sinfo is used to list information about Slurm partitions and nodes in a cluster. It provides a quick overview of available resources, their states, and time limits.
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Command Output Columns
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Column |
Description |
|---|---|
|
PARTITION |
Partition (group) name |
|
AVAIL |
Partition availability status (up/down) |
|
TIMELIMIT |
Maximum time limit for jobs in this partition |
|
NODES |
Number of nodes in this partition |
|
STATE |
Node state (resource usage and availability) |
|
NODELIST |
List of nodes in this partition |
Node States and Their Meanings
|
State |
Description |
|---|---|
|
idle |
Node is free — all resources are available |
|
alloc |
Node is fully allocated — no free resources |
|
mix |
Node is partially allocated — some resources are still free |
|
down |
Node is down or unreachable |
|
draining |
Node is being taken offline; not accepting new jobs, running jobs will finish first |
|
drained |
Node is completely drained and unavailable for any jobs |