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Replace {{gpu_sm_arch}} with the correct SM_ARCH value for your GPU. See CUDA GPU List (wikipedia). Read off the "Compute capability (version)" value, remove the dot and prefix with "sm". E.g. an Nvidia V100 would be sm_70.
For cases where tiles >192T and up to 256T:
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$ make clean NSTATION=256 $ make CUDA_ARCH={{gpu_sm_arch}} NSTATION=256 NFREQUENCY=6400 NTIME=56 NTIME_PIPE=28 $ make install prefix=/usr/local NSTATION=256 NFREQUENCY=6400 |
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xGPU's NSTATION has a minimum of 16 and MUST be in increments of 16. So, for example, if you need to correlate 136T, then NSTATION needs to be 144 because 136 is not a multiple of 16. 144 is the next closest multiple. |
mwax_common
Visit the github page: https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwax_common
This repo is required by mwax_db2correlate2db and mwax_db2fits. It contains some common header and c files which both programs require.
mwax_db2correlate2db
Visit the github page: https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwax_cbf
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Visit the github page: https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwax_db2fits
Example build script on Garrawarla
This is mostly for posterity given that Garrawarla's decommissioning at the end of 2024. It should help those down the line on other compatible systems (i.e., where xGPU is available).
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This build script takes a single argument: the number of tiles.
# This is important for parts of this package that depend on xGPU, for which
# the number of stations ("tiles", in the MWA's case) must be set at compile
# time.
# For more information, see
# https://wiki.mwatelescope.org/display/MP/MWAX+Offline+Correlator
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "usage: $0 NUMTILES"
echo "where NUMTILES is the number of MWA tiles to be correlated"
exit
fi
NUMTILES=$1
echo "Compiling for ${NUMTILES}T configuration..."
set -eu
source /pawsey/mwa/software/python3/build_base.sh
# PACKAGE is the name of the software (e.g. ruby, casacore etc.)
PACKAGE=mwax_offline_correlator
PREFIX="${ROOT}/${PACKAGE}"
for DEPENDENCY in mwax_common mwax_cbf mwax_db2fits mwax_user_tools mwax-xGPU
do
cd "${PREFIX}"
[ ! -r "${DEPENDENCY}-git" ] && git clone git@github.com:MWATelescope/${DEPENDENCY}.git ${DEPENDENCY}-git
cd "${PREFIX}/${DEPENDENCY}"-git
# Checkout the desired branch
#git checkout master # Don't do this for mwax_db2fits until garrawarla_installion branch has been merged into master
#git pull
done
# Set the target module version here
VERSION=${NUMTILES}T
echo "Package: ${PACKAGE}"
echo "Version: ${VERSION}"
echo "Prefix: ${PREFIX}"
# Dependencies for mwax_offline_correlator
#module purge
module load gcc/8.3.0
module load cuda
module use /pawsey/mwa/software/python3/modulefiles
module load cfitsio_reentrant
module load psrdada/mwax
module list
set -x
# Compile!
# Root directories for three modules
MWAX_COMMON_ROOT=${PREFIX}/mwax_common-git
MWAX_CBF_ROOT=${PREFIX}/mwax_cbf-git
MWAX_DB2FITS_ROOT=${PREFIX}/mwax_db2fits-git
MWAX_USER_TOOLS_ROOT=${PREFIX}/mwax_user_tools-git
MWAX_XGPU_ROOT=${PREFIX}/mwax-xGPU-git
# Where to put final products
INSTALL_PREFIX=${ROOT}/${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}/${PAWSEY_CLUSTER}
# Don't use cray compilers
export CC=$(which gcc)
export CXX=$(which g++)
# ----- Compile mwax_xGPU -----
# Original build instructions for mwax_cbf at
# https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwax-xGPU
# and
# https://wiki.mwatelescope.org/display/MP/MWAX+Offline+Correlator
# The following has been adapted for Garrawarla.
CUDA_DIR=${NVIDIA_CUDA_HOME}
CUDA_ARCH="sm_70"
# Build and install
NFREQUENCY=6400
if [ "${NUMTILES}" -le 192 ]; then
NTIME=52
NTIME_PIPE=52
else
NTIME=56
NTIME_PIPE=28
fi
cd ${MWAX_XGPU_ROOT}/src
make CUDA_DIR=${CUDA_HOME} clean NSTATION=${NUMTILES}
make CUDA_ARCH=${CUDA_ARCH} CUDA_DIR=${CUDA_HOME} NSTATION=${NUMTILES} NFREQUENCY=${NFREQUENCY} NTIME=${NTIME} NTIME_PIPE=${NTIME_PIPE}
make CUDA_DIR=${CUDA_HOME} install prefix=${INSTALL_PREFIX} NSTATION=${NUMTILES} NFREQUENCY=${NFREQUENCY}
