentat Directory Unloaded from CD ROM bin batch scripts and programs for MSC Marc Mentat help MSC Marc Mentat online help files materials MSC Marc Mentat material files menus MSC Marc Mentat menu files doc Installation Guide Release Guide and MSC Marc Volumes A E examples sample MSC Marc Mentat procedure files the examples VtrainingNctour directory contains movie files showing the use of MSC Marc products and training courses Table 14 Contents of the Security directory unloaded from CD ROM Imutil exe the FlexIm utility program Imgrd exe FLEXIm license manager MSC exe the vendor daemon used to pass MSC Marc specific licensing information to Imgrd See the FLEXIm End User Manual for more information 82 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Appendix C Troubleshooting Access is denied Error during move process Security failed or MSC Marc exit 67 License Manager will not start This type of problem is caused by not having write permissions to the file or directories to which you are installing To correct this problem open up an MS DOS Command Prompt window cd to the directory in which you are installing MSC Marc and run the attrib program to remove the read only attributes with the R option You may also use the File Manager s Secu
89. path names in the MSC Marc Mentat background files to correspond to the current location of the MSC Marc Mentat version You will be asked a question concerning the MSC Marc program which can be started from within MSC Marc Mentat You are required to give the pathname to the directory where MSC Marc is installed on your system If you do not have MSC Marc installed at your site ignore the prompt Note Do not attempt to install a 64bit version of the product on a 32bit operating system ranlib Some MSC Marc Unix versions will ask if you want to ranlib the MSC Marc binary libraries supplied with the version This will create a fresh table of contents for the libraries It is advisable to do this Note Not all Unix versions need the ranlib the question will not appear on them link You will also be asked whether MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat should be made accessible system wide under the link name marc2005r3 and or ment at2005r3 If so a symbolic link marc2005r3 and or ment at 2005r3 will by default be created in the directory usr local bin Note If you decide to create the link you must be allowed to create the link at the chosen location for example be logged in as root mustensure your users who want to use MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat have that location usr local bin in their search path Chapter 3 Installation Procedure Information 13 Step 3 Generate Using t
90. pathname to the directory to install the software current directory opt marc MSC Marc Installation script for Unix systems MSC Software Corporation Main menu 1 Install Test MSC Marc 2 Install MSC Marc Mentat 0 Options Help information q Exit from the installation script Selection 1 MSC Software Corporation MSC Marc 2005 Menu D1 Install for HP Compag Dec Tru64 5 1x 90 MB H1 Install for HP UX 11 00 PA 2 0 64bit 150 MB H2 Install for HP UX 11 22 Itanium 2 150 MB I1 Install for IBM AIX 4 3 2 3 100 MB I2 Install for IBM AIX 5 2 64bit 100 MB I3 Install for IBM AIX 4 3 2 SP 100 MB L1 Install for Linux 2 4 x 32bit RedHat 7 1 96 MB L2 Install for Linux 2 4 x 64bit RedHat 9 96 MB 30 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Mentat Installation Select option G2 Make your choice You must be root to create the link L3 Install for Linux 2 4 x 64bit Itanium 2 496 MB GI Install for SGI IRIX R12K 6 5 4140 MB G2 Install for SGI IRIX 64 R12K 6 5 4140 MB S1 Install for Sun Solaris 2 8 32bit Ultra I 100 MB S2 Install for Sun Solaris 2 8 64bit Ultra II 100 MB t Test and maintain the installation Help information r Return to previous menu Selection G2 G2 You have selected SGI IRIX64 R12K 6 5 Is this correct Y n y Installing MSC Marc Marc 2005 for SGI IRIX64 RI2K 6 5 Installing the script fi
