MHPCC DSRC

The MHPCC DSRC, established in 1993, is an Air Force research Laboratory (AFRL) Center managed by the University of Hawaii under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

The MHPCC DSRC is the Vanguard of DOD High Performance Computing, exploring emerging technology, with new supercomputing architectures and new HPC application areas, such as Machine Learning. Our experts work to lower barriers to high productivity computing and to significantly increase the breadth and impact of the HPCMP by evaluating and applying emerging HPC technologies. We work to provide breakthrough software solutions, develop HPC-backed solutions for non-traditional users, and enhance user productivity through a modern HPC ecosystem.

By focusing on emerging technology, HPC-backed solutions, and high-productivity computing we reduce risk and improve performance of emerging technologies by transitioning HPC research, benchmarking of hardware and application software, and refactoring approaches into HPCMP acqluisition and operations. We develop breakthrough, HPC-backed solutions for high priority DoD use cases through focused application development and technical assistance. And we advance DoD productivity through a modern HPC ecosystem that integrates hardware and software to create dynamic workflows, increase accessibility, and enhance collaboration.

Systems

Our unclassified HPC systems are accessible through the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) to all active customers. Our current systems include:

Builder - Builder is a single-node Aspen Systems Linux Gigabyte server intended primarily to provide a platform for building and sharing Singularity software containers. The system is populated with AMD 7742 processors and Nvidia V100 graphics processing units. Builder uses Intel Gigabit Ethernet as its high-speed network for I/O traffic. Builder uses AVAGO MegaRAID to manage its local file system that targets 130 TB of disk storage. Builder is equipped with two 64-core processors (128 total cores) running the RHEL 8 operating system, two GPUs, 1024 gigabytes of memory, with no user-accessible swap space.

Reef - Reef is an Aspen Systems Linux Cluster. The login and compute nodes are populated with Intel 2.5-Ghz Cascade Lake processors. Reef has 5 CPU-only and 11 GPU compute nodes. Each compute node has two 20-core processors, sharing 768 GBytes of DDR4 memory, with no user accessible swap space. Reef has 109 TBytes (formatted) of disk storage. Reef is intended to be used as a batch scheduled HPC system.

Services

For assistance with issues related to our systems, please contact the HPC Help Desk.

Visit

If you're planning a visit to the MHPCC DSRC, we would like to help make your visit go as smoothly as possible. Before finalizing your travel plans, please review the following information and coordinate with your MHPCC DSRC point of contact (POC) to ensure that all of your credentials are in place and all visit requirements are met.
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1. Visit Request Information

Visits must be arranged at least one week in advance through your POC.


2. University of Hawaii Visits

If you are visiting the University of Hawaii (590B Lipoa Parkway, Kihei, HI):

  • You must check in with visitor control at 590B Lipoa.
  • You must present your government-issued photo ID (i.e., State driver's license, CAC, military ID or U.S. passport).
  • At check in, you must provide the following:
    • Your country of citizenship
    • The official business purpose of your visit
    • Your POC - a government or Vanguard Center of High Performance Computing (VCHPC) staff member residing at AFRL/RDSM.
  • Visitor control will verify if your visit has been authorized/approved before allowing entry and issuing a visitor badge.

    Note: Classified visits are not permitted at the 590B Lipoa Parkway UH facility.

    University of Hawaii Visit Verification:

    To verify a visit to the University of Hawaii (590B Lipoa Parkway, Kihei, HI), use the following contact information:

    • Telephone: (808) 874-1630 (Monday - Friday, 0800 - 1700 pm HST
    • DISS SMO Code: 1CFQ05

3. AFRL/RDSM Visits

If you are planning a visit to the AFRL/RDSM (550 Lipoa Parkway, Kihei, HI):

  • You must coordinate your visit with your POC - a government or contractor staff member residing at AFRL/RDSM.
  • Prior to arrival, you must provide your driver's license number and State of issuance to your POC.

Upon arrival, you must check in with visitor control at 550 Lipoa Parkway.

  • You must present a government-issued photo identification (i.e., State driver's license, CAC, military ID or U.S. passport).
  • AF Security will verify if the visit has been authorized/approved before allowing entry and issuing a visitor badge.

