Network Manager’s Meeting
March 1, 2001
2:00 PM

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Presented by Elizabeth Mathis

• Authentication – Deadline is March 31^st for tree cleanup. May 13^th (May Session) all userids will be in the tree and all faculty, staff, and students will be able to get their network username and reset/change their password in VIP.
• SACS – (recurring agenda item) the new date for the SACS team visit is April 2 through April 6. Troy Travis indicated that the team would shift the majority of its focus to IT.
• PC Shop RFP – RFP went out in January and was expected to close on February 20. That date has been extended to March 5. Once the bid closes it is expected to take 4 to 6 weeks to have a vendor in place. The RFP does not include Macintosh support. Al Davis and Pierre D’Autel will provide Macintosh support.
• Network Operation Center – The project description is complete. Options being considered include replacing the IRIS ticket system and creating a consolidated Call Center. Feedback and suggestions from the NetManag group is requested.
• Network Manager’s Meeting Committee – The formation of a committee consisting of a Chair, Vice-Chair, and Recorder was presented. The committee should be elected from the NetManag group. The Chair will be responsible for preparing the agenda and conducting the monthly Network Manager’s meeting. The Chair will also coordinate updates from subcommittees and facilitate vendor presentations. The Recorder will be responsible for taking meeting minutes and posting them to the web page. The Vice Chair will serve as a backup for both the Chair and the Recorder. Elizabeth has suggested a one-year term beginning in February and running through December. Since no meetings are held in January, elections could be held then from nominations received in December. Elizabeth has asked everyone to send nominations for these positions to her via email during the next month. Nominees will be notified and given the opportunity to accept or decline.

CSD WEB PAGE REDISGN

Presented by Tobias Brasier

• A project team has been formed.
• Several design sets will be presented for student input and for faculty/staff input.
• Deadline for design approval is April 15.

NOTIFICATION PROJECT CHARTER

Presented by Dan Gallagher

• Lorie Edwards has used the project charter successfully in her former role with AIS and has shared it with CSD. It is being used to define the Notification Taskforce project.
• The Notification Taskforce is in the works and is a priority. Dan asks those who indicated interest in participating in the Taskforce to stay after the Network Manager’s meeting for a discussion.

TRAFFIC ANALYSIS

Presented by Dan Gallagher and Ronni Wilkerson

• Traffic analysis showed that Napster traffic constituted 43% of the Internet traffic going out of the University and 22% of the traffic coming into the University during a 48 hours period of analysis. The overall total of Napster traffic was 35%. This determination was made using the FlowScan program. FlowScan is a free package that captures and graphs information exported from a Cisco router running Netflow.
• Ronni Wilkerson explained the FlowScan program and also explained how data obtained from the program was used to determine the person/persons responsible for the DDOS attacks of February 26 and 27.
• More information and traffic analysis graphs can be found at:
• http://eddie.csd.sc.edu (FlowScan graph)
• http://donner.csd.sc.edu/mrtg4/work
• http://net.doit.wisc.edu/~plonka/FlowScan
• http://www.caida.org/
• Dan Gallagher addressed comments and questions from the February Network Manager’s meeting concerning load balance and the purchase of a second ISP. Dan showed a graphic of how to handle load balancing and discussed hardware specifics in brief.

PROJECT UPDATES

Presented by Rick Jordan

• A copy of the CTS project status report will be sent via NetManag a week prior to subsequent Network Manager meetings. A copy of the report current for the week ending 3/2/01 will be sent this week.
• Major project focuses include:
• The network
• Network stability
• Student network
• Network security
• The Network Operations Center
• A consolidated Call Center

A1010 DOCUMENT

Presented by Rick Jordan

• The A1010 document can be found at http://csintranet.csd.sc.edu/standards/A1010-10.htm
• In light of the current budget crunch, CTS is offering to provide training for pulling wire to anyone in the group that is interested. No requests for training came from the floor.

The meeting adjourned at 3:10 PM.