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1. Append DNS suffix
   1. Go to Control Panel >> Network and Internet >> Local Area Connection
   2. Click Properties in the “Local Area Connection Status” window
   3. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
   4. Click Properties >> Advanced
   5. Go to the “DNS” tab and under the window “Append these DNS suffixes”, click Add
   6. In the “TCP/IP Domain Suffix” window, type in: mae.cornell.edu 
2. Map Network drive
   1. Go to “My Computer” and select “Map network drive” on the top bar
   2. For “Folder”, type in: \\en-ma-simcafe1\workspace
   3. Click “Finish” and m ake n ote the drive letter (e.g., ‘Z:’)
       
3. Set up FLUENT
   1. Select “Use Job Scheduler”
   2. Select “Parallel per Job Scheduler Solver”
   3. Choose # of processes. (Note that the academic version of FLUENT is limited to 2 processes.)
   4. Under the “General Options” tab
      1. For working directory, type in the name of mapped drive (e.g., ‘Z:\’)
      2. For “Fluent Root Path”, enter: \\en-ma-simcafe1\fluent
   5. Under the “Scheduler” tab
      1. For Computer Cluster Head Node Name, enter: en-ma-simcafe1.mae.cornell.edu
   6. If you are using UDF, c heck “Setup Compilation Environment for UDF”  u nder the “Environment” tab
   7. Click OK to run FLUENT
   8. In the print-out console, make sure all licenses are available and simulation is running
       
4. Check progress of Fluent solver
   1.  Check that HPC Cluster Manager is installed on the computer
   2. Run HPC Job Manager 
   3. Select "active" on the left tab to view active jobs

Alternative Method:

1. Remotely access simcafe-1