Storage & Shared Drives

Submit a request for access using CLA Computing Resources Access Request Form (click “Request Service” in the upper right-hand corner).  Information to include on the request:

• The name of the file share drive or remote resource (wts or compute.cla).  Your adviser, lab manager, or supervisor should have this information for you.
• The name of the person who is the head of the lab, usually a faculty member or a lab manager. This person will need to approve your access.

R is for Research file shares; S is for Department file shares.

Connect to a Shared Drive or Network Folder

Use the address patterns below for connecting.

• Mac
  • Navigate Finder > Go > Connect to Server:
    • Type smb: + the network drive path
      • for the Psychology Administrative fileshare:
        • smb://files.umn.edu/cla-psycstat/psyc
      • for any research fileshare:
        • smb://ad.umn.edu/umn/CLA/Research/cla_psyc_<faculty>_<file_share>
    • Type AD\ + your Internet ID and your password if prompted.
• PC: The drives R and S drives should automatically map when logging in after access is granted. Try restarting the machine.
  • If restarting does not work, you can manually map the drives.
    • R:  \\ad.umn.edu\UMN\CLA\Research
    • S:  \\files.umn.edu\cla-psycstat\psyc
    • H:  \\files.umn.edu\cla-psycstat\home\<account>

Connect to OIT Linux File Share Drives

Notes:

• You must be connected to UMN VPN when attempting to access these folders from off-campus.