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Network Access and Storage
         Initiatives
     August 14, 2007
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                  Approach
• Strategic initiatives examined to
  determine
  –   What has been accomplished
  –   What has not been accomplished
  –   What remains to be accomplished
  –   Next steps and new directions
• Meetings to be held through autumn
  – May 21, Leadership; July 10, Risk
    Management
  – Go to http://cio.osu.edu/planit/refresh07.html for
    podcast, transcript and meeting summary
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      Today’s Discussion and
       Subsequent Meetings
 Network Access and Storage -
Network Access and
  Quality and Research Administration and Infrastructure
 Learning Environments -
eLearning, Learning
  Environments, and Knowledge Bank (September)
 Training and Support
- Information Literacy,User IT
  Support, Faculty IT Support, and Staff Education and
  Training (October)
 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems - 
Data
  Warehouse and Student Information Systems (November)
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         Network Access and Quality
•   Part 1 - Provide high quality, connectivity for faculty, students and
    staff on the Columbus campus and to/ from the Regional campuses
    using “last mile”connectivity to the Dark Fiber project.
•   Part 2 - Upgrade and appropriately size network bandwidth from
    inside buildings in order for faculty to take advantage of the
    Internet2 capabilities in the support of research.
•   Part 3 - Provide network reliability and continuous information flow
    for data intensive services, such as video and collaborative
    computing. As more university services become web-based,
    provide network access to those Ohio State University employees
    without access to a computer during working hours.
•   Part 4 - Provide high quality - low cost connectivity for faculty,
    students and staff from off campus locations, such as in the
    Columbus university district.
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               Achievements
• Upgraded main campus OSUNet backbone to fully
  redundant core routers and 10Gig transport
• Upgraded WAN connections serving Regional
  Campuses to dedicated DS3s (45Mbps) links
• Upgraded campus fiber optic infrastructure to single
  mode fiber:
   – West Campus - Complete
   – Central Campus - 50% complete
   – South Campus – Complete by Sept. 08
• Extended GigE OSUNet backbone connections to 50
  buildings (west and central campus) remaining 25
  west campus buildings by Dec.07
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             Achievements
• Migrated DNS/DHCP services to BLUECAT
  Networks appliances
  – New solution supports distributed management of
    DNS zones
• Issued RFP for Access and Edge switches –
  Cisco extended 66.5% discount for 3750 and
  3560 switches.
• Replaced UPS and upgraded HVAC at Baker
  Systems – Network Aggregation Point
• Rolled out new MPLS/VRF network service
  for College and Department networks
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           Achievements
• Increased OSUNet Internet bandwidth to
  425Mbps for I1connectivity
• Automated temporary increase of I1
  bandwidth for ResNet between 5:00pm and
  8am
• Established redundant I1 and I2 peering
  arrangement with OSCNet
• Extended Voice and Date Connectivity to
  WOSU to COSI
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           Achievements
• Designed and installed new conduit
  infrastructure for Scott Airport, the ARC
  and Gateway
• Relocated phone and data lines for the
  Libraries to Ackerman facilities
• Provided Voice, Data and Video
  network connectivity for special events
• Continued the WOW! Affinity Program
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           Achievements

• Deployed Wireless Services in all
  Residence Halls and 250 Student
  Gathering Areas on campus
• Installed enhanced 911 services at
  Stone Lab and Marion
• Rolled out TextNet to assist the hearing
  impaired
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             Achievements
• Developed an experimental wireless Internet
  camera
• Coordinated annual Megaconferences and
  Megaconference Jr’s
• Supported the ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs
  Workshop
• Led the expansion of Internet connectivity to rural
  Ohio
• Organized the Internet2 Gigaconfrence
• Provided connectivity for the Farm Science Review
  and the Ohio State Fair
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         Megaconference VIII
•   November 6, 2006 - Everywhere!
•   World’s Largest Internet Video Conference
•   360 Locations Worldwide; 5000 People
•   25 Countries on 5 Continents
•   12 Hours long; all time zones
•   26 Interactions (formerly called Presentations)
•   17 Door Prizes
•   8 Vendor Presentations
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   Megaconference VIII (cont)
• Official Welcome from Ohio State University
  President
• Huge and Wonderful China Participation; 50
  sites
• Second Life - Virtual World participation
• Most Popular - Global Roll Call
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Ohio’s 29 Appalachian Counties
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         Connecting Rural Ohio Initiative
                  Objectives
• Close the rural divide that previously existed in
  communities through this “rural datafication” program
• Create community learning centers for online credit
  and non-credit higher education courses, training and
  workforce development
• Provide the network infrastructure to support
  community e-commerce initiatives
• Stabilize local rural economies and reduce drain of
  human capital
• Improve quality of life and increase standard of living
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“Claimed” Cable/DSL Coverage
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Vinton Village Town Hall and
      Learning Center
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Vinton Village Community
     Learning Center
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Town water tower, of the Chiefdish
             Office
    and wireless antenna
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Wireless Coverage Field Survey
Vinton Wireless Network Coverage
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               Water tank
                                 Town Hall
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Vinton Wireless Repeater Test
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           Outcomes and Impact
• Model for Land-Grant university outreach
• Cost-effective bridge
• Addresses “last-mile” barriers and connectivity
• Framework for a community technology plan
• Stimulus to private sector investment and community
  development
• Creates business case for private cable/DSL
  providers
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    Network Access and Quality:
      Where to go from here?
• What has not been accomplished
• What remains to be accomplished
• Next steps and new directions
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 Research Administration and
       Infrastructure
• Part 1 - Encourage Ohio State University
  administration to ensure that all administrative and
  financial systems upgrade and implementation
  goals include the need for such systems to
  minimize the administrative burden on research
  faculty and foster an environment that is in
  compliance with pertinent laws, rules, and
  regulations that govern sponsored research.
• Part 2 - Establish a universitywide data storage
  strategy for research use.
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           Achievements
• Completed the PeopleSoft Grants System
• Replaced OSU Research foundation’s asset
  management system with PeopleSoft’s Asset
  Management system
• Added Payment and Outstanding
  Receivables data to the PI Portal
• Created a new web page for the Sponsored
  Project Personnel Expenditure project
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             Achievements
• Connected OSU network to the Third Frontier
• With OSC, purchased multiple optical fiber
  pairs within Chicago
• Joined the National Lambda Rail (NLR)
• Added 170 terabytes of storage to the SAN
  (total - 255)
• Set aside 10 terabytes of storage for research
• Ohio Supercomputer Center began a project
  to develop large capacity storage for
  researchers
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   Research Administration and
         Infrastructure:
     Where to go from here?
• What has not been accomplished

• What remains to be accomplished

• Next steps and new directions