You will need to ssh into lonestar6 for all the analysis in class. Macs come with terminal, so no installation is required. For windows laptops, install putty and winSCP. Putty is used for sshing into stampede2 and winscp is used for transferring files to and from stampede2.
Before logging onto TACC servers, multi-factor authentication must be set up. click here to begin setting it up. The DUO app works more reliably than the SMS option.
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