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This is the hub for the CS sysadmins on the wiki.
This is the hub for the CS sysadmins on the wiki.


== Common Tasks ==
= Overview =
[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1XaULz5IxXV_BZQjrko3QJ8wV5aXsSTYcSWxxT49OyZk/edit | If you're visually inclined, we have a colorful and easy-to-edit map of our servers here!]


* [[Sysadmin:New Sysadmins | Welcoming a new sysadmin ]]
== Server room ==
* [[Sysadmin:SSH|Useful ssh information for admins]]
* [[Sysadmin:Recurring Tasks | Recurring tasks - e.g. software updates, hardware replacements]]
* [http://rt.cluster.earlham.edu/ Ticket tracking for current projects]
* [[Sysadmin:User Management | User Management]]
** [[Sysadmin:Contacting all users|Contacting all users]]
** [[Reset password]]
* [[Sysadmin:Software installation | Software installation]]
** [[Modules | Installing software under modules ]]
* [[Sysadmin:Monitoring | Monitoring ]]
* [[Sysadmin:Backup|Backup]]
* [[Sysadmin:AddComputer|Add a computer]]
** [[Sysadmin:Setting up Lovelace Lab Machines | Setting up Lovelace Lab Machines]]
* [[Senior projects]]
* [[ShutdownProcedure| Shutdown and Boot up]]
* [[Password managers]]
* [[Server safety]]
* [[Sysadmin:Upgrading SSL Certificate | Upgrading SSL Certificates ]]
** [[Sysadmin:ImportantInfo:SSLcerts| Generating SSL Certificates]]
* [[Sysadmin:Launch at startup|Launch a process at startup]]
* [[Sysadmin:CS-ITS Interoperability|Working with ITS]]


== Services ==
Our servers are in Noyes, the science building that predates the CST. For general information about the server room and how to use it, check out [[Sysadmin:Server Room|this page]].
* [[Sysadmin:Services:ClusterOverview|Cluster Overview]] and [[Sysadmin:Ccg-admin|additional details]]
* [[Sysadmin:Jupyterhub Notebook Server|Jupyterhub]] and [[Nbgrader notes|NBGrader]]
* [[Sysadmin:Services:Apache2|Apache2]]
* [[Sysadmin:Services:Databases|Databases]]
* [[Sysadmin:DNS & DHCP|DNS and DHCP]]
* [[Sysadmin:VirtualBox | VirtualBox]]
* [[Sysadmin:Services:XenServerSetup | Xen Server]]
* [[X Applications]]


For old documentation, see: [[Sysadmin:Old | Old Wiki Information]]
Columns: machine name, IPs, type (virtual, metal), purpose, dies, cores, RAM


= Machines and Brief Descriptions of Services =
== Compute Resources ==
[https://wiki.cs.earlham.edu/index.php/Sysadmin:Computer_Resources Machines and VMs related information here!]


[[Topology|See full topology diagrams here.]]