91. r 2 Quick Installation Procedure 5 Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedure Step 1 lt cdrom_dir gt install exe Run the MSC Marc installation script Start the install install exe from the CD ROM script Substitute your CD ROM device name for lt cdrom_dir gt For example on a Sun this may be cdrom cdrom0 Welcome to the MSC Marc installation script Enter the path for the directory in which for Unix systems you want to install the MSC Marc Enter a valid pathname to the directory to install product s The default selection will be the software your current directory You must have current directory write permission to this directory Step 2 Main Menu Select option 1 to install MSC Marc Extract the 1 Install Test MSC Marc This will take you to the MSC Marc files from the 2 Install MSC Marc Mentat samara CD ROM F Select option 2 to install MSC Marc d Install Documentations i Mentat o aen Option d will only appear in the Help information documentation CD q Exit from the installation script Note Selection 1 Remember to install MSC Marc before you install MSC Marc Mentat Documentation should be installed after MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat are installed Select the MSC Marc 2005 Menu Select the platform that you will be platform D1 Install for HP Compaq Dec running MSC Marc on The script MEG Siz 90 MB will determine a default value and it will HD iseli or HP UX 11 00 ee PA 2 0 64bi
92. r MSC Products You can combine the MSC Marc license with other MSC product licenses To do this add the MSC Marc license to the license file for MSC Nastran MSC Patran or other MSC products Then make sure that the MSC_LICENSE_FILE environment variable is set to the new location Client Server Licensing The default installation assumes that the system in which MSC Marc is installed will function as the license server The term license server only refers to the fact that mgrd and MSC will be running on that system and will maintain the state of available licenses Even if you have purchased a nodelocked license the nodelocked system will function as the license server for that license A nodelocked license can be distinguished from a floating license by the string HOSTID xxx specified in the feature line If you have purchased a floating license the system that is to be the license server must be determined before generating the system identification file sid001 dat You must generate the system identification file from the license server since the Imhostid value of the server is needed to generate your passwords The license file that is returned to you should be placed in the security directory The client systems can use the same license file or they can use a brief license file with just the SERVER and USE SERVER lines MasterKey Licensing The MasterKey licensing option allows you to use a pool of licenses for all of th
93. r experienced MSC Marc users a section containing details about the installation procedure a section concerning the usage of the MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat programs and a section about making permanent changes to MSC Marc Appendices include hints about troubleshooting If you encounter a problem during the installation please contact the customer support staff at the nearest MSC Software office Table 8 Requirements of MSC Marc amp MSC Marc Mentat Running on Windows 2000 Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 or higher which includes Windows XP CPU Intel Pentium II or higher CPU Graphics Card SVGA or better running in at least 16 bit 64k color mode Hard Drive Minimum 120 MB MSC Marc 480 MB MSC Marc Mentat CD ROM Drive Required Ethernet Card An ethernet card is required Also Microsoft TCP IP Service must be installed Mouse Three button mouse is recommended Memory Minimum 256 MB Recommended 512 MB FORTRAN Compiler Compaq Fortran Version 6 6B or Intel Fortran Version 8 0 Chapter 1 Read me first Installation Prerequisites 55 Chapter 1 Read me first Installation Prerequisites Before running Decide where you want the version to be installed before running the Setup setup program on the CD ROM When running Setup you will be prompted to supply a directory pathname to install the MSC Software products In the remainder of this document the directory tha
94. rectory The file must be in a shared directory even if the job is to be run locally using the MSC Marc DCOM Server The data file parent marc2005r3 demo e2x1 dat will suffice Run the job from any command prompt window using the pc option parent marc2005r3NtoolsNrun marc pc lt servername gt j e2x1 If it succeeds then perform the same test on a client machine If a failure occurs see the section on the following page on Troubleshooting Again make sure the data file resides in a shared directory When running the job you may also use the UNC name in the path If it is not specified MSC Marc will determine the UNC path and send it to the server MSC Marc Mentat Support Running the job remotely may also be done within MSC Marc Mentat In the JOBS gt RUN gt ADVANCED JOB SUBMISSION menu there is a button named DCOM as show in Figure 5 Select the DCOM button and in the adjacent text area specify the name of the remote machine Note that when you submit the job you will NOT be able to do monitor job MONITOR in the JOBS gt RUN menu because the standard output from MSC Marc is not redirected to the log file However you will be able to doa post monitor MONITOR in the RESULTS menu Figure 5 JOB RUN Menu Displaying the DCOM Button Chapter 9 Configuring the MSC Marc DCOM Server 79 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting In the case of an error try some of the following suggestions Check that your user ID is val
