Physics Department Computing Overview X 96 Ching-Wan Yip

Physics Department Computing Overview X 96’ Ching-Wan Yip

Outline • news • Campus computing environment – IS servers, network/access – Service Center, Support Center • • • Training Resources/ Getting Help P 2000 - Standard load software Physics facilities - hardware/software Physics student lab 124 slides/50 min. • \acad 1PhysicsPubyip, http: //www. wfu. edu/~yipcw/phy/

P 2000 - Access 2000

96’ - notebook • Think. Pad 365 XD – 100 MHz Pentium – PCI 800 x 60010. 4” dual scan LCD – 16 M RAM/810 M HD – 14. 4 Fax/Modem, IBM Ethernet – Sound, microphone, 4 x CD-ROM, Ir. DA • Desktop – 75 MHz 330; 133, 166 MMX 350, 300 GL, 300 XL • 1/3, ~275 faculty has the 97’

97’ - notebook • Think. Pad 380 D – Pentium-150 MHz, L 2 cache, 12. 1” 64 k COLOR 30: 1 DSTN display, 2 hr Ni. MH battery, 1. 44 FD, 7. 1 lb – 32 M EDO SO DIMM/1. 35 M HD, Crystal. Audio 16 bit sound/speaker/microphone, 8 x CDROM – Ether. Jet duplex 20 M Ethernet, 33. 6 modem PC Cards, 27 Mbps Zoomed Port (ZV) – 128 bit Neo. Logic 1. 125 M i. DRAM video, 4 Mbps Ir. DA – SPECint 92 est. 200, twice as fast as old ac G 60’s

Technology news • Freshman/sophomore free 2030 inkjet printer • IS communications improvements (discuss w/ faculty) • admin - student records, registration web interface • out-reach • library - Dinex? upgrade • STAR, CELI • graduate student TP 365 purchase

retired • Convex C 1 • Departmental – old wiring, replacing shared 10 M Ethernet – 8088/286/386, DOS, Wf. Wg; Mac. Min 16 M 486. – replacing 2 SUN workstations, 2 HP Laser. Jet 2 – portable VGA 640 x 480 LCD projector • AC - HP g 60, g 50, e 35, News/mail/web server - EIS • Think. Pad 360 - 486, 12 M RAM, 340 M HD • IBM Wireless network, FDDI backbone

IS server architecture • Two IBM RS/6000 SP/2 - AIX – ac, mail, news, IBM/Lotus Domino 4. 52, Powered by Notes • IBM RS/6000 F 50 - AIX – Web server • IBM PC servers – NT network, other servers • Admin HP 3000 959 K class • Library HP 9000 852 • Health HP 922

IBM SP/2 • Reynolda 3/F

IBM SP/2 Overview • 14+ nodes (28 processors, ~8 GB RAM) thin/high nodes - Power. PC 604, Power 2, P 2 SC CPUs • 472+ GB mirrored EMC, IBM SSA storage • 460 max GB EMC tape backup everynight both UNIX/NT • ac, Mail (POP/SMTP), news, DNS, Domino (Notes Mail /Template /web

Academic Computer (f 1 n 11) • interactive login, telnet, pine, elm, tin, La. Te. X, Ghost. View • C, C++, Fortran compilers, SPSS, Maple, SAS, PVM soon? • file space (webpage) 7. 5 Mbyte, ? M mail F/S • if ((student and (class < 2000) ) or (grad. Student)) then 3. 75 M file/web + 3. 75 M for mail space else login + 500 Kbyte NT web space

WFU AIX servers F 50 Web server dual 604 e/256 M RAM Netscape Enterprise Server EMC arrays laptop controller 212 G (424 mirrored) 128 G (256 mirrored) 50 G - ac, 76 G Notes, 4 G web, admin 2 SP 2 control workstations EMC tape backup 14 x 40 GB compress DLT SUN controller New Thin Nodes: Power 2 SC processors Internal 2 x 2 G HD dual home FDDI (ATM for n 1) High Nodes : 8 processors 604 SMP 1 G RAM Thin Nodes: Power 2 512 M RAM n 3/n 4 m 256 M n 1/n 2 CWS : 64 M RAM f 1 n 11 ac f 1 n 7 Domino/Notes. Mail 40 Mbps SCSI Fibre Channel in the future f 2 n 5 f 2 n 6 NFS, Samba, DNS IBM Video. Charger? Video/test f 1 n 4 f 2 n 3 f 2 n 4 TMR Tivoli. . . test, Notes f 1 n 5 f 1 n 6 Notes Mail MTA f 1 n 3 80 Mbps dual loop SSA POP 3, SMTP, DNS academic/WFU template f 1 n 1 f 1 n 2 f 2 n 1 f 2 n 2 DNS, news Spectrum ADSM Adastar. . . TMR, DB 2/Oracle? IBM SP/2 AIX frame 1 132 G partial mirrored IBM SSA Disk array IBM SP/2 AIX frame 2

