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Outline
Computing platform trends and support roadmap

Windows Linux Solaris

ANSYS 14.5 Platform Support

By application
Other Platform Related Issues

MPI and Interconnect technology Job Schedulers GP-GPU accelerator support Tested graphics cards Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Remote Display

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Computing Platform Trends

Compute servers
Steady migration to servers or clusters running Windows or Linux
Multicore x64 processors from Intel and AMD

Linux dominant; steady growth of Windows HPC Server 2008

64-bit OS now standard

Negligible footprint on other systems (e.g., legacy UNIX, Itanium) Emergence of GP-GPUs for accelerated processing

Desktop workstations / Interactive systems

Windows dominant, both 64-bit and 32-bit Smaller, but significant, use of Linux nearly all 64-bit Emergence of GP-GPUs for accelerated processing
ANSYS Strategy: Focus on 64 bit Windows and Linux for both desktop and compute servers. Continue to focus on multicore processor optimization. Pursue GPU acceleration where feasible.
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ANSYS Platform Support - Windows

Platform
x64 Windows XP (64-bit) x86 Windows XP (32-bit) x64 / Windows Enterprise Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) x64 / Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 (64bit) x64 Windows Vista (64-bit) x86 Windows Vista (32-bit)

ANSYS 14.0

Varies by application, see tables

ANSYS 14.5

Varies by application, see tables

ANSYS 15.0

Last release

Varies by application, see tables

Batch only

Batch only

Batch only

Last Release

x64 Windows 7 (64-bit) x86 Windows 7 (32-bit)

x64 / Windows 8 (64 bit) X64 / Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)
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Last 32-bit release

If feasible

ANSYS Platform Support 64-bit Linux

Platform
Itanium / Linux
(including SGI ProPack)

ANSYS 14.0

Last release

ANSYS 14.5

ANSYS 15.0

x64 / RHEL 4 (64-bit) x64 / RHEL 5 (64-bit) x64 / RHEL 6 (64-bit) X64 / RHEL 7 x64 / SLES 10 (64-bit) x64 / SLES 11 SP1 (64-bit) x64 / SLES 11 SP2 (64-bit) x64 / SLES 12 (64-bit)
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Last release

Will evaluate postrelease

Last release Ansoft

Last release

If feasible / Last release

If feasible

Some applications are not supported on Linux (see tables below)

The ANSYS License Manager is also supported on 32-bit Linux platforms (next slide)

ANSYS Platform Support 32-bit Linux

Platform x86 / RHEL 5 (32 bit)

ANSYS 14.0

ANSYS 14.5

Last Release

ANSYS 15.0

x86 / SLES 10 (32 bit)

x86 / SLES 11 SP1 (32 bit) x86 / SLES 11 SP2 (32 bit)

Last Release

Last Release

Last Release

Note that only the License Manager is supported on 32-bit Linux. ANSYS applications require 64-bit Linux.
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ANSYS Platform Support - Solaris

Platform Solaris 10 / SPARC (64-bit) Solaris 10 / x86 (64-bit)

ANSYS 14.0

Last release

ANSYS 14.5

ANSYS 15.0

Note that only the License Manager is supported on Solaris. ANSYS and Ansoft applications are not supported on Solaris.
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ANSYS 14.5 - LINUX Support Notes

ANSYS supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Novell SuSE Enterprise Linux (SLES / SLED)

RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 SLES / SLED 10, SLES / SLED 11 Server and Desktop editions are supported.

Desktop editions recommended for interactive use. Server editions require additional drivers and tools to support interactive use. Home editions are not supported.

ANSYS does not support other compatible Linux distributions

Fedora, Scientific Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Oracle LINUX, etc. We can not sustain certification and technical support of multiple Linux distributions Stability issues have been encountered on some open-source Linux We will only provide support on issues that can be reproduced on our certified RedHat and Novell Linux releases.