95. rity menu to change Ownership of files and directories and to change Permissions on them This problem is caused by having an application or a file open during the installation process that the installation is trying to overwrite Exit all applications and documents during installation and restart the installation The environment settings are not set properly If you have not already logged out and logged back in again do so now and try again Check that the environment variable MsC LICENSE FILEis set to a valid license file If you have not installed your passwords yet then you must do so before security will succeed Check that the FLEXIm license manager has been started from the FLEXIm Configuration Utility applet in the Start menu under MSC Software gt MSC Licensing 9 2 This must be done AFTER you have saved your license dat file in the msc software msc licensing 9 2 directory Test that it is working by pressing the Status button in the Control menu You are attempting to run on a machine that according to the MSC Marc password s you are not allowed to use Your license period has expired Check the date on your machine Cannot access or read the file license dat in the msc softwareMnsc licensing V9 2 subdirectory Every MSC Marc user should have read and write rights for the parent subdirectory 9 2 f the license manager won t start check that the hostname on the SERVER line is correct Also check tha
96. rocedure 57 Chapter 3 Installation Procedure Information 61 Chapter 4 Running MSC Marc 65 Chapter 5 Running MSC Marc Mentat 68 Chapter 6 Making Changes to the MSC Marc Programs 70 Chapter 7 MSC Marc Mentat Interfaces 71 Chapter 8 Managing FLEXIm 73 Chapter 9 Configuring the MSC Marc DCOM Server 76 Appendix A MSC Marc Subdirectories 80 Appendix B MSC Marc Mentat Files and Subdirectories 81 Appendix C Troubleshooting 82 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Table of Contents 86 Introduction 86 Part1 General Information 87 Hardware and Software Requirements 87 Definitions 87 Network Configuration 88 Part 2 Installation Notes 89 Part 3 User Notes 91 How to run a network job 91 Specification of the host file 91 Shared I O 92 Distributed I O 92 Example 93 Shared vs Distributed I O 97 Jobs with User Subroutine 97 Solver 97 Troubleshooting 98 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Table 1 Versions of MSC Marc Running under Unix Operating CDROM System CDROM mount command umount Computer Revision assumes cdrom exists command OSF15 0 or mount t cdfs r o rrip dev rzuA cdrom cd other dir later where umount cdrom u CDROM unit number A aorc HP UX 11 0 mount dev dsk cOtnd0 cdrom cd other dir or later where umount cdr
97. ructure jobs only name of the substructuring file substructure t31 Alternative for queue run the program in the background Run the program in the foreground 3 4 etc Number of processors to be used for Domain Decomposition prete Number of domains for parallel processing using a Single Input file hostfile Specify the name of the host file for running over a network default is execution on one machine only Automatically copy input files to remote machines in a network run Automatically copy post files back from remote machines in a network run vf filename Refers to the viewfactor file for a heat transfer radiation analysis defaults file Used to define an auxiliary input file containing default values Oor1 If 0 when remeshing is required the analysis program goes into a wait state until meshing is complete If 1 when remeshing is required the analysis program stops the mesher begins and the analysis program automatically restarts Using the default procedure 0 uses more memory but less I O Using the restart procedure 1 invokes the RESTART LAST option Default options are shown in bold Chapter 4 Running MSC Marc 67 Table 9 run marc Input Options continued directory Directory where the job i o should take place Defaults to current directory computer name Remote computer name defaults to local Used for DCOM server s
