IBM User's Guide, Thirteenth Edition
The University of Tennessee Computing Center (UTCC) is charged with
providing
computing facilities and services for research, instructional, and
administrative functions for the University of Tennessee system.
UTCC was established at the Knoxville campus on June 30, 1960, with the
aid of a National Science Foundation grant. Two other grants have
been received from the National Science Foundation for upgrading UTCC
computing facilities.
UTCC first occupied about one half of the area that is now the Remote 8
user work area (Remote 8), located in the Glocker Business Administration
Building. UTCC's first computer, an IBM 1620 Model I
with 20 kilobytes of memory, was installed in early 1961. On a
typical day, about twelve users would come in to run programs written
in one of the two languages supported: an assembler language called
the Symbolic Programming System and a primitive version of FORTRAN.
There were three full-time employees on the UTCC staff.
Today, UTCC runs
seven mainframe computers and over 200 microcomputers and workstations.
More than 3000 user
batch jobs and timesharing sessions are processed each day.
Now there are more than 98 full-time employees on the UTCC staff.
UTCC occupies the first two floors of Stokely Management Center (SMC)
and areas in Dunford Hall.
Remote user work areas are maintained on the Knoxville
campus. UTCC also provides computer resources and services to the
computing centers on other campuses in the University of Tennessee
system
and provides access to the National Science Foundation supercomputer
centers.
UTCC is divided into five main groups: Administration, Network
Hardware Engineering, Operations, Systems and Network Software
Engineering, and User Services.
Administration is responsible for the
maintenance of computer records, charges and budgetary matters,
direction with respect to policy, recommendations for expansion of
facilities, and the allocation of resources.
Network Hardware Engineering (NHE) is responsible for the
installation and maintenance of network hardware, including physical
connections to the "DCA" network and to the UTK Ethernet-based
local area network (LAN). These two networks are described in sections
1.5.1.1 and 1.5.1.2. NHE also administers the campus installation of
office LANs running the Novell Netware operating system and AppleTalk
or EtherTalk LANs; such a
LAN may be connected to the UTK Ethernet-based LAN.
NHE administers a high-speed, statewide,
wide area network called EdNet, which
connects UT Knoxville, UT Memphis, UT Martin and the UT Space
Institute, as well as the State Data Center in Nashville.
EdNet is described in section 1.5.2.3.
Operations manages the physical operation of all computer
hardware, the reception of input, the
distribution of output, and management of the tape library.
Staff members are responsible
for the daily scheduling of jobs, maintenance of the equipment,
and staffing of UTCC microcomputer labs and remote facilities.
Systems maintains the several operating systems at UTCC. This includes
the documentation of installation-dependent characteristics of the
supervisory system, assemblers, compilers, and other software systems at
UTCC. The systems groups
have the responsibility to remain alert to changing computer
technology and its potential advantages to UTCC.
Network software engineering functions include evaluation, recommendation
and maintenance of networking software products.
User Services provides consulting services on supercomputing,
microcomputers, mainframes, workstations, networking,
mathematical software, statistical packages, programming
languages, graphics
software, word processing, and many other areas.
User Services staff members are also engaged in the production
of user documentation, the maintenance of application software,
educational services, and statistical consulting.
Persons who wish to open an account or require additional information
about UTCC systems or services should call (615) 974-6831.
The
IBM User's Guide
, U01-0001, and the
VAXcluster User's Guide
, U01-0572,
are reference manuals for
beginning and experienced users of UTCC facilities. The
IBM User's Guide
describes the use of the IBM VM/CMS
and IBM MVS/ESA
systems; the
VAXcluster User's Guide
describes the use of VAX/VMS.
Each manual explains administrative policies and operational procedures
for all users of UTCC facilities, and each specifies other sources
of information about UTCC.
The
IBM User's Guide
and the
VAXcluster User's Guide
are sold at
the UTK Book and Supply Store.
UTCC produces documents, commonly called "U01s," which describe the use
of the software available on the UTCC computers. The majority
of these documents
are available online and can be accessed using the PRTDOC facility.
For information on PRTDOC, enter
help prtdoc
on CMS.
U01s that are not online are available from
User Services, 200 SMC, 974-6831, at the UTK Book & Supply Store,
or on the UTCC Macintosh CD-ROM server (see section 1.7.1.2).
For a complete list of U01s currently available, see
Index to UTCC Publications
, U01-0415, available online through PRTDOC or from User Services at
200 SMC. For online information on CMS, enter
u01index
The
UTCC Newsletter
is published monthly and contains items of
interest to UTCC users. There is no charge for the Newsletter, and
users may subscribe to it by sending their names and campus addresses to
the UTCC Newsletter editor, 200 SMC. Copies of the current issue of the
Newsletter are available at the receptionist's desk at 200 SMC.
Many sections of this document contain references to commercial manuals
for further information. UTCC makes every effort to place documentation
manuals where they can be accessed by users. Nearly all remotes and
terminal rooms on the UTK campus have a list of the manuals that are
available and their location on campus. This list is contained in the
manual rack; consult the index to the manual rack at the remotes.
The manuals at UTK are kept current with the existing UTCC systems and
with all technical newsletters issued for any manual in the set. The
manual set also includes recent issues of the
UTCC Newsletter
, the
IBM User's Guide
and the
VAXcluster User's Guide
Users on other campuses should contact their computing installations for
information on the availability of manuals.
Manuals for mainframe computer and microcomputer
hardware and software have been placed
in the reserve section
of the Hodges Library, and are available
for three-day checkout by anyone with UT library privileges.
The manuals are listed in the library card catalog and also in the UTCC
document "Documentation and Reference Materials at UTCC," U01-0628,
available through the PRTDOC facility.
"The UTCC Help Sheet," U01-0627,
which contains a list of facilities, available
microcomputer software, and a map
showing their locations, is available through the PRTDOC facility.
UTCC receives literature and newsletters from other computing centers
and many national and international organizations. These materials are
available for examination at 200 SMC. Interested users should contact
their UTCC consultant at 200 SMC, 974-6831.
UTCC frequently has manuals that have been rendered obsolete by
publication of a new version and/or the installation of a new release
of the software. As such manuals become available, they are placed
at Remote 8 each Monday. The manuals are given away
on a first-come, first-served basis while the supply lasts.
Most of these manuals are
upwardly compatible with the newer ones; however, determining
their usefulness is the responsibility of the user.
CAFE accounts are available for University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
students, faculty members and staff on the University of Tennessee
Computing Center (UTCC) computers. The CAFE account, provided at no
charge to the user, can be maintained as long as the individual is a UTK
student or employee. (Accounts are available on both the VAX/VMS and the
VM/CMS systems. UNIX accounts should become available during the
1992-93 academic year.)
These accounts are designed to provide enough resources to carry out
many tasks. There are limits, but in normal operations CAFE users should
be able to use services such as electronic mail on campus and to
other universities, online conferencing, word processing, text
formatting, and printing.