== CS Machines ==
== Network ==


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
We have two network fabrics linking the machines together. There are three subdomains.
| style="height:40px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#54C571; border-left:solid 5px #54C571; border-top:solid 5px #54C571; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #54C571; font-size:120%;" | NET <br> (vm1)
|-
| style="height:210px; width:150px; background-color:#54C571; border-left:solid 5px #54C571; border-bottom:solid 5px #54C571; border-right:solid 5px #54C571;" | [[Sysadmin:LDAP|LDAP Server]] <br> [[Sysadmin:DNS & DHCP | DNS]] <br> [[Sysadmin:DNS & DHCP | DHCP]] <br><br> Backup to Dali: etc, var
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
=== 10 Gb ===
| style="height:40px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#E77471; border-left:solid 5px #E77471; border-top:solid 5px #E77471; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #E77471; font-size:120%;" | WEB <br> (vm2)
|-
| style="height:210px; width:150px; background-color:#E77471; border-left:solid 5px #E77471; border-bottom:solid 5px #E77471; border-right:solid 5px #E77471;" | [[Sysadmin:Email:Mailman | Mailman]] <br> [[Sysadmin:Mail Stack | Mail Stack]]<br> Apache2 <br> PostgresQL <br> MySQL <br> Wiki <br><br> Backup to Dali: etc, var
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
We have 10Gb fabric to mount files over NFS. Machines with 10Gb support have an IP address in the class C range 10.10.10.0/24 and we want to add DNS to these addresses.
| style="height:40px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#C38EC7; border-left:solid 5px #C38EC7; border-top:solid 5px #C38EC7; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #C38EC7; font-size:120%;" | TOOLS <br> (vm3)
|-
| style="height:210px; width:150px; background-color:#C38EC7; border-left:solid 5px #C38EC7; border-bottom:solid 5px #C38EC7; border-right:solid 5px #C38EC7;" | [[Sysadmin:Jupyterhub Notebook Server | Jupyterhub Server]] <br> [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]] <br> NginX  <br>SSH<br>Users<br><br> Backup to Dali: etc, var, mnts, sage
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
=== 1 Gb (cluster, cs) ===
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#E3A869; border-left:solid 5px #E3A869; border-top:solid 5px #E3A869; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #E3A869; font-size:120%;" | BABBAGE
|-
| style="height:210px; width:150px; background-color: #E3A869; border-left:solid 5px #E3A869; border-bottom:solid 5px #E3A869; border-right:solid 5px #E3A869;" | [[Sysadmin:Firewall | Firewall]]
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
We have two class C subnets on the 1Gb fabric: 159.28.22.0/24 (CS) and 159.28.23.0/24 (cluster). This means we have double the IP addresses on the 1Gb fabric that we have on the 10Gb fabric.
| style="height:40px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#FF7E6D; border-left:solid 5px #FF7E6D; border-top:solid 5px #FF7E6D; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px      #FF7E6D; font-size:120%;" | BOWIE
|-
| style="height:210px; width:150px; background-color:#FF7E6D; border-left:solid 5px #FF7E6D; border-bottom:solid 5px #FF7E6D; border-right:solid 5px #FF7E6D;" | PostgreSQL <br> Docker <br>Weather Monitoring <br> Energy Monitoring <br><br> Backup to Dali: etc, var
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
Any user accessing *.cluster.earlham.edu and *.cs.earlham.edu is making calls on a 1Gb network.
| style="height:40px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#54C571; border-left:solid 5px #54C571; border-top:solid 5px #54C571; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px      #54C571; font-size:120%;" | SMILEY
|-
| style="height:210px; width:150px; background-color:#54C571; border-left:solid 5px #54C571; border-bottom:solid 5px #54C571; border-right:solid 5px #54C571;" | [[XenDocs]] <br> NET <br> WEB <br>[[NFS]]<br><br> Backup to Dali: etc, var
|}


=== Intra-cluster fabrics ===


The layout cluster has an Infiniband infrastructure. Wachowski has only a 1Gb infrastructure.


== Power ==


<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
We have a backup power supply, with batteries last upgraded in 2019 (?). We�ve had a few outages since then and power has held up well.


