How To: Guides for users and admins.

Help: Links and emails for further info.

Configuration: technical layout of the cluster, primarily for admins.

Log: All changes done to the cluster, primarily for admins.

Where to get admin help

Please use the appropriate email list whenever possible. To prevent spambots from harvesting emails, the phrase nospam has been inserted into email addresses. Simply remove it before sending email.

Local contacts:

First point of contact: Malina Kirn
JHU first point of contact: Jason Williams
UMD physics computing/cluster expert: Mark Burr

General:

Anything goes: OSG T3 hypernews
CMS computing help ticket system: Savannah

Rocks:

Rocks specific questions (no CMS questions): Rocks list

OS:

Scientific Linux 4.5 is built on top of RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.5. Nearly all files and documentation for RHEL4.5 will be valid for SL4.5. Note we use the x86_64 distribution.

Various guides, including installation & administration: RHEL4 guides
Information on changes from SL4.4: SL 4.5 release note
List of packages available: SL4.5 RPM repository

OSG T3 clusters:

General questions: OSG T3 hypernews (archives, password required)
General information for T3s: OSG T3 Twiki
OSG specific questions (no CMS questions): OSG support
OSG storage element questions: OSG storage

Other grid tools:

PhEDEx: PhEDEx hypernews
SiteDB: Site listing with contact info (problems with Internet Explorer)
CRAB: CRAB hypernews
DBS: DBS hypernews
BeStMan: SRM@LBL listserv
Data access/transfers (none of the above): DataOps hypernews