CAFE accounts are not a replacement for research or class-related
computer accounts with UTCC and should not be used as such. Class and
research accounts should continue to be opened as in the past through
departments sponsoring research and offering courses with
computer-related work. CAFE accounts are designed for a moderate level of
computer use to give the account holder access to services such as
electronic mail; they should not be used as a substitute for
departmentally opened and funded accounts.
Getting a CAFE account
You can obtain a CAFE account by registering for and attending a
one-hour
orientation session. You must bring the current edition of the
appropriate user's guide (the VAXcluster User's Guide for VAX/VMS
accounts and the IBM User's Guide for VM/CMS accounts) and your valid UT
ID to the orientation session for which you register. User's guides can
be purchased at the UT Bookstore.
CAFE orientation and registration
During the orientation session a UTCC consultant will explain the Code of
Computing Practice, how CAFE accounts work, what resources are
available, where to get help, and how to use the user's guide.
Registration for an orientation session is done by computer. You can
access the registration program from a UTCC terminal or a microcomputer
connected to the "DCA" network. Terminals are located across
campus in academic buildings, residence halls, and the Hodges Library
(see section 1.6.3 for locations of facilities).
The registration procedure
1. Turn on the terminal and wait for the
OK
message to appear on the
screen.
2. Press the RETURN key until the prompt
ENTER HOST NAME OR HELP>
appears.
3. Type the word
VAX
and press the RETURN key.
4. When the prompt
USERNAME:
appears, type the word
CAFE
and press the RETURN key.
5. When the initial screen of the registration program appears, follow
the directions and enter the information according to the prompts.
Please note that you must see the screen
"CAFE registration completed"
to be registered successfully for an orientaton session.
For more information concerning CAFE, contact a CAFE consultant in UTCC
User Services, located in 200 Stokely Management Center, by calling
974-6831.
Intensive training seminars in mainframe VAX/VMS and IBM MVS/ESA
utilization
are conducted for faculty, staff, and students who will use UTCC
facilities. One of the courses is taught the week before the Spring term
and the other before Fall term classes start. Contact UTCC at
974-6831 for more information.
UTCC offers noncredit short courses each semester on UTCC application
software and operating systems. These short courses are free to
UTK students, faculty, and staff. A schedule of all short courses is
published by UTCC each semester and is available at 200 SMC, at all
UTCC remotes, and online on all mainframe computer systems.
Short course topics include the use of timesharing facilities,
the use of microcomputers, word processing,
statistical packages, mathematical programs, and vector processing
available at UTCC.
Special short courses designed to meet the requirements of particular
groups of users may be scheduled.
For more information, contact the Short Course Coordinator at 200 SMC,
974-6831.
A number of short courses are available on videotape in the
audiovisual department of the Hodges Library. Handouts
for the videotape courses are available at 200 SMC. For more
information on UTCC videotaped short courses, see
"UTCC Short Courses on Videotape," U01-0443.
There are a number of Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) courses for
software on the various operating systems at UTCC.
Some of these CAI courses are listed in the table below. For
detailed information on a particular operating system,
refer to the appropriate user's guide or U01.
Course System CAI Help
DECWCBI VAX/VMS See U01-0635, available thru PRTDOC
EDTCAI VAX/VMS On VAX/VMS, Enter HELP EDTCAI
EVECAI VAX/VMS On VAX/VMS, enter HELP EVECAI
ISPF/PDF TSO/ISPF On TSO, select T at Primary Option Menu
LSECAI VAX/VMS On VAX/VMS, enter HELP LSECAI
SASTUTOR VM/CMS Type SASTUTOR
SASTUTOR VAX/VMS Type SASTUTOR
SLFTEACH VM/CMS On CMS, enter HELP SLFTEACH
VMSCAI VAX/VMS On VAX/VMS, enter HELP VMSCAI
All project codes issued by UTCC are assigned a UTCC consultant. Users
may contact their consultant to make appointments for consulting services
or to get information.
To receive adequate consulting assistance, users should make
appointments with their consultants.
UTCC consultants serve as a
liaison between users and UTCC's computer software. The consultants can
direct users to the appropriate software, but the techniques required
should be clear in the users' minds before they make appointments with
their consultants.
UTCC consultants are available to assist users who are unable to
determine the cause of program errors. In particular, users should
contact their consultants for assistance if they suspect that hardware,
software, or operator errors have occurred during the execution of
their jobs.
UTCC consultants can help users design the formats of questionnaires and
data sheets so that transfer of the data to machine readable form will
be as easy as possible with a minimum of errors. This service also
applies to data that will be optically scanned.
A consultant may
suggest a program modification which may not be helpful. In such cases,
the department is still responsible for any charges which may be
accrued. Users who wish to change consultants should contact the
Manager of User Services, 200 SMC, 974-6831.
The consultant assigned to a class project code can aid in the
selection of programming languages and compilers and in the
explanation of control statements. The consultant can help the
instructor with the preparation of programs and the allocation and
release of tape and disk space. The department offering the class is
billed for the time the consultant spends working on the project code
at the educational consulting rate shown in the
"UTCC Schedule of Charges,"
U01-0562. This includes consulting with the instructor
and students.
User Services includes a group of applied statisticians and a faculty
associate from the UTK Statistics Department. The statistical consulting
group offers many of the services performed by formal statistics
laboratories at other universities. This group assists researchers on
matters pertaining to research design and statistical planning; data
management, analysis, and interpretation; and the effective
presentation of statistical information.
UTCC, in cooperation with the Office of Administrative Computing (OAC),
supports the use of AppleShare servers for Macintosh microcomputer LANs
using AppleTalk/EtherTalk
protocols. AppleShare and the AppleTalk/EtherTalk
network protocols can operate across the UTK extended Ethernet. A needs
analysis team is available to discuss Macintosh LAN
options with individual
departments. Call UTCC for information about planning an AppleShare LAN.
UTCC, in cooperation with the Office of Administrative Computing (OAC),
supports the use of Novell
Netware as the primary network operating system for
PC-based machines at UTK. This
operating system is supported as a LAN and across
UTK's extended Ethernet. A
needs analysis team is available to discuss LAN options
for individual departments;
Blanket Purchase Orders have been established to
purchase the needed components to
install a Novell Netware LAN. Call UTCC for
information about planning a Novell network LAN.
Portions of the following text were adapted from "Revised List
Processor (LISTSERV@FRECP11), Release 1.5d," written by Eric Thomas
of the Ecole Centrale de Paris in 1986.
UTCC has installed software to enable its users to own and moderate a
LISTSERV discussion group locally. LISTSERV, which stands for "list
server," is a mailing-list server which was designed to make
group communication easier. People with a common interest
(e.g., network protocols, issues related to handicapped people
in education, system administration problems) are grouped in a
list, which is stored on LISTSERV. They then can communicate with
all the people on the list
by sending mail to a special network address
(e.g., SAS-L@BITNIC). Any piece of mail sent to these special
userids is automatically distributed by the list server
to the people on the list.
LISTSERV is a
convenient way to meet people and participate in interesting
discussions/forums.
