ARC 2020 Upgrade

The ARC cluster is scheduled for an upgrade starting on December 7th, 2020 and will be completed by December 17th. The login node may be unavailable during this time. You may continue to schedule jobs during this period.

Any jobs that have been submitted that have a time limit less than the remaining time between now and December 7th at 8AM will be queued and started after the upgrade period.

Please direct any questions or concerns to support@hpc.ucalgary.ca.

What's Changing?

Major changes with this upgrade include:

• the operating system, from CentOS 7 to CentOS 8
• the Linux Kernel, from 3.10 to 4.18
• the Slurm scheduler, from 17.11 to 20.02
• NVIDIA drivers updated, from 440.64 to 450.80
• CUDA updated, from 10.2 to 11.1

There will also be version updates to software packages on the cluster. A detailed list of version changes can be found in the following table:

Post Upgrade CentOS 8	Current Configuration CentOS 7
attr 2.4.48	attr 2.4.46
bash 4.4.19	bash 4.2.46
bc 1.07.1	bc 1.06.95
boost 1.66.0	boost 1.53.0
cmake 3.11.4	cmake 2.8.12.2
cpp 8.3.1	cpp 4.8.5
curl 7.61.1	curl 7.29.0
dbus 1.12.8	dbus 1.10.24
diffstat 1.61	diffstat 1.57
diffutils 3.6	diffutils 3.3
dwz 0.12	dwz 0.11
ed 1.14.2	ed 1.9
emacs 26.1	emacs 24.3
evince 3.28.4	evince 3.28.2
expat 2.2.5	expat 2.1.0
findutils 4.6.0	findutils 4.5.11
garcon 0.6.4	garcon 0.4.0
gawk 4.2.1	gawk 4.0.2
gcc 8.3.1	gcc 4.8.5
gd 2.2.5	gd 2.0.35
gdb 8.2	gdb 7.6.1
gdbm 1.18	gdbm 1.10
geoclue2 2.5.5	geoclue2 2.4.8
git 2.18.4	git 1.8.3.1
glib2 2.56.4	glib2 2.56.1
glibc-headers 2.28	glibc-headers 2.17
glx-utils 8.4.0	glx-utils 8.3.0
gmp 6.1.2	gmp 6.0.0
gnome-shell 3.32.2	gnome-shell 3.28.3
gnupg2 2.2.9	gnupg2 2.0.22
gnuplot 5.2.4	gnuplot 4.6.2
graphviz 2.40.1	graphviz 2.30.1
gvnc 0.9.0	gvnc 0.7.0
gzip 1.9	gzip 1.5
hardlink 1.3	hardlink 1.0
hyphen 2.8.8	hyphen 2.8.6
iproute 5.3.0	iproute 4.11.0
jansson 2.11	jansson 2.10
jasper-libs 2.0.14	jasper-libs 1.900.1
java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.272.b10	java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless 1.8.0.252.b09
json-c 0.13.1	json-c 0.11
kernel 4.18.0	kernel 3.10.0
less 530	less 458
libcap 2.26	libcap 2.22
libcap-ng 0.7.9	libcap-ng 0.7.5
libcdio 2.0.0	libcdio 0.92
libcdio-paranoia 10.2+0.94+2	libcdio-paranoia 10.2+0.90
libcom_err 1.45.4	libcom_err 1.42.9
libcurl 7.61.1	libcurl 7.29.0
libdb 5.3.28	libdb 5.3.21
