Our lab has 2 computer systems:

• kim.bio.upenn.edu (kimclustXX) - our lab cluster for computer simulations.
• kim.bio.upenn.edu:2222 (kimlab10) - our local file server and our lab web server (port 2222).

Our lab also has access to a bioinformatics computer cluster:

• alpha.genomics.liniac.upenn.edu

You will need accounts on both computer systems (contact Stephen for these). An account on kimlab10 will allow you to access the local file server for backup storage of your desktop computer files. An account on the kimclust machines will allow you to run simulations on the cluster. To connect to kimlab10 you need to ssh to kim.bio.upenn.edu and use port 2222 instead of the default port 22.

See the following web pages for information on configuring and using the cluster. In short, the cluster computer 'kimclust11' is the ssh/sftp server. When you connect to the computer cluster (via kim.bio.upenn.edu) using ssh or sftp you are connected to kimclust11. The cluster computer 'kimclust11' is also the VNC server. You must run your VNC server on kimclust11 (see below) and when you connect your VNC server (via kim.bio.upenn.edu), your VNC client is connected to kimclust11. So again, all ssh/sftp and vnc clients are automatically directed to kimclust11. In any case, you just connect to kim.bio.upenn.edu and the rest is taken care of for you. When running simulations, you should NOT use kimclust10, kimclust11, or kimclust12 (our file servers) but rather use one of the workstations (see below).

• ConfiguringSSH
• ConfiguringVNC
• CurrentUsage
• LoadBalancing