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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Platforms

Workbench Hosted Applications
ANSYS supports Windows and Linux for interactive desktop use of the following applications hosted in the Workbench framework
32-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 64-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 YES* YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES* YES YES YES YES YES 64-bit SLES 10 64-bit SLES 11 64-bit RHEL 5 64-bit RHEL 6 NO NO NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES NO YES YES

Workbench Hosted Applications ANSYS AQWA ANSYS AUTODYN ANSYS Blademodeler ANSYS CFD-Post ANSYS CFX ANSYS Design Modeler ANSYS DesignXplorer ANSYS EKM Desktop ANSYS Explicit STR ANSYS FE Modeler ANSYS Fluent ANSYS Icepak ANSYS Mechanical ANSYS Mechanical APDL ANSYS Meshing / Extended Meshing ANSYS nCode DesignLife ANSYS POLYFLOW ANSYS Rigid Body Dynamics ANSYS SpaceClaim DM ANSYS TurboGrid ANSYS Vista TF
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* Not available on Windows 8

ANSYS 14.5 Supported Platforms

Ansoft derived Electronics Product Line
ANSYS supports the following platforms for interactive or batch execution of the following applications
64-bit SLES 10 64-bit SLES 11 64-bit RHEL 5 64-bit RHEL 6 on x64 (2) 64-bit Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Or Windows Server 2008 on x64

Applications Outside of Workbench

32-bit Windows XP Pro, Windows 7 on x64 (1)

64-bit Windows XP Pro, Windows 7 on x64 (1)

Designer 8.0(*) HFSS 15.0 (*) Maxwell 16.0(*) Q3D Extractor 12.0(*) Simplorer 11.0(*) SIwave 7.0 TPA 8.0

Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive

Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive

Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive

Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive

Unique platform issues and notes:

(1) Windows Vista is not supported (*) These products can run Standalone or as Workbench-Hosted applications

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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Platforms

Standalone Applications and Solvers
ANSYS supports the following platforms for interactive or batch execution of the following applications outside of Workbench
64-bit 32-bit Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Pro, Windows Vista, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Applications Outside of Windows 7 Windows 8 Workbench on x86 on x64 ANSYS AQWA , ANSYS ASAS Interactive Interactive*** ANSYS AUTODYN Interactive Interactive ANSYS CFD-Post Interactive Interactive ANSYS CFX Interactive Interactive ANSYS Composite PrePost Interactive Interactive ANSYS EKM Server Interactive * ANSYS Fluent Interactive Interactive ANSYS ICEM CFD Interactive Interactive ANSYS Icepak Interactive Interactive ANSYS LS-DYNA Solver Only Solver Only ANSYS Mechanical APDL Interactive Interactive ANSYS POLYFLOW Interactive Interactive ANSYS SpaceClaim DM Interactive Interactive ANSYS TGRID Interactive Interactive ANSYS Turbogrid Interactive Interactive 64-bit SLES 10 64-bit SLES 11 64-bit RHEL 5 64-bit RHEL 6 on x64 Solver Only Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Solver Only Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive 64-bit Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 on x64

Solver Only Batch Only ** Solver Only

Solver Only
Solver Only

* ANSYS EKM Server is supported on XP and Windows 7 but NOT supported on Windows VISTA ** ANSYS EKM Server is also supported on Windows Enterprise Server 2008 R2 (x64) *** ANSYS AQWA and ANSYS ASAS are not available on Windows 8
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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Platforms

Workbench Hosted CAD Interfaces
ANSYS supports the following CAD readers, hosted in the Workbench framework
CAD Readers import geometry but do not invoke a bidirectional live interface to a running CAD application. Linux support is limited due to lack of support by the CAD vendor
32-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 YES YES YES YES YES YES** YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 64-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista Windows 7 YES YES YES YES YES YES** YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 64-bit SLES 10, SLES 11 RHEL 5, RHEL 6 YES

