Grid Tutorial Practicalities

							                            Grid Tutorial Practicalities
•   What where and when                                         •   How to reach NIKHEF
     §   The tutorial takes two complete days: Tuesday               §   By Car:
         October 12th and Wednesday October 13th                         Take the ring Amsterdam (A10). Take exit S113,
     §   The tutorial is given at NIKHEF:                                direction Watergraafsmeer (from Utrecht/Den Haag
            Kruislaan 409                                                after the exit turn left, from Zaandam/Amersfoort turn
            1098 SJ Amsterdam                                            right).
     §   All sessions start at 10:00 AM, room H2.38                      Turn right after the third traffic light and follow the
                                                                         Kruislaan until after the railroad tunnel. (The first
     §   Free coffee is served in the main hall, ground floor            traffic light is at the exit of the ring, the second just
     §   Lunch (at your own expense) is served in the WCW                100 meters further. The third is where the houses at
         restaurant at CWI, on the first floor                           the right side of the street start.)
     §   The secretariat is in room H2.33, behind (but not
         through) the library
     §   Phone calls - only within Amsterdam - press “0” for
         an outside line
     §   In case of problems, call NIKHEF:
         020 592 2000




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                            Grid Tutorial Practicalities
•   How to reach NIKHEF                                            •     The computer systems in the tutorial room, H2.38
     §   From station Amsterdam Zuid WTC: Take metro                       §    There are 17 Linux (RedHat 7.3) computers, so you
         51 direction Centraal Station and get out at Amstel                    may have to share a machine with two persons
         Station                                                           §    They are called “elel1” to “elel17”. The password is
     §   From the Amstel Railway station: From the Amstel                       written on the terminal
         station take the city bus number 67 in the direction              §    You should use scp to copy data across – the syntax
         'WCW' and get off at the gate at Kruislaan 409.                        is the same as for rcp
     §   From the Central Railway station: Take any metro                  §    You can print (PostScript only) using the lpr
         line to the Amstel railway station and take bus 67.                    command from the machines in the tutorial room.
         Or take tram 9, get off at the stop Kruislaan and take                 The closest printer is called H2 and is located in the
         bus 67 or walk in about 15 minutes.                                    main hall, second floor
     §   Taxi from the airport: 15 min ride , € 40 appr.                        Note, that you cannot print from the LCG-2 User
     §   Other connections to and from the NIKHEF site:                         Interface machines
                                                                           §    For people bringing their own laptops:
                                                                                  •   Use DHCP
                                                                                  •   Wireless SSID: “NIKHEF-WIRELESS” (or use
                                                                                      “ANY”)
                                                                                  •   Local DNS servers:
                                                                                          –   192.16.199.1
                                                                                          –   192.16.199.4
                                                                                  •   Local mail relays:
                                                                                          –   smtp.nikhef.nl (192.16.199.241)
                                                                                          –   smtp2.nikhef.nl (192.16.185.4)
                                                                   •     Your account on the test bed
                                                                           §    You have a personal account on the LCG-2 User
                                                                                Interface machine. Do NOT share your account
                                                                                details with other.

                                                                  Your name:
                                                                  Account name on ui.matrix.sara.nl:
                                                                  Password for this account
                                                                  Valid till:


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