Firebird Computing Cluster

Members of the Swarthmore community have access to Firebird, Swarthmore’s high-performance computing cluster.

• Accounts
  • Requesting an account
  • Requesting a guest account
  • Creating an SSH key for Firebird
• Accessing Firebird
  • Open OnDemand
  • Terminal
• Transferring files
  • Open OnDemand
  • Terminal
  • Graphical tools
• Running graphical applications
• Python
• Slurm
• Ollama and LLMs
• Technical Specifications

Firebird Help Pages

Firebird

Firebird Software

Accessing Firebird via Mac / Linux Terminal

Create an SSH Key for Firebird

Firebird Computing Cluster

Firebird Technical Specifications

Logging into Firebird

Open OnDemand on Firebird

Requesting a Guest Account on Firebird

Requesting an Account on Firebird

Running Array or Batch Jobs on Firebird

Running Graphical Applications on Firebird

Running Ollama and LLMs on Firebird

Sample Slurm Job Script on Firebird

Slurm

Slurm Command Reference

Transferring Files

Transferring files with Open OnDemand on Firebird

Using GPUs on Firebird

Using VSCode with Firebird

Windows Terminal Access