hammer@nisc.jvnc.net (Rochelle Hammer) (01/19/91)
Here is some additional information attached to the JvNCnet regional meeting.
TO MEMBERS OF JvNCnet and Invited guests
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1991
1. JvNCnet Open House - von Neumann Hall
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
609-258-2401
Generic directions
Rt. 1 onto Rt. 571 (Washington Road, sign says to Princeton)
and go straight until the second traffic light. Make right turn onto
Prospect Avenue. Continue straight and go past the black iron gate
on your left. Look for the house on the left with the address of 116
Prospect Avenue (Advanced Technology and Applications, CIT). von
Neumann Hall is directly behind 116 Prospect. Use the metered
parking (12 hours) on Prospect Avenue and walk on the path from
116 Prospect. Use the front entrance to enter the von Neumann
Building and go down the steps. Continue down the short hallway to
B 6, the office. B1 is the NOC.
2. Informal dinner, 6:00 p.m., at the Annex, 128 Nassau St. (corner of
Tulane), Princeton. Any attendee who arrives on Thursday is
welcome to join the group.
JANUARY 25, 1991, 1:30 to 3:00 PARALLEL WORKSESSIONS
It is anticipated that participants to these sessions will freely
comment on issues concerning their sites and what JvNCnet can
do to help or improve certain areas. The worksessions are seen
as collaborative effort. JvNCnet group leaders will focus on the
following points. Members should attend the session that
matches their designated function. Should this not be possible,
please attend the session of your interest. It is also fine to
attend more than one session. Each group should designate one
individual note taker as this will help the group leader to
summarize the results in the main auditorium after the break.
Operations and Installations Maintenance (Joint session)
CS Bowl 104
Introduction of operations staff and CIT staff.
JvNCnet and CIT operations availability (on and off hours)
The role of operations, goals and daily practices
Procedures for handling routing problems, errors, and user
requests.
Maintenance scheduling, training, scheduled downtime
Site monitoring procedures
Suggestions for JvNCnet NOC
Preparation steps required for new and prospective
members to expedite campus Internet connection.
Information about internetworking
Engineering-Classroom 103
The regional network as a robust service provider
Routing and topology concerns
Information Services - Classroom 102
Compilation of site profiles from and for our members. Each
will contain data about the campus size, resources, resource
availability to JvNCnet and Internet. Standardization of
profile format.
What does the site need from JvNCnet NIS? What are the
site expectations?
What is the interaction between the site and NIS? How does
the site deal with userUs needs?