NUS Fire Certification Inspection and Electrical Shutdown Affecting ASPIRE 2A & 2A+ from 15 May 2026, 3PM to 18 May 2026, 10AM

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Dear NSCC users,

We wish to provide you with an update immediately following the confirmation of the schedule for the upcoming Fire Certification Inspection and Electrical Shutdown at the NUS Innovation 4.0 building. All services to the ASPIRE 2A and ASPIRE 2A+ systems will be affected.

Maintenance Details:
  • Start: 15 May 2026 (Friday), 3:00 PM SGT
  • End: 18 May 2026 (Monday), 10:00 AM SGT
Impact During the Maintenance Period:
  • There will be a full shutdown of the ASPIRE 2A and ASPIRE 2A+ systems.
  • All queues will stop dispatching jobs, and all remaining jobs running will be terminated gracefully before the system shuts down.
  • Users will not be able to access the systems during the maintenance period.

Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Helpdesk via the Service Desk Portal or email us at [email protected].

Thank you.

Warm regards,
The NSCC Team

[Resolved] Service Disruption for NTU and SUTD Users Accessing ASPIRE 2A & ASPIRE 2A+​

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Dear NTU and SUTD users,

We are pleased to inform you that the network issue has been resolved. You may proceed to login to the ASPIRE 2A and 2A+ systems as per normal.

Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Helpdesk via the Service Desk Portal or email us at [email protected].

Thank you.

Warm regards,
The NSCC Team

Service Disruption for NTU and SUTD Users Accessing ASPIRE 2A & ASPIRE 2A+​

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Dear NTU and SUTD users,

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

Cause of Disruption:
Issue with network connectivity between NSCC, NTU and SUTD.

Impact During the Maintenance Period:
NTU and SUTD users will not be able to access the ASPIRE 2A and ASPIRE 2A+ systems from their respective institution’s network.

Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Helpdesk via the Service Desk Portal or email us at [email protected].

Thank you.

Warm regards,
The NSCC Team

[Completed] Urgent Maintenance for ASPIRE 2A & 2A+ System on 8 May 2026, 9AM

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Dear NSCC users,

We are pleased to announce that the urgent scheduled system maintenance for ASPIRE 2A & 2A+ has been completed.

Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Helpdesk via the Service Desk Portal or email us at [email protected].

Thank you.

Warm regards,
The NSCC Team

Urgent Maintenance for ASPIRE2A & 2A+ System on 8 May 2026, 9AM

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Dear NSCC Users,

We wish to inform you that urgent system maintenance is currently being carried out on ASPIRE 2A & 2A+ to implement the mitigation from Dirty Frag Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Maintenance Details:

  • Start: 8 May 2026 (Friday), 9:00AM SGT
  • End: 11 May 2026 (Monday), 6:00PM SGT

Impact During the Maintenance Period:

  • Users will not be able to access the ASPIRE 2A and ASPIRE 2A+ systems during the maintenance period.

Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Helpdesk via the Service Desk Portal or email us at [email protected].

Thank you.

Warm regards,
The NSCC Team

[Completed] Urgent Maintenance for ASPIRE2A on 30 April 2026, 8PM

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Dear NSCC Users,

We are pleased to announce that the urgent scheduled system maintenance for ASPIRE 2A has been completed.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Helpdesk via the Service Desk Portal or email us at [email protected].

Thank you.

Warm regards,
The NSCC Team

ASPIRE 2A and ASPIRE 2A+ Scheduled System Maintenance From 3 Jun 2026, 9am to 8 Jun 2026, 4pm​

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Dear Users,

Please note that the ASPIRE 2A and ASPIRE 2A+ systems will be undergoing a scheduled system maintenance from 3 June 2026, 9am to 8 June 2026, 4pm​. 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. RedHat/Rocky Linux Patch
  2. HPCM Platform Software Stack Upgrade
  3. OS security patches for non BCM servers
  4. Coolant Replacement
  5. PBS Update
  6. System Health Check.

ASPIRE 2A+ Maintenance activities:

  1. DGX H100 and ConnectX-7 Firmware Upgrade on Compute Nodes
  2. DDN H6100 NAS Appliance Firmware from 3.11.6.4 to 3.11.6.6
  3. DDN EXAScaler Software and Firmware
  4. Ubuntu OS Update On BCM Servers
  5. PBS Update
  6. System Health Check

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