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SCDF Documentation

Welcome to the documentation portal for the Scientific Computing & Data Facility (SCDF) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The SCDF provides high-performance computing, high-throughput computing, storage, and collaboration services to experiments and research communities worldwide, including US ATLAS, RHIC, Belle II, EIC, LSST, and the broader grid community.

Getting Started

New to the SCDF? Start here:

  1. Request an account — All access requires a user account and completion of BNL cyber security training.
  2. Generate an SSH key pair — SSH is the primary login method for SCDF systems.
  3. Upload your public key — Register your public key with the facility.
  4. Connect through a gateway — SSH into a gateway, then on to the interactive nodes or clusters.

Already have an account? See Accessing Clusters for the login path to your specific experiment.

What you'll find here

  • Information — About the facility, staff, traveling to BNL, organizational information, and policies.
  • Access — SSH, authentication (Kerberos, MFA, Yubikeys), and user account management.
  • Services — Computing (HTCondor, Slurm, HPC/HTC), storage (NFS, AFS, HPSS, dCache, BNLBox), email, JupyterLab, NoMachine, certificates, and collaboration tools.
  • Projects & Experiments — US ATLAS, Belle II, grid computing, and VO membership resources.
  • Help — RT ticketing system, FAQs, and how to contact the expert panel for support.

Support

For technical problems, bug reports, or access requests, open a ticket through the RT ticketing system — see the RT Quick Start for how to submit via email or the web interface. Tickets are routed to the appropriate queue (accounts, computing, storage, grid services, etc.) and answered by SCDF staff.

General questions about COmanage enrollment can be found in the COmanage FAQ.

Feedback

If you find incorrect or outdated information in these docs, please open an RT ticket describing the page and the issue. SCDF staff will review and update accordingly.