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Connecting to Biodesign servers from home

How-to: Access the Biodesign Institute file share server
(peptide.biodesign.asu.edu) from an off-campus location
BITS email: bits-q@asu.edu Page 1 of 3 Latest Revision: 6/15/09

Before using the Biodesign Institute Peptide file server, please be sure to read the
confidentiality statement and mandatory computer security requirements available
on the Biodesign Institute Intranet web site at:
https://intranet.biodesign.asu.edu/bits/

About the Biodesign Institute Peptide file server

The Biodesign Institute main file server is administered by Biodesign Information
Technology Services (BITS) and is located at the Biodesign Institute on the main
campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. The main file server is accessed
using the following fully qualified domain name (fqdn):

peptide.biodesign.asu.edu

There are four main connections or partitions available to Biodesign staff, students
and faculty in need of file storage and retrieval. Please note the word “center” in the
file paths below refers to one of the Biodesign Institute center abbreviations. For
example, if the shared space for the Center for Environmental Biotechnology (EB) is
desired, please enter eb in place of the word center.

*Mac OS X users, please note the server path information for Mac OS X based workstations is entered using the “Connect to Server…” menu item from the Finder GO menu. Since the smb://peptide.biodesign.asu.edu file server is a Windows based server, the smb protocol name is required to connect to the server. To access the “Connect to Server…” menu item, please do the following steps:

1. With the Finder active, from the Go menu, select Connect to Server... . Alternatively, with the Finder active, press Cmd-k .
2. In the Connect to Server window that opens, next to the “Address:” field, type smb:// , followed by your ASURITE ID, the @ symbol and the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the server, a forward slash, and then the name of the shared volume (the shared volume name is optional).

The Windows and Mac OS X path to the Peptide file server shares:

Windows: \\peptide.biodesign.asu.edu\shared\eb\
Mac OS X: smb://asuriteid@peptide.biodesign.asu.edu/shared/eb/

The S drive or shared file space:
Windows: \\peptide.biodesign.asu.edu\shared\<center>\
Mac OS X: smb://asuriteid@peptide.biodesign.asu.edu/shared/<center>/

The P drive or personal file space:
Windows: \\peptide.biodesign.asu.edu\personal\<center>\<asuriteid>\
Mac OS X: smb://asuriteid@peptide.biodesign.asu.edu/personal/<center>/<asuriteid>/

The R drive or research file space:
Windows: \\peptide.biodesign.asu.edu\research\<center>\
Mac OS X: smb://asuriteid@peptide.biodesign.asu.edu/research/<center>/

The U drive or biodesign all shared space:
Windows: \\peptide.biodesign.asu.edu\shared\biodesign all\
Mac OS X: smb://asuriteid@peptide.biodesign.asu.edu/shared/biodesign all/

Workstations and laptops located in the Biodesign Institute building should be able to
connect to the Peptide file server without the use of a VPN client installed.

When attempting to access the Peptide file server from outside the Biodesign
Institute building or from an off-campus location, the Cisco SSLVPN client is required.

If necessary, download Cisco SSLVPN client software

If Cisco SSLVPN client is not installed, you can install it yourself using the instructions below.
ASU offers the SSLVPN client as a free download to all users
affiliated with ASU. The only requirement is a current ASURITE ID and password.
Before downloading the VPN software, please check your workstation and/or laptop
to make sure the previous VPN client (CheckPoint Secure Remote) is not installed. Look for the SecuRemote icon in the All Programs list located in the Start menu.
Or, you can check for the SecuRemote icon located in the system
tray near the clock. If is installed, it must be removed before installing the Cisco SSLVPN. It can be removed by following the steps located on the bits Blog at:

http://bits.biodesign.asu.edu/security/2009/03/got-vpn .

After confirming the CheckPoint SecuRemote VPN software is not installed, you can
access the ASU SSLVPN site at http://sslvpn.asu.edu . You can use the BITS blog mentioned above for instructions on installation.

To map the Peptide file server shared drives using the “Map Network Drive” option, click on the “My Computer” icon to open the “My Computer” window. Click on the “Tools” menu and select “Map Network Drive…”: The “Map Network Drive” wizard
will assist you to map the desired network drive. The “Drive:” option will allow you to assign the mapped drive letter, i.e. P: for personal drive. The “Folder:” option is where you enter the path to the desired file share. For example, if you want to map the EB personal shares to the P: drive, please enter:
\\peptide.biodesign.asu.edu\personal\eb\

Check the “Reconnect at logon” if you want Windows to automatically attempt
to connect to the mapped drive the next time you logon to your Windows
workstation or laptop. Please make sure you have a valid network connection before
logging in to your computer otherwise the log in process may take longer while
Windows attempts to connect to the mapped Peptide file share.

To ensure a successful connection, please use the “Connect using a different username” option. This option allows you to enter your ASURITE ID and password, even if you are not using your ASURITE ID and password to logon to your workstation or laptop. To open the “Connect As…” window, click on the words “different user name.”: Enter your ASURITE ID and password. Please be sure to enter the User Name correctly. An example is listed in the picture above. If the username and password entered are accepted by the server, the mapped drive should open on your desktop. You may have to enter your ASURITE ID and password for the SecuRemote VPN client to complete the process:

You can also check which drives you have mapped by looking in the “My Computer” window. You may have to change the folder view to list to properly see the mapped drive letters. If you mapped the drives to a specific center, i.e. EB or \\peptide.biodesign.asu.edu\shared\eb\, the following list of mapped drives may appear: If you mapped the drives to the entire shared, personal or research folder, the mapped drive listing may look like the following:

To view the contents of the mapped drive, just click on the appropriate mapped drive
to display the contents. Below are examples listing the folders for each of the
Biodesign center.
S or Shared drive:
P or personal drive:
R or Research drive:
If you need to disconnect a mapped drive, you can disconnect the drive from the “My Computer” window. Click on the “Tools” menu and then click on the “Disconnect Network Drive…” option:
The “Disconnect Network Drives” window will allow you to select the mapped drives
and disconnect the drives when you click the “OK” button:
Logging off the workstation or shutting down your workstation will also disconnect
the mapped network drives.
If further assistance is required to access the peptide.biodesign.asu.edu file server,
please contact the Biodesign Information Technology Services (BITS) staff:
Email: bits-q@asu.edu
Phone: 480-727-0123
Admin (ADMIN)
Applied NanoBioscience (ANB)
Bioelectronics and Biosensors (BB)
BioEnergetics (BE)
BioOptical Nanotechnology (BON)
Center Innovations in Medicine (CIM)
Center for Personal Diagnostics(CPD)
Envioronmental Biotechnology (EB)
Evolutionary Functional Genomics (EFG)
Ecogenomics (EG)
Infectious Diseases and Vaccionology (IDV)
Single Molecule Biophysics (SMB)