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@@ -8,3 +8,28 @@ Now load the Anaconda module and create environment on Cheaha cluster:
 $module load Anaconda3
 $conda env create -f environment-slurm-ds.yml
 ```
+# Check to see if the environment works
+
+After the environment is created, you can start up an interactive Jupyter notebook session through rc.uab.edu to check if the environment works.
+
+Under environment setup, specify
+
+```
+# Load required modules
+module load cuda10.0/toolkit
+module load Anaconda3
+
+
+```
+
+Under Extra jupyter arguments, specify
+
+```
+--notebook-dir=/data/user/$USER/slurm-ds
+```
+
+For partition, specify
+
+```
+pascalnodes
+```
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