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Introduction

This page describes how to connect to network shares while off-site and using the CSCS VPN service on macOS X.

Requirements

  • User account on any of the three domains: BIOSCI (Zoology), MINTS (Clinical / Medical School) or SLCU (Sainsbury Lab)
  • Apple Mac computer in an off-site location running at least macOS 10.13 High Sierra or newer
  • VPN client installed as per Mac Install Instructions
  • reasonably fast Internet connection

Instructions

Every user on any of the three locations supported by CSCS – Addenbrooke's, SLCU and Zoology – has a designated personal network share: in the Windows environment, the personal network share is referred to as the U drive. Additionally, some users have access to one or more group network shares, referred to as group drives (V, W, X...).

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Use your domain password (not your Raven password). Now press Enter or select Connect.

Network share paths for users of:


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titleMINTS domain

For their personal network share, users at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus should type:

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smb://me-filer1.medschl.cam.ac.uk/home$/AccountName

substituting AccountName for their actual username, which for most would be their CRSid.

Depending on where their group network shares is located, MINTS users will need to enter one the following server paths:

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smb://me-filer1.medschl.cam.ac.uk/groups$/GroupName

or

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smb://me-filer1.medschl.cam.ac.uk/groups3$/GroupName

substituting GroupName for their actual group share name. If they are a member of the IMS, the group network share has the following path:

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smb://me-filer2.medschl.cam.ac.uk/groups2$/IMS


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titleSLCU domain

In order to access their personal network share, SLCU users should type:

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smb://sl-filer1-02.slcu.cam.ac.uk/home$/First LastName

with a space replacing a dot (.) in their username.

Group shares can be access using:

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smb://slcu.cam.ac.uk/data/TeamName


Shortcuts

It may be useful to use shortcuts after successfully connecting to the network shares. Shortcuts can be created in Finder itself or in the Dock simply by dragging the directory icon from the top title bar to either Favorites in Sidebar:

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