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Network Services Team (NST)

Meeting Minutes - 1/26/96

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Last meeting: 1/10/96
   Next meeting: 2/7/96

1. Status Reports:

  Any Network Services projects pending/waiting? 

    Duplicating needs in Merritt 131
          - Still to do; no complaints on this from Duplicating since they
            have a phone.

    Sen. Sears - moving to Raymond 2nd ISD offices
          - there were no problems with our cables as a result of the opening
            they cut intothe wall.  There is no work order to date to provide
            any other network services.

  Shiva LANRover status 

        - Cardinal 28.8 modems for the LanRovers?
 

          We talked about acquiring additional dial-in access.  Rather than order
          two 28.8 modems, we should purchase 10 and an additional Shiva LanRover.
          Bob will talk to Peter B. about this since this may qualify as a Student 
          Technology Fee purchase.

  Wiring the "dorms" project. (Bob) 
  
        - Vendor walkthroughs - how do we manage this?

        - Defining all specifications for student rooms, horizonal runs,
          wiring closets 

          We reviewed a diagram Justin created to help establish definition of
          common terms used with vendors ("faceplate", "drop", "pull")

        - Project leader for cable infrastructure (defines specs, physical
          network design, leads our team on this part of the project
         
          Carm will be a lead person for this part of our project.  He will
          be the one vendors contact to discuss this part of the project; to
          schedule "walk-throughs", etc.

        - Project leader for networking equipment/protocols (hubs,logical
          network design); leads our team on this part of the project
         
          Justin will be a lead person for this part of our project.  He will
          be the one vendors contact to discuss this part of the project; to
          schedule design meetings, etc.
 
        - Project leader for user services/policies (defines acceptable use
          policy, guidelines, and leads our *department* on this part of the project
         
          Bob will be a lead person for this part of our project.  He will
          work with Brenda to establish policy proposals, administrative
          guidelines and to review this with students (STAB).

   Switching hub (Carm/Justin) 

   - Nothing new here; waiting upon Cabletron to install their hub/management
     software.  Their hub has arrived.

   Skyline status (see 11/8
minutes)

   - OK, OK, no progress here, but Bob promises to move on this
RSN (real soon now)

   Switching hub backup

   - consolidated all of this equipment?  Garnet is working on this.
 
   2Gb drive for Unix servers - and - a service contract on both Sun systems 
   and the tape backup drive?  (Dave)

   - we reviewed the needs of our network service servers (Sun Sparc servers)
     with Dave.  We agreed to purchase a 2Gb drive from Sun as well as the 
     maintenance contract for our 2 Sun Sparc servers.

   Security for Kellas Hall
   
   - Tim Ashley (Public Safety) to consult with us on Thursday. (Bob) 

   - Dave told Erik to contact Public Safety when he arrives
     and when he leaves Kellas so they know who is in the building after hours?

   Internet downstream access
    
   - We got a message from Tom Neiss indicating that we can provide "downstream"
     access to the Internet, but not until the contract w/ NYSERNet has been
     signed (Note <2/6/96> - Justin said he had been told the contract was signed).
     There will be a fee for every site we give downstream access to.
   

2. New items:

Review of our work-related setups...are they still useful? necessary?

   x4000 (logging network activity, installs, etc.) 
   
   - Are we logging the new computers and our recent network problems?  Yes, but
     unreliably.  Since we have not been utilitizing the information, we will
     no longer use this set up.
   
   - Log reports - if we use this, what reports do we want and how often?
   
     We will not longer use x4000, so there will be no reports.

   - x2884 (Network HOTLINE)
    
     We will drop this service as well.  No one seems to be using it.  Brenda will
     let Paula know to remove reference to it on our InfoChannel and on the Web.
  
   - Network services work-order process

     We want to automate this process.  We reviewed the work-order form that Bob
     prepared for the Web.  However, we need to know the current process that a work
     order goes through to determine how best to automate this process.  

     Brenda will outline the current work-order process as she knows it.  Once outlined
     we will review it to determine how to automate it.

Our Backup strategy for responding to network problems (see Brenda's
  telephone # sheet) 

   - we did not discuss this item.

Workshops ("Remote Access"; "Managing Switched Internetworking")

   - Carm, Garnet and Justin will be attending.  They will take materials with them
     to share with vendors at this seminar.

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