NS-WAN Team Meeting Minutes 10-27-16
Attendees: Chih Chen, Michael Hare, Pat Christian, Mike Blodgett, Dan Parenteau, Paul Nazario
Unable to attends: Bill Jensen (SC16)
Chen project/activity handoffs
UWC-Fond du Lac fiber connectivity (Dan)
Upham Woods CPE testing with bi-di optics & turn-up (Mike B)
Jason Nero wants dual power supply
Chen suggested considering NO CPE
DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM) Infoblox project (Tim Czerwonka – new hire)
DC power upgrades at CSSC data center (Mike B/WEJ)
UW-Colleges on building their redundant data center at UWC-Barron County (Paul/Michael)
eVPN for UWGB-UWW (Michael H)
UWRF dual connectivity to SysNet w/ Jason Winget (Paul/Michael H)
BTAA OmniPoP (Paul, Dan)
Internet2 NTAC participation (Paul, Michael H)
MadIX (Network222) X-connects (Mike B/Paul N)
MICE (quarterly) user group (Michael H/Paul)
Chen recommends we becoming members
Research & other settlement-free peering setup & troubleshooting (e.g. LHCONE) (Paul/Michael H)
SysNet CapEX budget discussion (*may* have additional CapEX funds available)
Group discussed potential hardware purchases such as: Cisco ASR900 (small site PE), lab Glimmerglass switch, 100Gbps switch at 432 ECAM, optical kits need replacement/refurbishment, small kit (small labeler/OTDR kit w/o cart to haul around);
Sheboygan add/drop device in hut for UWC-Sheboygan network add/drop
light 2nd fiber pair between UWEC-UWMSN, “redo Tomah node”
purchase DC power installation/maintenance tools & supplies
Purchase tunable optical pluggables & muxes
Add 2nd 10Gbps (20Gbps total) connectivity @ 511 Bldg in MPLS to MKE
Redundant riser @ 511 Bldg in MPLS and/or short-wave WDM/mux from our cage to MICE exchange
Participate in 511 MICE Board, 100Gbps switch @ 511 Bldg
MX104 for lab and/or MICs
We will buy this ASAP: Juniper MX104 redundant routing engine (RE) & flash acquisition/project
Quotes
100 USB memory sticks: Kingston Digital DataTraveler SE9 8GB USB 2.0 (DTSE9H/8GBZET)
(Michael) 8GB USB FOB
Techstore single price as $5.95. Amazon single price is $4.29.
https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-DataTraveler-DTSE9H-8GBZET/dp/B00DYQYJ3Q
See attached Juniper redundant RE quote (~$71k)
Discussion of project scope (scheduling, lab test & code upgrades, shipping/coordination with 11 UW locations, instrumentation, MX104 configuration changes once RE is installed)
New hire status/discussion
Tim Czerwonka joining coming on board 11/21/16
Projects: Stats box proposal & VoIP QoS instrumentation issues, Ramp up/help on DDI project, Juniper training
Other hire - still in consideration phase
UW-Colleges data center at UWC-Barron (Paul/Michael); we'll provision pseudo wire, eVPN and/or other solutions as needed in January (no additional capacity required at this time)
Agile training 12/15 – 12/16 @ Carson Gulley Center - 1510 Tripp Circle (interest? 32 seats)
Next (last of 2016) WAN Team meeting will be 12/8/16 (11/10/16 several people out & 11/24 is Thanksgiving)