sob@harvisr.harvard.edu (Scott Bradner) (10/12/88)
On Oct 31st 1988 Harvard University will be releasing a Request For Information (RFI) concerning a proposed High Speed Data Network (HSDN) that has as its purpose linking together LANs in many of Harvard's 500+ buildings and to link these LANs to a number of external networks, (NSFNET, ARPANET, BITNET etc). The RFI also makes the assumption that a Network Operations Center (NOC) will be required and that the management tools that are used for the NOC to manage the HSDN itself will also be used to manage many of the building LANs. The RFI addresses the HSDN hardware and software, the interfaces between the HSDN and the LANs, the hardware and software for the NOC, facilities for connections between the HSDN and the ISDN part of the new Harvard phone system, and hardware and software for selected services that will be HSDN based. Harvard would like to get the widest distribution for this RFI and to get as many responses to all or part of the RFI as it can. The RFI will be made available for anonymous FTP and we will send a copy to any firm that requests one. We welcome any and all comments on the RFI from all sources. The reason for a posting at this time is to get the names of firms that would like to get a copy of the RFI sent to them. (All firms that get a copy of the RFI from us will get copies of any questions that other firms ask and our responses.) If your firm would like to get a copy of the RFI please send me the address to send it to. Scott Bradner Harvard University sob@harvard.harvard.edu 33 Kirkland St. or Cambridge, MA sob@harvunxw.bitnet 02138