
You should not need to do anything special beyond entering the hostname. See our supercomputing environments for the hostnames of our current clusters. The primary way you'll interact with the OSC clusters is through the SSH terminal. In addition, for Windows users, you can use OSC Connect , which is a native windows application developed by OSC to provide a launcher for secure file transfer, VNC, terminal, and web based services, as well as preconfigured management of secure tunnel connections. See this page for more information on OSC Connect. X11.app/ XQuartz: X11.app, an Apple-supported version of the open-source XQuartz project, is freely available for OS X.X-Win32: StarNet's X-Win32 is a commercial X Windows server for Microsoft Windows systems.Xming: Xming offers a free version of their X Windows server for Microsoft Windows systems.We recommend the following X Windows servers: ssh: The command-line utility ssh comes pre-installed on OS X and most Linux systems.Ī third, optional piece of software you might want to install is an X Windows server, which will be necessary if you want to run graphical, windowed applications like MATLAB.Secure Shell for Google Chrome: A free, HTML5-based SSH client for Google Chrome.PuTTY: A simple, open-source client for Windows.SSH ("Secure Shell") clients allow you to open a command-line-based "terminal session" with our clusters. sftp: The command-line utility sftp comes pre-installed on OS X and most Linux systems.CyberDuck: A high quality free client for Windows and OS X.A guide to using FileZilla is available here (external). FileZilla: A high-performance open-source client for Windows, Linux, and OS X.

SFTP ("SSH File Transfer Protocol") clients allow you transfer files between your workstation and our shared filesystem in a secure manner. In order to use our systems, you'll need two main pieces of software: an SFTP client and an SSH client. Using Traditional Clients Required Software Any newer version of a common web brower should be sufficient to connect. You can access OnDemand by pointing a web browser to. With OnDemand, you can upload and download files, create, edit, submit, and monitor jobs, run GUI applications, and connect via SSH, all via a web broswer, with no client software to install and configure. OnDemand is our "one stop shop" for access to our High Performance Computing resources.

The alternative is to use our zero-client web portal, OnDemand. The traditional way will require you to install some software locally on your machine, including an SSH client, SFTP client, and optionally an X Windows server. There are two ways to connect to our systems.
