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You can use a sftp client to connect to Griffith HPC cluster.

Please note that the login node has changed. It is now clogin1.rcs.griffith.edu.au  (10.250.250.7) and no longer gowonda.rcs.griffith.edu.au (10.250.250.3)

All other instructions remain the same.

Windows Client

WinSCP

An instruction video has been created and placed here

Download and Install the latest WinSCP package from:

http://winscp.net/eng/download.php

Local Griffith also has a slightly outdated version at: http://mirror.griffith.edu.au/pub/pc_software/winscp421setup.exe

Right click and "Save Link As" to save the "winscpXXXsetup.exe" file. Double click on the file to install. Choose default selection during installation.

After installation, Click on:

Start -> All Programs -> WinSCP --> WinSCP

Click on "new"

For the hostname, type: "clogin1.rcs.griffith.edu.au"
User name: <yourUsername> e.g. s1234567
Password: Leave it blank for now

Leave everything else as it is.

Click on login button
If it is the first time you are logging into this server, it will prompt you to agree to add the ssh keys into local cache. (Click YES).

Next it will prompt for password.

If the login is successful, it will provide a window with two panes.
The left hand pane is the local file system (your local drive) and the right hand pane is the remote file system on the rcsxfer machine.
(Click yes to login).

Simply click on the drop down window to navigate to other folders on the local drive.

To transfer files, simply drag and drop the files between the two panes.

Mac Client

CyberDuck

See a youTube video that explains how this is setup.

This is an open source sftp client on mac. It can downloaded from:
http://cyberduck.ch/

It is also available on the Griffith Mirror site at: http://mirror.griffith.edu.au/pub/macosx_software/

Simply download it, unzip it and move the unzipped folder into the Applications folder.

To open cyberduck, Applications ==> CyberDuck

For the hostname, type: "clogin1.rcs.griffith.edu.au"
User name: <yourUsername> e.g. s1234567
Password: Leave it blank for now

Chose the type of SFTP. The default is ftp. Chose SFTP.

With the implementation of 2 factor authentication on the cluster, you will be prompted for authentication using pingID.  

Once logged in, you will see the remote files. Open another window on your local filesystem and select the files to be transfered. Simply drag and drop files to transfer files. Watch the youtube video how this is done! ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo7rpAANm9U )

linux and mac command line

use "scp" to transfer back and forth.

To copy a file named "core.10437" from HPC login node to local machine:
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scp s123456@10.250.250.7:/export/home/s123456/core.10437 . 

To copy a directory named tmp2 from local machine to HPC login node
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scp -r tmp2 s123456@10.250.250.7:/export/home/s123456/

With the implementation of 2 factor authentication on the cluster, you will be prompted for authentication using pingID.