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Infrastructure for New Informatics Forum
Description:
This project encompasses all the Infrastructure Unit activities relating to the new Informatics Forum, including:
- Design of our network within the building, and its interfaces to outside.
- Specification of those network components which are to be installed by the contractor.
- Specification and procurement of those network components which are to be installed by us.
- Configuration of the network switches, coordinating with people moving in.
- Meetings with contractors and others, as required.
- Training, as required.
- Documentation, as required.
- Firewalling.
- Routing.
- Wireless coverage, and related issues.
Some areas have been spun out as separate projects:
- Switch management: is our existing system adequate? Would it scale? Does it need further development?
- 802.1X: useful?
- How will console access be implemented?
Deliverables: A working new Informatics Forum building (including but not limited to
the networking)!
Customer: Everyone.
Case statement: Informatics will move into the new Forum building some time this year. We have to ensure that our requirements are met, and that we are ready for the move.
Status:
Ongoing.
The project's working documentation can be found here.
There is a discussion of the options for wireless networking on the inf-unit network documentation pages.
There are slides available for a presentation on "Lessons Learned" given to the IT Futures group.
Timescales: While it would be possible to phase in some of the management tools afterwards, most of this has to be done in time for the currently-expected Practical Completion date of 30th March 2008.
Priority: Overriding.
Time:
Proposal:
Resources: Lots of person-hours! About half of the switches have now been delivered; the remainder are pending a choice between 2650 and 2610-48.
Plan:
Dependencies: There appear to be no external dependencies at present.
Risks:
Milestones
Proposed date | Achieved date | Name | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2008-06-16 | 2008-03-30 | forumPractComp | Practical completion has slipped. This date is a best-guess as to the likely completion schedule. |
2008-08-12 | 2008-08-11 | SRplan | Plan the layout of the server room |
2008-11-14 | 2008-11-16 | Weval | Evaluate wireless coverage |
2008-12-12 | 2009-01-14 | Wchoose | Somehow decide which wireless system to install |
2009-05-13 | 2009-04-30 | Winstall | Install (outsourced to IS) wireless APs |
2009-06-12 | 2009-06-12 | inSpacePC | inSpace practical completion |
2009-09-04 | 2009-09-30 | NUT | Have nut poll the UPSes, and set up master/slave infrastructure. |