For more information about establishing a LISTSERV discussion group,
call your UTCC consultant at 974-6831.
It should be pointed out that there are hundreds of LISTSERV groups
already established at other institutions, to which UTCC users can
subscribe by sending electronic mail to the list
coordinator. For more information about these LISTSERV groups, on CMS
enter HELP BITNET or HELP INTERNET and select the topic "Information
about LISTSERV discussion groups."
In cooperation with the University libraries at UTK, UTCC maintains
tape copies of data made available by various state and federal
agencies. All data tapes
which are available at UTCC are cataloged and classified in the
catalog of the Hodges Library, Knoxville Campus. Users who need
standard tapes of this type but cannot locate them in the library
catalog should call their UTCC consultant at 974-6831 to
determine if they are available. If sufficient need exists, the
library can obtain the data tapes.
Data tapes available to UTCC users are listed below. Documentation
describing the use of the data tapes is available through the PRTDOC
facility for those tapes that list a U01 number under "For Information."
Data Name System For Information
COMPUSTAT* MVS U01-0423
Standard and Poor COMPUSTAT Services
Computer Select database** IBM PC (on CD-ROM) Call User Services
CRSP* MVS U01-0451
Center for Research in Security Prices
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium MVS Call User Services
for Political and Social Research)
Protein Data Bank VAXcluster See "VAXcluster User's Guide"
Genetics Computer Group VAXcluster See "VAXcluster User's Guide"
Sequence Analysis Package
1990 Census State of Tennessee TIGER MVS Call User Services
1980 Census of Population Public-Use MVS U01-0549
Microdata Sample-B
1980 Census State of Tennessee MVS Call User Services
1970 Census State of Tennessee MVS U01-0411
1970 Health Interview Survey MVS U01-0426
* Due to license agreements, these data files are proprietary,
restricted to UTK use, and may
not be duplicated. Manuals documenting the use of COMPUSTAT and CRSP
files are located in the manual rack in Remote 8.
Users interested in accessing these files should
contact their UTCC consultant, 974-6831.
** More information about the Computer Select database in section 1.4.11.
Users who wish to acquire mainframe
software for their own use should first
determine whether the needed program capabilities are already
available, either directly from the UTCC program library or from some
other user who has already acquired the desired software. Users who
acquire software may place it in their own program libraries. Users
who wish to make their software available to other users may publicize
this fact in the
UTCC Newsletter
by contacting the editor.
If after using the program a user feels that a particular software
item should be supported by UTCC, a written request for UTCC program
support should be made to the Director of UTCC, 200 SMC. The request
should be accompanied by complete documentation of the function of the
software, the methods used, maintenance procedures, computing system
requirements, and user instructions. The request will be evaluated on
the basis of the software's capabilities in relation to existing
software, the number of users, and the frequency of use. It is the
user's responsibility to solicit enough use of a piece of software to
warrant its inclusion in a UTCC program library. If UTCC assumes
support for a software item, it will be placed in the appropriate
program library and made available for all UTCC users. If the request
for software support is denied, the documentation will be returned to
the user along with a statement as to why the software was not deemed
suitable for inclusion in a UTCC program library.
Users may make comments concerning UTCC procedures or inquire
about existing policies through the COMMENT facility on VM/CMS,
VAX/VMS and Sun/SunOS (UNIX);
through the comment boxes located in SMC M1, Remote 1, Remote 2 and
Remote 8; or by letter to the
UTCC Newsletter
Editor, 200 SMC.
All comments are answered. Users are
requested to give their name, address, and telephone number with
the comment, since it is sometimes necessary to obtain more information
about the comment before it can be answered. If the information is
useful to other users, the comment will be published in the
UTCC Newsletter
policies and procedures by contacting the Director of UTCC, 200 SMC,
974-6758.
UTCC subscribes to reports from Datapro Research Corporation. These
reference manuals comprise a source of up-to-date
information about computing and office system hardware,
software, services, and companies.
The following
description of the Computer Select database was adapted from
Computer Select User's Guide
, 4th Edition, edited by Johathan Pollard
(Cambridge, MA: Lotus Development Corp., 1988).
The Computer Select database on CD-ROM is located in the UTCC commons
area at 200 Stokely Management Center. This database gives immediate
access to current
information in over 150 computer-related periodicals.
With it, you can access
information about product specifications, reviews,
technical tips, manufacturers' profiles, and industry news. Computer
Select consists of six sections:
Articles Contains comprehensive full-text
coverage of over 40 computer industry journals for the past twelve
months (updated monthly) in the areas of
hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications,
and the application of technology, as well as abstracts of
articles from over 110 additional publications
Hardware Products Contains descriptions and specifications of over 28,000
hardware products, covering laptops to supercomputers
Software Products Contains descriptions and specifications of over
38,000 software products, including general business software
as well as vertical market software
Company Profiles Provides detailed information on over 11,000
companies, giving addresses and phone numbers, names of key
executives, gross annual sales figures, year established,
and number of employees
Glossary of Terms Provides definitions of thousands of computer and
telecommunications terms and acronyms
Online User Guide Contains instructions for using the Computer Select
database, plus an appendix of masked words and special characters
Users who want to use the Computer Select database should contact their
UTCC consultant.
Operations staff can assist users at SMC M1 (Remote 0) with the
following:
1. Provide general information to users.
2. Supply information concerning job status.
3. Cancel jobs.
4. Receive reports of problems with UTCC-owned equipment.
5. Receive reports of network problems.
6. Receive user-owned tapes to be run on the UTCC system.
Operations staff can be reached at 974-6771 during the hours of UTCC
operation.
UTCC provides a delivery service
to selected locations on the Knoxville campus
for output produced at Remote 0 (Stokely Management Center).
The approximate
departure times from SMC and the destinations served are listed below.
Delivered output is sorted to the bin (or bins) provided at each
delivery site.
Knoxville campus: 9:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
*RMT1 (Ferris) Bins
*RMT2 (Estabrook) Bins
*RMT28 (Physics) Bins outside Room 209
*Dougherty Room 508
*Human Ecology Room 23
*RMT8 (Glocker) Bins
Andy Holt Tower Room P204 (8:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon)
*Only as required when output is produced at Remote 0.
Note
Agriculture campus provides its own pickup/delivery service.
Because the runner delivers on foot, users are requested to limit
materials sent through this service. On each run, the runners deliver
only as much as they can carry. Users wishing delivery of a large amount
of output through this service should allow several days each way
for the delivery. If it is mandatory that input or output arrives at
a certain destination at an exact time, the user should make
other delivery arrangements.
Users at remote centers not on the Knoxville campus
should contact their local computing center
for information about routing and delivery of jobs for their facility.
To inform users of the operating status of the
UTCC computers, UTCC has established a "Hot Line" at 974-4237. A
recorded message describes the status of the systems for both
timesharing and batch processing. The message will contain
information about known system problems and system outages.
The hot line information can also be displayed at a terminal,
workstation, or microcomputer. How you access it depends on how you are
connected to the UTK network.