Workbench Hosted CAD Readers ACIS (22) ANSYS BladeGen (14.5) CATIA V4 (4.2) CATIA V5 (V5-6R2012) CATIA V5 CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway (V5R20, V5R21, V5-6R2012) CATIA V5 CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway (V5R19)) Creo Elements/Pro (ProEngineer) Creo Parametric 1.0 GAMBIT (2.4) IGES (4.0, 5.2, 5.3) Autodesk Inventor (2012) JT Open (8.0, 8.1) Monte Carlo N-Particle for ANSYS Design Modeler NX (8.0) Parasolid (24.1) Solid Edge ST4 SolidWorks (2012) STEP (AP203, AP214)
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YES YES

YES YES

YES

(**) Win7 tested by ANSYS, but not supported by the CAD vendor

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Workbench Hosted CAD Interfaces
ANSYS supports the following CAD Plug-Ins, hosted in the Workbench framework
CAD Plug-Ins provide bidirectional associative links to a running CAD application. Linux support is limited due to lack of support by the CAD vendor
Workbench Hosted CAD Plug-Ins Autodesk AutoCAD (2013) Autodesk AutoCAD (2012) Creo Elements/Direct Modeling (18.1, 18.0, 17.0) Creo Elements/Pro (ProEngineer) - Creo Parametric 2.0 Creo Elements/Pro (ProEngineer) - Creo Parametric 1.0 Creo Elements/Pro (ProEngineer) - Wildfire 5.0 Autodesk Inventor 2013 Autodesk Inventor 2012 NX 8.0 NX 7.5 NX 6.0 Solid Edge ST5 Solid Edge ST4 Solid Edge ST3 SolidWorks 2013 SolidWorks (2011, 2012) TeamCenter Engineering 9.1 (NX 8.0) TeamCenter Unified 8.3 (NX 7.5.2) TeamCenter Unified 8.3 (NX 7.5) 32-bit 64-bit Windows XP, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 7** YES* YES* YES YES YES YES YES*+ YES* YES* YES* YES YES YES* YES* YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES*** YES*** YES YES YES** YES** YES*** YES*** YES YES YES* YES* YES* YES* YES* YES* 64-bit SLES 10, SLES 11 RHEL 5, RHEL 6

RH 6 and SLES 11 SP1 RH 5.3 and SLES 10 SP2 SLES 10 SP2

(*) Not available on Windows VISTA, (**) Not available on Windows 7, (***) Not available on Windows XP, (+) Available on Windows 8
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ANSYS 14.5 Supported Interconnects

ANSYS software performs parallel processing on distributed memory systems

Performance driven by network bandwidth and latency Enabled via MPI (message passing interface) software that is integrated with the
ANSYS distribution* Platform MPI (formerly HP MPI), Intel MPI, OpenMPI, Microsoft MPI Supported interconnects include Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10-GigE Infiniband (from QLOGIC, Mellanox) Myrinet (from Myricom) Selected vendor-specific interconnects See details in following tables

* Microsoft MPI is provided separately from Microsoft

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Supported Interconnects Distributed ANSYS Mechanical 14.5

Ethernet/GIGE Infiniband Myrinet

Windows / 32-bit Windows / 64-bit

Windows HPC Server 2008

Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3

Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)

Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3

Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)

Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3

Linux / x64

Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3

Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3

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Supported Interconnects ANSYS Fluent 14.5

Ethernet/GIGE Windows / 32-bit Windows / 64-bit Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3

Infiniband

Myrinet

Platform MPI 8.2.1 Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3 Intel MPI 4.0.3 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)

Windows HPC Server Microsoft HPC 2008 Pack (MS MPI)

Linux / x64

Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 OpenMPI 1.3.3

Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 OpenMPI 1.3.3

Platform MPI 8.2 OpenMPI 1.3.3

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Supported Interconnects ANSYS CFX 14.5

Ethernet/GIGE Windows / 32-bit Windows / 64-bit Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3 **

