ECE Dept. Teaching Linux Client Status

For logins you upload your ssh key to Authman: https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ISTKB/pages/1551728653/How+to+use+SSH+Authman+-+for+users

Load >Num. Users
Load Num. Users

As of S2024 Ubuntu 24.04 is becoming the primary Linux.

As of W2019 Ubuntu is now the primary Linux. Login from off-campus with eceTerm.uwaterloo.ca or the use the campus VPN and then log into an eceUbuntu server. Note that the eceTerm.uwaterloo.ca servers are only to be used to then login (ssh -X) to a campus server will the work will be done.

Here is historical server load - Solaris Unix (2005 to 2011) and (CentOS 2011 to 2018)

The Server Groups

• Ubuntu2404 : eceUbuntu*.uwaterloo.ca
• Ubuntu with a GPU : eceTesla*.uwaterloo.ca
• Terminal Servers : eceTerm*.uwaterloo.ca
• RedHat 8 Cadence Servers with OLD CPUs
• RedHat 8 Cadence Servers
• Ansys Misc RedHat 8 Servers
ECE Ubuntu Servers
Managed by Eric Praetzel

Machine	Machine Type	Location	Load Avg	Up-time	Extra Stats
eceubuntu1	NVidia Tesla P4 8GB (Thanks Prof Sachdev) 2560 CUDA cores Intel i7-8700 (Q3-2017) 6-core 3.2 to 4.6GHz Passmark 2626 / 12747	DC Server Room	8.70 5 min 10.18 15 min 11.30	22 days 17:45	"Physical memory" 78% of 63G      "Shared memory" 100% of 246M "Swap space" 10% of 8G      "Available memory" 0% of 52G "/" 63% of 456G      Kernel 7.0.0-30 ( Ubuntu26.04) 2234 Processes and 10 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx 168.3, and ETHrx 0.38, and IOPs 4, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 89.0 C, and GPU: 22.10 W , 34 C
Total	1 of 1 machines up with 10 Users			load