If you have a
direct serial connection (i.e., when you turn on your terminal
and press the RETURN key you see the
ENTER HOST NAME OR HELP>
prompt), then enter
HOTLINE
as a host name.
If you are connected via a DECserver or Xyplex server (i.e., you see the
local>
prompt), then issue a
C HOTLINE
command.
If you are using a workstation, or if your microcomputer is connected
to the UTK
Ethernet, you can access the Hot Line directly using its IP address,
128.169.200.201, or its fully qualified domain name, hotline.utk.edu.
The function of the electronic mail directory is to facilitate the
location of correct userids for use in electronic communications.
The directory contains user name, userid, and node
information. It may contain additional information,
including the user's department abbreviation and office telephone number.
To get more information about the directory, enter
HELP UTSERVER on CMS.
The following discussion is divided into two categories: local area
networks that
provide connectivity on the UTK campus and/or within the UT system,
and wide area
networks that provide access to other campuses and research
institutions outside the UT system.
On the UTK campus, the major networking tasks have been
to connect users at remote sites to the UTCC mainframe computing
facilities at Stokely Management Center and to
connect scattered users to each other and to distributed computing
resources.
Presently, these tasks are accomplished through the use of three
networking strategies. One is
an Ethernet-based network using primarily the TCP/IP protocols;
most new network connections are currently made to this network.
Another, and older, medium is a terminal
switching network based on software from Racal-Milgo Corporation; this
second network medium is widely and informally known to UTCC users as
the "DCA"
network, because for many years the software used was from Digital
Communications Associates.
New connections
to these two networks are managed by the Network Hardware Engineering
section of the Computing Center, in cooperation with User Services.
These two campus networks are
discussed in the next sections, 1.5.1.1 and 1.5.1.2.
A third networking medium for connecting remote UTK users to IBM
mainframe
facilities is based on IBM's Systems Network Architecture (SNA)
specifications. Most of the more than 1,000
terminals connected to IBM hosts via
SNA are for administrative use.
Ethernet is a high-speed, local area communications network medium.
At UTK, the Ethernet-based network connects personal computers,
workstations, mainframes, printers and terminal servers,
enabling communications between nodes and
with the UTCC timesharing systems
(the VAXcluster, CMS, MVS, and Sun/UNIX)
and access to larger networks,
such as the Internet.
The
Ethernet medium provides a high data rate and
rapid access to data in remote locations,
making large file transfers practical. The growing campus Ethernet
network presently connects many of the major administrative
and academic buildings.
The Ethernet medium is also used on campus for
networks of personal computers, called LANs, or local area
networks, connected by Novell Netware software or Apple software.
An office LAN may or may
not include connectivity with one of the larger, campus-wide networks.
These networking services
can be established in cooperation with the Network Hardware
Engineering Group and User Services.
Ethernet supports
many different protocols, including TCP/IP, LAT, DECnet, IPX, SPX,
AppleTalk, EtherTalk, and XNS.
The choice of connection protocols determines the network services
that are available. Some of these protocols are briefly described in
the following sections.
AppleTalk is a network system designed by Apple Computer, Inc. to
connect Apple Macintosh computers, printers, and a variety of network
services in a local area network (LAN). AppleTalk is supported on
several media, including LocalTalk (from Apple Computer, Inc.), PhoneNet
(from Farallon Computing), and Ethernet.
AppleTalk nodes (computers, printers, servers, etc.) can access the
campus-wide Ethernet either directly (e.g., using Ethernet boards), or
indirectly through LocalTalk/Ethernet gateways. Using Shiva FastPath
gateways, several AppleTalk networks on the UTK campus have access to
the campus-wide Ethernet, thus forming a large AppleTalk internet.
When directly connected to the Ethernet, an AppleTalk node usually runs
EtherTalk (AppleTalk on Ethernet), but other access methods are also
supported.
DECnet is a system of networking software and hardware that allows
several forms of communication between Digital Equipment Corporation
(DEC) computers.
The Administrative Information Systems VAX, the UTCC VAXcluster, the Sun
server (UNIX), the College of Engineering VAX, the Space Institute in
Tullahoma VAXes, and the Biomedical Information Transfer Center at
Memphis VAXes are connected by this network.
Functions available to users include: accessing files on
remote nodes, logging into remote nodes, using utilities such as
PHONE and MAIL to communicate with users on remote nodes, and
communicating between tasks on separate nodes.
The IPX and SPX protocols are the native networking protocols for
Novell Netware. These protocols are supported across the UTK extended
Ethernet. Packet drivers are used to allow the concurrent use of
IPX/SPX and TCP/IP. This allows simultaneous use of TCP/IP software
like FTP or Telnet and access to a Novell server.
Digital's Local Area Transport (LAT) protocol operates on Ethernet to
provide access to computing resources. The most frequent use of the LAT
protocol is between terminals connected to terminal servers and LAT
hosts, i.e., the UTCC timesharing systems (VAX/VMS, CMS, MVS/TSO, Unix).
Other connections supported on the UTK campus
include those between LAT terminals and the "DCA" network
and between LAT
hosts and printers attached to terminal servers.
TCP/IP, or Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol, is a suite of networking protocols.
TCP/IP is the predominant method for connecting dissimilar hosts and is
the primary networking protocol in use at UTK.
These protocols are required for access to Internet and some other
networks.
TCP/IP protocols have been
established on UTCC's VM/CMS,
VAX/VMS, MVS/ESA, and Sun/SunOS (UNIX), and on more than 2,000
workstations, IBM PCs and
Macintoshes on campus.
The TCP/IP protocols
provide a high-speed link for remote login and file
transfer (TELNET and FTP).
Remote login is a service not provided by some
other networks, such as BITNET.
Access to all UTCC timesharing services (the VAXcluster, CMS,
MVS, Sun/UNIX)
is available through a terminal port selection and multiplexing network
called the Racal-Milgo Series 300 system. As mentioned above, by
well-ingrained habit, UTCC users still refer to this network as the "DCA"
network, and, for clarity's sake, this document will do so as well.
Terminals in the UTCC
remotes and user work areas, as well as a few hundred "leased-line"
terminals in many campus buildings, are connected
directly to the "DCA"
network. Alternatively, a terminal can connect to the
"DCA" network via a telephone and modem.
Note that the word "terminal" is
used here to describe both actual terminals and microcomputers emulating
terminals.
The "DCA" network also permits access to the UT Library
online catalog (choose host name LIBRARY) and permits dialout access
to other systems (see section 1.5.1.2.2).
A terminal or microcomputer can
connect to the "DCA" network by using a modem and telephone line.
