Quick Start Guide

Important

In the summer/fall of 2025, Delta was transitioned from RedHat 8 to a RedHat 9 based OS.

The documentation now reflects the new default RH9 stack. The Red Hat 8 documentation is no longer available.

To see what’s new in Red Hat 9, please see the Early User Info page.

This information is for users who are adept at using an HPC system and are only interested in the basic Delta workflow.

1. Management Tools - Allocation Account management (ACCESS and non-ACCESS)

2. NCSA Identity Tools - NCSA Login Account management including password reset and Duo setup

3. Direct Access Login Nodes - Accessing the system via direct access login nodes

4. Partitions (Queues) - Partitions and job policies

5. Job Management - Batch job management

6. Sample Scripts - Sample scripts

7. Transferring Data - Transferring data to and from the Delta system