Fermilab
- Obtain or Renew Fermilab Visitor ID number
- You need a Fermilab ID number before obtaining access to any Fermilab computing resources.
- Are you an Off-Site User
(also known as 'Remote User')?
- Read the Computing Orientation for New Employees
- Request Computing Username and Primary Accounts
- Register your PC or laptop to gain
full access to the Fermi domain.
US CMS
- Get CMS Computing Accounts at Fermilab
- AFS account, FNALU cluster, web page.
- Join Mailing Lists
- USCMS-ALL, USCMS-LPC, LPC-HOWTO, etc.
CERN
- Fill out the CERN CMS Registration Form
and fax it to the CMS Secretariat.
- Read the Rules for Use of CERN Computing Facilities
- Get CMS Computing Accounts at CERN
- AFS account for access to UNIX cluster (LXPLUS).
- NICE account for access to email, to update your personal information and to register for saftey training.
- Register your PC or laptop to gain
full access to the CERN domain.
- Register with HyperNews
- Some CERN web pages are protected like the ELog. Send email to "helpdesk@cern.ch" and request to be
added to the CMS group.
- If you are going to CERN, please review the
CERN Users' Office web page.
- Register with the Users' Office in the CERN main building (near the main cafeteria).
Before you go to the Users' Office, fill out the CERN Registration Form and Proof of Employment Letter.
- Specify "CERN Hostel" for "Local Address in the Geneva Region"
if that is where you normally stay while visiting.
- Use "+1-630-555-1212" format for phone numbers in the U.S.
- Use "DD/MM/YYYY" for the date format.
- Talk to Tami Kramer (FNAL/CMS team deputy) in 40/5-A15
(building 40, fifth euro-floor, room A15) -- she can sign your
CERN registration form and provide you with a letter confirming
your employment at FNAL (or talk to your own team leader if you
are not a Fermilab employee).
- You can provide Teri's office on the form, if you do not have
your own (phone extension 74799, +41-22-767-4799 from outside CERN).
- If you previously had a CERN ID or "Attestacion" card, you must
bring it with you to the Users' Office.
- Complete CERN Safety Training
- Must be done after receiving a CERN ID card.
- The Users' Office will give you instructions on safety training.
Levels 1, 2, and 3 are covered by a video, available at 14:00 and 15:00
in English at room 55/02-005 (near main entrance) -- bring your CERN
card to validate/record your training.
- If you will be going down to the CMS cavern (or elsewhere in the LHC
tunnel) you must also complete Level 4, which can be done with
with an AIS account from http://sir.cern.ch over the web.
Generally, all regular CMS members will need to do this (e.g., required for
any detector/electronics work and on-site shifts)
- Obtaining CMS Online Cluster Account
- If you will be doing computing work at P5 (other than checking
email from your laptop) then you will need a CMS online cluster
account. This can be done only once you have an lxplus/afs account.
Send your lxplus/afs user name to Eric Cano to
request an account. The central user machine on this cluster
is called cmsdaquser0.cern.ch
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