Connections are available through the following telephone numbers:
Number Baud Rate Capacity
974-6711 300/1200/2400/9600 ( 8 lines)
974-6741 300/1200/2400/9600 ( 8 lines)
974-3021 300/1200/2400/9600 (10 lines)
974-4281 300/1200/2400/9600 (10 lines)
974-6811 300/1200/2400/9600 ( 9 lines)
974-8131 300/1200/2400/9600 (10 lines)
The newest modems (974-6711 and 974-6741) adhere to the following
standards:
Bell 103 (300 bps) MNP classes 2, 3 and 4 (error correction)
Bell 212A (1200 bps) MNP class 5 (data compression)
CCITT V.22 and V.22 bis (2400 bps) MNP classes 7 and 9
CCITT V.32 (9600 bps)
The following Oak Ridge numbers connect to the
Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL)
timesharing network. After connecting to the ORNL network, you can
select
the "DCA" network by typing UTK <RET> or 15 <RET>.
Number Baud Rate Capacity
574-7474 300/1200/2400 (40 lines)
576-5750 300/1200/2400 ( 8 lines)
576-4822 300/1200/2400 (16 lines)
Phone numbers are subject to change. See the
UTCC Newsletter
for the latest changes, or consult the "UTCC Help Sheet," U01-0627,
available through PRTDOC.
UTCC timesharing systems--VM/CMS, TSO/ISPF, VAX/VMS, and
Sun/SunOS (UNIX)--support
a variety of full duplex ASCII terminals. IBM 3270 terminal emulation
for ASCII terminals is provided for access to TSO/ISPF and VM/CMS
through IBM 7171s.
Dialout modems for 300, 1200, and 2400 bps are available on the
"DCA" network.
Computer systems other than UTCC on which the user has
an account, and which have local or
toll-free phone numbers, can be accessed using the dialout modems.
A help facility for the "DCA" network can be
accessed by entering HELP at the
ENTER HOST NAME OR HELP >
prompt.
The online catalog system for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Library
can be accessed on your terminal, workstation, or microcomputer. How
you access it depends on how you are connected to the UTK network.
If you have a direct serial connection (i.e., when you turn on your
terminal and press the RETURN key you see the
ENTER HOST NAME OR HELP>
prompt), then enter
LIBRARY
as the host name.
If you are connected via a DECserver or Xyplex server, (i.e., you see
the
local>
prompt), then issue a
C LIBRARY
command.
If you are using a workstation, or if your microcomputer is connected to
the UTK Ethernet, you can access the catalog directly by using its IP
address, 128.169.202.177, or its fully qualified domain name,
library.utk.edu.
The University of Tennessee is a member of BITNET,
a communications network of more than
3300 nodes (computers)
at approximately 1400 universities
and research centers throughout the United States, Canada,
South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East.
BITNET can be accessed through VAX/VMS and VM/CMS.
BITNET provides a fast, economical system for
members to send electronic mail, files, and interactive messages to
other members.
Information about using BITNET at UTCC is contained in U01-0570,
"BITNET," available through the PRTDOC facility.
The Internet is a global network of interconnected Internet Protocol
(IP) networks. The UTK Ethernet is connected to the Southeastern
Universities Research Association network (SURAnet), which in turn is
connected to the National Science Foundation network (NSFnet). The
NSFnet is a nationwide, long-haul IP network interconnecting other
regional networks and supercomputer sites.
Information about using the Internet network at UTCC is contained
in U01-0629, "Internet," available through the PRTDOC facility.
EdNet is a high-speed, wide area digital network that extends from
Knoxville through Nashville to Memphis, connecting the University of
Tennessee campuses in Knoxville, Martin and Memphis and the Space
Institute at Tullahoma. EdNet also connects to the State Data
Center in Nashville.
EdNet is used for both academic and administrative purposes. Through
this network, UT campuses have access to UTK computing resources and
to the Internet.
UTCC is located on the first two floors of Stokely Management Center
and on the third floor of Dunford Hall. In addition, UTCC
maintains remote access facilities on the Knoxville
campus and provides computer resources and services to the computing
centers on other campuses in the UT system. The access facilities
for the UT system, their locations and equipment are listed below.
The following is a partial list of remotes associated with UTCC.
In general, a remote is a destination where output can be printed; some
remotes are limited to departmental use.
RMT Location Output Equipment
RMT0 100 Stokely Mgmt. Ctr., UT Knoxville IBM 4245 line printer,
IBM 3816 laser printer,
Imagen 7320 laser printer,
CalComp 1051 plotter
RMT1 414 Ferris, UT Knoxville Printronix 6280,
2 HP LaserJet series II
RMT2 108 Estabrook Hall, UT Knoxville Printronix 6280
RMT4 UT Chattanooga, Administrative HP 3000
RMT6 P207 AHT, UT Knoxville IBM 6262
RMT8 67 Glocker, UT Knoxville Printronix 6280,
2 HP LaserJet series II
RMT10 UT Martin PDP 11/70
RMT14 ENTREX 1, AHT 101, UT Knoxville Targon 486 with dot matrix printer
RMT15 P207, AHT, UT Knoxville IBM 3777 with 3203 printer
RMT17 7C Morgan Hall, UTK Ag Campus IBM 3777 with 3203 printer
RMT18 State Testing and Evaluation Center,
25 HPER Bldg., UT Knoxville IBM AS/400
RMT23 Student Services Room 305 IBM PC AT
RMT28 207 Physics Bldg., UTK Printronix 6280
RMT31 P207 AHT, UT Knoxville IBM System/38
RMT34 505 Dunford Hall, UT Knoxville IBM System/38
RMT39 P207 AHT, UT Knoxville IBM AS/400
RMT96 101 Andy Holt Apts., UT Knoxville HP LaserJet Series III
The mainframe computers at UTCC, i.e., the IBM 3081, the
IBM 3090, the VAXcluster, and Sun/(UNIX),
operate on the following
schedule.
All times are Eastern.
Holiday closings and other planned
changes to the schedule will be listed in the
UTCC Newsletter
, in
the JES2 NEWS and the logon messages.
Notice of planned preemption of a machine for system development and/or
maintenance is given in the JES2 NEWS and the logon messages on the
affected machine(s).
Every effort is made to delay unforseeable
preemptions so that they occur during the hours
of limited service; notice is given online as soon
as it is known that a preemption will occur.
8 AM
Noon
8 PM
Midnight
6 AM
8 AM
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Closed
Full Full Full Full Full Full Full
Service Service Service Service Service Service Service
Full Full Closed
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Service
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Service
%
Limited Limited Limited Limited Limited Limited Limited
Service
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Service
%
Service
%
Service
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Service
%
Service
%
Service
%
Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
8 AM
Noon
7 PM
8 PM
Midnight
6 AM
8 AM
Full Service
: Remotes and user work areas
open. All mainframe systems are available.
Consult "UTCC Help Sheet," U01-0627, for operating hours at each
remote and work area.
Limited Service
: Mainframe computers are running.
Timesharing services available. SMC I/O window,
most remotes and user work areas are
closed. Consult "UTCC Help Sheet," U01-0627, for operating
hours at each remote and user work area.
Closed
: These hours are reserved for system preemption when needed.
SMC I/O window, most remotes and user work
areas are closed. If the computers are running,
users are permitted to log on, with the caution that
preemption may occur at any time.
%
One or
more machines may be preempted for system development and maintenance.
Notice of preemption is given in the logon messages and JES2 NEWS.
