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        • Late July 2024 - Kronos available
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    • Citadel User Guide
      • What is Citadel
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      • Notable Differences between Summit and Crusher
        • Using reduced precision (FP16 and BF16 datatypes)
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      • System Updates
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  • Data Storage and Transfers
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    • E4S Software Stack
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    • Spack Environments
      • Purpose
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        • Adding User-Defined Dependencies to the environment
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      • More Details
      • References
    • Visualization Tools
      • VisIt
        • Overview
        • Installing and Setting Up Visit
        • Remote GUI Usage
        • Command Line Example
        • Troubleshooting
        • Additional Resources
      • ParaView
        • Overview
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        • Remote GUI Usage
        • Command Line Example
        • Troubleshooting
        • Additional Resources
    • Containers on Summit
      • Basic Information
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      • Build and Run Workflow
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        • Running a Simple Container in a Batch Job
        • Running an MPI program with the OLCF MPI base image
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      • Tips, Tricks, and Things to Watch Out For
    • Containers on Frontier
      • Examples for Building and Running Containers
        • Building and running a container image from a base Linux distribution for MPI
        • Pushing your Apptainer image to an OCI Registry supporting ORAS (e.g. DockerHub)
        • Building an image on top of an existing image (local, docker image, OCI artifact)
      • OLCF Base Images & Apptainer Modules
        • Base Images
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        • Example Workflow
      • Some Restrictions and Tips
    • Debugging
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