98. rver Installation by using the Start menu and selecting Programs gt MSC Software gt MSC Licensing 9 2 gt FLEXIm Configuration Utility It is listed in the Ethernet Address item under the System Settings tab The system identifier may also be found by running Imutil Imhostid in the directory c unsc so tware unsc licensing V9 2 Step 2 Send the FLEXIm identifier to your nearest MSC Software office send to After receiving the passwords enter them by means of creating the file license dat MSC Software in the subdirectory c msc software msc licensing 9 2 Corporation The password will consist of at least 3 lines and enter your SERVER line which specifies the system hostname passwords DAEMON line which specifies the vendor specific daemon name and path The path for the MSC daemon must be changed to the location of where you installed the licensing software FEATURE line s which specifies the product and options This line contains the password and the expiration dates The mentat and the run marc batch scripts use the global environment variable MSC LICENSE FILE to locate the license dat file It typically points to the msc software msc licensing 9 2 license dat file If the file does not exist then they will use the environment variable LM LICENSE FILE to obtain the full pathname for the license file You may set the LM LICENSE FILE variable to point to another license file if you wish See Macrov
99. s is similar to sz except it is a percentage of the default window size in the horizontal direction vertical ratio This is similar to sz except it is a percentage of the default window size in the vertical direction 70 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Chapter 6 Making Changes to the MSC Marc Programs The MSC Marc Program Sizing MSC Marc uses dynamic memory The initial amount of memory that MSC Marc will allocate is the amount given by the SIZING parameter in the input file set in MSC Marc Mentat in the JOB menu as MEMORY ALLOCATION MSC Marc will then automatically allocate more memory as needed There is a possibility to limit the amount of memory being allocated This can for instance be used to avoid that a machine with limited memory is using paging space for a run The include file in the tools directory of the MSC Marc installation directory contains a variable MAXSIZE MSC Marc will not allocate more memory than specified by MAXSIZE which is defined in number of million 4 byte words The default is set to 500 corresponding to 2 GB for 32 bit machines These are also the practical memory limits in this release If the analysis requires more memory than specified by MAXSIZE MSC Marc will select at least one of the out of core options either ELSTO or out of core solver For a parallel job these memory limits are for each domain of the job You may choose
100. set correctly Then start the license manager from the Start Stop Reread tab by pressing the Start Server button For Network Version skip Step 6 Step 6 Run MSC Marc Mentat by either Check the installation by running MSC Marc checking selecting the MSC Marc Mentat item Mentat You have three methods you can use in the program folder that you chose or run it from the MS DOS Command Prompt First check that the variable MSC LICENSE FILE is set properly Use an MS DOS Command Pompt window and type set msc license file If it is not correct change it using the System applet in the Control Panel Then run the program using cd msc software msc marc cd 2005r3 mentat2005 bin mentat Run a Demo problem by selecting the menu buttons HELP RUN A DEMO PROBLEM COUPLED CONTACT to run MSC Marc Mentat You may use either the MSC Marc Mentat icon which is created on the desktop the link in the MSC Software MSC Marc program group orrun it from an MS DOS Command Prompt window You must first check that the environment variable MSC_LICENSE_ FILE is set properly to the full pathname of your valid license file If it is not the product will fail due to licensing To run from the command prompt cd to the parent mentat2005r3 directory and enter the command bin mentat to start MSC Marc Mentat Check the MSC Marc Mentat program by running one of the standard MSC Marc demonstration examples as proof of a successful installation Fr
101. shell command Chapter 8 Managing FLEXIm 73 FLEXIm License File Chapter 8 Managing FLEXIm FLEXIm License File FLEXIm is the network based licensing product from Macrovision used in MSC products The license file license dat should be placed in the c msc software msc licensing 9 2 directory once you receive your licenses from your nearest MSC Software office Everyone should have read permission to the file The license file has the following format Line Description SERVER This line specifies the license server It has the format SERVER hostname hostid port DAEMON This line specifies the name of the vendor daemon marcd and the path It has the format DAEMON MSC c msc software msc licensing 9 2 WUSC FEATURE This line lists the feature or license names This line cannot be modified from what is sent to you For your MSC Marc license it has the format FEATURE MARC MSC 2010 1231 for single processor version FEATURE MARC Parallel MSC 2010 1231 for parallel version For your MSC Marc Mentat license it has the format FEATURE MENTAT MSC 2010 1231 Each single processor job is required to have a license name MARC for execution to proceed To run a multiprocessor job a corresponding number of multiple licenses with the feature name MARC Parallel plus a license name MARC is required For example to run a job using four processors in parallel one MARC license and four MARC Parallel licenses are needed
