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Andrew Laidlaw

High Performance Computing

Here’s a quick update on my own viewpoint on the HPC capabilities that IBM currently provides, and what I’m seeing in terms of themes and…

6 min readJun 29, 2022

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High Performance Computing

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Andrew Laidlaw

Accessing deep learning and machine learning packages

There are multiple methods available to access the Python packages needed to train deep learning models. Here we look at some of them.

6 min readDec 8, 2020

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Accessing deep learning and machine learning packages

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Andrew Laidlaw

Resources for Power Systems HPC users from IBM at no charge

IBM provide a range of tools at no charge to support the use of their systems. These include compilers, libraries, and development tools.

6 min readMay 13, 2020

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Resources for Power Systems HPC users from IBM at no charge

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Andrew Laidlaw

Installing Docker on IBM AC922 or IC922 server

This short article will show you how to install the Docker runtime on an AC922 or IC922 server with NVIDIA GPUs available to containers.

4 min readJan 30, 2020

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Installing Docker on IBM AC922 or IC922 server

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Andrew Laidlaw

Troubleshooting NVIDIA GPU driver issues

Looking at the common problems we see when trying to run GPU accelerated workloads. This article also includes guidance to fix these…

10 min readNov 1, 2019

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Internal view of a Power Systems AC922 server with four NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs installed.

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Andrew Laidlaw

Anaconda installation for multiple users for PowerAI

Python provided by Anaconda has the ability to support multiple users in various different ways. This article looks at options for PowerAI.

2 min readApr 4, 2019

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Anaconda installation for multiple users for PowerAI

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Andrew Laidlaw

Running PowerAI in Docker containers on Power Systems

The Docker containers that IBM provide (on Docker Hub) contain everything that you need to get up and running with the PowerAI frameworks…

3 min readMar 28, 2019

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Running PowerAI in Docker containers on Power Systems

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Andrew Laidlaw

Accessing the main system console on a Power Systems AC922

There are a variety of methods for connecting to the main system console, allowing you to run the installation process for your chosen…

3 min readMar 6, 2019

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Accessing the main system console on a Power Systems AC922

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Andrew Laidlaw

Accessing the Management interface of a Power Systems AC922

There are a number of methods to access the OpenBMC management interface to manage the system hardware management interface.

3 min readMar 6, 2019

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Accessing the Management interface of a Power Systems AC922

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Andrew Laidlaw

Set the management IP address for a Power Systems AC922

You will need to set an IP address for the management interface to allow for remote access to the BMC interface.

3 min readMar 6, 2019

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Set the management IP address for a Power Systems AC922

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Andrew Laidlaw

Andrew Laidlaw

IBM SystemsAI team member, focusing on the best infrastructure and software for Deep Learning and Machine Learning workloads.

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