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[peter.altobelli]

We have an Ansys license for the University, and a student is asking how many cores they can use for a solution.
Is there something I can see in the license file that would indicate this?

 

Thanks

Peter

[peter.altobelli]

Sorry, forgot to mention the initial question was "do we have HPC licensing" yes we do but curious on the number of core they can use on a solution

[Lito]

Hi Peter,

Based on your entitlements in the Ansys Licensing Portal for your Account ###1211, you have the following entitlement.  

# Products licensed in this file:
# 1. Ansys GRANTA EduPack Introductory (50): 1 task(s) Lease expiring 31-Dec-2025
INCREMENT granta_edupack ansyslmd 9999.9999 31-dec-2025 50 \ 

I don't see any HPC licenses on the license file. I think with all Ansys products, it supports running on 4 cores per job.

[peter.altobelli]

Here is the one I'm referring to. account ###1059

# Products licensed in this file:
# 1. Ansys Academic Multiphysics Campus Solution (25/250) - Research: 1 task(s) Lease expiring 06-Oct-2025 
# 2. Ansys Academic Multiphysics Campus Solution (25/250) - Teaching: 1 task(s) Lease expiring 06-Oct-2025 

[Lito]

If you check the license file, you will have the following lines: 

• INCREMENT anshpc ansyslmd 9999.9999 06-oct-2025 450 \ 
• INCREMENT optishpc ansyslmd 9999.9999 06-oct-2025 300 673963B8ABCD \ 
• INCREMENT rocky_hpc ansyslmd 9999.9999 06-oct-2025 450 59D6562B5DE0 \  

Each hpc license allows running on an additional (1) core/thread >>Ansys HPC Licensing Calculator. e.g. Ansys Speos can run a single (1) simulation up to a maximum of 304 cores/threads (4 from the solve license + 300 from opticshpc licenses). 

[peter.altobelli]

great thanks
I'll take a look at the license and let you know if i have any questions

[peter.altobelli]

Hello
after looking at the license this is correct.
so with this are you saying that a user can run a min 1 core/thread up to 450? 
or since the min ansys allows a user to run a min 4 cores per job with this a user now can run 5 min only?

Thanks

Peter

[Lito]

You can run 1 SPEOS simulation job using 1 core up to a maximum of 304 cores and other Ansys applications that is supported by your entitlements from 1 core up to a maximum of 454 cores.

Or if you have 25 concurrent SPEOS users/simulations, each SPEOS user/simulation can run from 1 core up to a maximum of 16 cores [(300/25=12) + 4]. 

Hope this helps. 

 

[peter.altobelli]

great thank you