102. ssumed to have the same name on both machines The host file for a two processor job would simply be hostl 1 host2 1 nfs hostl marc workdir To verify the workdir given do rlogin host2 ls nfs hosti marc workdir The directory seen should be the same one as the working directory on hostl Distributed I O If the user wants to have the I O to be local on host2 specify the host file as hostl 1 host2 1 usr people marcuser The I O on host2 will now take place in the directory usr people marcuser on the hard disk of host2 For this case the MSC Marc input files are transferred to usr people marcuser on host2 before the job is started and the results files are transferred back after the analysis for postprocessing This transfer of files is done by MSC Marc automatically It is also possible to use only two entries in the host file This requires that both the working directory and the installation directory have the same names on all machines 46 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Example The definitions for a network run with MSC Marc Mentat is demonstrated with a simple example We assume the simplest case where both the working directory and installation directories are shared Enter the menu HELP gt RUN A DEMO PROBLEM and select the example CONTACT WITH DDM Select and confirm your three domains as shown below Step 1 T Seectrostatic r j
103. t 250 MB Prompt ust p the default value H2 Instal l for HP UX 11 22 You will also be prompted whether you Itanium 2 400 MB iip want to create a system wide link to the I1 Install for IBM AIX 4 3 2 3 100 MB marc2005r3 script I2 Install for IBM AIX 5 2 Note 64bit 100 MB Other platforms may appear on your I3 Install for IBM AIX menu list that are not shown here 4 3 2 SP 100 MB Do not attempt to install the 64bit version on a 32bit operating system 6 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide L1 Install for LINUX 2 4 x 32bit RedHat 7 1 96 MB L2 Install for LINUX 2 4 x 32bit RedHat 9 96 MB L3 Install for LINUX 2 4 x 64bit Itanium 2 96 MB G1 Install for SGI IRIX R12K 6 5 140 MB G2 Install for SGI IRIX64 R12K 6 5 300 MB S1 Install for Sun Solaris 2 8 32bit Ultra IT 250 MB S2 Install for Sun Solaris 2 8 64bit Ultra IIT 4300 MB t Test and maintain the installation Help information r Return to previous menu Selection S1 r Return to the previous menu Choose the Return to previous menu OR option to return to the main menu MSC Marc Mentat 2005 Installation Select the platform that you will be MSC Marc Mentat Menu running MSC Marc Mentat on The script will determine a default value dl Install for HP Compaq Dec and it is shown in brackets after the Hueso de tee Selection prompt Press Ret
104. t the DAEMON line contains the correct path to the license daemon MSC exe If you had an older version of the FLEXIm license manager installed the new installation may replace it If the Use NT Services button was previously checked you should uncheck this button start the license manager and then select the Use NT Services button Link failed FORTRAN files are not being compiled User subroutines are not being called Appendix C Troubleshooting 83 Your user subroutine causes compiler errors You have no Fortran compiler or Fortran libraries not available Your PATH or LIB environment variables settings do not point to the proper location for your Fortran compiler The FORTRAN compiler is not in your search path or the INCLUDE and LIB environment variables are not set You can verify that your settings are correct with the set command If you selected the default installation path you should run the Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio DF98 bin dfvars bat script or substitute your installation directory These items can be set from the System applet located in the Control Panel The Intel Fortran compiler requires that the Microsoft NET 2003 framework is installed and the LIB environment variable setting includes the required dependency libraries The setting must include the following C Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 VC7 LIB C Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 VC7 PlatformSDK Lib