Windows NT network architecture • 16+ servers PC Server 320 PC Server 520/720 PC Server 704

Windows NT network • Basement of Reynolda

Windows NT network Overview • WFU 1/Code. Srv 1: DHCP - assign IP addresses, WINS, PDC/BDC verify Domain login (Admin 1 etc. ) • Printer 1&2: 200 pages/semester for student • Public 2 : c 2000+/stu. orgs web pages: 500 K free • WFU 3, WFU 4: Remedy/SQL, Point. Cast • Netmeeting, Tivoli : DB 2/Oracle • Acad 1, Code. Srv 1, Lserve, Library 1: dept/lab/CBT • Academic, AC, Acfiles (acfiles Oct 1) : fake NTserves, Samba • Psy, English, Language, MBA, Health 1, Financial Aid, BGMS, Physical Facilities : Front. Page, Exchange Mail, Cold. Fusion, Domino. Broadcast Learning. Space, EMC video streaming …. • several “known” NT workstations: others will have no access to resources (printer, files)

network internet NC REN Raleigh Sprint IGN Load balanced multiple DS-3 s, 44. 736 Mbps each T 1/fractional T 1 ~1. 544 Mbps 100 Mbps FDDI Switch 100 Mbps Ethernet South (5 -8%) 155 Mbps OC-3 WFU Switch 10 Mbps Ethernet Shared 10 Mbps Ethernet Bell 30 Mbps 155 Mbps OC-3 ATM (622 Mbps OC-12 soon) BGMS

network, access • ATM, FDDI, Ethernet (100, switch 10, share 10), AMP wireless • external to NCREN • modem dial-in – IGN 56 kbp, 50+ modem direct link to our Cisco 2800 router real soon now – WFU ~40 modem pool 28. 8 kbps 4200 rollover 14. 4 kbps 5814 (until ? )

• • IS Service Center underneath Post Office/Poteat, x 1949 buy more web page/Notes spaces ZIP drive rental/loan true-color, continuous tone, Ricoh printer, $1. 49/page • IGN - IBM Global Network - IBM Internet Connection (US provider: Advantis) • $ 12. 95/50 hr/month, $17. 95 unlimited, $10 activation • 1, 000 local access numbers worldwide

IGN dialer

IGN connected • 56 kbps X 2 PPP • news server, email account • no content (e. g. AOL, MSN) • full access to WFU resources • direct link to WFU network soon/done

Problem? Information Systems Support Center ISSC (Help Desk) • 4272 (Support Consultants /System Status) • on-line problem report - Remedy • mail to ac-help@wfu. edu • except instructional software (e. g. Maple, Exceed etc. )

Remedy

Remedy - login

Remedy - Open

Remedy - Schema

Remedy - File Ticket Number 16666

IS - web page

IS - news

ACS - news

ACS - web stat • Not including – www. students. wfu. edu, academic. wfu. edu, email. wfu. edu

YL - howto/technotes

Library web page

Library’s ITC • Training • Multimedia Lab – Digital Camera, scanner, video capture

Library - ITC web page

training • CBT • Web resources - library, ISSC • training classes • • • Think. Pad Technology Guide Think. Pad Getting start CD-ROM students - RTA grad. stu. - faculty - ACS

Future OS

Future OS 8’ 9 X . 0 5

Future Internet • Netscape 4 (Communicator) / 5. x (Mercury, Gemini, Compass, Javagator) • IE 4 + Active Desktop

Future - others • Notes 4. 6/5. 0 • Eudora+PGP encryption+IMAP 4, Netscape Mail S/MIME • Think. Pad 385, 390? 1, 000 freshman + 1, 000 tech. refresh – 200+ MHz MMX CPU, 64+ MB RAM – 100 Mbps Ethernet/56 k Modem – internal Card. Bus, USB, camera – MPEG 2, DVD, Dolby AC-3 wavetable – Li battery - smart charger

