Summary of Changes After Quest September Downtime 2025

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This article summarizes the key changes to how Quest users access and experience Quest after the March 2025 downtime.

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During this downtime, Northwestern IT:  

  • Upgraded Quest's job scheduler, Slurm, to version 24.11.6. The full changelog for this Slurm release is available here

  • Upgraded the license server for licensed software on Quest and applied patches to all nodes to improve the security of the cluster.  

  • Upgraded the storage system firmware and InfiniBand interconnect drivers to enhance cluster stability. 

  • Performed power and cooling equipment maintenance to ensure the healthy operation of the computing infrastructure. 

If you have questions regarding changes made during this maintenance, please reach out to quest-help@northwestern.edu

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Article ID: 2739
Created
Wed 3/5/25 5:26 PM
Modified
Thu 9/11/25 5:20 PM