New Account and Login for Param Himalaya Supercomputing facility at IIT Mandi
Faculty, Project Staff, PG, and UG Students
To request a new account, please use the (Offline Form for Param Himalaya) (for students, faculty, and project staff). Accounts will be created after approval. Once you’ve completed the form, submit a printed copy to the A* DCS Office near Stable Complex South Campus. Tel: 01905267000. For any questions, please contact the HPC administrator at it_helpdesk@iitmandi.ac.in. Emails must be sent from official IIT Mandi email IDs; requests from non-official email IDs will not be entertained for security reasons.
Guest Access
Guest users are invited to experience the advanced capabilities of the Param Himalaya facility at SCF, with payment required for access. Apply Here
Logging in to the Cluster
Once you have been assigned a username, you can log in to the clusters (from a UNIX bash shell) using the following command:
- #ssh username@paramhimalaya.iitmandi.ac.in -p 4422
- Enter the captcha code.
- Then provide the password of your account name.
Note: You are encouraged to change your password after the first login to the cluster using the `passwd` command.
Window Users
- Install ssh utility software e.g putty or mobaxtrem.( can download it freely from internet)
- ssh username@ paramhimalaya.iitmandi.ac.in -p 4422 (Replace username with your actual param himalaya user account name)
- Enter the captcha code.
- Then provide the password of your account name
Forgot Password: Please raise a ticket regarding this issue by sending email at it_helpdesk@iitmandi.ac.in
File Systems
Two file systems are available on the HPC clusters:
/home/username: This is your home directory with a soft limit of 8 GB and a hard limit of 10 GB. Please use the command `quota -s` to check your quota. Once you have reached the hard limit, you will not be able to add or modify files.
/home/scratch/username: This is the working directory where most of your working data should be stored. There is a soft limit of 2 TB on the `/home/scratch/username` directory. Please use the `du -h` command in `/home/scratch/username` to check your usage.