%
Unattended. No operator on duty.
%
Open as full service
during the last week of classes in each
academic term.
%
MVS system unavailable, system backups made during this period.
Computer resources at UTK are available to UT students,
faculty, or staff at the following locations:
Remote Facilities Equipment
Art & Architecture
3 VT220 video terminals
Room 105 5 VT240 video terminals
2 VT241 video terminals
3 VT340 video terminals
Art/UTCC
5 Apple Macintosh IIci microcomputers
Microcomputer Lab
4 Apple Macintosh IIcx microcomputers
Art & Architecture
1 Apple Macintosh II microcomputer
Room 345
1 Apple LaserWriter II NTX laser printer
Ayres Hall 101
12 VT220 video terminals
1 VT240 video terminal
1 LA120 hardcopy terminal
Carrick Hall
9 VT220 video terminals
24 North Carrick
Claxton Education Building
7 VT220 video terminals
Room 305
Claxton Addition 302
1 VT220 video terminal
Curriculum Lab
Clement Hall 16
9 VT220 video terminals
1 LA120 hardcopy terminal
Greve Hall
- Main lobby 1 VT220 video terminal
Hess Hall
Microcomputer lab opening Fall semester 1992
Hodges Library
5 VT220 video terminals
Room 255A 1 LA34 hardcopy terminal
Hodges Library
8 VT220 video terminals
Room 440
Hodges Library
9 VT220 video terminals
Room 642 1 VT320 video terminal
1 LA34 hardcopy terminal
Hodges Library
16 Apple Macintosh SE microcomputers
Microcomputer Lab
2 Apple LaserWriter Plus laser printers
Room 209A 2 IBM PS/2 Model 50 microcomputers
with 5-1/4" external drives; both PCs
connected to Apple LaserWriter via
Daystar cards and a Star printer
1 IBM PC XT microcomputer
Human Ecology
7 VT220 video terminals
Jessie Harris Room 23
1 LA120 hardcopy terminal
Humes Hall 9
10 VT220 video terminals
Law Library
3 VT220 video terminals
Taylor Law Center A201
Liberal Arts/UTCC
24 Apple Macintosh Plus microcomputers
Microcomputer Lab
3 Apple LaserWriter Plus laser printers
Humanities & Social 21 IBM PS/2 Model 50 microcomputers, two
Sciences 201-202 attached to 5-1/4" external disk
drives, all connected to HP LaserJet III
printer via Novell network
Massey Hall
- Main lobby 1 VT220 video terminal
Melrose Hall
- Main lobby 1 VT220 video terminal
Morrill Hall
- Main lobby 1 VT220 video terminal
Remote 0
1 IBM 4245 line printer
100 Stokely 1 Imagen 7225 laser printer
Management Center 1 IBM 3816 laser printer
1 CalComp 1051 plotter
1 VT220 video terminal
Remote 1
1 Printronix 6280 printer
414 Ferris Hall 2 HP LaserJet series II printers
Terminal Room
2 VT240 video terminals
6 Sun 4/65 16" color workstations
6 DEC VT1200 X window terminals
Graphics Lab
4 Tektronix 4207 terminals: one attached
to Tektronix 4696 ink jet printer,
one attached to HP7550A plotter,
one atttached to CalComp 9100 digitizer
1 Tektronix 4014 terminal attached to
Tektronix 4954 digitizer tablet
2 Sun 4/65 16" color workstations,
both attached to an IBM 6180 plotter
2 IBM PS/2 Model 60s with 5 1/4" external
drives, both PCs attached to
HP LaserJet II printer, one attached to
an HP plotter
Micro Lab
12 Apple Macintosh Plus microcomputers
1 Apple LaserWriter Plus laser printer
Remote 2
1 Printronix 6280 printer
108 Estabrook Hall 3 VT220 video terminals
3 VT240 video terminals
3 VT320 video terminals
Remote 8
1 Printronix 6280 printer
67 Glocker 2 HP LaserJet series II printers
Terminal Room
11 VT220 video terminals
4 VT240 video terminals
4 DEC VT1200 X window terminals
Micro Lab
16 Apple Macintosh SE/30 microcomputers,
one attached to Apple OneScanner
1 Apple LaserWriter Plus laser printer
1 Apple LaserWriter II NTX laser printer
4 IBM PS/2 Model 50 microcomputers with
5-1/4" external disk drives; all
attached to Star dot-matrix printer,
all connected to Apple LaserWriter
via Daystar cards
Remote 17
1 IBM 3777 with 3203 printer
7B & 7C Morgan Hall 5 VT220 video terminals
1 VT240 video terminal
Remote 28
1 Printronix 6280 line printer
Physics 207
2 VT220 video terminals
1 VT240 video terminal
3 DECstation 5000 model 120 monochrome
1 DECstation 5000 model 120 color
Remote 96
15 Apple Macintosh IIsi microcomputers,
Andy Holt Apartments one attached to Apple scanner
Room 101 2 IBM PS/2 Model 55sx microcomputers
with 5-1/4" external disk drives
1 HP LaserJet Series III printer
1 Apple LaserWriter II NTX laser printer
Strong Hall
- Main lobby 1 VT220 video terminal
Veterinary Medicine
4 VT220 video terminals
Room A301-I 1 VT240 video terminal
UTCC maintains a computer graphics lab in Remote 1
(Ferris Hall 414).
Instructors of University of Tennessee classes
may schedule exclusive
use of the lab by contacting the Associate
Director of Research and Instructional Computing, 200 SMC, 974-6755.
There is an hourly charge per room for exclusive use.
In addition, VT240 and higher terminals (e.g., VT340), Sun workstations,
VT1200s, DECstations, and Apple
Macintosh microcomputers running VersaTerm or VersaTerm-PRO have some
graphics capability. These are available at many
UTCC remotes and user work areas (consult the equipment list above).
Remote 0 (100 Stokely Management Center)
has a CalComp 1051 drum plotter and an Imagen 7320 laser printer
to produce graphics output from jobs run on the IBM, VAX/VMS
or Sun/UNIX systems.
UTCC operates six microcomputer labs:
Art Department/UTCC Microcomputer Lab (AA Room 345)
Liberal Arts/UTCC Microcomputer Lab (HSS 201-202)
Remote 1 (414 Ferris Hall)
Remote 8 (Glocker 67)
Remote 96 (Andy Holt Apartments, Room 101)
UTCC Microcomputer Lab (Hodges Library 209A)
These labs are open to all UT students, staff,
and faculty. Some software is available for use in the labs, or users
may provide their own legally obtained software. See section 1.6.3
above for a list of available equipment.
Instructors of University of Tennessee classes may schedule exclusive
use of the Liberal Arts/UTCC Microcomputer Lab (HSS 201-202) by
contacting UTCC Remote Operations at 974-6883.
Each microcomputer lab
listed above has some software available
for use by UTK students, faculty, and staff on
the machines at that location.
This software may not be copied.
Software availability varies at each
location as software is added or removed.
