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: December 9, 2008
Lab |
# of Machines |
Operating Systems |
Description |
N16 |
24 |
Windows Thin Clients |
This is a classroom laboratory and contains 24 SunRay 2FS thin clients which connect to a Windows Terminal Server with four dual-core Opteron 8218 (2.6 GHz) CPUs and 16GB RAM. This lab is available to all CIS students, faculty and staff. However, students are not permitted to use this lab if a class is currently in session. |
N21 |
N/A |
N/A |
This is the Computing and Telecommunications Services laboratory. The CIS department uses this lab for some of our courses but does not provide any support for its use. For more information about CTS labs, see the University Computing Labs site. |
N22 |
10 |
Windows XP |
This is our special projects lab. Machines in this lab may be reserved by faculty for special purposes. If a machine is listed as reserved for a particular class or project that you are not part of, you are not permitted to use that machine. These machines are Pentium IV 3.2 GHz PCs with 1 GB of RAM each. |
N126 |
23 |
Windows XP/Linux |
This is our mixed laboratory. The machines in the center have upgraded graphics cards for use with courses that require better graphics support (such as the games curriculum and computer graphics classes). The systems are a mix of Pentium IV 2.6 and 3.2 GHz PCs with 1 GB RAM each. |
N128 |
17 |
Linux |
This is our Linux laboratory. The machines are Pentium IV 3.0 GHz PCs with 1GB RAM running Gentoo Linux. |
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: December 16, 2008
Hostname |
Aliases |
OS |
Shell Access |
Services |
Description |
|
F/S [1] |
St [2] |
|||||
avenger |
homefiles |
Linux |
No |
No |
CIFS NFS |
This is the main department file server connected to a 4.5 Terabyte array of disks. |
catera |
oracle |
Linux |
No |
No |
Oracle SQL*Plus |
This is the Oracle development server used for classes in the CIS department. |
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. |
copperhead |
www support phpmyadmin |
Linux |
No |
No |
Apache |
This is the department's main web server. It also hosts the support wiki and phpmyadmin for managing the department MySQL server. |
cordoba |
cupe |
Linux |
No |
No |
CUPS |
This is the Linux print server. All Linux computers send print jobs to this system. |
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. |
durango |
|
Linux |
No |
No |
VMWare |
This server provides VMWare services for systems use. Several servers used by the department are hosted here as virtual machines. |
fdr.w2k |
|
Windows 2003 |
Yes |
Yes [4] |
RDP IIS |
This is the department's ASP.NET development platform. Gaining access requires special permission. |
ford.w2k |
|
Windows 2003 |
No |
No |
Authentication |
This is the main authentication server for the department. |
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. |
harrison.w2k |
|
Windows 2003 |
No |
No |
OfficeScan |
This is the TrendMicro OfficeScan management server. All department antivirus software is managed and monitored on this server. Complies with university guidelines regarding deployment of antivirus software. |
healey |
|
Linux |
No |
No |
gentoo binary build master |
This is the binary build master for all department gentoo linux workstations. Binary packages are built on this server and then redistributed to all lab and faculty machines running gentoo linux. |
ike.w2k |
|
Windows 2003 |
No |
No |
CIFS Printing |
This is the Window sprint server. All Windows computers send print jobs to this system. |
jefferson.w2k |
|
Windows 2003 |
No |
No |
Authentication |
This is the secondary authentication server for the department. |
journey |
mysql |
Linux |
No |
No |
MySQL |
This machine is the MySQL server allowing TCP connections from any host on the CIS network |
madison.w2k |
|
Windows 2003 |
No |
No |
WTS |
This is the Window Terminal Server used by the thin clients in the N16 classroom lab. |
monroe.w2k |
|
Windows 2003 |
No |
No |
WinINSTALL |
This server is used to manage application distribution to Windows lab workstations. |
rampage |
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. |
scooter |
selfserv rt |
Linux |
No |
No |
RT |
This is the Request Tracker server. All support requests/tickets are procesed and archived on this machine. The user self-service site is also hosted here. |
sierra |
|
Solaris 10 |
No |
No |
SunRay Server |
This is the Solaris server which hosts the management software for the thin clients in the N16 classroom lab. |
solstice |
ns-1 |
Linux |
No |
No |
Nagios Cacti DNS DHCP |
This is our monitoring server, used to help us track when services and hosts are having problems. It also provides primary DNS and DHCP services for the department. |
tomahawk |
projects |
Linux |
No |
No |
gForge |
This is the department's project management server. It is currently running gForge AS 5.5. |
transam |
|
Linux |
No |
No |
Backups |
This is the department's backup server. It is connected to a 2 Terabyte array of disks. |
viper |
linux unix cislinux cisunix ns-2 |
Linux |
Yes |
Yes |
Shell DNS |
This is the main department shell server. Any faculty, staff, or student may use this machine to execute shell commands, check mail, etc. It also provides secondary DNS 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.
[4] Graduate or honor students creating projects requiring an ASP.NET server may request access to this system by making a help request.
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.
Multiagent & Cooperative Robotics Laboratory
From the MACR website:
The goal of the Multiagent & Cooperative Robotics Lab is to bring together researchers with various expertise to solve interesting problems in the area of multiagent systems and cooperative robotics. Our research incorporates existing methodologies and techniques from other related disciplines – including artificial intelligence, robotics, and software engineering – into an integrated agent development methodology for multiagent systems. We are specifically interested in enabling teams of autonomous agents to organize and re-organize to accomplish their overall missions.
Ph.D. Laboratory
The Ph.D. laboratory on the 3rd floor in Nichols 316 houses many of our Doctoral students' offices and also provides some general use machines, limited to the Ph.D. students' use.