ML compute quota now shown in GPU-h
We would like to inform users of the following changes to r_wlm_usage.
Users can now see that the r_wlm_usage and r_wlm_usage -q commands display different quotas for MPI (CPU Only) and ML (GPUs) projects. The r_wlm_usage table will display for the same project, two distinct sections as follows:
=== HPC partitions (CPU Core-h) ===
….
=== ML partitions (GPU-h) ===
….
These changes are mostly in how the values are displayed as GPU-h. The used quotas have not changed and we expect no negative effects to previous, current or future quota utilization. Already used and allocated quotas within ML (GPU) systems were converted with the pre-existing ratio of 24CPU-h per 1 GPU-h. This change is to help distinguish between CPU and GPU usage within the NHR directives.
Additionally the default GPU-h quota for the ‘default’ project of every account running on GPU nodes has been set to 10 GPU-h.
This means that users can use their ‘default’ CPU-h quota without using the GPU-h quota and vice versa. The same rules of over-quota apply to both types.
New Features in the asknet Software-Shop Interface
The interface of the Software Shop has been changed. All available items are now displayed directly on the start page. The previously necessary selection of a price group before ordering is therefore no longer required.
Price groups can still be conveniently selected using a filter on the left side. In addition, price groups with an Org-ID have been named according to their respective function to facilitate orientation.
If items from different price groups are ordered, the system automatically separates them in the shopping cart, for example for students, “IT-Bestellende” or in the future “B Produkt – MS Select Plus”.
Further information on IT Center Help
Mathematica 15 Not Yet Approved
A few days ago, the new version Mathematica 15 was released. A new feature of this version is the free access to Wolfram AI for registered users.
However, since the servers of this AI service are not located in Europe and its use has not yet been approved by RWTH Aachen University, we are currently investigating how to deactivate the service.
Until this review is completed, we will neither provide Mathematica 15 on the license server nor approve license requests for this version.
Bis auf Weiteres sollte Mathematica 14.3.0 oder eine ältere Version verwendet werden.
Fixed Shared Chat Permission Issue (v1.19.0)
Bugfixes and Improvements:
- An issue with permission checks for creating shared chats has been fixed.
Model Access Restored and Sharing Permissions Fixed (v1.19.0)
Bugfixes and Improvements:
- Some models that were temporarily unavailable for admins are now selectable again: glm-4.7, apertus-70b-instruct-2509, and deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b.
- An issue with permission checks for creating shared chats has been fixed.
Firefox Replaced on Dialog Nodes
The Firefox web browser was uninstalled from all HPC cluster dialog nodes due to lacking security updates for the given system configuration. Moreover, Firefox was deployed the modules tree to maintain its availability until the update problems using the OS packages can be fully resolved. However, this strategy requires to load the “Firefox” module using the command line first and executing it then on the command line as well.
To workaround these limitations, we are providing a wrapper script and a desktop definition, such that you should be able to continue using Firefox seamlessly without any further actions required.
You can track any disruptions or security advisories that may occur due to the aforementioned change in the RWTH High Performance Computing (HPC) category on our status reporting portal.
Release Notes Version 2.54.0
Improvements and bug fixes:
- Minimum operating system version required to use the RWTHapp has been increased [iOS only]
- Various bug fixes
API Usage Limits for Employees Lifted
- API access to selected RWTHgpt models is now available for employees without additional usage limitations:
- gpt-oss-120b
- e5-mistral-7b-instruct
- qwen3-embedding-8b
- mistralai-mistral-small-4-119b
Chat and Interface Improvements (v1.18.2)
Bugfixes and Improvements:
- Opening a chat no longer triggers a full page reload
- For OpenAI models hosted via GWDG, only the supported chat completions endpoint is now available for selection
- Text overflow issues with long words and URLs have been fixed
- The allowed values for reasoning_effort have been corrected for certain OpenAI models
- Chat links can now be opened directly even when the user is not logged in
- Shared chats can now be opened directly even when the user is not logged in
Chat and Interface Improvements (v1.18.2)
Bugfixes and Improvements:
- Opening a chat no longer triggers a full page reload
- For OpenAI models hosted via GWDG, only the supported chat completions endpoint is now available for selection
- Text overflow issues with long words and URLs have been fixed
- Generated images are now displayed directly and no longer require a page reload
- The allowed values for reasoning_effort have been corrected for certain OpenAI models
- Chat links can now be opened directly even when the user is not logged in
- Shared chats can now be opened directly even when the user is not logged in
