1. Obtain the IP address of the front-end node from the cluster administrator.
2. Download an SSH client if you are using windows (example Putty)
3. Connect to the front-end node using SSH. You will get a command prompt
    after a successful login.

    host : IP address of the front-end node
    username: mpiuser
    password: mpiuser

4. Start mpd.
   
    $mpdboot -f ~/mpd.hosts -n 17

5. Try the examples.

    $cd examples
  $mpicc -o cpi.exe cpi.c
  $mpirun -np 17 ./cpi.exe

6. After doing the work, shutdown mpd.

    $mpdallexit

7. Log-out from the front-end node.

    $exit