97’ standard load • Windows 95 b (OSR 2) - 380, 95 a - 365 (C: drivers) • Office 97 Prof. - Word, Excel, Power. Point, Access Picture. Editor, Camcorder, Active. Movie, Net. Meeting • Email/Groupware/PIM - IBM/Lotus Notes 4. 51 • Netscape Gold 3, Mini. Soft telnet, Point. Cast • Shock. Wave, Acrobat, Quick. Time, Real. Audio, IBMVideo. Charger • Mc. Afee Viru. Scan 3, Lotus Screen. Cam, Eudora. Light 1. 5. 4 • IGN 4. 1, Help desk - Remedy, Tran. XIt Infra. Red • library catalog, e-resources, CD-ROM network • WS-FTP, Win. ZIP, encryption code/decode

Point. Cast – WFU Channel – Push technology

Microsoft Netmeeting

Lotus Domino/Notes 4. 5 x • Groupware • Email – quota/archive? • Calendar/Scheduling • WFU template – 5 cabinets automatically – syllabus – course material, discussion, vote & test – web publishing

Notes Mail/Calendar

Notes Mail

Notes Mail web

WFU template

WFU template - Main Menu

WFU template

WFU template

WFU web-enabled template

Web template

Classroom • SVGA+ BARCO projector (up to 1600 x 1200? ) • A/V facility (107 soon) – VCR, Laser. Disc – Canon Flex. Camera/overhead camera – audio, wireless mic, laser pointer – DVD soon • Power and Ethernet to each seat (101 soon) • BACKUP PLAN – copy to local server, CD, printout – 10 min. early for (unpack, find cable etc. ),

Optional – 1. 6/3. 2 G parallel TR 3 tape backup – Kodak DC 120 1280 x 960 3 x zoom digital camera – – remote mouse/keyboard digitizing tablet, ZIP drive PC Card videoconference camera soon Java, C, C++, Visual. BASIC compilers, disk, conversion utilities – multimedia authoring, 2 D/3 D graphics

Labs. - laser printers • How many pages 164346 as of

Color printing • HP 1200/PS color inkjet printer – 20 M RAM, 300 dpi

Laser Printers • 5 Lexmark Optra R/Rn/Lx+ laser printers – Postscript Level 2/PCL 5 – 4 -8 M RAM – 8 ppm (1200 dpi) 16 ppm (300 dpi) – Ethernet, accepting jobs from ac, NT/95, AIX, ftp, telnet

UNIX text This is a UNIX Text files !!!! This is a UNIX • UNIX – hex -0 A (LF) It • PC in – hex - OD (CR), OA (LF) • Mac – hex - OD (CR) %~PS-Adobe-3. 0 EPSF-3. 0 %%Creator: Adobe PS 4. 0. 1 %~PS-Adobe-3. 0 EPSF-3. 0 %%Creator: Adobe PS %%Title: Tree. Killer. PS 4. 0. 1 %~PS-Adobe-3. 0 %%Creator: Adobe PS %%Title: Date: 1/1/00 EPSF-3. 0 %%Creation. Tree. Killer. PS 4. 0. 1 %%Creator: Adobe PS %%Creation Date: 1/1/00 4. 0. 1 …. %%Title: Tree. Killer. PS …. %%Creation Date: 1/1/00 …. …. ………. …. . ……. . . Text files !!!! looks like • this Windows Note. Pad • •

Print problems • ac – default unix text lp -dolin 305 or junk. txt – Post. Script lpr -P olin 305 or -l test. ps – cannot cancel for printing (ac jobs are spooled through NT, no cancel) • DEC – default binary/Post. Script – UNIX text lp -d olin 305_text (printer_cr) or mpage • Power. PC – default binary/Post. Script – UNIX text lp -d luna (lp -dolin 305 unix on enterprise) • No printing – 95 - Right click on printer icon. If dimmed, uncheck Work. Offline

Research Facility Advanced Computation Lab. 305 a

Research Facility Advanced Computation Lab. 305 a

Advanced Computation Lab.

Advanced Computation • 7 DEC Alpha 64 -bit Workstations – 5 x 3000 Model 600/700, 1 x 250 4/266, 1 x 500 – 175/225/266/500 MHz Alpha 21064(A)/21164 – 128/160/512 M RAM – 2/4 GB internal/9 GB external storage on each • Other Workstations Tape Backup, – 10 GB Digital Linear – RS/6000 43 P 700 Smart. UPS 133 MHz 604 e, 128 M RAM, 2 G, AIX 4. 2. 1 – Digital UNIX 4. 0 b, Fortran, C++ etc. – SUN Sparc. Station

Physics Computer Lab • Room 305 Olin What’s wrong? Friday night at 11 pm, where are the students?