ECE GPU Ubuntu Servers
Managed by Eric Praetzel

Machine	Machine Type	Location	Load Avg	Up-time	Extra Stats
ecetesla0	2 of NVidia Tesla P4 8GB (Thanks Prof Sachdev) 2560 CUDA cores Xeon Gold 5120 (Q3-2017) 14-core 2.2 to 3.2GHz SuperMicro X11SPG-TF Passmark 1725 / 18145	10Gb/s NIC   DC Server Room	0.00 5 min 0.06 15 min 0.12	22 days 18:30	"Physical memory" 75% of 93G      "Shared memory" 100% of 40M "Swap space" 0% of 8G      "Available memory" 0% of 83G "/" 68% of 456G      Kernel 7.0.0-30 ( Ubuntu26.04) 545 Processes and 1 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx 1.7, and ETHrx 0.00, and IOPs 23, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and MB 33.0 C, and CPU 24.0 C, and GPU: 6.82 W , 25 C
ecetesla1	RTX 3070 8GB 5888 CUDA cores Ryzen9-5900X (Q3-2020) 12-core 3.7 to 4.8GHz Asus Pro WS x570-ACE Passmark 3502 / 39498	10Gb/s Intel NIC   DC Server Room	1.08 5 min 1.04 15 min 1.03	22 days 17:42	"Physical memory" 40% of 126G      "Shared memory" 100% of 11M "Swap space" 0% of 8G      "Available memory" 0% of 109G "/" 31% of 915G      "/private" 1% of 1.8T Kernel 7.0.0-30 ( Ubuntu26.04) 610 Processes and 2 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx 2.9, and ETHrx 0.01, and IOPs 8, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and MB 34.8 C, and GPU: 49.03 W , 47 C
ecetesla2	RTX 3070 8GB 5888 CUDA cores Ryzen9-5900X (Q3-2020) 12-core 3.7 to 4.8GHz Asus Pro WS x570-ACE Passmark 3502 / 39498	10Gb/s Intel NIC   DC Server Room	0.05 5 min 0.09 15 min 0.23	45 days 15:31	"Physical memory" 77% of 126G      "Shared memory" 100% of 9.5M "Swap space" 0% of 8G      "Available memory" 0% of 118G "/" 49% of 915G      Kernel 7.0.0-28 ( Ubuntu26.04) 477 Processes and 2 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx 2.9, and ETHrx 0.01, and IOPs 4, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and MB 29.5 C, and GPU: 26.54 W , 39 C
ecetesla3	GTX 1070 8GB 1920 CUDA cores Intel i7-7700K (Q1-2017) 4-core 4.2 to 4.5GHz Asus H170M-Plus Passmark 2750 / 9700	10Gb/s NIC   Thanks WEEF   DC Server Room	0.02 5 min 0.02 15 min 0.00	4 days 10:42	"Physical memory" 37% of 63G      "Shared memory" 100% of 10M "Swap space" 0% of 8G      "Available memory" 0% of 60G "/" 61% of 456G      Kernel 7.0.0-31 ( Ubuntu26.04 LTS ) 240 Processes and 0 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx 1.1, and ETHrx 0.01, and IOPs 4, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 38.0 C, and GPU: 14.10 W , 41 C
ecetesla4	RTX 3070 8GB 5888 CUDA cores Ryzen9-5900X (Q3-2020) 12-core 3.7 to 4.8GHz Asus Prime B350M-A Passmark 3502 / 39498	10Gb/s Intel NIC   DC Server Room	0.16 5 min 0.04 15 min 0.01	1 day 18:11	"Physical memory" 31% of 126G      "Shared memory" 100% of 4.4M "Swap space" 0% of 8G      "Available memory" 0% of 122G "/" 46% of 915G      Kernel 7.0.0-31 ( Ubuntu26.04 LTS ) 391 Processes and 1 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx 2.9, and ETHrx 0.01, and IOPs 4, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and MB 26.0 C, and GPU: 44.74 W , 61 C
eceubuntu2	Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti 11GB 4352 CUDA cores 2018 Intel Xeon Silver 4114 (Q3-2017) 10-core 2.2 to 3.0GHz Passmark 1676 / 13081 Lenovo Thinkstation P720	DC Server Room	1.00 5 min 1.09 15 min 1.16	22 days 18:28	"Physical memory" 41% of 93G      "Shared memory" 100% of 16M "Swap space" 0% of 8G      "Available memory" 0% of 83G "/" 12% of 467G      "/opt" 84% of 228G Kernel 7.0.0-30 ( Ubuntu26.04) 455 Processes and 1 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx 3.0, and ETHrx 0.01, and IOPs 8, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and MB 34.0 C, and CPU 28.0 C, and GPU: 69.48 W , 43 C
eceubuntu4	GTX 1070 8GB 1920 CUDA cores Intel i5-8400 (Q3-2017) 6-core 2.8 to 4.0GHz Passmark 2374 / 9222 Asus B360M-Plus	DC Server Room	0.29 5 min 0.08 15 min 0.02	1 day 16:48	"Physical memory" 16% of 63G      "Shared memory" 100% of 2.7M "Swap space" 0% of 8G      "Available memory" 0% of 60G "/" 55% of 456G      "/fydp" 17% of 899G Kernel 7.0.0-31 ( Ubuntu26.04 LTS ) 277 Processes and 1 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx 1.5, and ETHrx 0.02, and IOPs 4, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 36.0 C, and GPU: 5.68 W , 32 C
Total	7 of 7 machines up with 8 Users			load

Cadence Course Linux Servers
TCAD 2026+ and CALIBRE DO NOT WORK
Managed by the Eric Praetzel