Infiniband

Myrinet

Platform MPI 8.2.1 Platform MPI 8.2.1 Intel MPI 4.0.3 ** Intel MPI 4.0.3 ** Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI)

Windows HPC Server Microsoft HPC 2008 Pack (MS MPI)

Linux / x64

Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 **

Platform MPI 8.2 Intel MPI 4.0.3 **

Platform MPI 8.2

** Intel MPI is beta capability in ANSYS CFX 14.5 PVM and MPICH are also available on Linux

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ANSYS Remote Solve Manager

and Third Party Resource Management / Job Schedulers
The ANSYS Remote Solve Manager (ANSYS RSM) can interface with the following commercial batch queuing systems on the specified operating systems:

Platform LSF
Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)

PBS Professional
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)

Windows HPC
Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 or above (minimum of SP2 is preferred)

ANSYS RSM can also manage server resources directly without the involvement of a commercial batch queuing system. Some standalone ANSYS applications support a slightly different list of third party job schedulers. (See speaker notes)

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GPU Acceleration
ANSYS Mechanical 14.5 can exploit multiple GP-GPUs to accelerate computations using the SMP and DMP ANSYS solvers Supported on 64-bit Windows/Linux x64 systems Supported hardware: NVIDIA Tesla 20-series (1U) cards NVIDIA Quadro 6000 card NVIDIA Quadro K5000 NVIDIA Tesla K10 should be supported when available NVIDIA Tesla K20 should be supported when available NVIDIA Quadro K6000 should be supported when available

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Tested Graphics Cards R14.5

ANSYS tested R14.5 with the following graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA:
AMD FirePro V3700, V3900, V7800, V8800, W5000, W7000, W8000, W9000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 580, 3800, FX 4600, FX 5500, FX 5600, FX 5800 NVIDIA Quadro 410, 600, 2000, 3800M, 4000M

NVIDIA Tesla C2050 / Quadro FX 5800

NVIDIA Quadro K5000

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Other Platform Policies and Requirements

Virtualization ANSYS does not formally support use of our software on virtual machines at R14 and R14.5. At R15, ANSYS will support issues that we can reproduce on the base OS, but will not support issues specific to the virtualization
layer.

Cloud Computing ANSYS is hardware neutral and can support your use of our applications on 3P / cloud infrastructure Currently, we do not directly support any specific cloud infrastructure. Remote display (Exceed, VNC, NX) ANSYS does not certify or support remote display options, but is moving to do so at R15 These options are subject to local implementation issues (e.g., network environment) Mobile Device Support ANSYS 14.5 does not support mobile devices.

User Programmable Feature Support For product-specific compiler requirements, see Chapter 2, Platform Details, in the installation guide for your platform Obtaining Visual Studio 2008 (required for linking user programmable features on Windows platforms):

If you do not have Visual Studio 2008, you can still link user programmable features by downloading Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 SDK from the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C17BA869-9671-4330-A63E-1FD44E0E2505&displaylang=en

3D Input Device Support 3DConnexion Products (SpaceBall and SpacePilot Pro) are supported for Mechanical APDL, ANSYS Meshing, DesignModeler,
Mechanical, ANSYS ICEM CFD, and CFD-Post for graphics manipulation. Selection operations still require a mouse.

3D/ Stereo Visualization 3D/Stereo visualization is supported in ANSYS CFD-Post Stereo-enabled hardware required; tested internally on Planar and Zalman stereo monitors

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ANSYS Quality Assurance Services

(NQA1)
ANSYS Quality Assurance Services provide certification for nuclear industry customers

Verification testing packages enable on-site certification

These QA services are supported only for platforms supported in the initial release

Customers should refer to each release's Installation Guide for details on which
platforms are supported at initial release.

Contact the ANSYS, Inc. Corporate Quality Group for information about ANSYS, Inc.'s QA Services.

qad@ansys.com

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