How to connect to the I, P, and S drives from your personal computer

To connect to your SOG servers files while working remotely you will have to do two things:

  1. Establish a VPN connection to campus.
  2. Create mapped network drives to the server file locations (I, P, and S drives).

Establishing a VPN connection to campus

  1. If the Cisco VPN Client Software has not been installed and configured on your computer, click here to install it.
  2. Launch the VPN Client by going to Start -> Programs -> Cisco VPN Client -> VPN Client.
  3. Two windows should pop up. If only one does, type vpn.unc.edu in the box and click Connect.
  4. Enter the following, then click OK:
    • Group: UNCCampus
    • Username: your Onyen
    • Password: your Onyen password
    • Second Password: This determines which Duo authentication method is used
      • For a phone call, enter: phone
      • For a text message, enter: sms
      • For a notification from the Duo app, enter: push
      • Or open the Duo app and enter the code displayed there.
  5. An authorization message will pop up. Click "Accept."
  6. You are now connected to UNC-CH’s network, and can access SOG shared resources from your computer.

Connecting to SOG File Shares on Windows

If you are working on your SOG computer you can open "My Computer" and simply click the I:, P: and S: drives that are already mapped. If you are working on your personal computer, follow the direction below:

  1. Open File Explorer.
  2. Click "This PC" in the left pane.
  3. Click the "Computer" tab at the top left, then click "Map Network Drive."
  4. Next to Folder, enter one of the following:
    • For the P: drive, enter \\storage.unc.edu\sog\sog_public
    • For the S: drive, enter \\secnas.unc.edu\sog
    • For your I: drive, enter \\storage.unc.edu\sog\sog_users
  5. Select "Connect using a different user name" and click Finish, then enter the following information:
    • User: AD\yourOnyen
    • Password: your Onyen password
  6. Choose ‘OK’ and Next. The drive should automatically open. Repeat these steps if you wish to map additional drives.

Connecting to SOG File Shares on Mac

  1. In Finder, click Go, then Connect to Server.
  2. Enter one of the following:
    • For the P: drive, enter cifs://storage.unc.edu/sog/sog_public
    • For the S: drive, enter cifs://secnas.unc.edu/sog
    • For your I: drive, enter cifs://storage.unc.edu/sog/sog_users
  3. If you want to add this drive to your favorites list, click the + in the bottom left. Then click Connect.
  4. Enter the following information:
    • Name: AD\yourOnyen
    • Password: your Onyen password
  5. Click Connect. The drive should appear in Finder under "Locations" in the left pannel.

To recover files that have accidentally been deleted from the above listed drives, please view this article.