Machine	Machine Type	Location	Load Avg	Up-time	Extra Stats
iccad1	2 Xeon E5-2667 v2 (Q3-2013) each 8-core 3.3 to 4.0GHz Dell R620 NO AVX2 NOT FOR CALIBRE Passmark 2035 / 21339	DC Server Room	0.23 5 min 0.25 15 min 0.31	100 days 0:55	"Physical memory" 39% of 503G      "Shared memory" 100% of 4.4G "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 460G "/" 36% of 70G      "/opt" 60% of 386G "/CMC" 31% of 18T      Kernel 4.18.0-553.129.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1408 Processes and 12 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 25.0 C,
iccad2	2 of Xeon E5-2667 v2 (Q3-2013) each CPU 8-core 3.3 to 4.0GHz Dell R620 NO AVX2 NOT FOR CALIBRE Passmark 2035 / 21339	DC Server Room	2.48 5 min 2.92 15 min 3.07	95 days 17:23	"Physical memory" NA% of 0      "Shared memory" 100% of 0 "Swap space" 0% of 4G      "Available memory" 0% of 156G Kernel 4.18.0-553.132.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1254 Processes and 9 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 32.0 C,
iccad3	2 of Xeon E5-2667 v2 (Q3-2013) each CPU 8-core 3.3 to 4.0GHz Dell R620 NO AVX2 NOT FOR CALIBRE Passmark 2035 / 21339	DC Server Room	2.43 5 min 2.19 15 min 2.17	100 days 0:47	"Physical memory" NA% of 0      "Shared memory" 100% of 0 "Swap space" 0% of 7.8G      "Available memory" 0% of 453G Kernel 4.18.0-553.132.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1416 Processes and 12 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 59.0 C,
Total	3 of 3 machines up with 33 Users			load

Cadence Course Linux Servers
AuthMan ssh keys Recommended
WITH AVX2 for MENTOR CALIBRE
Managed by the Eric Praetzel

