The emp.ics.uci.edu host cluster is being updated to CentOS7 as of 10/22/2018. Users ssh'ing into emp.ics.uci.edu after this date will be presented with a CentOS7 host.
The CentOS6 environment will continue to be available to staff and faculty until the beginning of Winter quarter. You may log into the older CentOS6 environment by ssh into emp6.ics.uci.edu
The new CentOS7 environment is immediately available for testing by ssh'ing into emp7.ics.uci.edu.
For the last quarter's announcements see our Summer Quarter 2018 Announcements instead.