Documentation

The Student Documentation secton of the ICS Support website provides the necessary procedures and forms that student assistants require for their tasks.

Reference Manuals

• PDFLib Reference - API documentation of PDFLib
• PDFLib Manual - User Manual for PDFLib
• Image Alchemy - User manual for Alchemy Image manipulation
• Sun Ultra 10 - Service manual for Sun Ultra 10 machines
• APC Smart UPS - User's manual for 750VA/1000VA/1500VA 2U Rack Mount UPS
• AP9606 Web/SNMP management - User's manual for APC network management card AP9606
• AP9606 netcard addendum - Documentation for upgrading and configuring firmware
• AP9606 netcard addendum (HTML link) - Documentation for upgrading and configuring firmware (HTML)
• GMT - Generic Mapping Tools Homepage
• GMT Map Catalog and Tools - Guide to creating and using GMT scripts
• Flexible Web pages with XHTML and CSS - How to retrofit your Web pages for wireless compatibility...
• WWW Consortium - HTML/CSS Validators standards
• IBM LTO2 Tape Drive - User manual for IBM LTO-2 tape drive
• Mac OS X SCSI Host Adapter Compatibility List - This document outlines the SCSI card support for Mac OS X with Retrospect

Useful programming links

• HTML Manual - Documentation for using HTML
• HTML Color codes - List of HTML color codes
• Linux - A list of Linux commands and their usage
• PHP Manual - Documentation for using PHP
• W3 Schools - Web languages
• HTML Tutorial - Another site on HTML tutorials

Procedural Documentation

• Routine Tasks - Some procedural docs on routine tasks to do as computer support assistant
• System Log Analysis - System log analysis procedures
• RAID Check - Routine checks and status logging of the RAID systems at ICS (see link below for step-by-step procedures)
• RAID system check procedures - RAID system check procedures
• Equipment Management Procedures - Equipment Inventory Procedures
• Tape Porting - Transferring earthquake data from Exabyte (or DAT) tapes to hard disk
• Console Server - How to use the console server to evaluate a Sun system
• Purchase Orders - How to order products from vendors
• APC net management cards - How to talk/connect to the AP9606 web/SNMP management card for APC Smart-UPS
• Waste Procedures - Procedures for disposing of hazardous waste materials, Recycling, and Light Bulbs
• Physics Storeroom Equipment - Where and how to pick up equipment from the Physics Storeroom

Scripts Documentation

• Scripts-Autolog
  • cleanall.txt
  • copyall.txt
  • ddtape.csh.txt
  • iautolog.txt
  • iclean.txt
  • ilogcopy.txt
  • qautolog.txt
  • qclean.txt
  • qlogcopy.txt
  • replace.sh.txt
  • sautolog.txt
  • sclean.txt
  • slogcopy.txt
  • suniq.txt
  • suniqall.txt

Excel Spreadsheets

• Gig-Ethernet Testing Results - Results of testing Girvetz data ports for gig-ethernet
• Tape Porting Transfer Rates - Transfer rates for data when reading from Exabyte/DAT tapes to hard disk
• CRT Monitor Inventory - List of unused CRT monitors here at ICS and their specs and status

Completed Projects

• Projects that Mark did - Short descriptions of projects completed
• Projects that Joe did - Short descriptions of projects completed