ECE408 Fall 2023

Welcome to ECE408 / CS483 / CSE408 Fall 2023!

Checkout the Introduction to RAID PDF. This document explains the RAI/RAID organization and options. Note, some of the more advanced options like using an exclusive queue will not be available until it is time to work on the project.

Install and Setup

Clone this repository to get the project folder.

git clone https://github.com/aschuh703/ECE408.git

Download the RAI binary for your platform below.

Linux and Darwin RAI binaries

In the documentation below, we refer to RAI as the RAI binary. Either rename your binary to rai or substitute the downloaded name when executing. When executing, you will need to include the full path to RAI or add RAI's location to your $PATH.

Finally, the downloaded file will not have execute privileges. Use the chmod +x rai command to make the file executable.

You should have received a .rai_profile file by email. Do not share your .rai_profile with anyone. Put that file in ~/.rai_profile. Your .rai_profile should look something like this (indented with spaces!). The following profile is just a sample. Your actual profile may contain other fields like team and role.

profile:
    firstname: <your-given-name>
    lastname: <your-surname>
    username: <your-username>
    email: <your-institution-email>
    access_key: <your-access-key>
    secret_key: <your-secret-key>
    affiliation: <your-affiliation>

To test the configurations, execute RAI with the lab0 (MP0). For example, if you are in the parent directory of this repo, you will run lab0 (MP0) like:

/your/path/to/rai/rai -p ./MP0

Alternatively, if you have added RAI's location to your $PATH, simply run:

rai -p ./MP0

Windows

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On Windows, you'll need to install WSL and a virtual linux OS. Several Linux versions are available through the Microsoft Store.