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Swasey User Guide

IMPORTANT NOTE -- December 2018 -- Saswey has been retired.  Its replacement, narwhal, is available for use. Please refer to the  Narwhal page for details on how to use the new protected environment windows computing environment. 

 

This system is for CHPC users needing large memory for statistical analysis. The system has 48 Cores, 512GB of RAM, and 1TB of disk space, and can mount your user space and group space if needed. 

We have SAS with text miner, AMOS, SPSS, R, STATA, Mathematica, Matlab, and Microsoft Office 2010 on Swasey.  

Once you use windows remote desktop (RDP) to get to swasey.chpc.utah.edu you can run any of the applications listed. You must have a valid CHPC PE account to access this system.  Contact CHPC by sending email to helpdesk@chpc.utah.edu if you need access.

Instructions:

  1. Use remote desktop toRDP toswasey.chpc.utah.edu
    1. For windows goto 'start' > 'all programs' > 'accessories' 'remote desktop connection', for linux use rdesktop or xfreerdp. 
    2. Enter the hostname of swasey.chpc.utah.edu (or on linux use rdesktop swasey.chpc.utah.edu).  
    3. Read (and comply with) the banner warning about authorized access use.
    4. Login using your campus username and password which is ad\UNID and then your normal campus password.

       

      Windows users, please NOTE: Windows 7 PCs without RDP version 8.0 or later are not able to connect. Here is an update to RDP 8.0 

      https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2592687  *has a prerequisite (listed on the page)

       Here is the one to RDP 8.1 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2923545  *has a prerequisite (listed on the page)

       

  2. If you are using a Mac, you may have office 'remote desktop connection' which will work OK. We've had better experiences with the Microsoft Remote Desktop which can be download free from the apple store.
    1. Install and launch Microsoft Remote Desktop
    2. Put swasey.chpc.utah.edu in the computer field
    3. In the username field, put your ad\uNID
    4. Next, authenticate with your password and you should now have a remote window on swasey.

Help:

If you need help with this system, please send email to helpdesk@chpc.utah.edu.

Last Updated: 7/5/23