The ANSYS license server is accessed via login1 and port 1055 or chpclic1 and port 1056. It is always preferred to use login 1.

The license files are located under the following dircetory on login1:

/apps/chpc/compmech/CFD/ansys_inc/shared_files/licensing/

and on chpclic1:

/apps/chpc/compmech/CFD/ansys_chpclic1/shared_files/licensing/

The license file will have an *.lic extenstion.

ansysLnd.lic

Confirm that the M.A.C adress on the license file matches the one of the cluster by using the command iconfig to find the adddress ending in *.fca0

The interconnect port is set to port 2325

Check out https://wiki.chpc.ac.za/howto:ansys for more information.

To check if the license server is up and running, from login1, the command telnet can be used:

telnet login1 1055
telnet login1 1056
telnet login1 2325

To start and stop the license the following commands are used:

start_ansysli
stop_ansysli

A file in the license folder, ansys.opt, contains the list of approved users. The license needs to be stopped and restarted if any changes are made to this file.

The lmcenter is used to manage the license usage. A web broswer needs to be launched first by loading the Firefox module:

module load chpc/compmech/firefox/

The lmcenter is started and stopped with the following commands:

start lmcenter
stop lmcenter

The STAR CCM + license is accessed through chcpclic1 and ports 1999 and 2099 (vendor daemon).

telnet chpclic1 1999
telnet chpclic1 2099

The command ps ux can be used to check if the process is running. More information can be found on STAR-CCM+