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  • High powered Windows machine
  • 4k Laptop connection
  • Wireless screen sharing
  • Video conferencing
  • High powered Linux (CentOS) machine (coming soon)
  • Virtual reality headset (coming soon)

System Configuration:



Screen

Resolution

4K UHD (3840x2160)

Refresh Rate120Hz

Stereoscopic 3D

Yes
Dimension

4.8m high x 2.7m wide (218 inch diagonal)




Nodes
CPUDual x Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248R CPU @ 3.00GHz, 2993 Mhz, 24 Core(s), 48 Logical Processor(s)
OSWindows 10 and CentOS 7
RAM384GB 
GPUNvidia Quadro RTX A6000, 48 GB


How to Access the Visualisation Lab?

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Ui tabs


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titleStep 1: Apply for access

Vaccination Requirements


CSIRO requires that all visitors to CSIRO sites be fully vaccinated or exempt as defined by federal government. Vaccination status will be checked by staff on your first visit to the vis lab.


Please see the Conditions of Use of Pawsey resources.

In particular, please pay attention to the following:

Publications


All publications resulting from the use of Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre facilities and communications infrastructure must acknowledge the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre. Addition of the following text to the paper acknowledgments will be sufficient:

“This work was supported by resources provided by the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre with funding from the Australian Government and the Government of Western Australia."

General


All researchers using Pawsey Facilities and communication infrastructure must have their own individual account. Sharing of identity, sharing of passwords for a specific identity and group (or project) identities are all strictly prohibited.

Network Policy


All traffic on the Pawsey network may be monitored, and network access to individuals and hosts may be terminated without notice, if network activity is considered inappropriate. Inappropriate use includes downloading or uploading of offensive or illegal or copyrighted content. The Pawsey network is not to be used for the sharing of music, movies or videos, nor for the purpose of connecting to Pawsey servers or external servers or organisations for which the user does not have authorised access. 

Apply to use the Visualisation Lab through the Pawsey application portal



Ui tab
titleStep 2: Complete an induction

You will be contacted via Pawsey helpdesk ticket to organise an induction session for you and your team.

Contents of induction:


  • Building induction (emergency exits, bathrooms etc)
  • Using the system
  • Leaving the room


Once you have completed the induction you will be able to make bookings using the reservation system.


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titleStep 3: Book the Lab


trueHow to make a booking1. Login to Step 1: Book an instance

Login to the Reservation Portal

Login to Reservation Portal (https://reservation.pawsey.org.au/) using your Pawsey username and password:

First time logging into

Click here to find out: If this is first time accessing reservation portal

Don't forget to adjust your timezone and check booking notifications;


Note

After first login to Reservation Portal, please let us know by emailing help@pawsey.org.au.

You must adjust your time zone settings in order to get accurate booking times. From the top menu bar, select:

My Account → Profile


You can also customise what notifications you would like to receive. From the top menu bar, select:

My Account → Notification Preferences

:2. Book the instance;

Create a booking

From the top menu bar, select:

Schedule → Bookings

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Select "Visualisation Lab" from the dropdown

a) Select nebula from the dropdown menu (see diagram)

b) Click on the desired start time you wish to book

Click here to find out: How to Edit/delete bookings?

Click on current booking and edit text-boxes:




How to edit/delete bookings

Click on current booking and edit text-boxes:



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titleStep 4: Using the Visualisation Lab

Once you have booked a session in the vis lab, and it has been approved in the booking system, you can access the room.

Access will be either supervised or unsupervised depending on the project and usage type.


The Pawsey centre is located at 1 Bryce Avenue Kensington, and parking is available directly opposite the entrance

Pawsey's location on google maps

If you are being supported by a Pawsey staff member, they will meet you at the glass doors.

The visualisation Lab is the first door on the right as you enter the Pawsey Centre.

See detailed instructions for using the Vis Lab:


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titleStep 5: Leaving the Visualisation Lab

Once you have finished using the Vis Lab, please follow the instructions for leaving the room in a clean and orderly state for the next user:


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