4. Classified Visits

If your visit includes access to a classified meeting, facility, or information:

  • Visitor control will verify that your clearance/visit notification is on file prior to allowing entrance to a classified meeting. (required for classified visits at AFRL/RDSM only)
  • You must in advance ask your Security Office to send a classified visit notification via the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) secure website.
    AFRL/RDSM's DISS SMO code is HL1MFTKP.
  • A Visit Authorization Letter (VAL) may be sent via encrypted email to the Security Office. Please contact them via telephone for instructions.

    VALs must be submitted at least one week prior to the first day of visit.

AFRL/RDSM Visit Verification:

To verify a visit to the AFRL/RDSM use the following contact information:

  • Telephone: (808) 891-7789 (Monday - Friday, 0700 - 1600 pm HST)
  • DISS SMO Code: HL1MFTKP
4.1 Classified Visit Notification Information

The DISS classified visit notification must include the following:

  • Visitor's name
  • Visitor's Social Security number
  • Reason for visit (choose one):
    • Inspection
    • Meeting
    • Other
    • Planning Conference
    • Seminar
    • Symposium
    • TAD/TDY
    • Training
  • POC - Must be a government or contractor staff member residing at AFRL/RDSM who can verify classified visitor's need-to-know
  • POC's phone number
  • First day of visit
  • Last day of visit
  • Visited SMO: HL1MFTKP
  • Person category (the SMO you represent)
  • Permanent certification: Yes or No
4.2 Visit Authorization Letter

A Visit Authorization Letter (VAL) may be sent via encrypted email to AFRL/RDSM's Security Office. Please contact them via telephone for instructions.

VALs must include the following:

  • Name, address, telephone number and SMO code of facility to be visited:
    • AFRL/RDSM
    • 550 Lipoa Parkway
    • Kihei, HI 96753
    • SMO Code: HL1MFTKP
    • Telephone #: (808) 891-7789
  • Name, address and telephone number of visitor's Security Office.
  • Visitor's facility CAGE Code (if contractor), and facility security clearance certification
  • Visitor's name
  • Visitor's Social Security number (requested but not required)
  • Visitor's date and place of birth
  • Visitor's citizenship
  • Visitor's clearance level
    • Including date clearance was granted, and granting authority
    • Special Access authorizations (if any are necessary for visit)
  • Point of contact - Must be a AFRL/RDSM government or contractor staff member who can verify classified visitor's need-to-know
  • POC's phone number

5. Classified Material Couriers

Please make arrangements at least 7 business days in advance of your arrival on Maui with the AFRL/RDSM Security Office. Materials requiring storage in excess of 2 cubic feet require additional coordination.


6. Emergency Storage for Couriers in Transit

AFRL/RDSM is a 24x7 facility, and can support emergency temporary storage for US Government couriers who are delayed or rerouted.


7. Foreign National Visits

AFRL/RSDM and University of Hawaii are US Citizenship or US Person required facilities. Please ensure all visitors are US Citizens or US Persons.


8. Directions from the Kahului Airport to MHPCC

MHPCC is located at 550 Lipoa Parkway in Kihei.

  1. Leaving the Kahului Airport, you will be on the two-lane Keolani Place (Highway 380).
  2. Stay in the left lane for about 0.8 mile, until you reach a stop light.
  3. Go straight through this stop light.
  4. This puts you onto Dairy Road (still Highway 380). Remain in the left lane.
  5. Keep going for about 0.9 of a mile through 4 additional stop lights.
  6. Eventually you will pass a Home Depot and then a large church on your left (First Assembly of God).
  7. Turn left at the church (major intersection) onto Puunene Avenue, heading toward the sugar mill.
  8. At the sugar mill (0.6 mile), the road swings right, becoming Mokulele Highway (Highway 311).
  9. Remain on Mokulele for about 6 miles. You will encounter 2-3 stop lights - keep going straight.
  10. At the fourth stop light on Mokulele you will have reached the city of Kihei, continue onto Piilani Highway (Highway 31) (major intersection).
  11. You will go through 3 stop lights on Piilani. At the fourth light (about 2.8 miles), just after passing a Safeway supermarket on your right, turn left onto Lipoa Parkway.
  12. Drive up Lipoa Parkway about 0.4 mile - MHPCC will be on your right.
  13. Turn right and park in the MHPCC parking lot.

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Publications

Past editions of HPC Insights and other publications are availble on the publications page.