VNC Lab Retirement
The VNC Lab was retired in May of 2022. This page will be removed in a future update of this site.VNC Virtual Lab (retired)
The VNC Lab consists of 8 workstations (vnc1.eecs.utk.edu through vnc8.eecs.utk.edu) that are only accessible remotely (see below), i.e. you cannot sit down at the system console.
Hardware Information (Spring 2017)
- Model: Dell Optiplex 9010
- Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4GHz
- Operating system: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 x64
- Memory: 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 @ 1600MHz
- Video Graphics Controller: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
- Hard drive: 500GB 7200 RPM 6GB/s SATA, 16MB Cache
- Network Controller: Integrated Gigabit 10/100/1000 Controller
How to Access the VNC Lab
SSH
You may log into the VNC Lab systems via SSH, just like you would for any other EECS Linux system. Please see the SSH knowledge base page for more information.
RealVNC
All VNC Lab systems support access via the RealVNC client software, providing a secure (encrypted) remote desktop connection. This can provide a faster desktop experience than using X11 forwarding with SSH. Please see the RealVNC knowledge base page on how to connect.