A client is any machine that will run analyses. No files need to be installed on the client; all files can be mounted remotely from the server.
Prerequisite software packages
Prerequisite standard software packages are required, but may not be installed on your computer. They can be found on your installation media or you can electronically download them from your Linux vendor. While the installation does not require this package at install time, it is needed by the client at runtime.
Tip: If you have a client software image, you can get this package added to the image.
Mount the target directory
The client requires read-only access to the target directory, at the same absolute path as on the server.
Set the environment
Source the file mfclient.env (in the target directory) into your shell. This sets variables necessary for the software to check out a license.
Example: The client has mounted the target directory as
/software/autodesk. Run the . (dot) command to source the commands into your shell:
$ . /software/autodesk/mfclient.env
Tip: If you have custom job management software, you can have it source the same file to prepare the environment before it runs jobs.
Run analyses
You can now run solvers from the command line.