Machine	Machine Type	Location	Load Avg	Up-time	Extra Stats
iccad0	2 Xeon Gold 6136 (Q3-2017) each 12-core 3.0 to 3.7GHz Dell R640 Passmark 2169 / 35604	Thanks WEEF  DC Server Room	1.38 5 min 1.22 15 min 1.17	99 days 18:55	"Physical memory" 44% of 251G      "Shared memory" 100% of 4.3G "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 225G "/" 29% of 70G      "/opt" 95% of 228G "/CMC" 31% of 18T      Kernel 4.18.0-553.132.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1128 Processes and 6 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 50.0 C,
iccad4	2 Xeon E5-2670 v3 (Q3-2014) each 12-core 2.3 to 3.1GHz Dell R530 Passmark 1700 / 13800	DC Server Room	0.20 5 min 0.12 15 min 0.09	95 days 17:23	"Physical memory" 43% of 125G      "Shared memory" 100% of 2.6G "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 106G "/" 88% of 70G      "/opt" 24% of 818G "/CMC" 31% of 18T      Kernel 4.18.0-553.132.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 781 Processes and 6 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 57.0 C,
iccad5	2 of Xeon E5-2640 v4 (2016) each 10-core 2.4 to 3.4GHz Dell C4130 Passmark 1836 / 20490	DC Server Room	0.56 5 min 0.31 15 min 0.24	26 days 13:36	"Physical memory" 7% of 0      "Shared memory" 100% of 258M "Swap space" 0% of 23G      "Available memory" 0% of 494G Kernel 4.18.0-553.157.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 632 Processes and 1 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 22.0 C,
iccad6	2 of Xeon E5-2637 v4 (Q3-2016) each CPU 4-core 3.5 to 3.7GHz Thinkstation P910 Passmark 2198 / 7370	DC Server Room	0.26 5 min 0.37 15 min 0.42	99 days 18:56	"Physical memory" NA% of 0      "Shared memory" NA% of 0 "Swap space" NA% of 0      "Available memory" 0% of 0 Kernel 4.18.0-553.132.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1015 Processes and 9 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and MB 48.0 C, and CPU 42.0 C,
iccad7	2 Xeon Gold 6136 (Q3-2017) each 12-core 3.0 to 3.7GHz Dell R640 Passmark 2169 / 35604	DC Server Room	0.15 5 min 0.18 15 min 0.12	88 days 17:33	"Physical memory" 24% of 251G      "Shared memory" 100% of 611M "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 224G "/" 23% of 70G      "/opt" 76% of 228G "/CMC" 31% of 18T      Kernel 4.18.0-553.137.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1118 Processes and 3 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 29.0 C,
iccad8	2 Xeon Gold 6136 (Q3-2017) each 12-core 3.0 to 3.7GHz Dell R640 Passmark 2169 / 35604	DC Server Room	0.19 5 min 0.16 15 min 0.10	99 days 18:54	"Physical memory" 20% of 251G      "Shared memory" 100% of 608M "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 235G "/" 69% of 70G      "/opt" 71% of 228G "/CMC" 31% of 18T      Kernel 4.18.0-553.132.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1178 Processes and 4 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 29.0 C,
iccad9	2 Xeon Gold 6136 (Q3-2017) each 12-core 3.0 to 3.7GHz Dell R640 Passmark 2169 / 35604	Thanks WEEF   DC Server Room	0.14 5 min 0.32 15 min 0.27	78 days 14:57	"Physical memory" 11% of 376G      "Shared memory" 100% of 405M "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 365G "/" 72% of 70G      "/opt" 76% of 228G "/CMC" 31% of 18T      Kernel 4.18.0-553.139.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 817 Processes and 2 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 25.0 C,
iccad10	2 Xeon Gold 6154 (Q3-2017) each 18-core 3.0 to 3.7GHz Ansys 2024R1 RSM Dell R640 Passmark 2239 / 28632	Thanks WEEF   DC Server Room	1.13 5 min 1.17 15 min 1.13	78 days 15:49	"Physical memory" 20% of 376G      "Shared memory" 100% of 1.1G "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 349G "/" 86% of 70G      "/opt" 79% of 228G "/CMC" 31% of 18T      Kernel 4.18.0-553.139.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1123 Processes and 3 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 48.0 C,
iccad11	2 Xeon Gold 6154 (Q3-2017) each 18-core 3.0 to 3.7GHz Dell R640 Passmark 2239 / 28632	Thanks WEEF   DC Server Room	0.20 5 min 0.30 15 min 0.31	99 days 18:53	"Physical memory" 21% of 376G      "Shared memory" 100% of 2.3G "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 347G "/" 29% of 70G      "/opt" 76% of 228G "/local" 14% of 879G      "/CMC" 31% of 18T "/opt/sentinelone/rpm_mount" 29% of 70G      Kernel 4.18.0-553.132.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1099 Processes and 5 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 34.0 C,
iccad12	2 Xeon Gold 6154 (Q3-2017) each 18-core 3.0 to 3.7GHz Dell R640 Passmark 2239 / 28632	DC Server Room	0.24 5 min 0.20 15 min 0.26	99 days 18:51	"Physical memory" 12% of 376G      "Shared memory" 100% of 1G "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 362G "/" 34% of 70G      "/opt" 33% of 1.1T "/CMC" 31% of 18T      Kernel 4.18.0-553.132.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1047 Processes and 4 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 34.0 C,
iccad13	2 Xeon Gold 6154 (Q3-2017) each 18-core 3.0 to 3.7GHz Dell R640 Passmark 2239 / 28632	DC Server Room	0.26 5 min 0.67 15 min 0.76	99 days 18:49	"Physical memory" 27% of 376G      "Shared memory" 100% of 1.8G "Swap space" 0% of 233G      "Available memory" 0% of 336G "/" 33% of 70G      "/opt" 34% of 1.1T "/CMC" 31% of 18T      "/opt/sentinelone/rpm_mount" 33% of 70G Kernel 4.18.0-553.132.1 (el8_10.x86_64 RedHat EL 8) 1432 Processes and 7 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and CPU 31.0 C,
Total	11 of 11 machines up with 50 Users			load

