Re: [Ietf-62] Conference net status.

[Chris Liljenstolpe <[e-mail]>]

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I would recommend Scott Fritchie to run the servers.

	Chris

On 03 Feb 2005, at 07.48, Dennis Fazio wrote:

> It's been a while since we've communicated on things for the 
> Minneapolis conference, so here are some status details and needs we 
> still have:
>
> Dave Farmer and I have met with the Hilton folks and surveyed the site 
> and we've also met a couple of times to map out the network design. 
> Here is a summary:
>
> 1. Hilton facilities.
>
> All of the wiring and infrastructure facilities are still in place and 
> available. There are two network drops in each meeting room, one for 
> the internal Hotel LAN and one for the Hilton Internet service. We 
> will be able to use the wiring for the Hilton Internet service for our 
> purposes during the week, so that gives us two drops in each room. 
> That obviates the need to put a switch in each room to accommodate the 
> wireless data and wired unicast voice nets (I believe there is no 
> multicast video this time).
>
> We will have access to their telecomm/network hub on the 4th floor to 
> be able to place equipment and patch into their distribution panels 
> for the meeting rooms. Other distribution panels are still available 
> in the coat room, where the registration desk will be.
>
> We will also have access to the roof to place wireless equipment. We 
> also surveyed the possibility of placing a base station to cover the 
> 28th floor lounge, and that also is available using hotel wiring.
>
> 2. Internet access
>
> Onvoy has placed an order for the dark fiber to the Hilton to 
> terminate in their Minneapolis PoP in a gigabit ethernet port. From 
> there, vLANs will be routed to get traffic to their 2-3 upstream 
> backbones, and over a direct link to the University for Internet2 
> cross-connect. Delivery is on schedule for the first couple of days in 
> March.
>
> For a backup link, we would like to put in a wireless broadband link 
> to the University for connection to its upstream national providers. 
> We are seeking equipment from Alcatel, via Chris Liljenstolpe, and 
> from Cisco, via Dave Farmer and the University Cisco rep. We hope to 
> hear within a few days. If that does not pan out, we will have to 
> install one or two T1 links.
>
> 3. Wired net
>
> The University will supply whatever number of Cisco 3750 
> switch/routers we need to build the wired network. We will terminate 
> the dark fiber and the wireless link in this equipment, one in the 
> basement telecom room, one on the roof. GigE links will be brought 
> down to the 3rd floor and distribution to the meeting rooms and base 
> stations will be done from there. Switches will also be placed in the 
> terminal room to supply the wired drops, printers and handful of 
> supplied laptops there.
>
> IPv6 routing will be done with a pair of Cisco 2900 units that the 
> University will also supply, one for the Onvoy dark fiber path, one 
> for the University wireless path.
>
> There should be no need for any additional routers or switches from 
> other sources.
>
> 4. Wireless net
>
> We are still in need of about 35 801.11 b/g or a/b/g base stations. 
> This is our estimate to cover all the meeting rooms on both floors, 
> the lobby and bar, the 28th floor lounge and a couple on the roof for 
> outdoors. To do the rooftop units, we will need a couple of hi-gain 
> directional antennas to give us decent signal down on the street and 
> into the bars and restaurants. There is still no word on availability 
> of this equipment yet.
>
> We also need a person to take on the role of project director for the 
> wireless net. We could do it here with University folk, but this is a 
> challenging high-density high-noise network and someone well-steeped 
> in radio magic would be most helpful. Any network management software 
> to monitor and manage the wireless net and expertise to run it is also 
> needed.
>
> 5. Servers and printers
>
> I believe the servers are on hand at IETF HQ and ready for deployment. 
> We need to have a project leader for this portion officially 
> identified also to get the web, mail, DHCP, print queues, etc. up and 
> running. I believe Albert is also in the process of acquiring 
> printers.
>
>
> Next steps:
>
> Dave and I will visit the Hilton again next week to get the jacks and 
> building wiring mapped out with their LAN guy and start early planning 
> for switch/router and  base station placement. Dave will do an initial 
> network plan in Visio and send it out (PDFs would be helpful for 
> readibility) when available.
>
> We need to identify where the base stations will come from, who will 
> be the wireless net lead, and who will be the server system lead.
>
> I am sure I forgot some things, so please chime in. We need to get 
> some chatter going here and details planned out, so off we go.
>
> Albert, is there any information I can gather or put together that 
> would be useful for the attendees during their visit here?
>
> -- 
> Dennis Fazio
> 612-781-6890
>
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