ASPIRE 2A and ASPIRE 2A+ Scheduled System Maintenance from 29 May 2025, 1pm to 2 Jun 2025, 1pm

Dear Users,
 
Please note that the ASPIRE 2A and ASPIRE 2A+ systems will be undergoing a scheduled system maintenance from 29 May 2025, 1pm to 2 June 2025, 1pm​. The scheduled system maintenance is to ensure long term reliability, uptime and stability of the systems. 
 
Do take note of the following dates. 

ASPIRE 2A Maintenance activities:
  1. GPFS Storage Upgrade.
  2. PBS Pro Version Upgrade to 2025.2.
  3. Faulty Hardware Replacement.
  4. CDU Coolant Maintenance.
  5. Bug Fixes on the Utility Tools.
  6. System Health Check.
ASPIRE 2A+ Maintenance activities:
  1. Lustre Parallel Filesystem Storage Firmware Update.
  2. DCGMI Permission Change.
  3. Nvidia GPU Driver Patch.
  4. Hardware Firmware Upgrade
  5. PBS Pro Version Upgrade to 2025.2.
  6. System Health Check.

Thank you.

Warm regards,

The NSCC Team

 

[Resolved] Service Disruption for Users Accessing ASPIRE 2A

Dear ASPIRE 2A Users,

We are pleased to inform you that the issue with the GPFS storage system issue has been resolved. You may proceed to login to the ASPIRE 2A system as per normal.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Helpdesk via the Service Desk Portal or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Thank you.

Warm regards,

The NSCC Team

Service Disruption for Users Accessing ASPIRE 2A

Dear ASPIRE 2A Users,

We wish to inform you that there is a service disruption on the ASPIRE 2A system. Our team is diligently investigating the issue and working towards a swirft resolution. 

Cause of Disruption:

  • Issues with the GPFS storage system.

Impact of the Disruption:

  • All users are currently unable to access the ASPIRE 2A system.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Helpdesk via the Service Desk Portal or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Thank you.

Warm regards,

The NSCC Team