Network Services Team (NST)

Meeting Minutes 5/16/95

• Old Business
• New Business
• What's Important to accomplish by next week?
• Discussion on our roles for network problems
• AGENDA for next meeting

Present:  Garnet Barrigar, Brenda Bennett, David Brouwer, Carmen Casolara, 
           Bob Jewett, Justin Sipher



1. Next meeting:  Weds. 5/24 @ 8am


2. Old Business:

   - Shiva LANRover problems/update. No reported problems since our
     last meeting!  Please report any problems using our x4000 data entry
     service.

     Carm reported that he has found severe noise in our trunk lines that 
     randomly occurs.  Could this be a source of the problems we have with
     unexpected modem disconnects?  To be investigated...

   - Network Services WWW pages. Bob reported on the information he picked
     up at the UVM conference that he and Justin attended.  Just click here
     [UVM notes] to get to the notes (which are now linked to our "Wiring
     the Residence Halls" page.

   - Network ADD estimate for Juliana Degone, Mental Health/Van Housen.  Carm
     provided a parts and labor estimate:  Mark Stoddard's faceplate ($98.93
     for parts); Juliana's faceplate ($54.51 for parts); 16 hours labor ($320).
     They would also need to purchase a faceplate cable and a NIC (network
     interface card).

     There was discussion about whether we should have to provide an account
     for email if we provided network access to these tenants (or any tenants),
     especially if they elect to use a modem in lieu of direct network 
     connectivity.

     Bob will check with Bill Fisher to determine what the contract under-
     standing is for tenants and network services.
       
   - x4000.  Nothing entered via voice-mail over the past week.  Does this
     mean we had no network problems to log and/or that we did not network
     ADDS/MOVES/CHANGES?

   - Flagg Classroom.  Mike Nuwer was invited to attend our 5/24 meeting @
     9am.  Brenda will check with him before she leaves for vacation to 
     determine what his telephone needs/questions are for the Flagg facility.

   - Updating our Chipcom EMM management modules to ver 4.01.  Nothing done
     to date on this.

   - 2 modem lines for the Carson office.  Completed!

   - Wiring the "dorms" - Bowman South Hi-Rise.  Bob reported on his latest
     discussions with John Horan.  John cannot market the Bowman rooms this
     summer since assignments have already been made.  That means that even
     though we might wire the rooms, students with computers would not
     necessarily occupy those rooms.

     Carm reported that S&L Electric will be installing fire alarms in the
     building this summer too and we would have to work around that schedule.
     If we cannot start by early July, we would not be able to finish up 
     before the start of the fall semester.

     We decided to go ahead with the site visits by Cabletron and Chipcom.


3. New Business:

   - UVM conference report.  Bob and Justin reported on information they
     picked up at the conference (mostly residential network concerns--see
     above)

   - Voice services. "Intuity"  [tabled for future meeting] (Brenda)

   - SUNYNet weekend coverage.  [tabled for future meeting](Bob)

   - Important goals for 95-96: [tabled for future meeting]

IMAP email server before 9/1/95 (need to do IMAP testing this summer)
28.8 modems


   - Discussed problem with a student (Eric Phillips) who posted a message
     soliciting commerical activity on public News groups.  [NOTE:  Eric's
     account was disabled and he came in to apologize.  His account will
     be re-instated later this week.]

   - There will be a campus-wide power outage on Sat 6/3 and Sun 6/4.  Justin
     will provide Brenda a list of offices with networked printers.  Brenda
     will see that these offices are called on Friday to be sure they turn 
     their printers OFF before they leave for the weekend.  This will prevent
     the printers from moving to the "Ethernet Backbone" default zone.  Brenda
     will also contact customers outside the academic quad to inform them that
     there will be NO telephone service during this outage (Res Life, Heating
     Plant, Public Safety?, Student Affairs)
   
     Dave will power down all Unix servers.

   - Checking phones in the residence halls.  Brian has been checking phones
     and is finding significant problems (broken phones, faceplates, dial tone)
     in Bowman Hall.


4.  What's Important to accomplish by next week?

     - Prepare for power outage on Sat/Sun 6/3-6/4.

     - Set-up site visit (again!) w/ Cabletron.

     - Anixter here FRIDAY 5/19 for site visit.


5.  Continuation of discussion on our roles for network problems and how/when
     to alert campus of problems with network services:    [tabled for future meeting] 

     - when an after-hours alert requires our attention 

     - backup role for Justin's role as coordinator for network
         service problems

     - Brenda's role as information clearinghouse and her backup.

     - how to program (record messages) for the HOTLINE (x2884)




6.  AGENDA for next meeting:

     - backup for Dave Brouwer's responsibilities

     - review Anixter site visit notes

     - coverage set up for upcoming STC conference (Bob, Justin, Brenda, Karen,
       and possibly Dave, will be away)