XGrid on a Mac

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If you have a Mac and Want to Monitor your Distributed Programs

This section can be skipped. It allows one to monitor the grid from a GUI, and observe the parallel execution of several copies of a distributed program.


Install Apple Admin Tool

AdminToolScreen.png
  • If you do not have a Server folder in the Applications folder, and you don't have an XGrid Admin application in the Server folder, then download the admin, otherwise skip to the next step.
  • Download and install package for Mac OS X 10.6 from Apple
  • Install
  • Launch







Connecting to the XGridMac server

XgridLogo.png
XgridControllerWindow.png
  • Locate the Server folder in your applications, and in it the XGrid icon
  • Open it
  • Click + to add a new a new controller.
  • Enter xgridmac.xxxxxx.xxx and the password given to you in class.
  • Observe that you should have access to a collection of Macs around the building
  • As you submit jobs, you should see the GUI react and show you the jobs running, and the amount of GHz being used.







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