A work around that will alleviate and isolate some of the network traffic will be put in place on April 15. Once survey work is complete, equipment and material orders will be placed. Because of end of semester downtime restrictions this project will not be complete until the end of May or the beginning of June.
Equipment is on order and awaiting delivery.
As part of the upgrade, the department has requested the installation of ethernet connections that will replace the existing POS network. Work is currently taking place in the main bookstore and Steele Hall. The driving forces behind the upgrade are increasing performance for the ticketing system, and the proposed installation of an Energy Management server for the Carrier Dome that will serve a backup for the main energy management server. At this time the scope of work would include the installation of additional fiber riser to at least one closet, the installation of CAT-5 riser to one closet, an upgrade to the router connection from 10MB to 100MB, and the installation of a LAN switching backbone with closet switches in five locations within the Carrier Dome. In addition, there is a need to install some Category 5 station cable to several server locations within the facility.