Managing the Network Computation

You can use network resources to add computing power for interactive or background rendering. You can spread the computation over a cluster of computers (satellites) using the hardware available on each computer.

You can install the background rendering server on a different host that is shared by multiple 3DEXPERIENCE sessions.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
  1. On host 1, install 3DEXPERIENCE.
  2. Select either Use satellites (to use satellites), or Remote (to use a remote background rendering server and enter the server host name) in the Batch or Interactive section.
  3. To take into account the selected option, restart the 3DEXPERIENCE session.

 

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Install Satellites

Before you begin: On host 2, create a directory (e:\satellite, for example).
  1. Open a Command Prompt window.
  2. Go to e:\satellite
  3. Run "\\host1\C$\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\Bn\win_b64\code\command\CATNeuInstallSatellite.bat" " \\host1\C$\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\Bn" E:\Satellite , where n is the release number.
  4. Run CATNeuSatellite.exe.

    You can use the following options: [-n address] [-cpu|[-gpu|-mixed [assignment]]] [-v] [-log priority] [-h|-?]

The satellites are installed.

Install the Remote Background Rendering Server

Before you begin: On host 2, create a directory (e:\Server, for example).
  1. Open a Command Prompt window.
  2. Go to e:\Server.
  3. Run "\\host1\C$\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\Bn\win_b64\code\command\CATNeuInstallServer.bat" "\\host1\C$\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\Bn" E:\Server.
  4. Run CATNeuServer.exe.

    You can use the following options: [-cache directory] [-out directory] [-n [address]] [-http address] [-listen address] [-admin_http address] [-mode render_mode] [-remote address] [-cpu|[-gpu|-mixed [assignment]]] [-v] [-log priority] [-h|-?]

Notes:

To shut down the server from any host, do one of the following:

  • Use the URL http://host3:port/shutdown, where port is the port number used with the -http option. The default port is 10001.
  • In the Network tab, click Shutdown Server.

To access this procedure, click Cluster Mode Help from the Live Rendering section of the action bar.