== Cluster Machines ==
== HVAC ==


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
HVAC systems are static and are largely managed by Facilities.
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-top:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px      #0099cc; font-size:120%;" | HOPPER
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 5px #0099cc; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc;" | Users <br> SSH <br> NFS server <br> LDAP server <br> [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]] <br> PostgreSQL <br> Wiki <br> Apache2 <br> [[Sysadmin:DNS & DHCP | DNS]] <br> [[Sysadmin:DNS & DHCP | DHCP]]  <br><br> Backup to Indiana: etc, var, cluster
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
[[Topology|See full topology diagrams here.]]
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#ffdb4d; border-left:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-top:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #ffdb4d; font-size:120%;" | INDIANA
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#ffdb4d; border-left:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-bottom:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-right:solid 5px #ffdb4d;" | [[Indiana Storage Server|New Storage Server]]  
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
[[Sysadmin:Layers of abstraction for filesystems|A word about what's happening between files and the drives they live on.]]
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#ffdb4d; border-left:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-top:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #ffdb4d; font-size:120%;" | DALI
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#ffdb4d; border-left:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-bottom:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-right:solid 5px #ffdb4d;" | Storage Server <br>[[Sysadmin:Gitlab | Gitlab]] <br> Backups <br> NginX <br><br> Backup to Indiana (/media/r10_vol/backups/): etc, var/opt/gitlab/backups
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
= New sysadmins =
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#ff4d94; border-left:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-top:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #ff4d94; font-size:120%;" | AL-SALAM
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#ff4d94; border-left:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-bottom:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-right:solid 5px #ff4d94;" | [[WebMO]] <br> [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]] <br> Apache2 <br><br> Backup to Indiana: etc, var
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
These pages will be helpful for you if you're just starting in the group:
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#ff4d94; border-left:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-top:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #ff4d94; font-size:120%;" | WHEDON
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#ff4d94; border-left:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-bottom:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-right:solid 5px #ff4d94;" | [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]] <br><br> Backups to Indiana: etc, var
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
* [[Sysadmin:New Sysadmins | Welcoming a new sysadmin ]]
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#39ad39; border-left:solid 5px #39ad39; border-top:solid 5px #39ad39; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #39ad39; font-size:120%;" | LAYOUT
* [[Sysadmin:Troubleshooting|General troubleshooting tips for admins]]
|-
* [[Sandbox Notes|Sandbox Notes]]
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#39ad39; border-left:solid 5px #39ad39; border-bottom:solid 5px #39ad39; border-right:solid 5px #39ad39;" | [[Sysadmin:Jupyterhub Notebook Server | Jupyterhub Server]] <br> [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]] <br> NginX <br> Apache2 <br> [[WebMO]] <br><br> Backup to Indiana: etc, var
* [[Password managers]]
|}
* [[Server safety]]
* [https://code.cs.earlham.edu/sysadmin/ticket-tracker Ticket tracking for current projects]


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
Note: you'll need to log in with wiki credentials to see most Sysadmin pages.
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-top:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc; font-size:120%;" | BRONTE
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 5px #0099cc; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc;" |  [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]] <br><br> Backup to Indiana: etc, var, nbserver
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
= Additional information =
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-top:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc; font-size:120%;" | POLLOCK
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 5px #0099cc; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc;" |  [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]] <br> [[WebMO]] <br> NginX <br><br> Backup to Indiana: etc, var
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
These pages contain a lot of the most important information about our systems and how we operate.
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#ffdb4d; border-left:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-top:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #ffdb4d; font-size:120%;" | KAHLO
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#ffdb4d; border-left:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-bottom:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-right:solid 5px #ffdb4d;" | Storage Server <br>Backups <br> NginX <br><br> Backup to Indiana: etc, var
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
===Handy Tools===
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-top:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc; font-size:120%;" | BIGFE
* [https://explore.cluster.earlham.edu/packages Porter's Package Explorer]
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 5px #0099cc; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc;" |  [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]] <br><br> Hosts BCCD related repositories and distributions.
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
===Technical docs===
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-top:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc; font-size:120%;" | T-VOC
|-
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 5px #0099cc; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc;" |  [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]]
|}


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
* [https://code.cs.earlham.edu/sysadmin/ticket-tracker Ticket tracking for current projects]
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-top:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc; font-size:120%;" | ELWOOD
* [[Server safety]]
|-
* [[Sysadmin:Backup|Backup]]
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 5px #0099cc; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc;" | [[Sysadmin:Software Modules | Software Modules]] <br> <br> Used by BCCD to host www.bccd.net and www.littlefe.net. Will be deprecated when BCCD project offloads their sites onto cloud-based hosting platforms.
* [[Sysadmin:Monitoring | Monitoring ]]
|}
* [[Sysadmin:Access and Restrictions | Access and Restrictions ]]
* [[Sysadmin:SSH|SSH info relevant to admins]]
* [[Sysadmin:User Management | User Management]] and [[Sysadmin:LDAP|LDAP]] generally
* [[Sysadmin:Jupyterhub Notebook Server|Jupyterhub]] and [[Nbgrader notes|NBGrader]]
* [[Sysadmin:MailStack|Email service]]
* [[Sysadmin:XenDocs | Xen Server]]
* [[Sysadmin:NFS|Network File System (NFS)]]
* [[Sysadmin:Web Servers|Web Servers and Websites]]
* [[Sysadmin:Services:Databases|Databases]]
* [[Sysadmin:DNS & DHCP|DNS and DHCP]]
* [[Sysadmin:AWS|AWS]]
* [[Bash_start_up_script|Bash startup scripts]]
* [[Sysadmin:VirtualBox | VirtualBox]]
* [[X Applications]]
* [[Sysadmin:Services:ClusterOverview|Cluster Overview]] and [[Sysadmin:Ccg-admin|additional details]]
* [[Sysadmin:Firewall|Firewall]] running on babbage.cs.e.e
* [[Sysadmin:Setting_up_Lovelace_Lab_Machines|Setting up Lab Machines]]


