Modern industrial integrated-circuit-design CAD tools will be an integral part of this course. All students must have access to the CAD tool setup at Columbia.  This page contains relevant administrative information for all you need to do to get started with these tools.

Read the following :

• You will use the Linux workstations in the VLSI CAD Lab (1218 Mudd) or in the Embedded Systems Lab (1235 Mudd)
• You need
  • Swipe/badge access to the lab
  • An active login ID
• At the first class, I will collect login information and arrange for badge access and computer accounts.  After the first week of class, any problems with badge access should be addressed to John Kazana, the EE department lab manager.  Problems with login access to the machines should be addressed to Christian Gough, the EE department systems administrator.

Guidelines for working in the VLSI CAD Lab or Embedded Systems Lab: Both computer labs are managed by EE Department and they have some general guidelines which are to be followed strictly. Failure to comply by these rules generally results in permanent deletion of the account without much discussion. In all cases, it will be extremely difficult for the instructor or TA to restore the account.

• Do NOT bring any friends/visitors in the lab and let them use the machines on your account.  These are not "public" machines, like the ACIS machines.
• Food and drinks are allowed, BUT you must be VERY careful and clean up after yourself.  If you make a mess or damage equipment, we will suspend this privilege and you will be responsible for any damage that you cause.  We are very serious about this!
• The quota for each student is 80 MB. Therefore, it is important that you keep only relevant files in your home. In case, you genuinely need more space, consult the TA.
• Do NOT fire huge printing jobs at the lab printer. Printers are for your convenience and printing anything other than HW or project files is NOT permitted. We have limited quota on the paper and we have to work within those limits. Also DO NOT try to print tool documentation. Such files are hundreds of pages.  Issues regarding printer supplies should be addressed to John Kazana.
• Do NOT reboot the machines. Several other people might have important jobs running on the same machine. Contact system administrators in case it hangs or freezes.
• System Administrator :
  • Christian Gough [[email protected]]

Some Facts You need to know....

• Default printers should be set correctly for all the machines.  When you print from the machines in Mudd 1218, the print-outs will appear on the printer in Mudd 1218.  When you print from the machines in Mudd 1235, the print-outs will appear on the printer in Mudd 1235.
• We encourage doing your homework and projects in the Mudd 1218 and Mudd 1235 labs.  This allows the professor and TA to do walk-through and help you.  It also allows you to help each other.  However, you may log on remotely using any of the following machine names:
  • aegina.cisl.columbia.edu (Mudd 1218)
  • syracuse.cisl.columbia.edu (Mudd 1218)
  • nemea.cisl.columbia.edu (Mudd 1218)
  • delphi.cisl.columbia..edu (Mudd 1218)
  • marathon.cisl.columbia.edu (Mudd 1218)
  • corinth.cisl.columbia.edu (Mudd 1218)
  • thebes.cisl.columbia.edu (Mudd 1218)
  • rhodes.cisl.columbia.edu (Mudd 1218)
  • byzantium.cisl.columbia.edu (Mudd 1218)
  • olympus.cisl.columbia.edu (Mudd 1218)
  • micro1.ilab.columbia.edu - micro15.ilab.columbia.edu (Mudd 1235)

  Only ssh access to the machines is allowed (for security reasons).  Telnet and rlogin cannot be used.

• Your default shell is "ksh". If you "really" hate this shell and want to use some different shell, send an email to the system administrator.
• To login using ssh, type the following from a Unix or Linux machine :
  
  $ ssh -l user_name remote_machine_name
  prompted for password....type in

            "remote_machine_name" is any name from the list of names given above.

• If you are using a Windows machine (YUCH!) for remote access, you will have to use a login client that supports ssh, such as putty.  You will also need to have an X-Windows client running on your machine, such as Exceed.  Please do not ask the professor, TA, or system administrator to help you to set up remote access from Windows.  You are on your own if you want to try to do this.
• All paths for CAD tools should be automatically set.

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