The "UTCC Help Sheet," U01-0627,
available through PRTDOC, will reflect the most recent changes.
For scanning text or graphics, an Apple Scanner is available at
Andy Holt Apartments (Remote 96), and an Apple OneScanner is available
at Glocker 67 (Remote 8).
Software is provided
to scan and edit text and graphics.
A list of the
software currently
available at the microcomputer labs follows:
Apple Macintosh IBM PC
Software Location Software Location
AppleScan 96 DisplayWrite III 8
DeltaGraph 1,8,96,AR,HU,LB Lotus 1-2-3 8,96
Digital Darkroom 8,96 MicroSoft Word 1,8,96,HU,LB
UTCC CD-ROM Server 1,8,HU,LB PC-SAS HU
(Public Domain/Shareware) MS DOS 1,8,96,HU,LB
EGWord HU PC-SIG LB
Excel 1,8,96,HU (Public Domain/Shareware)
FreeHand AR,96 ProComm Plus 1,8,96,HU
HyperCard 1,8,96,AR,HU,LB Resume Expert HU
Illustrator AR Statgraphics 1,8,96,HU,LB
Apple Macintosh IBM PC
Software Location Software Location
MacPlus Guided Tour 1,HU Tian Ma II Plus HU
Mac SE/30 Guided Tour 8 WordPerfect 1,8,96,HU,LB
Macintosh OS 1,8,96,AR,HU,LB,
UTCC CD-ROM Server,
200 SMC (UTCC)
MathType 1,8,96,AR,HU,LB
Microsoft Word 1,8,96,AR,HU,LB
Ofoto 8
OmniPage 8,96
PageMaker 1,8,96,AR,HU,LB
PhotoShop 8,96
QuarkXpress AR
SuperPaint 1,8,96,AR,HU,LB
VersaTerm 8,96,HU,LB
VersaTerm-PRO 1
Virus Detectors Package 1,8,96,AR,HU,LB,
UTCC CD-ROM Server
WordPerfect 1,8,96,AR,HU,LB
KEY 1=Remote 1 8=Remote 8 96=Remote 96
AR=Art Department/UTCC Micro Lab HU=Liberal Arts/UTCC Micro Lab
LB=UTCC Micro Lab in Hodges Library
UTCC provides a library of public domain and shareware
software for both the IBM PS/2
and Apple Macintosh microcomputers. The Macintosh library is available
to any Macintosh running AppleShare that is connected to the UTCC
Ethernet network. All UTCC Macintoshes at Remote 1, Remote 8, Humanities,
and
Hodges Library, or a Mac in your office if it is connected to the
Ethernet, can access this software. For more information, see U01-0636,
"Accessing the UTCC Macintosh CD-ROM server." This document is not
available online; copies are available at Remotes 8 and 96, Humanities,
and Hodges Library, and it is on the CD-ROM server.
The IBM PS/2 library
is available through UTCC in the microcomputer lab at Hodges Library.
The University Center computer store carries a wide range of
microcomputer software for the IBM PS/2 and compatibles
and for the Macintosh.
For more information, contact the Computer Store at 974-2930 or 974-5903.
Most of the software in the following list is obtained through a site
license with specific rules and regulations.
Because various restrictions apply, read the individual site license,
available from the "Contact" listed.
Some of these packages can
be used at no cost; others
have a fee or
must be purchased.
Software System
%
Contact
Anti-virus diskette Mac UTCC
CHECKUP PC UTCC
HyperCard Mac UTCC
Macintosh OS Mac UTCC
MODE 32 Mac UTCC
PC/EDT PC UTCC
pcTeX PC UTCC
Personal Consultant PC UTCC
Personal Consultant Easy PC UTCC
PILOT Mac,PC UTCC
ProComm Plus PC UTCC
SAS/ACCESS OS/2 UTCC
#
SAS/AF DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/Basics DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/CONNECT DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/ETS DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/FSP DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/GRAPH DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/IML DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/INSIGHT Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/OR DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/QC DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/RTERM DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SAS/Statistics DOS,OS/2,Sun/OS UTCC
#
SPSS DOS,OS/2 UTCC
STATGRAPHICS PC UTCC
True BASIC Mac,DOS UTCC
VersaTerm Mac Computer Store
%
VersaTerm-PRO Mac Computer Store
%
VIRUSCAN PC UTCC
%
DOS is Disk Operating System, Mac is an Apple Macintosh, OS/2 is an
Operating System for the IBM PS/2, PC is an IBM PC or compatible
equivalent, Sun/OS is an Operating System for Sun computers.
%
UTCC project code required.
%
Available at the UC Computer Store for staff or student use. Must have a valid UTK ID.
Computer Store: UTK University Center Computer Store, 974-2930
UTCC: UT Computing Center, User Services, 974-6831
UTCC provides support for workstations on the UT Knoxville campus,
including DEC, HP, IBM, Silicon Graphics and Sun. Most workstations run
a variant of Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), which is based on the
UNIX operating system.
There are currently eight Sun workstations in Remote 1 (414 Ferris Hall)
and four DECstation 5000s in Remote 28 (Physics 207) for use by UTK
faculty, staff and students.
UTCC provides system administration services for some
departmentally-owned
workstations. Consulting is available for the UNIX operating
system and software, and an "Introduction to UNIX" short course
is taught on a regular
basis. Documentation on UNIX-related topics is available through PRTDOC.
(UNIX is a trademark of AT&T.)
UTCC is administrator for a campus-wide maintenance contract with Sun
Microsystems and is site administrator for several software licenses.
UTCC has a site license with Sun Microsystems to provide the
following products to the university community at a cost of $50 per
package per year. The text editor EDT+ is available at no charge.
Open Windows Developer's Guide Sun Pascal
Sun C SunPHIGS
Sun C++ SunVision
Sun FORTRAN XGL
As part of the national supercomputing initiative, the National Science
Foundation has set up supercomputing centers at
Cornell University, the University of Illinois,
the University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon, and the University
of California at San Diego. The University of Tennessee is an affiliate
member of the Cornell, Illinois, and Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon centers.
The Cornell National Supercomputer Facility (CNSF) configuration
consists of two IBM ES/3090 600J supercomputers, each with six processors
and vector facilities. Both machines run an extended version of
the AIX/370 operating system. AIX/370 is IBM's version of UNIX for
IBM/370 architectures.
The Transparent Computing Facility (TCF) connects the two 3090's as
sites in a cluster. The TCF cluster consists of one interactive 3090
site, two Networking Queuing System (NQS) batch 3090 sites, and two
PS/2 sites which provide dialup access to the cluster.
Allocations
UTCC is affiliated with the CNSF through the "Smart Node Program."
This is a consortium set up by Cornell to serve groups of users at
other institutions. Because UTCC is a Smart Node site, Cornell makes
pre-allocated, non-renewable accounts available to UTCC users on
Cornell's machines. The purpose of the pre-allocated accounts is to
provide a means for UT researchers to evaluate the usefulness of the
Cornell system for their projects. For additional time on the CNSF,
all requests should go directly to the Cornell Theory Center, not to
the NSF, and will be reviewed by scientific peers. This review process
takes about eight weeks. Proposals requesting large amounts of time
will be reviewed and subject to final approval by the Allocations
Committee, which meets three times per year. Forms and additional
information are available from UTCC.
