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2 CMSP File Sharing User’s Guide

Contents

Overview .................................................................................................................................... 3

x.500 id access .......................................................................................................................... 4

Internal Accounts .................................................................................................................... 4

External Accounts .................................................................................................................. 4

Accessing Your Data on UMN network ...................................................................................... 5

Windows® Platforms .............................................................................................................. 5

OS X Platforms ......................................................................................................................13

Virtual Private Network (VPN) ...................................................................................................16



Overview

As of August 1, 2015, the Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics (CMSP) will share

project data through the University of Minnesota’s Office of Information Technology (OIT). This

document is intended to provide instructions for accessing data from within and outside the

University of Minnesota network.

Figure 1 Overview of CMSP File Sharing through OIT

As shown in Figure 1, CMSP acquires data via mass spectrometers and transfers the resulting

raw files to OIT data storage. Once transferred, University of Minnesota Informatics Institute

(UMII) staff members and/or CMSP staff members will transfer the raw files to a CMSP

computer for further quantification and identification analysis. Once complete, the UMII Staff

and/or CMSP staff will transfer the raw results, quantification and/or identification results, and

any other pertinent documentation to OIT data storage and notify the researcher via email.

After receiving the email, researchers can access their data with their x.500 id using the

instructions in this guide in conjunction with the information in the notification email. Off-campus

access to the University of Minnesota network (for UMN and Sponsored researchers) is



accomplished by establishing a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection (see section Virtual

Private Network (VPN)).

x.500 id access

All access to OIT data storage is through your x.500 id. (Your x.500 id is you UMN internet ID

and is the username that you use to for email). If you don’t have an active x.500 id, you will not

be able to access your data.

Internal Accounts

If you are affiliated with the University of Minnesota (student, faculty, post-doc, researcher), you

will have an x.500 account. If you don’t remember your x.500 id or your password, go to UMN

IT Help at https://it.umn.edu/internet-accounts-passwords.

External Accounts

If you are not affiliated with the University of Minnesota (CMSP External Customer), you must

obtain a sponsored University of Minnesota account. For existing CMSP customers who do not

have an x.500 account please fill out the CMSP Sponsored Account Request form

(z.umn.edu/cmsprsa) and email Dr. Pratik Jagtap at [email protected] indicating you requested

a sponsored account. For new CMSP customers, CMSP staff will request a sponsored account

when your billing information is set up.

User Note: you must have an x.500 id or you will not be able to access your CMSP

generated data.

User Note: This OIT storage is for sharing data with CMSP and researchers.

Researchers must not store their own research or personal data within CMSP shared

folders.

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Accessing Your Data on UMN network

If you are inside the UMN network (that is, you are on campus or have gained access to the

UMN network through a VPN (see Section: Virtual Private Network (VPN)) you can gain access

to CMSP shared data.

Windows® Platforms

If you are using a Windows® platform, perform the following steps:

1. Click on the start button in the lower left-hand corner of your desktop.

2. Select one of the following options to navigate to the Map Network Drive window

Option 1: Right-click on the “Computer” entry and select “Map network drive…” (See

Figure 2).

Figure 2 Navigate to Map Network Drive Window - Option 1

User Note: Your start menu may look slightly different. The start menu in this guide

are snapshot from Windows® 7.



Option 2: Click on the “Computer” entry (Figure 3).

Figure 3 Navigate to Network Drive Window - Option 2 Step 1

You will next see a window similar to the following (see Figure 4). Click on the “Map

network drive” button on the top banner. If you don’t see the “Map network drive” button,

your window may be too narrow. Simply widen the window to make the “Map network

drive” button visible.

Figure 4 Navigate to Network Drive Window - Option 2 Step 2



3. Fill in the Map Network Drive Fields (For XP systems, see section 4)

a. Drive: Select a drive letter from the available drop down menu (see Figure 5).

b. Folder: Enter \\files.umn.edu\CMSP-NS\researchData\xxxxxxxx where xxxxxxxx is

the x.500 id of the PI for your group (see Figure 5).

c. Reconnect at logon – Check this box if you want to reconnect each time you log on

to your computer. Checking this box is only appropriate if you do not share a

computer (see Figure 5).

d. Connect using different credentials – Check this box if you did not sign on to your

computer with your x.500 id (see Figure 5).

e. Click the Finish button when complete (see Figure 5).