libdmx 1.1.4	libdmx 1.1.3
libdrm 2.4.100	libdrm 2.4.97
libedit 3.1	libedit 3.0
libfastjson 0.99.8	libfastjson 0.99.4
libffi 3.1	libffi 3.0.13
libfprint 1.90.0	libfprint 0.8.2
libgcab1 1.1	libgcab1 0.7
libgcc 8.3.1	libgcc 4.8.5
libgfortran 8.3.1	libgfortran 4.8.5
libgpg-error 1.31	libgpg-error 1.12
libgphoto2 2.5.16	libgphoto2 2.5.15
libgsf 1.14.41	libgsf 1.14.26
libgusb 0.3.0	libgusb 0.2.9
libicu 60.3	libicu 50.2
libidn 1.34	libidn 1.28
libinput 1.14.3	libinput 1.10.7
libiscsi 1.18.0	libiscsi 1.9.0
libjpeg-turbo 1.5.3	libjpeg-turbo 1.2.90
libkadm5 1.17	libkadm5 1.15.1
libldb 2.0.7	libldb 1.5.4
liblockfile 1.14	liblockfile 1.08
liblouis 2.6.2	liblouis 2.5.2
libmusicbrainz5 5.1.0	libmusicbrainz5 5.0.1
libndp 1.7	libndp 1.2
libnfsidmap 2.3.3	libnfsidmap 0.25
libnl3 3.5.0	libnl3 3.2.28
libnl3-cli 3.5.0	libnl3-cli 3.2.28
libnma 1.8.22	libnma 1.8.6
libpcap 1.9.0	libpcap 1.5.3
libpng 1.6.34	libpng 1.5.13
libproxy 0.4.15	libproxy 0.4.11
libselinux 2.9	libselinux 2.5
libsrtp 1.5.4	libsrtp 1.4.4
libss 1.45.4	libss 1.42.9
libstdc++ 8.3.1	libstdc++ 4.8.5
libtalloc 2.2.0	libtalloc 2.1.16
libtar 1.2.20	libtar 1.2.11
libtasn1 4.13	libtasn1 4.10
libtdb 1.4.2	libtdb 1.3.18
libtevent 0.10.0	libtevent 0.9.39
libthai 0.1.27	libthai 0.1.14
libtiff 4.0.9	libtiff 4.0.3
libtimezonemap 0.4.5.1	libtimezonemap 0.4.4
libtirpc 1.1.4	libtirpc 0.2.4
libtool 2.4.6	libtool 2.4.2
libtool-ltdl 2.4.6	libtool-ltdl 2.4.2
libudisks2 2.8.3	libudisks2 2.8.4
libunistring 0.9.9	libunistring 0.9.3
libusbx 1.0.22	libusbx 1.0.21
libuser 0.62	libuser 0.60
libuuid 2.32.1	libuuid 2.23.2
libuv 1.23.1	libuv 1.34.0
libv4l 1.14.2	libv4l 0.9.5
libvirt-gconfig 2.0.0	libvirt-gconfig 1.0.0
libvirt-glib 2.0.0	libvirt-glib 1.0.0
libvirt-gobject 2.0.0	libvirt-gobject 1.0.0
libwmf-lite 0.2.9	libwmf-lite 0.2.8.4
libX11 1.6.8	libX11 1.6.7
libxcb 1.13.1	libxcb 1.13
libxfce4ui 4.14.1	libxfce4ui 4.12.1
libxfce4util 4.14.0	libxfce4util 4.12.1
libxml2 2.9.7	libxml2 2.9.1
libXp 1.0.3	libXp 1.0.2
libxshmfence 1.3	libxshmfence 1.2
libxslt 1.1.32	libxslt 1.1.28
libXxf86misc 1.0.4	libXxf86misc 1.0.3
logrotate 3.14.0	logrotate 3.8.6
lsof 4.91	lsof 4.87
lsscsi 0.30	lsscsi 0.27
lua 5.3.4	lua 5.1.4
m4 1.4.18	m4 1.4.16
make 4.2.1	make 3.82
mc 4.8.19	mc 4.8.7
mcelog 165	mcelog 144
mokutil 0.3.0	mokutil 15
mtr 0.92	mtr 0.85
munge 0.5.13	munge 0.5.11
nano 2.9.8	nano 2.3.1
ncurses 6.1	ncurses 5.9
neon 0.30.2	neon 0.30.0