{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
===Common tasks===
| style="height:55px; width:150px; text-align:center; background-color:#ff4d94; border-left:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-top:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #ff4d94; font-size:120%;" | krasner
* [[Sysadmin:Recurring Tasks | Recurring tasks - e.g. software updates, hardware replacements]]
|-
* [[Sysadmin:Contacting all users|Contacting all users]]
| style="height:300px; width:150px; background-color:#ff4d94; border-left:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-bottom:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-right:solid 5px #ff4d94;" | [[Docker]] platform on an old lovelace machine upgraded to have 16GB of RAM.
* [[Reset password]]
|}
* [[Sysadmin:Software installation | Software installation]]
* [[Modules | Installing software under modules ]]
* [[Sysadmin:AddComputer|Add a computer to CS or cluster domains]]
* [[Senior projects|Supporting senior projects]]
* [[ShutdownProcedure|How to do a planned shutdown and reboot of the system]]
** [[Sysadmin:TestingServices | Testing services]] (after a reboot, upgrade, change in the phase of the moon, etc.)
* [[Sysadmin:Upgrading SSL Certificate | Upgrading SSL Certificates ]]
* [[Sysadmin:Launch at startup|Launch a process at startup]]
* [[Sysadmin:Psql-setup | setup psql for cs430 students]]


 
===Group and institution information===
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* [[Sysadmin:CS-ITS Interoperability|Working with ITS]]
 
* [[Sysadmin:Recurring spending | Recurring spending ]]
 
* [[Sysadmin:SlackAndGitLab | Slack and GitLab integration]]
== Switches ==
 
 
 
{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
| style="height:55px; width:175px; text-align:center; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-top:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px      #0099cc; font-size:120%;" | SG538SF02J
|-
| style="height:200px; width:175px; background-color:#0099cc; border-left:solid 5px #0099cc; border-bottom:solid 5px #0099cc; border-right:solid 5px #0099cc; font-size:80%;" |
*Model: HP Procurve 3400cl
*Ports: 24
*Backplane bandwidth:
**88 Gbps
**64 million pps
*Memory:
**2MB packet buffer
**16 MB dual flash
**128 MB SDRAM
*Cut-through switching: No
*Unused as of May 12, 2017
|}
 
{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
| style="height:55px; width:175px; text-align:center; background-color:#ffdb4d; border-left:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-top:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #ffdb4d; font-size:120%;" | CN63FP762S
|-
| style="height:200px; width:175px; background-color:#ffdb4d; border-left:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-bottom:solid 5px #ffdb4d; border-right:solid 5px #ffdb4d;font-size:80%;" |  
*Model: HP 2530-24G
*Ports: 24
*Switching Capacity:
**56 Gbps
**41.6 million pps
*Memory:
**1.5 MB packet buffer
**256 MB  flash
**128 MB DDR3 DIMM
*Cut-through switching: No
*Connected to Al-Salam as of May 12, 2017
|}
 
{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
| style="height:55px; width:175px; text-align:center; background-color:#ff4d94; border-left:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-top:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #ff4d94; font-size:120%;" | SG525SG025
|-
| style="height:200px; width:175px; background-color:#ff4d94; border-left:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-bottom:solid 5px #ff4d94; border-right:solid 5px #ff4d94;font-size:80%;" |
*Model: HP Procurve 3400cl
*Ports: 24
*Backplane bandwidth:
**88 Gbps
**64 million pps
*Memory:
**2MB packet buffer
**16 MB dual flash
**128 MB SDRAM
*Cut-through switching: No
*Connected to layout and whedon as of May 12, 2017
|}
 
