Torrent Suite SoftwareAdministration Guide

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Torrent Suite Software space on Ion Community

Administration Guide TOC

• Introduction
• Audience
• Server configuration
• Dell T630 for Ion S5 Sequencer
  • Hardware Configuration
• Dell T620 for Ion Proton Sequencer, Rev 2
  • Hardware Configuration
• Dell T620 for Ion PGM Sequencer
  • Hardware Configuration
• Dell T7500 Ion PGM Sequencer
  • Hardware Configuration
• Next steps
• Admin tabs
• Announcements
• Help menu and help pages

Introduction

This document supports the deployment and maintenance of the Ion Torrent Server.

The Ion Torrent Server is a dedicated server that performs DNA sequencing analysis of data received from the Ion S5, Ion Proton , and Personal Genome Machine (Ion PGM) Sequencers.

Audience

This document is intended for system and network administrators responsible for setting up and maintaining server hardware, software and network connectivity.By presenting typical use cases, we identify best-practice operational scenarios to ensure that your system installs correctly and continues to run smoothly.

Server configuration

Dell T630 for Ion S5 Sequencer

Hardware Configuration

Dell T620 for Ion Proton Sequencer, Rev 2

Hardware Configuration

Dell T620 for Ion PGM Sequencer

Hardware Configuration

Dell T7500 Ion PGM Sequencer

Hardware Configuration

For more information on Ubuntu technical specs, including version numbers of other associated software packages like Apache Software and PostgreSQL, please visit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Server/TechSpecs/1004LTS .

Next steps

• Deploy Your System
• Maintain Your System

• Troubleshooting

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  You must use your ionadmin account for steps described in the Torrent Suite Software Administration Guide. (Do not use your ionuser account.)

Admin tabs

Use the admin gear menu to access the admin areas of the Torrent Browser:

• About View information on installed packages and versions, and access links to community, support, documentation, and diagnostic resources.

• References Manage your references, regions of interest files, hotspot files, barcode sets, and test fragments.

See References Management Guide .

• Services Monitor your system and perform Data Management tasks:
  • View the status of Torrent Suite Software modules, running analyses, file system space, and RAID drives.
  • View Data Management logs, and view or configure Data Management settings.
  • Initiate archive, export, or import actions.

See Data Management Guide , Monitor Free Disk Space , Archive or Export Analysis Files , Import Analysis Files , Troubleshooting .

• Plugins Install, configure, and manage plugins, including the Ion Reporter Uploader plugin.

See Install Analysis Plugins and Run the Installed Plugins .

• Configure Access the Admin Interface and Report Data Management settings, and configure contact information, your Torrent Server name, and email addresses.

See Administration , Data Management Overview .

• Accounts Configure your user profile, and respond to requests for new user accounts.

See Approve User Account Requests .

Announcements

The Torrent Browser provides announcements of product updates and releases from Ion Torrent.

The announcement flag next to the admin gear menu shows the number of new Ion Torrent announcements, if any:

The following is an example announcements listing:

Click on a headline to see a brief text summary of the announcement.

Help menu and help pages

The Help menu in the top right corner of the Torrent Browser contains links to documentation, diagnostic information, and other resources:

See Help Menu for information on these links.

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