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Connecting to the PMACS Cluster
Currently, secure shell (SSH) is the only supported method of connecting to the cluster. The login machine name is consign.pmacs.upenn.edu You should probably add "ServerKeepAliveInterval 60" to your SSH client's configuration.
After your account is created, you can connect using your PMACS credentials.
Important Host/Server Names
- consign.pmacs.upenn.edu : head node/login server
- mercury.pmacs.upenn.edu : file transfer server
- leghorn.pmacs.upenn.edu : temporary password change server
- PMACS VPN
First Login
Temporary Password Change
All PMACS accounts are provisioned with a temporary password. Before you can log into the PMACS cluster for the first time, you will need to change this temporary password. This needs to be done only once. Change of the temporary password and enrollment into the PMACS password reset system can be done here
Enrollment into the PMACS Password Reset system
All PMACS account passwords are set to expire every 180 days. To avoid your password from expiring and possibly preventing access to the PMACS cluster, all cluster users are encouraged to enroll into the reset system. The password reset application can be access here. Once enrolled, this system will also allow you to recover forgotten PMACS passwords and reset known/expired PMACS passwords.
Initialize your home area
- With the newly changed password log into the file transfer host: mercury.pmacs.upenn.edu
ssh <your_user_name>@mercury.pmacs.upenn.edu
Remember to replace <your_user_name> above with your PennKey username
- Upon login, you will see a message similar to
Creating home directory for <user_name>
- You are now ready to start using the PMACS HPC cluster :
ssh <your_user_name>@consign.pmacs.upenn.edu
Remember to replace <your_user_name> above with your PennKey username.
Please look at the PMACS HPC Users Guide for information on how to run jobs on the PMACS cluster.