105. t you specify will be referred to as parent The directories marc2005r3 and mentat2005r3 will be created in the directory that you specify You must have the TCP IP networking facility installed on Microsoft Windows To check the TCP IP network installation 1 Open the Control Panel 2 Select the Network icon 3 Right click on the local area connection that is active and select properties 4 Check to see that the TCP IP protocol is installed MSC Marc also requires an ethernet card even if the workstation is not connected to a network MSC Marc uses the ethernet card to create a system ID for FLEXIm licensing Password The MSC Marc version you have received is protected against illegal usage by protection means of Macrovision s FLEXIm licensing software You cannot run the program directly after you have installed from the CD ROM until you obtain these passwords Passwords will be supplied to you from the nearest MSC Software Corporation office after you have performed the first two steps of the installation procedure These steps are as follows Run the setup program and generate a machine specific identifier for the purpose of creating passwords Send the machine specific identifier to the nearest MSC Software office Upon return of the password file place this file in the MSC Software MSC Licensing 9 2 directory Passwords normally need to be entered only once Should I be Normally there is no need to
106. tart a MSC Marc FEM job using the following shell scripts submitl submit2 submit3 These shell scripts are called by means of the buttons in the job menu You can alter these files to suit your environment for example set up one of the submit scripts so that it starts a MSC Marc job on a different machine on your network Plotter Interface Because of the many variations in plotting environments we have created plotting interfaces in the form of shell scripts that operate from within MSC Marc Mentat Currently MSC Marc Mentat recognizes the following plotting formats PostScript Xdump translated in either PostScript or HPGL format This section describes a template shell script for each of the formats mentioned above They are located in the bin directory and are named as follows psgrayl psgray2 psgray3 pscolorl pscolor2 pscolor3 xdumpl xdump2 xdump3 PostScript The PostScript function is activated by pressing either the Gray or Color Print button from the UTILS menu on the POSTSCRIPT panel The program captures the graphics portion of the screen into a file and sends this file to a PostScript printer using the psgray or pscolor shell scripts located in the bin directory In the example listed below the file is sent to a computer called mars on the network The lprcommand with the supt argument sends the file to a PostScript printer known to the spooler as supt After the file is sent it is removed from disk
107. that is how you login to the system or use local if you do not login through a domain Note that the installation program does NOT verify that the password you entered is valid so make sure that you enter exactly as the login password either the local machine login or the domain login See Item 1 in the Troubleshooting section if you change your system login password after you perform these steps Make sure that the installation directory on the remote host is properly shared Assume that MSC Marc is installed under c NMsc Make this directory shared by associating a UNC sharename with it as follows Use My Computer and locate the directory to be shared Right click on the directory and choose Sharing Choose Share As and give it a Share Name this is the UNC name and click OK Please note that MSC Marc restricts the UNC name to have a maximum of 10 characters and the name of the shared directory to have a maximum of 30 characters If necessary a directory higher up in the path can be shared for instance c instead of c MSC It is sufficient that either c N or c MSC is shared Create a MSC Marc file with the shared naming information From the Command Prompt change directory to the tools directory in the MSC Marc installation directory here assumed to be C MSC C cd MSC marc2005r3 tools net share marc net 90 MSC Marc Parallel Network for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Step 5 Step 6 This file has