Special support programs
CNSF is dedicated to bringing high-performance parallel computing
to the forefront of scientific and engineering research.
To complement the two IBM 3090 parallel computers, during 1992 CNSF
will incorporate into their production environment other UNIX high
performance machines, such as a cluster of IBM RS6000s and a KSR1
scalable parallel machine from Kendall Square Research.
Special support programs available through CNSF include training
workshops, a visitors program, a strategic user program, and NSF
sponsored summer institutes. Training and workshops for new and
experienced
users of the CNSF resources are offered at the Cornell campus
and at remote sites on a regular basis. For more information about
these programs, consult the Smart Node consultant at UTCC.
Education accounts
The CNSF is committed to the training and education of researchers
and students in the effective use of advanced computational systems.
To achieve that goal, CNSF welcomes applications from instructors who
would like to use the supercomputer facility in either undergraduate
or graduate course work. For more details, please contact the UTCC
Smart Node consultant.
Software list
CNSF supports an extensive base of over 300 mathematical, science,
and engineering libraries, applications, and graphics packages. A
list of software supported by CNSF can be obtained from the Smart Node
consultant at UTCC.
The current hardware configuration at the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), located at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, includes a CRAY 2S/4-128 with four
processors
and 128 megawords of central memory; a CRAY Y-MP4/464 with
four
CRAY Y-MP4/464 processors, 64 megawords of central memory, and a 128
megaword solid-state storage device (SSD); a Connection Machine (Model
CM-2) with 32,768 processors, 256 megabytes of memory, 1000 32-bit
floating-point accelerators; and a 10-gigabyte DataVault, two frame
buffers, and three Sun 4/490 front-end systems; a Convex C3840 with 4
processors and 2 gigabytes of main memory; and six IBM RS6000-550s,
each with 128 megabytes of main memory and 1 gigabyte of scratch
space. All of these systems have a UNIX-based operating system. An
Amdahl 5860 serves as a mass storage system.
Allocations
UTCC has joined the Academic Affiliates program at the NCSA.
Startup accounts for exploration and training on the CRAY Y-MP
are available to the UT community. Requests for larger accounts
on the Y-MP or accounts on the
CRAY 2 or CM-2
can be submitted to either
the National Science Foundation or to the NCSA directly. Applications
are available from UTCC.
Special support programs
The NCSA has two special emphases, workstation use and
visualization. The NCSA encourages their users to use
workstations for their development work, then use the supercomputer
for actual production work. Workstations can also be used
for visualization of data. Visualization allows large amounts
of data to be analyzed in a faster,
more holistic manner.
The NCSA's commitment to visualization also includes the
Scientific Visualization Program which provides scientists
with the ability to produce videotapes and films of research results.
NCSA's Software Development Group has developed software for
use with workstations and personal computers including communications
packages, image analysis and display tools and presentation tools.
This software is in the public domain and available through anonymous
FTP, from NCSA or from UTCC.
Other support programs available through NCSA include training
workshops, a visitors program, a research scientist program, and an NSF
sponsored summer institute. For more information, contact the
NCSA Affiliate at UTCC, 974-6831.
Software list
A wide variety of chemistry, engineering, graphics, and
mathematics software is available for scalar, vector, and parallel
processing on the NCSA system.
A list of software supported by NCSA can be obtained from the
affiliate consultant at UTCC.
The current hardware configuration at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing
Center, jointly operated by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie
Mellon University, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation, includes a
CRAY Y-MP/832 and a Connection Machine (CM-2). PSC recently acquired
a CM-5 and they plan to replace the Cray Y-MP with a C-90 in October
1992.
The CRAY Y-MP/832 consists of eight processors, 32 million 64-bit
words of memory, and a 128 million word Solid-state Storage Device
(SSD) which can transfer data at 156 Mwords per second. The Y-MP runs
under UNICOS, a UNIX-based operating system, with two clustered DEC
VAX computers which act as front ends. The VAXes run under ULTRIX and
VMS operating systems. The Y-MP has been configured so that it looks
like a fast batch queue to front end users, although it is possible to
log in directly to the Y-MP.
The Connection Machine (CM-2) is a massively parallel
32,768-processor computer from Thinking Machines Corporation. It can
be partitioned in quadrants of 8,192 processors, each running a
totally
different program. Within each partition, each instruction sent to
the CM-2 is executed simultaneously by all of its processors. Each
processor has a local memory of 32K bytes, making a grand total of one
gigabyte of memory on the whole machine. Each processor operates on
the data stored in its own memory, but may access the data in the
memories of other processors.
Driving the CM-2 are two types of front ends: A DEC VAX 6420 and a
Sun 4-47 workstation; each runs a UNIX operating system. Connection
Machine applications are controlled by processes running on the front
ends, which transfer instructions and data to the parallel processing
unit of the CM-2.
Codes can be distributed between the CRAY and the Connection
Machine. Applications using this capability have achieved speedups of
between 5 and 10 times compared to using each of the machines separately.
The current configuration of the CM-5 includes 256 SPARC processors.
Each processor has 16 Megabytes of local memory, and each
processor runs at 5 MegaFLOPS, for an overall computational rate of
1.3 GigaFLOPS. This new architecture allows processors working on the
same job to carry out different instructions. During late 1992,
floating point accelerators will be available which will use
vectorization techniques to speed up the SPARC processors to run at 128
MegaFLOPS. This will increase the overall computational rate of the
CM-5 to 32 GigaFLOPS. The machine is scalable up to 16,000 such
processors.
PSC plans to replace the CRAY Y-MP with a C-90 in October, 1992.
The C-90 has 16 processors, running at 4 nanoseconds, with an overall
rate of 16 GigaFLOPS. It will contain 256 Megawords of memory, a
512-Megaword SSD, and 50 Giagabytes of disk space.
Allocations
UTCC is a member of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC)
Academic Affiliates program and the Partnership for Academic Consulting
and Training (PACT) program. Both are programs for on-campus
liaison and support. Researchers who wish to become familiar with the
PSC facilities can either apply for computing time directly to PSC or
make a request through the PSC affiliate consultant at UTCC. PSC will
allocate up to five hours of CRAY processing time without extensive
review of the application. Grants for time to support substantive
research may be applied for from PSC. The following materials are
available from UTCC:
"Applying for a Grant on the CRAY Y-MP/832"
"Applying for a Grant on the Connection Machine"
Special support programs
Special support programs available through PSC include training
workshops and NSF-sponsored summer institutes. PSC encourages
scientists to visit the center in order to use specialized equipment
and to
get first-hand help from the consulting staff. Through a large grant
from the National Institute of Health (NIH), PSC offers workshops to
promote supercomputing for biomedical research.
Software list
A list of software supported by PSC can be obtained from the affiliate
consultant at UTCC.
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