Computing Labs

Computing Labs

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 Laboratories

Last update: November 20, 2014

Lab	# of Machines	Operating Systems	Description
N016	8	Windows 7	GTA Room with 8 general purpose computers and a public printer
N021	41	Windows/Linux	This classroom and lab contains 40 Dell Wyse D50D thin clients, plus one for an instructor. The CIS department uses this lab for some of our courses including CIS 101, 102, and 103. These machines present 3 login choices, CIS Windows (a connection to the CIS Windows Terminal server using a CIS Login and Password), eID Windows (a connection to a CTS Windows terminal Server using an eID and password) and CIS Linux (an XDMCP session to the cislinux shell server using a CIS Login and password)
N022	15	Windows 7	This a general-purpose Windows lab. These machines have various hardware configurations.
N126	8	Windows 7	This a general-purpose Windows lab and classroom.
N128	17	Linux	This is our Linux laboratory. The machines are Intel i5 2500-K (3.30 GHz, 4-core) PCs with 8GB RAM running Ubuntu Linux.
N122	16	Windows 7	These machines have been customized for graphics and gaming courses. They are Intel Core i7, 16GB Ram each

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].

Robotics Laboratory

The laboratory in Nichols 24 houses a number of robots, support workstations, and laptops. This lab is heavily used by the Software Engineering Project courses for presentations and other projects.