The users of high performance computing platforms meet difficulties due either to the poor knowledge of the oper-ating system, either to the oddities of hardware and software configurations. Although CILEA team tries to cus-tomize its hardware and software interfaces in order to give the user a comfortable environment, it seemed useful to write this article so that the users could find details and advices on the better working protocols for using the CILEA high performance computing platforms.Gli utenti che intendono utilizzare le piattaforme di calcolo parallelo e intensivo incontrano spesso difficoltà dovute sia alla scarsa dimestichezza con l’ambiente operativo sia alla particolare configurazione delle piattaforme di calco-lo. Per quan...