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LPL Central Computing Systems (LCS) |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Facilities
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| Department of Planetary Sciences Lunar and Planetary Laboratory |
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LPL Central Computing Systems (LCS) |
How do I access LPL's public ftp (anonymous ftp) site?
Click here to access the LPL public ftp site: LPL FTP Site
You can upload a file to the site by going to the pub/incoming folder. If you are using a browser to upload, click File->Upload File. If you are using a command-line window to connect to the ftp site, login as anonymous with your email address as password, cd pub/incoming, and use the "put" command to upload the file;
You can download files from the site by going to pub/lpl/
Files that have been uploaded to the incoming folder can be accessed from shell in the /ftp/pub/incoming directory.
If you would like to create a directory from which the public may download files, please contact LCS Support.
There are black-and-white and color printers for LPL public use in Kuiper Space Sciences room 331.
To print duplex from a Solaris machine, use the appropriate -dup queue. To print duplex from a Windows PC, use the Print/Print Setup/Print Preview GUI to select double-sided printing.
The Windows-PC in room 331 has an attached flatbed scanner & OCR software for digitizing
paper documents.
Other centralized peripherals are located in the main LCS computer room
and support offices (444/446). They are attached to Unix servers. For more
information on these devices, please contact sys.
The UITS High Performance Computing is a research resource, intended for testing and running large codes, parallel-processing codes, visualization and scientific applications. Accounts are available for all University faculty for the purpose of research. Faculty members can sponsor accounts for members of the University community doing research (staff, students, visiting scholars).
These central resources including shared memory, highly parallel and high throughput systems.
A wide range of software is available on various servers. Some of the more useful software included
on most systems include ITT's IDL, Matlab, MS Office suite (through the MS Campus agreement) and Apple iWorks
suite. For information on a specific package, please contact sys.
What types of computers are available at LPL?
LCS Unix Workstations, MACs, and Windows PCs can be found in rooms 331 and 429a.
The Unix Workstations are Sun machines running Solaris with common
administration of usernames & passwords.
What kind of MACs and Windows PCs are available at LPL?
Our various Macintosh systems run the latest release of MacOS availabe for the
individual systems. Most systems have the Microsoft Office site (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
as well as Apple iWorks installed. The PCs typically run Windows XP or Windows 7.
All are connected to the network and have access to the Unix filesystems,
printers and other network tools such as Secure Shell and Secure File Transfer.
What kind of printers and other peripherals are available at LPL?
Location Queue Name(s) Printer Type Output Type IP Address
Room 331 hp4300-331 / hp4300-331-dup black-white single-sided / duplex 150.135.109.237
Room 331 hp4600-331 / hp4600-331-dup color single-sided / duplex 150.135.110.8
Room 331 hp3525-331 / hp3525-331-dup color single-sided / duplex 150.135.108.169
Room 444 (hall) hp3525-444 / hp3525-444-dup color single-sided / duplex 150.135.108.103
What LPL systems are not part of LCS?
Some of the computational resources at LPL are not part of LCS. These
autonomous systems provide direct support for our many research and
instructional groups. The policies governing their use are independent
of LCS. LCS resources are characterized by their general availability to
all LPL faculty, students, and staff members and are not specifically
dedicated to particular uses (e.g. Business Office, Academic Office).
When in doubt regarding the ownership of a computational resource, consider
its location, and feel free to consult LCS Staff.
How do I find out who's using software licenses?
The usage for several licensed sofware packages served from our central license
server can be found
here.
What supercomputing facilities are available for parallel-processing, visualization, and scientific applications?
LPL's High Performance Astrophysics Simulator (HiPAS) is a 108-node (504-cpu) cluster.
The cluster is available to various groups in the department with users who have purchased equipment having precedence on
their nodes.
What software is available on my server ?
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