Computer Lab. AIX • 5 Power. Series 850 – Power. PC 604, audio, 4 x. CDROM, 2 M DRAM S 3 graphics, 64 M RAM, 3 G storage, P 50/17 V monitors – AIX 4. 2. 1, IBM Data Explorer 3. 1. 4, Matlab 5. 1. 0. 421 – NAG F 90, gcc compiler. – Optional - IBM C, C++, Fortran, Open. GL, PEX

AIX login

AIX CDE • Logout when done • left a paper note if work in progress/run jobs in background • see screen lockout to NO

AIX CDE style

IBM Data Explorer 3. 1. 4

Matlab 5. 1. 0. 421 + toolboxes

Computer Lab. - PC • 8 x 133 MHz AMD 5 x 86, 1 x 166 MMX Pentium 17 V/VCR • 16/32/48 M RAM, 1/2 G HD, 1 M RAM PCI Cirrus video • 4 c scanner/Auto document feeder (please turn off after use) • Broadway 30 fps MPEG-1 video capture, AWE 64 sound • Ricoh 6 x read, 2 x write CD-R/CD-RW drive • 7 Think. Pad for TA (no insurance outside dept. or unlocked)

Computer Lab. - PC software • • Exceed 5. x. x (6 paid for) Axum 5. 0 Maple V Release 4 Power Edition Scanner - Omni. Page OCR, Corel Photo. Paint 7, Adobe Acrobat Exchange 3. 0 - PDF Corel. Draw 6, JASC Paint. Shop Pro Lahey Fortran 90 3. 0, Essential Lahey Fortran 3. 0 Ulead Video. Editor, Soun. Blaster Sound. Editor Easy. CD Pro 2. 1, Adaptec Direct. CD

instructional software • Lab - PASCO Science Workshop • Intro - Activ. Physics, Interactive. Physics, Modern Physics Desktop • Electronics - circuit maker • Astronomy - Sky. Globe 16 -bit Windows/DOS etc. • Optics - Zemax • research groups – IDL, Mathematica, Lab. View, La. Te. X, Ghost. View/Ghost. Script (unix/windows), Gplot,

98 -99’? • • • • Natalie principle - more RAM, more HD, faster CPU 8 more big monitors Exceed 3 D w/Open. GL, Display. Post. Script? Use Windows GSView Matlab, Mathematica for Windows? Maple, Matlab for DEC, RS/6000, Power. PC? faster color printer, continuous tone? Asymmetrix Toolbox (CUPLE, Studio. Physics), Interactive Physics developer, Authorware Site Manager (link verifier, site mapper), Front. Page, Net. Object Fusion Word. Perfect. Equation Editor. Scientific Work. Place Visual Fortran 5 Olin browsing problem, NT browse master Real. Audio/Video streaming, Net. Show multicast Cable TV, MPEG 2 encoder, full screen 640 x 480 AVI capture Adobe Premiere, MGI Video. Wave Editor Java. Bean, VRML 3 D world builder, VR goggle, LCD projector, AVS

Phy software menu

Software desktop

Computer Usage Policy • WFU Computer Usage Policy - Valid id, break in etc. • • Food (on the floor only) don’t touch the screens Copyright Copying software/CD (except Lotus Notes, install anywhere you want) Won’t copy full CD/audio CD • DO NOT install ANY software or change

Backup, Backup • no guarantee on data in c: userdata, /homes/phystud • no backup will be make • will be purged occasionally • username for folder to store data, c: userdatayipcw

C: userdata

NT Domain login

NT login script • sync time • updates • server names • Virus/word/Notes • passwd/install menu • Login to WFU • \academic, \printer 1 etc.

DDEML. DLL error t e S p u e x. e ( v e n u t s in ll a ) d e

License Agreement

License Agreement

95 - Display Properties • 640 x 480/800 x 600 16 -bit/256 colors

Display Control Panel

IS - computer assistance

Computer Based Training CBT

Library Resources

Netscape

Physics Home Page

Netscape Mail

Email • Netscape Mail/Messenger (create profile to H: somewhere first) • Eudora Light (save to H: email) • pine

Email - Netscape profile manager (NT start menu)

Email - Netscape create profile • H: somewhere

Email - Eudora 1. 5. 4

Email - Eudora 3. x

telnet

Email - pine

My Computer

My computer (need new)

Map Network Drive

Network Drive H: \ac. Somthinghomes L: \ac. SomethingPCNFS P: \Acad 1Physics

\academichomes

Network Neighborhood

Entire network

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Excel

Key access

Keyacc - login

Keyacc - login - successful

Axum 5. 0

Hummingbird Exceed 5

X to ac login

X to ac • Exceed 6 w/ X 11 R 6. 3 (Broadway)

X/Maple on ac

Maple

Maple

Logoff

logoff