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title: NQSII
description: Reference for the nqsii executor, which submits tasks to the NQSII resource manager.
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# NQSII

The `nqsii` executor runs pipeline tasks using the [NQSII](https://www.rz.uni-kiel.de/en/our-portfolio/hiperf/nec-linux-cluster) resource manager. It submits each task as an NQSII job using the `qsub` command.

To enable the NQSII executor, set `process.executor = 'nqsii'` in the `nextflow.config` file. Launch the pipeline from a node where `qsub` is available, typically the cluster login node.

Use the following process directives to control resource requests and other job characteristics:

- [clusterOptions][process-clusteroptions]
- [cpus][process-cpus]
- [memory][process-memory]
- [queue][process-queue]
- [time][process-time]

[process-clusteroptions]: ../reference/process#clusteroptions
[process-cpus]: ../reference/process#cpus
[process-memory]: ../reference/process#memory
[process-queue]: ../reference/process#queue
[process-time]: ../reference/process#time
