December 7, 2000  
Meeting Location:  Russell House Room 303

Agenda &
Announcements:		 General Announcements - Elizabeth Mathis
   Authentication Project Update -  A memo from Dr. Hogue is going to be sent outlining the objectives for achieving implementation of authentication for all users by the May Session. 
These 2 main objectives are to be accomplished by 3/31/01:
1) All network usernames must be inserted into the directory
2) All directory inconsistencies must be resolved.

   Blackboard for Spring Semester - Instructors need to contact Nancy Hart (or in CLA, Jacquelyn Cunningham) to have their course activated in Bb.  Their network username will also be verified so they will be able to access their course(s).

   Open File Manager Software Installations - As previously announced, the software is here and we need to begin installing it on all servers that are centrally backed up by Computer Services.  Network and Desktop Support is going to be contacting the network managers of these servers to arrange the installation of the software.

   USC Home Page Technology Link - As noted in this link, Tobias is working on a technology web page.  Your participation in helping him with the specific requirements of your college is greatly appreciated.  This will also be an ongoing topic for the WEBFOLK group. 

   SAN Equipment and Installation - Dell Consultants have were on site the week of Dec. 4th installing a NT SAN for AIS and a NetWare SAN for GroupWise.   Now that the hardware is in place, the applications can be installed and moved to the new equipment.  Especially for GroupWise, this additional hardware will provide a more stable and reliable system.

   TCL Lab Lease Refresh Project - Dell has agreed to extend the date for the pickup of the old equipment from the TCL Level 5 Lab until December 18th.  The new equipment will be put into place prior to the holiday break.  They are replacing 80 Dell 333 Pentium II workstations with 120 Dell 733 Pentium III workstations along with upgrading the file server.
  
InfoAve/Internet Status - Stan Yarbrough
   Recent Outages
   Increase Bandwidth Proposal
   Secondary Path Provider
There was a lengthy discussion on the stability/instability of the internet and the current status of projects managed by Computer Services.  Stan talked about the instability of the connection to the internet.  He stated that there had been problems at InfoAve and we had a denial of service attack.

Meeting Notes sent from Dean Pentcheff to NETMANAG

Security email sent from Bill Mowery to NETMANAG

Please send agenda item requests to Elizabeth Mathis (eliza@sc.edu).

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