NICE EnginFrame is now EF Portal: the same powerful software, rebranded with enhanced usability
and a constant stream of new features → Learn more about the transition here.
the all-in-one portal TO EFFICIENTLY MANAGE complex hpc environments
NI SP’s EF Portal is the market leading HPC portal providing users with easy web-based access to their HPC environment whether it is running on premises, in the cloud, or as a hybrid system. It empowers engineers, designers and researchers to fully utilise complex HPC systems without having to learn challenging command line syntax, by providing access to HPC applications, resources, and data from within a web browser.
WHY HPC PROFESSIONALS CHOOSE EF PORTAL
Compatible
EF Portal integrates seamlessly with the leading HPC schedulers for maximum productivity
Simple
EF Portal makes it easy to submit application workloads from all major HPC software vendors
ProductivE
EF Portal makes using complex HPC systems easy, boosting user productivity
EF Portal is fully compatible with all the major HPC schedulers, and more:
WATCH EF PORTAL IN ACTION
WHAT EF PORTAL USERS SAY
“We are very impressed with the new features that were added to EF Portal since its initial release.
The development team seems to be committed to roll out interesting functionalities very regularly as they’ve shown with version 2024.1 this month.”
EF Portal customer, January 2025
AN ADVANCED PORTAL MADE FOR HPC
POWERFUL
DATA MANAGEMENT
EF Portal features advanced HPC data spoolers, a sophisticated 2D/3D data file previewer, integration with remote spoolers via SSH and S3 buckets, tools for managing project data through favorite places, and the ability to edit input files directly within the file manager—plus much more.
INTUITIVE
APPLICATION SUBMISSION
EF Portal enables users to stay focused on their engineering tasks with an intuitive ‘what you see is what you get’ interface design editor, complete with CSS styling capabilities and integrated HPC application templates.
HPC-SPECIFIC
INTEGRATION PLUGINS
In addition to its broad compatibility with all leading HPC schedulers, EF Portal provides integration plugins for industry-specific HPC applications, such as ECLIPSE for oil and gas reservoir simulations, cloud bursting solutions, and more.
EF
VDI PORTAL
EF Portal also provides the ability to launch, access and manage interactive applications running 2D/3D visualisations running on either Linux or Windows. This can run locally or as part of a remote visualisation cluster running in your data center as well as in the cloud. Read more about EF VDI Portal.
TRANSITIONING FROM ENGINFRAME TO EF PORTAL
Enginframe is now ef portal!
In September 2024, EnginFrame became EF Portal: the same powerful software, rebranded with enhanced usability and new features!
EF Portal is a fully-compatible upgrade evolution of NICE EnginFrame, ensuring new features, regular updates, state-of-the art security and high-end support tailored to your needs.
• Same code base: Built from the original NICE EnginFrame code
• Consistent installation and user experience: Identical installation procedures, features, functionality, and UX
• Enhanced features: A host of new functionalities designed to improve performance and user productivity
Existing users of EnginFrame can migrate for free to EF Portal and leverage the new features to benefit their users. EF Portal maintains the same pricing structure as previously EnginFrame.
Why SWITCH to ef portal?
EnginFrame has been set for discontinuation by AWS, but NI SP Software has committed to continue developing EF Portal with new functionalities, features, and updates while maintaining backward compatibility. This ensures that EF Portal operates in customer environments just as EnginFrame has for over 20+ years. With EF Portal, customers benefit from a renewed portal experience with continuous development, modern features, backward compatibility, and seamless integration.
EF Portal enables users to:
• Increase efficiency: Optimize the use of HPC and VDI environments
• Access information faster and more easily: Make data retrieval, visualization and management easier
• Benefit from all the latest scheduler integrations and operating system features and security
What is new in EF Portal
compared to EnginFrame?
In addition to full compatibility of EF Portal with EnginFrame, EF Portal offers:
• Support for new operating systems like RH / CentOS / Rocky / AlmaLinux 8+9; Ubuntu 22 and 24; Amazon Linux 2023
• Updated and improved scheduler integration for SLURM including version 22, 23 and 24, LSF 10.1, …; Gridware support
• Fully functional and enhanced DCV Session Manager integration
• A series of File Manager improvements: adding ssh and s3 file locations, file preview, file editing, copy and paste/move operations for files, favorite places configuration for easy project switching, drag & drop of files into file manager, history of locations for fast access, improved search in tables, UTF-8 support, preview of 3D models and videos, …
• Job History and integrated GPU monitoring
• Enhanced authentication strategies supporting MFA, Entra ID and other IdPs
• Security Fixes and updates of components like Tomcat, jQuery 3.7, …
• Active development of EF Portal and implementation of customer requirements and customizations
NI SP, YOUR PARTNER FOR A RENEWED EF PORTAL HPC AND VDI EXPERIENCE
For over five years, NI SP has been a trusted distributor of NICE Software, building a technical and software development team with over 40 years of combined experience. We specialize in deploying, developing, customizing, and supporting EnginFrame for large enterprise customers, including public use cases Electrolux, LG Electronics, and Volkswagen.
Learn more about EF Portal
- EnginFrame to EF Portal FAQ
- What’s New in EF Portal 2024.1
- How to install EF Portal Portal (Guide)
- Video Walkthrough EF HPC Portal – Intuitive HPC Access and Management Portal for End Users
HAVE QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions, comments or are interested in a free trial or a demo just let us know.
