nflwo60 is a Dual Opteron workstation running Slackware Linux 11.0, with 4GB of memory installed. It interfaces with the various instruments using socket communications over the network, and has two planar serial ports which interface with the fast motor controllers and tcs pc computer. It contains approximately 500 GB of disk storage on two internal SATA disk drives.
There are currently no external devices , but future plans include a 4mm dat drive and a DLT-IV drive, which will be added from flwo60 after TRES is in use.
Nflwo60 and most devices needed for the observer are protected by a UPS, which will produce enough power to run 25 minutes without external power.
If you need to reboot nflwo60, please follow this procedure. Exit the Realtime System if possible, and the select The large K Kde startup icon from the bottom left of the left screen. Select Logout from the bottom, and then select Restart Computer from the Popup menu. In a few minutes you will be ruturned to a log-in prompt.
If nflwo60 has been powered off, turn all remote devices on first, then the computer, the monitors are usually left running.