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--- faculty:slator:onaslant_render_2017 [2017/03/22 05:22] – [Adding a new render node] localadmin
+++ faculty:slator:onaslant_render_2017 [2017/03/22 05:29] (current) – [A Rendering Walk-through] localadmin
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-**Next, log into [[http://hrothgar.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu|Hrothgar]] via the tenderer link (currently called 'manage').** If you don't have an account, contact support@cs.ndsu.edu.
+**Next, log into [[http://hrothgar.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu|Hrothgar]] via the renderer link (currently called 'manage').** If you don't have an account, contact support@cs.ndsu.edu.
   - Go to the Submit Job page.
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 We have only 25 RenderMan licenses and we are currently using 22 of them, so choose your equipment wisely.
   * RenderMan isn't the memory hog that Blender Cycles was and it seems to work fine with a minimum of 8GB.
-  * The more cores and faster the CPU clock the better. Duh!
+  * The more cores and faster the CPU clock the better.
   * A static or reserved IP is recommended.
-  * GPU rendering is not supported as of RenderMan 21.2.
+  * GPU rendering is not supported as of RenderMan 21.2.  --- // 2017/03/22 00:22//
 ==== Node configuration (draft) ====
-Render nodes are Debian or Red Hat based Linux machines.
+Render nodes are Debian or Red Hat based Linux machines. (I've tried Centos 7 and couldn't get it to work due to missing libraries.)
 Sudo access to the machine is needed to install some specific applications, libraries, daemon scripts, and users. See [[faculty:slator:onaslant_render_2017:node_configuration|Render Node Configuration]]