1. FreeSurfer Course Setup
Notes on how to do the physical setup of the computers and stuff for the course.
- All equipment for the course is found in the 'Savoy' locker located in South Central. Stacey has a key, and so does 'help' (ask David Covin). Get the key on Friday if setting up on the weekend! MGH Security can open the doors to Conference Room A.
- Equipment consists of:
- 3 boxes of laptops, 15 laptops in total, each with a power-supply, mouse and USB hard disk.
- box of ethernet cables, and white wireless router box, and 8 port switch, and 5 and 4 port ethernet hubs.
- box of power cables and outlet strips (note: there are some extra surge protector strips at nicks desk).
- Setup occurs in five phases (power, network and laptop phases can conducted in parallel), described below:
Power setup
- in conference room A, the 'center' of power and network setup is the outlets by the front window, connect two power strips to each plug, as lots of outlets will be needed.
- run the long grey power cables (the ones with extra outlets) to the end of each row of tables
- put a power strip in the middle of each row of tables
- connect the laptop power supplies, one at each table, to the power strips
- ad hoc as needed to get power all around the room, being sure to leave open outlets on the power strips for people to connect their own power needs.
Network setup
- connect the white wireless router box WAN plug to the NMR orange network plug (note: one of these doesnt work, use the one that does!)
- connect any outlet on the white router box to any outlet on the 8 port ethernet switch (switch! not hub)
- put a 4 or 5 port ethernet hub at the end of each row of tables (at the wall end)
- run ethernet cabling from the 8 port switch to each of these hubs
- run ethernet cabling from the hubs to each laptop location
- some of the ports on the 8 port switch can be used to connect laptops at the front of the room
- if the internet doesn't work, run:
- su root
- password: Brain.Map
- service network restart
note: all the laptops get routed through the router box, because it serves as a dhcp server. make sure that the 8 port switch is plugged into the router, not the wall ethernet plug (which should be connected to the router).
Laptop setup
- each table gets one laptop, with mouse and usb hard disk. connect the usb hard disk to the usb port on the side of the laptop, not the back, as the side ports are 480mbs, while the ones on the back are 12mbs
Straighten-up
- using the binder clips, clip the power and ethernet cables to the bottom of the top of the table, to keep this stuff off the floor and to prevent leg and foot tangling
- the laptop power supplies have rubber banding that can be used to attach to table legs.
Testing
- power-on all laptops, login, and make sure the course homepage can be accessed