net-snmp-libs 5.8	net-snmp-libs 5.7.2
nettle 3.4.1	nettle 2.7.1
nmap 7.70	nmap 6.40
nmap-ncat 7.70	nmap-ncat 6.40
nm-connection-editor 1.8.22	nm-connection-editor 1.8.6
nss-softokn 3.53.1	nss-softokn 3.44.0
nss-softokn-freebl 3.53.1	nss-softokn-freebl 3.44.0
oddjob 0.34.4	oddjob 0.31.5
oddjob-mkhomedir 0.34.4	oddjob-mkhomedir 0.31.5
opensm-libs 5.6.0.MLNX20200217.cedc1e4	opensm-libs 3.3.21
openssl 1.1.1c	openssl 1.0.2k
orc 0.4.28	orc 0.4.26
orca 3.28.2	orca 3.6.3
pam 1.3.1	pam 1.1.8
parted 3.2	parted 3.1
passwd 0.80	passwd 0.79
patch 2.7.6	patch 2.7.1
patchutils 0.3.4	patchutils 0.3.3
perl 5.26.3	perl 5.16.3
poppler 0.66.0	poppler 0.26.5
popt 1.16	popt 1.13
python36 3.6.8	python 2.7.5
qemu-img 2.12.0	qemu-img 1.5.3
qemu-kvm 2.12.0	qemu-kvm 1.5.3
quota 4.04	quota 4.01
quota-nls 4.04	quota-nls 4.01
rasdaemon 0.6.1	rasdaemon 0.4.1
rpcbind 1.2.5	rpcbind 0.2.0
rpm 4.14.2	rpm 4.11.3
rpm-build 4.14.2	rpm-build 4.11.3
rpm-build-libs 4.14.2	rpm-build-libs 4.11.3
rpm-libs 4.14.2	rpm-libs 4.11.3
rsync 3.1.3	rsync 3.1.2
rsyslog 8.1911.0	rsyslog 8.24.0
shared-mime-info 1.9	shared-mime-info 1.8
slurm 20.02.5	slurm 17.11.5
soundtouch 2.0.0	soundtouch 1.4.0
spice-glib 0.37	spice-glib 0.35
spice-gtk3 0.37	spice-gtk3 0.35
spice-server 0.14.2	spice-server 0.14.0
sqlite 3.26.0	sqlite 3.7.17
sudo 1.8.29	sudo 1.8.23
system-config-printer-libs 1.5.11	system-config-printer-libs 1.4.1
system-config-printer-udev 1.5.11	system-config-printer-udev 1.4.1
systemd 239	systemd 219
taglib 1.11.1	taglib 1.8
tar 1.30	tar 1.26
tcl 8.6.8	tcl 8.5.13
tcllib 1.19	tcllib 1.14
tk 8.6.8	tk 8.5.13
tmux 2.7	tmux 1.8
tuned 2.13.0	tuned 2.11.0
usermode 1.113	usermode 1.111
util-linux 2.32.1	util-linux 2.23.2
vim-common 8.0.1763	vim-common 7.4.629
wavpack 5.1.0	wavpack 4.60.1
wget 1.19.5	wget 1.14
which 2.21	which 2.20
wpa_supplicant 2.9	wpa_supplicant 2.6
xdg-utils 1.1.2	xdg-utils 1.1.0
xfce4-session 4.14.2	xfce4-session 4.12.1
xfce-polkit 0.3	xfce-polkit 0.2
xfconf 4.14.3	xfconf 4.12.0
xfdesktop 4.14.1	xfdesktop 4.12.4
xfsdump 3.1.8	xfsdump 3.1.7
xfsprogs 5.0.0	xfsprogs 4.5.0
xfwm4 4.14.2	xfwm4 4.12.3
xkeyboard-config 2.28	xkeyboard-config 2.24
xmlrpc-c 1.51.0	xmlrpc-c 1.32.5
xmlrpc-c-client 1.51.0	xmlrpc-c-client 1.32.5
xmlsec1 1.2.25	xmlsec1 1.2.20
xmlsec1-openssl 1.2.25	xmlsec1-openssl 1.2.20
xz 5.2.4	xz 5.2.2
yum 4.2.17	yum 3.4.3
zlib 1.2.11	zlib 1.2.7

Please contact us if a software package is not listed above.