{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
| style="height:55px; width:175px; text-align:center; background-color:#39ad39; border-left:solid 5px #39ad39; border-top:solid 5px #39ad39; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #39ad39; font-size:120%;" | Netgear JGS524
|-
| style="height:200px; width:175px; background-color:#39ad39; border-left:solid 5px #39ad39; border-bottom:solid 5px #39ad39; border-right:solid 5px #39ad39;font-size:80%;" |
*Current cluster head-node
*Unmanaged (no console/configuration)
*Ports: 24
*Switching bandwidth:
**48 Gbps
**1.5 million pps
*Memory:
**2MB packet buffer
*Cut-through switching: No
*Connected to Al-Salam, Hopper, Pollock, Nagios, Dali, Kahlo, Bronte as of May 12, 2017
|}
 
{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
| style="height:55px; width:175px; text-align:center; background-color:#E77471; border-left:solid 5px #E77471; border-top:solid 5px #E77471; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #E77471; font-size:120%;" | cs-main
|-
| style="height:200px; width:175px; background-color:#E77471; border-left:solid 5px #E77471; border-bottom:solid 5px #E77471; border-right:solid 5px #E77471;font-size:80%;" |
*Model: HP 5920AF-24XG
*Ports: 24
*Backplane bandwidth:
**480 Gbps
**367 million pps
*Memory:
**3.6 GB packet buffer
**256 MB dual flash
**2 GB SDRAM
*Cut-through switching: Yes
*IP Address: 159.28.31.66
*Connected to layout, kahlo, and dali as of May 12, 2017
|}
 
{| style="float:left; margin-right:2px;"
| style="height:55px; width:175px; text-align:center; background-color:#ADDFFF; border-left:solid 5px #ADDFFF; border-top:solid 5px #ADDFFF; border-bottom:solid 1px white; border-right:solid 5px #ADDFFF; font-size:120%;" | 5500denniscs-sw1
|-
| style="height:200px; width:175px; background-color:#ADDFFF; border-left:solid 5px #ADDFFF; border-bottom:solid 5px #ADDFFF; border-right:solid 5px #ADDFFF;font-size:80%;" |
*Model: HP 5500 JG542A
*Ports: 24
*Backplane bandwidth:
**224 Gbps
**166.6 million pps
*Memory:
**6 MB packet buffer
**512 MB dual flash
**1 GB SDRAM
*Cut-through switching: No
*IP Address: 159.28.31.67
*Connected to Babbage, Bowie, Nagios, and the cluster's netgear switch (via port 14) as of May 12, 2017
|}
 
 
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Latest revision as of 14:54, 10 October 2025

This is the hub for the CS sysadmins on the wiki.

Overview

| If you're visually inclined, we have a colorful and easy-to-edit map of our servers here!

Server room

Our servers are in Noyes, the science building that predates the CST. For general information about the server room and how to use it, check out this page.

Columns: machine name, IPs, type (virtual, metal), purpose, dies, cores, RAM

Compute Resources

Machines and VMs related information here!


Network

We have two network fabrics linking the machines together. There are three subdomains.

10 Gb

We have 10Gb fabric to mount files over NFS. Machines with 10Gb support have an IP address in the class C range 10.10.10.0/24 and we want to add DNS to these addresses.

1 Gb (cluster, cs)

We have two class C subnets on the 1Gb fabric: 159.28.22.0/24 (CS) and 159.28.23.0/24 (cluster). This means we have double the IP addresses on the 1Gb fabric that we have on the 10Gb fabric.

Any user accessing *.cluster.earlham.edu and *.cs.earlham.edu is making calls on a 1Gb network.

Intra-cluster fabrics

The layout cluster has an Infiniband infrastructure. Wachowski has only a 1Gb infrastructure.

Power

We have a backup power supply, with batteries last upgraded in 2019 (?). We�ve had a few outages since then and power has held up well.

HVAC

HVAC systems are static and are largely managed by Facilities.

See full topology diagrams here.

A word about what's happening between files and the drives they live on.

New sysadmins

These pages will be helpful for you if you're just starting in the group:

Note: you'll need to log in with wiki credentials to see most Sysadmin pages.

Additional information

These pages contain a lot of the most important information about our systems and how we operate.

Handy Tools

Technical docs

Common tasks

Group and institution information

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