The login node is login.deepthought2.umd.edu. You can ssh into the login node using the username and password you obtain from grades.
The quick start web page describes how to login.
The page compiling page describes how to compile your program. The short list of steps is:
The OpenMPIM page describes how to setup to run an MPI job. Here is a simple script that will run your life program on 4 nodes, using the input file life.data.1. You can save it as life.tcsh and then run it by typing ./life.tcshBATCH --ntasks=40 #SBATCH -t 00:01:00 module unload intel module load openmpi/gnu mpirun -n 4 life life.data.1 100 250 250