CAD Tool Instructions

How to run hspice simulations:

1. For all hspice simulations you need to use the VLSI teaching lab
machines. 

The first 2 lab sessions (experiment #1 and #2) will be in 1235 Mudd
(ILAB) where you will use the ILAB computers as Xterminals to login to
the VLSI teaching lab machines.

At other times you can use any computer connected to the internet to
remotely login to the VLSI teaching lab machines. The computer need to
have secure shell (with X11 forwarding enabled) and Xserver software
installed.

2. Your login IDs will be assigned to you by the TA. 

3. The following computers in the ILAB may be used as X terminals, using the 
Redhat Linux partition:

	micro24.ilab.columbia.edu 
	micro23.ilab.columbia.edu
	micro22.ilab.columbia.edu 
	micro21.ilab.columbia.edu
	micro20.ilab.columbia.edu 
	micro19.ilab.columbia.edu
	micro18.ilab.columbia.edu 
	micro14.ilab.columbia.edu
	micro11.ilab.columbia.edu 
	micro6.ilab.columbia.edu
	micro7.ilab.columbia.edu 
	micro5.ilab.columbia.edu
	micro4.ilab.columbia.edu

4. For logging into the VLSI lab machines only ssh -- secure shell --
is allowed (for security reasons).  Telnet and rlogin cannot be
used. The default shell is "ksh". To log on, follow the following
session on the computer you are using:

$ ssh -l [user_ID] [remote_machine_name]  

<prompted for password>....type in 

Where "$" represents the command prompt, "remote_machine_name" is any name from
the list of names given bellow:

        odessa.cisl.columbia.edu 
	laurium.cisl.columbia.edu 
	aegina.cisl.columbia.edu
	syracuse.cisl.columbia.edu 
	cyrene.cisl.columbia.edu
	sparta.cisl.columbia.edu 
	nemea.cisl.columbia.edu
	olympus.cisl.columbia.edu 
	marathon.cisl.columbia.edu
	byzantium.cisl.columbia.edu 
	thebes.cisl.columbia.edu
	argos.cisl.columbia.edu 
	corinth.cisl.columbia.edu

All paths for Hspice and Awaves are automaticlly set. Use commands 'hspice' and
'awaves' to run them. Details for how to use Hspice and Awaves are in the lab
manual as well as other manuals provided in the course website. 

NEVER reboot the machines. Other people might have important jobs running on
the same machine. In case it hangs or freezes contact system administrator:
David Sussillo [sussillo@ee.columbia.edu]

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