Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility

Three computing systems are currently provided in the laboratory. These consist of a distributed memory Linux cluster, a shared memory Linux node, and a shared memory Windows node. Access to the Linux computing resources requires an EVEREST account and an RSA Secure ID. Access to the Windows computing resources requires a standard ORNL UCAMS account and does not require a specific EVEREST account.

Two tiled display walls are provided. The primary display wall spans 30.5’ x 8.5’ and consists of 18 1920×1080 stereoscopic Barco projection displays arranged in a 6 x 3 configuration. The secondary display wall consists 16 1920×1080 Planar displays arrange in a 4 x 4 configuration providing a standard 16:9 aspect ratio.

There are four additional peripheral video inputs located on pop-out boxes in the conference table. Each input supports both digital DVI and analog VGA. Users of the laboratory are welcome to control either wall using personal hardware that is brought into the laboratory. Power outlets are provided at the conference table.

The laboratory instruments are controlled using a touch panel interface located at the control desk. All computing resources can be routed to any available display wall. User hardware using the video input ports on the conference table can also be routed via the touch panel.