Using GEMS at Notre Dame
System Status
There are currently two GEMS installations at Notre Dame, a dedicated server for use by applications and scientific users, and a development server for use by the GEMS team during research and development of the system.Getting Started with GEMS
- Read up on the FAQ and Manuals to get the basics of what you need to do.
- GEMS has already been installed in AFS. Simply adding /afs/nd.edu/user34/jwozniak/Public/GEMS/bin to your PATH will have you ready to go.
- The hostname of the dedicated server is gems.cse.nd.edu Most GEMS clients need to be run like so: GEMSput -i gems.cse.nd.edu ...
Notre Dame Settings
The following .gemsclient file should be copied to your home directory.
<GEMS> <GEMSclient> <chirp> <user>unix</user> <user>hostname</user> </chirp> <servers> <host>gems.cse.nd.edu</host> </servers> <acl> <entry principal="hostname:*.helios.nd.edu" perms="lr" /> </acl> <storage name="nd"> <cluster name="helios"> <pattern>*.helios.nd.edu</pattern> </cluster> </storage> </GEMSclient> </GEMS>
- Unix or hostname authentication are common choices.
- Use the dedicated server, gems.cse.nd.edu.
- This ACL allows anyone to read your data from a helios machine. Remove this section to keep your data private.
- This storage map sets you up to use only helios machines. If you have access to other machines, you may add them as additional clusters.