# ----- Compile mwax_cbf -----
# Original build instructions for mwax_cbf at
# https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwax_cbf
# The following has been adapted for Garrawarla.
cd "${MWAX_CBF_ROOT}"
nvcc -c -Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets -O3 -gencode arch=compute_70,code=sm_70 \
-I${MWAX_CBF_ROOT}/mwax-cbf-cuda \
${MWAX_COMMON_ROOT}/mwax-cbf-cuda/mwax_cbf_cuda.cu
${CC} -c -O3 \
-I${INSTALL_PREFIX}/include -I${PSRDADA_INCLUDE_DIR} -I${MWAX_COMMON_ROOT} -I${MWAX_COMMON_ROOT}/mwax-cbf-cuda \
${MWAX_COMMON_ROOT}/mwax_global_defs.c \
${MWAX_CBF_ROOT}/mwax-fullcorrelator/src/mwax_db2correlator2db/health.c \
${MWAX_CBF_ROOT}/mwax-fullcorrelator/src/mwax_db2correlator2db/quit.c \
${MWAX_CBF_ROOT}/mwax-fullcorrelator/src/mwax_db2correlator2db/mwax_db2correlate2db.c
${CC} -o mwax_db2correlate2db -fopenmp \
-L${PSRDADA_LIB} -L${INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib -lpsrdada -lxgpumwax${NUMTILES}t_6400 -lcudart -lcufft -lm -lstdc++ \
mwax_global_defs.o health.o quit.o mwax_db2correlate2db.o mwax_cbf_cuda.o
install -D -t ${INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin mwax_db2correlate2db
# ----- Compile mwax_db2fits -----
# Original build instructions for mwax_db2fits at
# https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwax_db2fits
cd ${MWAX_DB2FITS_ROOT}
rm -rf build
mkdir -p build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CC} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CXX} \
-DPSRDADA_ROOT_DIR=${PSRDADA_ROOT} \
-DMWAX_COMMON_ROOT=../mwax_common-git \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_PREFIX} \
..
make
make install
# ----- Compile mwax_user_tools -----
# Original build instructions for mwax_db2fits at
# https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwax_user_tools
cd ${MWAX_USER_TOOLS_ROOT}/utils/mwax_update_subfile_header
${CC} -c -Wall -Wextra -Ofast \
-I${PSRDADA_INCLUDE_DIR} \
-o mwax_update_subfile_header.o \
mwax_update_subfile_header.c
${CC} -o mwax_update_subfile_header \
-L${PSRDADA_LIB} -lpsrdada \
mwax_update_subfile_header.o
install -D -t ${INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin mwax_update_subfile_header |
How to Run
Setup
Prepare input data
- Ensure all the subfiles you wish to process are in one directory e.g. /path/to/subfiles
- For each subfile you will need to modify the following Key/Value pairs to your use case:
- One way to modify these values is to use the mwax_update_subfile_header utility in the mwax_user_tools github repo.
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MODE | MWAX_VCS | MWAX_CORRELATOR | Required | |||
INT_TIME_MSEC | a default set by the M&C system | 250-8000 | This is the correlator integration time (in ms) | |||
FINE_CHAN_WIDTH_HZ | a default set by the M&C system | 200-1280000 | This is the correlator frequency resolution (in Hz). E.g. 10000 would be 10 kHz. | |||
FSCRUNCH_FACTOR | a default set by the M&C system | 1-6400 | The number of 200 Hz ultrafine channels to scrunch together into a fine channel. E.g. for 10 kHz fine channels set this to 50 | |||
FINENFINE_CHAN_WIDTH_HZ | a default set by the M&C system | 2001-12806400 | Redundant info but must be compatible with the FSCRUNCH_FACTOR and FINE_CHAN_WIDTH_HZ. E.g. 10000 128 for 10kHz fine channel widthchannels | |||
NFINEEXPOSURE_CHAN | a default set by the M&C system | 1-6400 | Redundant info but must be compatible with FSCRUNCH_FACTOR and FINE_CHAN_WIDTH_HZ. E.g. 128 for 10kHz fine channelsSECS | the duration of the VCS observation | The duration of the correlator observation you want. | Must be in unit of 8 seconds, matching the total number of subfiles you wish to correlate per coarse channel * 8. |
OBS_ID | The original obs_id of the VCS observation | The first SUBOBS_ID of the data you want to correlate | So if you have a VCS observation and want to correlate only from 80 seconds in, then you need to make OBS_ID==SUBOBS_ID==the gps time at 80 seconds into the VCS obs. | |||
OBS_OFFSET | The 8 second offset for this subfile for the original VCS observation. | The offset you need for your correlator observation. | The first subfile in your correlator observation should be 0. Next will be 8, and so on. |
See also: MWAX PSRDADA header for more information on the definition of each key within the subfile header.
Create Ring Buffers
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For the INPUT ringbuffer, the -b parameter depends on the number of tiles present in the subfiles with the following relation: INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE = TILES * 256,000 bytes For the OUTPUT ringbuffer , the -b parameter depends on the number of tiles present in the output visibilities with the following relation: OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE = (TILES + 1) * TILES * 102408 bytes |
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# Create input ringbuffer (see above for -b value) dada_db -b 32768000 -k 1234 -n 640644 -l -p # create output ringbuffer (see above for -b value) dada_db -b 338297856 -k 2345 -n 3216 -l -p |
Launch Programs
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# # start mwax_db2fits- in offline mode you still need to provide health command line args even if you don't intend to monitor the health packets # nohup mwax_db2fits/bin/mwax_db2fits -k 2345 --destination-path=/path/for/output/fits/files/. --health-netiface=eth0 --health-ip=224127.0.20.21 --health-port=8005& 2&1>9999 > mwax_db2fits.log 2>&1 & # # start mwax_db2correlate2db correlator # nohup mwax_cbf/mwax-fullcorrelator/mwax_db2correlate2db 1234 2345 224127.0.20.21 80049999 -a 5 -b 160 -d 0 -f 6400 -i 256 -o 12806400 -O 2 -r -t -v -v& 2&1>> mwax_db2correlate2db.log 2>&1 & |
Processing
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It is important to process each coarse channel separately. Do not mix coarse channel subfiles- process all of one channel before processing all of another channel. You should then have a FITS file per coarse channel |
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