Tier-1 sofia changelog#

2026-09-16#

  • Roll-out of core system upgrades to all compute and login nodes. This update includes Linux kernel version 5.14.0-687.42.1.el9_8, GPFS storage driver version 5.2.3.9, DOCA-OFED network driver version 3.5.0 and NVIDIA GPU driver version 610.57.04.

2026-09-07#

  • Slurm updated to version 25.11.8.

  • Enabled GPU support for EESSI.

2026-08-12#

  • Insulation of the main cooling loop completed.

2026-08-10#

  • Motherboard replaced on node hm001.

2026-08-04#

  • Planned intervention on the cooling system: water leak on rack 3 fixed.

  • Memory module replaced on node hc034.

2026-07-24#

  • Updated Open OnDemand to version 4.2.3.

2026-07-21#

  • Updated the kernel to version 5.14.0-687.26.1.

  • EESSI made available to all users.

2026-07-15#

  • Planned intervention on cooling: firmware upgrade of the CDU and fix the CDU monitoring.

2026-07-13#

  • Created a new Globus collection for sofia: the existing one had an incorrect configuration that caused absolute paths to not work. The previous is marked as legacy and will be removed by October 1.

2026-07-09#

  • Planned intervention on the cooling system.

  • Compute nodes shut down for 6 hours (unscheduled) to fix a water leak in the cooling system.

2026-07-07#

  • sofia enters production.

2026-07-06#

  • Operating system upgraded to Rocky Linux 9.8.