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The Computing and Information Sciences department has four public computing labs, the robotics lab, a lab for Ph.D. students, and multiple research groups with labs, and a server laboratory. All of these facilities are housed in Nichols Hall. In addition to these facilities, Computing and Network Services (CNS) also has a public computing lab.
Public Classroom Laboratories
Last update: September 28, 2017
| Lab | # of Machines | Operating Systems | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUE1114 | 53 | Windows/Linux/Mac | This classroom lab contains 52 Dell Wyse D50D thin clients, plus one for an instructor in the podium. The CS department uses this lab for several of our courses including CIS 101, 102, and 103. These machines present 4 login choices:
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| DUE1116 | 25 | Windows 10 | This classroom lab has machines which have been customized for graphics and gaming courses. There are 24 workstations, plus an instructor PC in the podium. They have Intel Core i7-5820K (3.3GHz) CPUs and 16 GB RAM. |
| DUE1117 | 31 | Windows 10 | This lab serves dual-purposes as both classroom and CDC research area. There are 30 workstations, plus an instructor PC in the podium. They have Intel Core i7-7567U (3.5GHz) CPUs and 16 GB RAM. |
| DUE1118 | 8 | Windows 10 | This a general-purpose Windows lab and our Student Center. There are 8 workstations with Intel Core i7-5557U (3.1GHz) CPUs and 16 GB RAM. |
| DUE1119 | 4 | Windows 10 | GTA Room with 4 general purpose computers. |
Rooms DUE1114, 1116, and 1117 have enhanced audio/visual capabilities for teaching and recording lectures. Please see our related documentation for information on how to use them.
Data Center
The CIS Data Center houses a large number of administrative servers, student and faculty servers, and BeoCat, our high performance computing cluster.
Last update: August 17, 2011
| Hostname | Aliases | OS | Shell Access | Services | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F/S [1] | St [2] | |||||
| aspen | Linux | No | No | Ganeti VM Cluster | This server provides Ganeti services for systems use. Several servers used by the department are hosted here as virtual machines. | |
| barracuda | selfserv | Linux | No | No | SELFSERV | This is the SelfServ server. |
| blazer | awstats | Linux | No | No | Provides analysis of traffic on the department web server using awstats. | |
| cherokee | Linux | No | No | Ganeti VM Cluster | This server provides Ganeti services for systems use. Several servers used by the department are hosted here as virtual machines. | |
| chieftain | projects | Linux | No | No | gForge | This is the department's project management server. It is currently running gForge AS 5.71. |
| coronado | file server | Linux | No | No | NFS, DRDB | The department fileserver. THis can be access at files.cis.ksu.edu |
| conquest | mail smtp imap pop | Linux | No | No | SMTP IMAP POP | This is the department's internal mail server. This serves mail only for internal routing and long-term archival. |
| cougar | cislinux | Linux | Yes | yes | ssh | Public-access shell server, available to all CIS users |
| crossfire | Linux | Yes | Yes [3] | VMware | The purpose of this server is to provide VMware services required by some classes, such as Cybersecurity for testing and other experimentation. | |
| desoto | mirror | Linux | No | No | Local Ubuntu mirror host. Updated every 4 hrs. | |
| durango | Linux | No | No | Ganeti VM Cluster | This server provides Ganeti services for systems use. Several servers used by the department are hosted here as virtual machines. | |
| falcon | cups | Linux | No | No | CUPS | This is the Linux print server. All Linux computers send print jobs to this system. |
| firebird | dhcp | Linux | No | No | DHCP | Department DHCP server. Any machine that plugs into the physical network will get assigned an address from this server. |
| grant.w2k | Windows 2003 | No | No | DeepFreeze | This server is used for the management of the DeepFreeze security software that is used by Windows lab workstations. | |
| hawk | phpmyadmin | Linux | No | No | PHPMyAdmin | Web interface for CIS users to interact with their MySQL databases. |
| javelin | dns-2 | Linux | No | No | DNS | Secondary DNS server for the department. |
| journey | mysql | Linux | No | No | MySQL | This machine is the MySQL server allowing TCP connections from any host on the K-State network |
| kennedy.w2k | connect | Windows 2003 | No | No | Adobe Connect Pro | Used for remote collaboration, including meetings, classes, etc. |
| lincoln.w2k | Windows 2003 | No | No | Active Directory | This is the department's secondary authentication server. It provides failover auth services to both Windows and Linux workstations | |
| polara | people | Linux | No | No | Apache | This is the webserver for individuals (students, faculty, and staff) and research groups such as Santos, MACR, KDD, ACM, and various projects. |
| solstice | dns-1 | Linux | No | No | DNS | This server provides primary DNS for the department. |
| sunfire | support | Linux | No | No | Department support wiki. | |
| torino | PXE | Linux | No | No | PXE | This is the departmetn PXE server to install images over the network |
| vanburen.w2k | Windows 2003 | No | No | WTS | This is the Window Terminal Server used by the thin clients in the N16 classroom lab. | |
| viper | cislinux | Linux | Yes | yes | ssh | Public-access shell server, available to all CIS users |
| washington.w2k | Windows 2003 | No | No | Active Directory | This is the department's primary authentication server. It provides auth services to both Windows and Linux workstations | |
| wildfire | www | Linux | No | No | Apache | Primary webserver for the department. |
[1] F/S: General faculty and staff are permitted to access this machine directly. If neither faculty/staff nor students are permitted, the machine is only accessible by the systems staff.
[2] St: Students are permitted to access this machine directly.
[3] Only students currently enrolled in a course or active on a project requiring access to VMware will be granted access to this server.
BeoCat Computing Cluster
BeoCat is the name of K-State's beowulf cluster. This cluster contains over 100 nodes contributed by Computing and Information Sciences, Physics, and other departments. Contact [Dr. Daniel Andresen] if you would like additional information concerning these systems. The official BeoCat page can be found [here].