108. the ment at 2005r3 bin directory If you used the option to create a link during the installation this link is known system wide as mentat2005r3 You do not need to start the shell script from a specific directory MSC Marc Mentat creates the default files in your current working directory that is where you are located at the time of starting MSC Marc Mentat The shell script mentat contains a number of arguments which are passed on to MSC Marc Mentat Table 4 gives the meaning of these input options You are free to alter these commands to suit your preference Table 4 MSC Marc Mentat Input Options Keyword Option Description area ratio This is similar to sz except it is a percentage of the default window size DIR bin Directory path name where the external MSC Marc Mentat programs and shell scripts are located binary menu filename This is used to compile ASCII menu files into a Binary menu file True False Double buffering a screen refresh is first assembled in a separate memory section and then displayed This option results in a smooth appearance The default is True or On 8x15 Default font type This uses the gray scale color map True False This option enables the middle mouse button help windows to run the Adobe Acrobat reader using the PDF help files True turns on using the PDF help false turns it off The default is True or On Print a list of all of the options DIR he
109. to modify the MAXSIZE variable permanently This can be done by editing the include bat file Chapter 7 MSC Marc Mentat Interfaces 71 MSC Marc Mentat External Programs Chapter 7 MSC Marc Mentat Interfaces MSC Marc Mentat External Programs MSC Marc Mentat supports a number of CAD interfaces IGES MSC Patran Ideas VDA These interfaces are programmed in external programs which are called from within MSC Marc Mentat The interface programs are stored in the parent subdirectory ment at 2005r3 bin These programs read the data files in their native format and translate the contents into a MSC Marc Mentat model file This file is subsequently read by MSC Marc Mentat The external programs are called from within MSC Marc Mentat by means of the FILE submenu Jobs The subdirectory bin contains batch script files to start a MSC Marc job using the following batch scripts submitl1 bat submit2 bat submit3 bat These batch scripts are called by means of the buttons in the job menu You may alter these files to suit your environment Plotter Interface Because of the many variations in plotting environments we have created plotting interfaces in the form of batch scripts that operate from within MSC Marc Mentat Currently MSC Marc Mentat recognizes the following plotting formats PostScript WinDump translated into Windows bitmap BMP format This section describes a template batch script for each of the formats mentioned above
110. u install MSC Marc and or MSC Marc Mentat you will get the following installation hierarchy Parent install contains the install exe script and other installation scripts flexIm contains the FLEXIm programs marc2005r3 contains the MSC Marc program files if installed mentat2005r3 contains the MSC MSC Mentat program files if installed Inthe run marc script the environment variables involved with the FLEXIm security are set as follows DIR parent marc2005r3 DIR parent marc2005r3 In the mentat script the environment variables involved with the FLEXIm security are set as follows DIR lt parent gt mentat2005r3 FLEXDIR SDIR flexlm licenses Appendix A Sample Installation of MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat 29 Appendix A Sample Installation of MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat In this appendix a sample installation assuming a single license installation for SGI R8000 is demonstrated Step 1 lt cdrom_dir gt Start the install exe installation script on the CD ROM Step 2 Extract the files from the CD ROM Enter the path Select option 1 MSC Marc Installation In most cases the name of cdrom dir will be cdrom or CDROM The device name for your CD ROM may be different so check your system administration guide For example on a Sun the name may be cdrom cdrom0 Welcome to the MSC Marc installation script for Unix systems Enter a valid
111. ueue back ver vf def nprocd nprods nthread dir sdir host comp 26a y pq at cpu autorst sdir job name required as minimum restart name post name substructure name program name user subroutine name save user executable queue name run in background verification flag viewfactor name defaults name number of processors number of domains number of threads directory where job I O takes place directory where the scratch files are located hostfile for running over the network compatible machines on a network copy input files to remote machines in a network copy post files back from remote machines in a network Batch queue only queue priority Batch queue only delay time for start of job Batch queue only cpu time limit autorestart value scratch file directory Table 2 describes the meaning of these input options and Table 3 gives examples 16 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Unix Installation and Operations Guide Table 2 run marc Input Options Keyword Options job name Description Job and input file name identification progname Run saved executable progname marc from a previous job usually user name see below user name User subroutine user name f will be used to generate a new executable program called user name marc yes Do not save the new executable program user name marc Save the executable program user name marc for a next t
