Your systems team usually provide you with a managed dual boot (Windows 10/Centos 7) desktop. If you would rather manage your own machine we give you an entry in our DHCP server so your machine gets an IP address on the “self managed” network and that’s pretty much it. This setup gives you great flexibility but please note:
- For security reasons there is no access to any file servers on that network so you don’t have direct access to your home directory or the /import drives.
- Likewise there is no remote access to machines on that network. The incoming firewall is very restrictive.
- All data backup is entirely your responsibility, unlike managed machines we don’t copy your home dir to tape daily.
- It’s not currently possible to run software that needs to communicate with EECS licence servers on self-managed machines.
- We don’t have the resources to help you install machines on the self-managed network – Google is (hopefully) your friend.