Wiring Project Team

Meeting 4/5/96

Wiring project page

Attending:  Garnet Barrigar, Dave Brouwer, Peter Brouwer, Carmen Casolara, 
              Tony DiTullio, Bob Jewett, Mike Lewis, Justin Sipher


Last meeting:  3/26/96     Next meeting:  4/9/96


Agenda:

1. Review project issues to date:

  a. IDF (Wiring closet) list and needs

  b. Location of wiring tray in Knowles hi-rise student rooms

  c. Where project is to date:
     - early start date and completion date
     - separate T1 access for student rooms; partnering w/ Potsdam Central
          Schools
     - TCP/IP-host services (email, DNS, bootp, etc.)
     - Student support issues and policies
         * Student Resident Technology Consultants
         * Residential Computing Supervisor
         * Code of Conduct/Acceptable Use policy(ies)


2. Review Digital's (Bill Todd) wiring quote



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1.  Review project issues to date
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a.  IDF (Wiring closet) list and needs
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    Carm distributed his list of wiring closets (IDFs or SERs) that will be used
    in the 5 residence halls for this project.  He will submit this list as a
    work order to Jerry Beaulieu.  Bowman rms. #3083 and #6083, as well as 
    Lehman rm# 13 will need to be done *very* soon.  We will also need to
    relocate the sink and stove in Knowles S307.

b. Location of wiring tray in Knowles hi-rise student rooms
   --------------------------------------------------------

   Bob, Garnet and Carm met with John Horan to determine where a wiring "tray"
   will be mounted on the ceiling of student rooms on the 3rd floor of the 
   Knowles Hi-Rise.

   It was agreed that we will have the trays mounted as far back towards the
   window wall as possible.  This will mean that the sink and stove in Knowles
   S307 (see 1a above).

c. Where project is to date:
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   The contractors want to start this project as soon as the contract is 
   signed.  The official start date will be 5/20 and the completion date
   is expected to be 8/8.

   We are working on establishing separate T1 access for the students to use
   from their rooms once wired.  This will ensure that our existing network 
   services (Internet/SUNYNet access) will not be impacted once student rooms 
   come "on-line".

   A new development/opportunity has emerged.  We are exploring the possibility 
   of partnering with Potsdam Central Schools (PCS) to share the cost of 
   providing Internet access to student rooms (as described above) and to the 
   PCS.  This arrangement will save both institutions money and will work out 
   well since PCS will use the Internet primarily during the day and the 
   students will be using it primarily in the evening.

   We met with Russ Nelson (our Unix consultant) and feel we can establish 
   separate TCP/IP-host services (email, DNS, bootp, etc.) for the residential 
   network.  Again, this is needed to ensure that network services on our
   existing campus network do not suffer from performance problems once student
   rooms are wired.

   Student support issues and policies:  A new team, led by Doug Brown, has been
   established to investigate issues surrounding student use of the network from
   their rooms as well as the support needs.  This group is working with Chris
   Strong and Residence Life to develop any new policies that might be needed
   and are developing job descriptions for Student Residential Technology
   Consultants who will provide direct support to students in the residence 
   halls.  A request to hire a Residential Computing Supervisor will also be
   submitted.



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2. Review Digital's (Bill Todd) wiring quote
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We reviewed the quote.  There are some minor changes to be made, but 
essentially the quote is acceptable.  When funding has been secured, we 
will move forward with acceptance of the quote.  Mike suggested that he 
should be the signatory.

We looked at the additional two (2) line items of the quote we requested:

  - wiring 75 doors with a cable that could be used in the future with a
    card-entry system

  - pulling additional wire and fiber from Raymond to Kellas

At this point, we will probably *not* accept either line item because of 
their cost.  Tony pointed out that a separate project may be submitted in 
the future for providing card access to residence building doors and that 
would cover the cost of the wiring.  

Garnet will look into the cost of pulling cable/fiber from Raymond to 
Kellas since we may be able to do the job much less expensively by hiring 
a local contractor.

Please give me (Bob Jewett, x2699) a call if you want to know the details 
about the cost of this project.



REFERENCES:

Project cabling RFP-type specifications
Summer housing schedule prepared by John Horan.
SUNY Potsdam's response to Cabletron questions
Gartner Group conference call