112. upport directory name Directory where the scratch files are placed Defaults to dir job Default options are shown in bold Table 10 Examples of Running MSC Marc Jobs Examples of running MSC Marc jobs Description Runs the job e2x the input file e2x1 dat resides in the current working directory Runs the job e2x 4 using the user subroutine u2x14 f and the input file e2x14 dat An executable program named u2x14 dat will be saved after completion of the job Runs the job e2x 4a using the executable produced by job e2x14 Runs the job e3x2a Performs a restart job using the results of the previous job e3x2a Runs a two processor job on a single parallel machine Runs a two processor job over a network The hosts are specified in the file host file refer to the MSC Marc Parallel Network for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide for runs on a network of machines 68 MSC Marc and MSC Marc Mentat for Microsoft Windows Installation and Operations Guide Chapter 5 Running MSC Marc Mentat This section describes the MSC Marc Mentat usage on Microsoft Windows machines The MSC Marc Mentat program is started by a batch script called mentat bat which is stored in the parent mentat2005r3 bin directory It may also be started by using the MSC Marc Mentat 2005r3 menu item in the START menu in the MSC Software folder or by selecting the MSC Marc Mentat 2005r3
113. urn Enter to hl Install for HP UX 11 0 use the default value 64bit PA 2 0 390 MB h2 Install for HP UX 11 22 Itanium 2 390 MB il Install for IBM AIX 4 3 2 3 400 MB i2 Install for IBM AIX 5 2 64bit 400 MB 11 Install for LINUX 2 4 x 32bit RedHat 7 1 350 MB 12 Install for LINUX 2 4 x 32bit RedHat 9 350 MB 13 Install for LINUX 2 4 x 64bit Itanium 2 350 MB Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedure 7 gl g2 s1 s2 2 m Install for SGI IRIX R12K 6 5 7 460 MB Install for SGI IRIX64 R12K 6 5 460 MB Install for Sun Solaris 2 8 32bit Ultra II 400 MB Install for Sun Solaris 2 8 64bit Ultra IIT 400 MB Help information Return to previous menu Selection You will be prompted to supply the pathname to the directory where MSC Marc is installed If the script determines that MSC Marc is already installed to the default location of parent marc2005r3 then a default value for the path is displayed Press Return Enter to use the default value If you do nothave MSC Marc at this site you can ignore the prompt You will also be prompted whether you want to create a system wide link in usr local bin to the mentat script You must be root to perform this Note Other platforms may appear on your menu list that are not shown here r Return to the previous menu Choose the Return to previous menu option to return t
114. ver Intel Select the compiler version that you wish compiler Fortran 8 0 to use version O MSC Marc Solver Digital If you are a first time user select the Intel Fortran 6 6B Fortran version L MSC Marc Solver 64 bit Intel The 64 bit option will only be displayed on Fortran 8 1 the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64 bit and Microsoft Windows XP 64 bit operating systems specify license License When you perform the MSC Marc file C MSC Software MSC Licensing 9 2 license dat installation it will ask for the location of a valid MSC Marc license file Specify the location of your license file I would like to view the README file The last screen is the Setup Complete screen It will present you with an option to view the readme txt file Click on the Finish button to leave Setup Then click on the X button in the lower left hand corner of the main installation menu window or press the escape button Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedure Step 5 Start the FLEXIm license manager Select Start gt Programs gt MSC Software gt start the You may also want to enable the MSC License 9 2 gt FLEXIm Configuration License license manager to run as a service and Utility to configure FLEXIm Manager to start the server at power up by Select the Config Services tab and verify that enabling these options in the Config the settings are correct i e the License Services section File is

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