Figure 5 Fill in Map Network Drive Fields

User Note: You will receive the path to your mapped network drive in an email from

CMSP staff once your data is acquired and/or processed.

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f. Enter your x.500 id and password (see Figure 6). Note that OIT is in the active

directory domain. If you are not on active directory (this is not common), then

precede your x.500 id with ad\ indicating that you are connecting to the active

domain. If you don’t know what this means, simply try using your x.500 alone. If that

doesn’t work, try using ad\your_x.500.

Figure 6 Enter x.500 id and password

You will be presented with a window similar to the one depicted in Figure 7.

Figure 7 Connecting Network Drive in Progress

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4. For XP systems, Fill in the Map Network Drive Fields)

a. Drive: Select a drive letter from the available drop down menu (see Figure 8Figure

5).

b. Folder: Enter \\files.umn.edu\CMSP-NS\researchData\xxxxxxxx where xxxxxxxx is

the x.500 id of the PI for your group (see Figure 8).

c. Reconnect at logon – Check this box if you want to reconnect each time you log on

to your computer. Checking this box is only appropriate if you do not share a

computer (see ).

d. Connect using different credentials – Check this box if you did not sign on to your

computer with your x.500 id (see Figure 8).

Figure 8 XP - Map Network Drive

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b

d

c



e. You will be presented with a dialogue box similar to the one in Enter your x.500 id

and password (see Figure 9). For XP systems, you may need to enter your x.500 id

as [email protected]. Click OK.

Figure 9 Enter x500 id and password

f. Finally, click Finish (see Figure 10).

Figure 10 Finish logon



5. Navigate to your mapped network drive. You have several options to complete this step.

Here are just a couple of the options:

Option 1: Click on the Windows® Explorer icon . You will be presented with a

window similar to Figure 11.

Figure 11 Navigate to New Mapped Drive - Option 1



Option 2: Click on the start button, and then click on the “Computer”

entry (see Figure 12). Then under Network Location, select your new mapped

drive (see Figure 13

Figure 12 Windows Start Menu

Figure 13 Navigate to New Mapped Drive - Option 2



OS X Platforms

If you are using an OS X (Mac) platform, perform the following steps:

1. Select one of the following options to navigate to the Connect to Server dialogue box.

Option 1:

a. Click on the finder icon.

b. Click on the Go option in the Finder menu bar (see Figure 15).

c. Click on the Connect to Server option in the pull-down box (see Figure 15).

b

c

Figure 14 OS X (Mac) Start Connect to Server Configuration - Option 1



Option 2: Press Command-K on your keyboard at the same time (Figure 15).

Figure 15 OS X (Mac) Start Connect to Server Configuration - Option 2

2. Enter smb://files.umn.edu/CMSP-NS/researchData/xxxxxxxx in the Server Address field,

where xxxxxxxx is the x.500 id of the PI for your group (see Figure 16) and click on the

Connect button.

Figure 16 Connect to Server Dialogue Box

User Note: You will receive the path to your mapped network drive in an email from

CMSP staff once your data is acquired and/or processed.



3. You will be presented with a window similar to the one in Figure 17. You should see

additional folders within the drive. Navigate to your project to locate your data.

Figure 17 Connected to Server

4. If you close the window in Figure 17, you can still navigate to your data by clicking on the pi

group drive icon on your desktop. Simply click on the icon and the finder window for your

data should appear (see Figure 18).

Figure 18 Navigate to your data



Virtual Private Network (VPN)

If you are not on one of the University of Minnesota campuses, you can still access your CMSP

data. First, you will need to establish a virtual private network (VPN) connection. Instructions

for downloading, configuring and using VPN are located at https://it.umn.edu/virtual-private-

network-vpn. If this link changes, simply Google UMN VPN.

User Note: To download the VPN software, you will need to log in with your x.500 id.

https://it.umn.edu/virtual-private-network-vpn

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