Update on the BNL electrical grid activity on 12/30

The SDCC was informed about a major electrical intervention on 12/30 on very short-notice. Because this intervention comes with a small risk of an electrical power loss, the SDCC has decided to quiet-down its services to minimize the risk of a long-lasting recovery process with limited staff availability during the BNL self-declared quiet period.\n\nSee updated times (highlighted in capital letters) in the text below.

work on BNL electrical grid on 12/30 and impact on SDCC resource

The SDCC was informed about a major electrical intervention on 12/30 on very short-notice. Because this intervention comes with a small risk of an electrical power loss, the SDCC has decided to quiet-down its services to minimize the risk of a long-lasting recovery process with limited staff availability during the BNL self-declared "quiet period",\n\n

NX/NoMachine Service at the SDCC

How to Use NX at the SDCC

NoMachine/NX is X Window system acceleration technology that should improve the usability of X based applications over the wide area network. The SDCC NoMachine instance is deployed as a multi-node environment (consisting of Enterprise Terminal Server and Terminal Server Nodes), allows for load balancing and automatic or manual selection of server nodes.

 

Instructions for OTP Token Generation and NX Client Setup

Users must log in to NX sessions using both their Kerberos password and an OTP token.

Updates to SDCC Mail Requirements

As of September 2024, Cyber Security has issued new mandates around RHIC mail that affects all users. This announcement outlines the new requirements.\n\nEffective September 26, the SMTP port will be blocked from use outside of the campus. Users will need to either connect through VPN or will need a separate SSH tunnel to send mail through the RHIC SMTP port. The new requirements also mandate that any new or updated email password must be at least 16 characters long. Users whose email passwords don't currently comply with existing requirements will be contacted to change their passwords, which will need to meet this new 16-character mandate.