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•  All scheduled tasks, prepared by users on local machines, are copied and executed on remote computers individually configured and attached to the farm of computers.

•  Aldec provides the complete set of Server Farm programs and tools that allow designers to install, configure the farm of computers, prepare and schedule the farm tasks as well as manage them.

•  It  can run complex simulation, synthesis or implementation tasks.

•  These tasks can be specified and run by using the Design Flow Manager, the Server Farm option, and managed by the Server Farm Manager program.

•  Server Farm is an advanced tool working on the local network that allows users to schedule tasks and then execute them automatically on the selected computers available on the network.

•  All scheduled tasks, prepared by users on local machines, are copied and executed on remote computers individually configured and attached to the farm of computers.

•  Aldec provides the complete set of Server Farm programs and tools that allow designers to install, configure the farm of computers, prepare and schedule the farm tasks as well as manage them.

•  It  can run complex simulation, synthesis or implementation tasks.

•  These tasks can be specified and run by using the Design Flow Manager, the Server Farm option, and managed by the Server Farm Manager program.

11.2 Server Farm - Advantages

•  The user's tasks can be scheduled. You can specify an unrestricted number of simulation, synthesis, and implementation tasks.

•  The tasks can be put in the queue. The task waiting in the queue is executed after any of available servers has finished its current task. You can change the priority or order of any task from the queue at any time.

•  It allows designers to use the company's hardware resources efficiently.

•  It allows designers to use more efficiently licenses with a limited number of users. If you have a license for several users, you can set some minor tasks to be done later from the queue, e.g. at the off-peak time or at night.

•  Server Farm can be integrated with Active-HDL. It allows the Active-HDL users to specify and run the simulation, synthesis, and implementation tasks directly from the Design Flow Manager window. The major benefit is that multiple tasks can be put into the queue and executed automatically in the shortest possible time.

11.3 Server Farm Requirements

Server Farm requires:

•  Microsoft Windows NT®, Windows 2000®, or Windows XP®

•  Network protocol: TCP/IP

•  A hard disk drive with 16MB of free disk space

11.4a Server Farm - Installation

•  To install the Server Farm software (Aldec Server Farm Controller and Aldec Server Farm Manager (GUI), run the FarmMC.exe setup program located in the \JC subfolder of the Active-HDL installation CD.

•  The wizard will copy and install the Aldec Server Farm drivers and Aldec Server Farm Manager on your computer.  

                         11.4b Server Farm - Installation

The process of the Server Farm installation consists of the following two steps:

•  Installation of the Server Farm software :

–  This step installs required files. Optionally, it can be divided into two steps: installation of the farm controller and installation of the farm manager software. Both steps can be carried out on one computer if you want to install the farm manager software on the machine chosen to be the controller, or two different computers. The point is that the Server Farm software allows the separate physical location of the farm controller and farm manager software.

•  Installation of farm servers and their configuration :

–  The purpose of this step is to change a number of computers (add or remove). In fact, the first step creates only the "farm core" while the second makes the group of computers working as an advanced system of network tools design to automatically execute scheduled tasks.