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1. System Setup

(a) For Windows User

(b) For  Sun Ray User

(c) For Linux/Unix User:

System Setup

Sun System Administrator: Wei Wang. Email: wwang3@stevens.edu

In order to use the Mentor Graphics software, please follow the following steps to set up your access to the software.

(1) Please send an email to Wei Wang (Sun System Administrator: wwang3@stevens.edu ) to request an account and storage space. In the subject line, please include "Sun account request". In your email, please include the following information:

Name:

Student ID:

Dept:

Student category: undergraduate (freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior) or graduate (Master or Ph.D.)

Reason for access: Course work (course title and number), research (project title) or others (brief description)

Your account will be created and sent back to you including the following information:

Account name:

Initial login password:

VNC password:

Storage space size:

(2) There are three methods you can use our lab facilities for course work or research: Windows user, Sun Ray user or Linux/Unix user.

(a) For Windows User:

If you prefer to use your own computers (desktop or laptop) in Windows environment, this will be the most convenient way for you to access the Mentor Graphics software. Make sure your computer is connected to Internet!

(a1) We recommend you use VNC (Graphic) and PuTTY (Command lines) software.

PuTTY can be downloaded at:  

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

http://www.realvnc.com/download.html

Please download and install both software.

(a2) Setup the configuration for PuTTY to ssh to the IP 155.246.66.229 (b315lab11’s IP)

(a3) Use command line “vncserver” to start a port, in this example, b315lab11:2 has been opened for user wwang3;

(a4) Use VNC to telnet to b315lab11: Fill the 155.246.66.229:2 and click “OK”; Then input password;

(a5) Now you are in your VNC session which you can log back in on any other machines whenever you want, and you can see the same work space;

(a6) In the console, use qrsh /studentdata/home/[your account name]/da_ic.sh to do Design Architect - IC;

Attention: You much use FULL-PATH command!; You must already have the file da_ic.sh under your account folder. A simple example

da_ic.sh file can be downloaded here for testing purpose - we will talk about how to create and modify this file later.

If it is successful, you will see the GUI like the followed:

(b) For Sun Ray User:

Currently, we have 6 Sun Ray thin client in the Laboratory. If you want to use the Mentor Graphics software using these Sun Ray client (or you use your own SunRay), please follow the following steps:

(b1) log in the machine use your own username;

(b2) echo $DISPLAY, i.e. #3.0;

(b3) xhost +b315lab12

#3.0

(b4) ssh b315lab12

(b5) export DISPLAY=sunserver:3.0

(b6) qrsh /studentdata/home/[your account name]/da_ic.sh

Note: please refer to step (a6) (For Window User) for special attentions and download the simple da_ic.sh file for testing purpose.

(c) For Linux/Unix User:

(c1) log in the machine use your own username;

(c2) xhost +155.246.66.229 (or b315lab11.ece.stevens-tech.edu);

(c3) echo $DISPLAY, i.e. #0.0;

(c4) ssh -l userID 155.246.66.229 (or b315lab11.ece.stevens-tech.edu);

(c5) export DISPLAY=localIP:0.0

(c6) qrsh /studentdata/home/[your account name]/da_ic.sh 

Note: please refer to step (a6) (For Window User) for special attentions and download the simple da_ic.sh file for testing purpose.

An example:

ivy@SIT:~$ xhost +155.246.66.229

155.246.66.229 being added to access control list

ivy@SIT:~$ echo $DISPLAY

:0.0

ivy@SIT:~$ ssh -l wwang3 155.246.66.229

wwang3@155.246.66.229's password:

[wwang3@b315lab11 wwang3]$ export DISPLAY=155.246.66.159:0.0

[wwang3@b315lab11 wwang3]$ qrsh /studentdata/home/wwang3/da_ic.sh