ACS HELP - THE ACS CLUSTER

The ACS Cluster

The ACS cluster consists of:

ACS1 - an IBM RS/6000 990 running AIX 4.1.5
ACS2 - an IBM RS/6000 590 running AIX 4.1.5
ACS3 - an IBM RS/6000 595 running AIX 4.2
ACS4 - an IBM RS/6000 590 running AIX 4.1.5
ACS5 - an IBM RS/6000 595 running AIX 4.2.1
ACS6 - an IBM RS/6000 99E running AIX 4.2.1

ACS1, ACS2, ACS3, ACS4, ACS5, and ACS6 share file systems, including home directories, msgs, and mail spools. The files you see in your directory on ACS1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are the same -- NOT copies. Any changes you make to your files while logged on to ACS1, ACS2, ACS3, ACS4, ASC5, or ACS6 will actually be made to the same files. In this regard, you should see no difference no matter what machine on the ACS cluster you are logged in to.

In the same regard, you should consider the ACS cluster one system when you send or read mail. Mail sent from ACS4 will appear to have come from ACS, and mail sent to ACS will be readable from any machine. Mail should never be addressed to ACS2, ACS3, ACS4, ACS5, or ACS6. In particular, do not use a .forward file to forward mail, for example, from ACS to ACS4; it is unnecessary, and the existence of such a file will cause all your incoming mail to be returned to the sender

The ACS cluster shares most application software. The following list includes some of the more popular packages.

TEXT EDITORS, DESKTOP PUBLISHING

        Emacs
        Pico
        Vi
        Uni-Xedit
        FrameMaker
        Interleaf
        IslandWrite
        LaTEX
        TEX

SPREADSHEET

        Wingz

Web broswers, electronic mail, news

        Netscape
        Lynx
        Elm
        Pine
        UNIX mail
        Tin

STATISTICS

        BMDP
        Minitab
        SAS
        SPSS
        TSP

GRAPHICS

        IslandDraw
        IslandPaint

SCIENTIFIC

        IMSL
        Mathematica
        NAG
        Network II.5
        Matlab

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

        C
        FORTRAN
        LISP
        Pascal

The packages listed below may not be available on all machines in the ACS cluster:

       gauss
       NAG

If you need to use one of these packages, please check with a Consulting Services consultant.