ECE Terminal Servers
Managed by the Eric Praetzel

Machine	Machine Type	Location	Load Avg	Up-time	Extra Stats
eceTerm0	i5-8400 (Q3-2017) for ThinLinc and SSH only	DC Server Room TESTING	0.73 5 min 0.28 15 min 0.10	25 days 18:06	"Physical memory" 51% of 15G      "Shared memory" 100% of 137M "Swap space" 0% of 2.5G      "Available memory" 0% of 13G "/" 46% of 21G      "/opt/sentinelone/rpm_mount" 46% of 21G Kernel 5.14.0-687.41.1 (el9_8.x86_64 RedHat EL 9) 232 Processes and 0 Users and TMUX , and IOPs , and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC ,
eceTerm1	VM 2-core for ThinLinc and SSH only	DC Server Room	0.26 5 min 0.25 15 min 0.21	25 days 18:07	"Physical memory" 78% of 16G      "Shared memory" 100% of 9.8M "Swap space" 0% of 4G      "Available memory" 0% of 14G "/" 53% of 24G      Kernel 7.0.0-30 ( Ubuntu26.04) 240 Processes and 2 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx , and ETHrx , and IOPs 4, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC ,
eceTerm2	VM 2-core for ThinLinc and SSH only	DC Server Room	0.62 5 min 0.84 15 min 0.83	100 days 0:58	"Physical memory" 96% of 16G      "Shared memory" 100% of 415M "Swap space" 0% of 4G      "Available memory" 0% of 10G "/" 74% of 24G      Kernel 6.8.0-124 ( Ubuntu22.04.5 HWE) 458 Processes and 3 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx , and ETHrx , and IOPs 74, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC ,
eceTerm3	i5-9400 (Q1-2019) for ThinLinc and SSH only	DC Server Room	0.01 5 min 0.05 15 min 0.01	25 days 18:06	"Physical memory" 36% of 31G      "Shared memory" 100% of 83M "Swap space" NA% of 0      "Available memory" 0% of 26G "/" 10% of 228G      Kernel 7.0.0-30 ( Ubuntu26.04) 538 Processes and 4 Users and TMUX , and ETHtx 1.6, and ETHrx 0.02, and IOPs 37, and CPUwait %, and IPCM , and ALL IPC , and MB 25.0 C, and CPU 35.0 C,

Run finished at: Sun 20 Sep 2026 01:43:29 AM EDT

Load graphs for all machines

Historical Load : Sun Solaris Machines (2005 to 2011) : CentOS 2011 to 2018

 

Operating System	Current Kernel
CentOS5 EOL	2.6.18-419
CentOS6 EOL	2.6.32-754.27.1
CentOS7 EOL	3.10.0-1160.118.1
Ubuntu18.04 LTS EOL	4.15.0-136
Ubuntu18.10 EOL	4.17.0-36
RedHat EL 8.10	4.18.0-553.164.1
Ubuntu19.04 EOL	5.0.0-41
Ubuntu20.04.2 LTS	5.13.0-52
RedHat EL 9	5.14.0-687.42.1
Ubuntu20.04.6 LTS	5.15.0-139
Ubuntu22.04.6 LTS	5.15.0-168
Ubuntu22.04 OEM	5.17.0-1019
Ubuntu22.04 LTS2	5.19.0-45
Ubuntu18.04 HWE	5.4.0-132
Ubuntu22.04 OEM2	6.0.0-1019
RedHat EL 10	6.12.0-211.50.1
Ubuntu24.04.2 HWE	6.14.0-37
Ubuntu24.04 HWE	6.17.0-40
Ubuntu22.04.3 LTS	6.5.0-45
Ubuntu24.04 LTS	6.8.0-137
Ubuntu26.04 LTS	7.0.0-31
Zabbly ZFS Ubuntu	7.1.13

 

Scientific Linux (RedHat 7) machines shut down September 2024 and Cadence is now run on RedHat 8. CPUs without AVX2 can not run Matlab R2024+ or Mentor Calibre 2024+

Sun Solaris OS & hardware was used until 2011 peaking at a 30 CPU Sun 6500 machine.

CentOS Linux started to be used in 2009 on Intel Pentium dual-core machines as they offered 10x the performance at 1/10 the power draw.

In F2018 the primary Linux OS became Ubuntu 18.04 LTS because of it's inclusion of current versions of software tools, support of newer CPUs and aprox. 3x the performance in heavily multi-threaded use.