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NICE is a web-based interface for remote access to MSI resources including remote graphics. NICE can be used on Linux, Mac, or Windows. To use NICE, you must perform an initial setup on your computer of a client called DCV. Once that is installed, you will be able to access NICE from your web browser. Here are the steps for setting up NICE and starting a session.
Notes: When running graphically intensive applications on NICE, do not use isub, as that will decrease graphics performance. NICE is not accessible via ssh. Users looking for CUDA or GPGPU acceleration should use the Mesabi GPU nodes.
- Open a web browser to http://nice.msi.umn.edu . Note that to connect to NICE, you must either be connected through U of M Secure network on campus, or be connected through the University's VPN.
- Log in with your MSI username and password.
3. On the NICE website, click one of the options associated with the amount of time, memory, and GPU usage you require. You may be confronted with an error with the VNC signature. If this is the case, just click yes and proceed. Your web browser should then launch a VNC viewer with a desktop.
4. From there, you can open a terminal, load modules, and run any lab-installed software. To check that DCV acceleration is working, open a terminal and run "dcvtest".