Getting Started with NIM

You log into NIM (https://nim.nersc.gov/) via your web browser using your NERSC username and a NIM-specific password.

• First-time login
• Logging in and browser requirements
• Problems Accessing NIM?
• getnim: the command line interface

First-Time Login

The first time you log in to NIM, you will have to change your NIM password. NIM passwords must abide by The Department of Energy's password requirements.

Logging In and Browser Requirements

To log into the NIM system, point your web browser to the URL http://nim.nersc.gov. Please use this URL as a bookmark for NIM. If you have bookmarked a different URL, you may have to log in twice.

Enter your NERSC username and NIM password. Your NIM password is available from the NERSC Account Support Office, 1-800-66NERSC, option 2.

The first time you log in to NIM, you will have to change your NIM password.

You can only have one active NIM session on your local computer. If you try to log into NIM a second time, you will see this message:

Another NIM session is currently active on your computer. If you continue to log in, it will be terminated.

You can choose to either continue, which will quit your previous session, or cancel, which will leave your other session intact.

Browser Requirements

To use NIM you need a Web browser that can process tables, frames and Javascript. Your browser also needs to accept cookies (for authentication). The three popular browsers listed here are freely available and are compatible with NIM:

• Mozilla
• Internet Explorer 6
• Netscape Browser 8.0

You must set your browser to enable Javascript, accept cookies and not use stale, cached data.

• For Mozilla click Preferences from the Edit menu.

  1. Select the Advanced category and make sure that Enable Java is selected.
  2. Select Scripts % Plugins and make sure that Enable JavaScript is enabled for Navigator, and that Read Cookies is selected.
  3. Select Cache and make sure that the page in cache is compared to the page on the network "Every time I view the page:.

• For Internet Explorer select Internet Options from the Tools menu.

  1. Under the General tab click the Settings button for Temporary Internet Files, and then for Check for newer versions of stored pages select "Every visit to the page".
  2. Under the Security tab select Medium (or less) as the security level for the Internet. Or you can set the custom level to allow Java, Javascript and cookies.

Problems Accessing NIM?

• Need your initial NIM password? Need your NIM password reset? Contact the NERSC Account Support Office (800-66-NERSC, menu option 2; or 510-486-8612; or send email to support@nersc.gov).
• Can't log in? Contact the NERSC Consultants (800-66-NERSC, menu option 3; or 510-486-8611; or send email to consult@nersc.gov).