Computing Overview ChingWan Yip ACS Physics Department Outline

Computing Overview Ching-Wan Yip ACS, Physics Department

Outline • Introduction • Access 2000 Hardware • Campus computing environment – IS servers, network/access – Service Center, Support Center • Training Resources/Getting Help • Classroom/hardware • Standard load software

P 2000 - Access 2000

WFU ABC soup ~3000 students Other Adm Law BGSM Babcock ~300 grad. Stud. ICCEL Bookstore+ Service Center ~20 RTA ~350 faculty TLC 5 CELI Library+ ITC+training 14 ACS The Globe Winston. Net CIT ~50 STARS Provost/Dean Access 2000 Business Systems Outreach Network Support Tech/Support-Help. Desk ~50 IS BOT/President/VPs IBM-Lotus-IGN-Lexmark GE capital, Microsoft Cabletron, EMC, APC NCREN, Prod. Point, Bell. South etc.

Technology news • New IS/Burger King/ROTC building in May 98’ • IS communications improvements (discuss w/ faculty) • admin - student records, registration web interface, Bitech through WIN (Wake Information Network) • library - migration from current automated library system (Dynix) to a client-server graphical interface system - web interface • graduate student TP 365 purchase, TA TP in some departments. • oversea studies ($500+$1, 000 deposit since no

retired • 95’ Think. Pad 360 - 486, 12 M RAM, 340 M HD • AC - HP g 60, g 50, e 35, News/mail/web server - EIS • Network – IBM Wireless network, FDDI backbone – replacing shared 10 M Ethernet, old hubs – gone: old wiring, ISN • Others – – replacing old workstations with RS/6000 s replacing HP Laser. Jet/dot matrix with Lexmark gone - 8088/286/386 (Zenith/Gateway), DOS, Wf. Wg; Mac. Mostly min. 16 M 486. If not on Think. Pad schedule yet

Hardware Status • ~275? Faculty has 97’ TP • ~1/3? has 96’ Think. Pad (TP) /Killer Desktops (KD) • Desktop – – – 95’ IBM 330 w/ 75 MHz Pentium 96’ IBM 350 w/ 133 MHz Pentium 97’ IBM 350 w/ 166 MHz MMX Pentium 16/32 M RAM, 540 M - 2 G HD, sound, CD-ROM IBM P 50/G 72? /P 70 monitor • Others – Think. Pad 860, 755 -LCDpanel, 760, Desktop 750,

96’ - notebook • Think. Pad 365 XD – 100 MHz Pentium – PCI 800 x 60010. 4” dual scan LCD – 16 M RAM/810 M HD – 14. 4 Fax/Modem, IBM Ethernet – Sound, microphone, 4 x CD-ROM, Ir. DA – 2 hours battery

97’ - notebook • Think. Pad 380 D – Pentium-150 MHz, L 2 cache, 12. 1” 64 k COLOR 30: 1 DSTN display, 2 hr Ni. MH battery, 1. 44 FD, 7. 1 lb – 32 M EDO SO DIMM/1. 35 G HD, Crystal. Audio 16 bit sound/speaker/microphone, 8 x CDROM – Ether. Jet duplex 20 M Ethernet, 33. 6 modem PC Cards, 27 Mbps Zoomed Port (ZV) – 128 bit Neo. Logic 1. 125 M i. DRAM video, 4 Mbps Ir. DA – SPECint 95 ~4. 20, old ac G 60’s ~3. 33

IS server architecture • Two IBM RS/6000 SP/2 - AIX – ac, mail, news, IBM/Lotus Domino 4. 52, Powered by Notes • IBM RS/6000 F 50 - AIX – Web server • IBM PC servers – NT network, other servers • Admin HP 3000 959 K class • Library HP 9000 852 • Health HP 922

IBM SP/2 • Reynolda 3/F

IBM SP/2 Overview • 14+ nodes (28 processors, ~8 GB RAM) thin/high nodes - Power. PC 604, Power 2, P 2 SC CPUs • 472+ GB mirrored EMC, IBM SSA storage • 460 max GB EMC tape backup every night both UNIX/NT • ac, Mail (POP/SMTP), news, DNS, Domino (Notes Mail /Template /web

Academic Computer (f 1 n 11) • interactive login, telnet, pine, elm, tin, La. Te. X, Ghost. View • C, C++, Fortran compilers, SPSS, Maple, SAS, PVM soon? • file space (webpage) 7. 5 Mbyte, ? M mail F/S • if ((student and (class < 2000) ) or (grad. Student)) then 3. 75 M file/web + 3. 75 M for mail space else login + 500 Kbyte NT web space

WFU AIX servers F 50 Web server dual 604 e/256 M RAM Netscape Enterprise Server EMC Symmetrix arrays laptop controller 212 G (424 mirrored) 128 G (256 mirrored) 50 G - ac, 76 G Notes, 4 G web, admin 2 SP 2 control workstations EMC tape backup 14 x 40 GB compress DLT SUN controller New Thin Nodes: Power 2 SC processors Internal 2 x 2 G HD dual home FDDI (ATM for n 1) High Nodes : 8 processors 604 SMP 1 G RAM Thin Nodes: Power 2 512 M RAM n 3/n 4 m 256 M n 1/n 2 CWS : 64 M RAM f 1 n 11 ac f 1 n 7 Domino/Notes. Mail 40 Mbps SCSI Fibre Channel in the future f 2 n 5 f 2 n 6 NFS, Samba, DNS IBM Video. Charger? EMC Video? /test f 1 n 4 f 2 n 3 f 2 n 4 TMR Tivoli. . . test, Notes f 1 n 5 f 1 n 6 out MTA, Notes Mail in MTA f 1 n 3 POP 3, SMTP, DNS academic/WFU template 80 Mbps dual loop SSA f 1 n 1 f 1 n 2 f 2 n 1 f 2 n 2 DNS, news Spectrum ADSM Adastar. . . TMR, DB 2/Oracle? IBM SP/2 AIX frame 1 132 G partial mirrored IBM SSA Disk array IBM SP/2 AIX frame 2

Windows NT network architecture • 16+ servers PC Server 320 PC Server 520/720 PC Server 704

Windows NT network • Basement of Reynolda

Windows NT network Overview • WFU 1/Code. Srv 1: DHCP - assign IP addresses, WINS, PDC/BDC verify Domain login (Admin 1 etc. ) • Printer 1&2: 200 pages/semester for student • Public 2 : c 2000+/stu. orgs web pages: 500 K free • WFU 3, WFU 4: Remedy/SQL, Point. Cast • Netmeeting, Tivoli • Acad 1, Code. Srv 1, Lserve, Library 1: dept/lab/CBT • Acfiles: fake NTserve, UNIX Samba • Psy, English, Language? , HSE? Babcock? , Health 1, Financial Aid, BGMS, Physical Facilities : own Domain login, Front. Page, Exchange, Back. Office, IIS, Cold. Fusion, Domino. Broadcast, Learning. Space, bulkprinting? …. • several “known” NT workstations: others will have no access to resources (printer, files) • NT 3. 51/4. 0 - 5. 0 next year

network UUnet Load balanced multiple DS 3 s, 44. 736 Mbps each IGN Sprint *NOT TO SCALE IGN LIG NC REN Raleigh Bell 30 Mbps T 1/fractional T 1 ~1. 544 Mbps real soon now South (5 -8%) 155 Mbps OC-3 ATM (622 Mbps OC-12 soon) Firewall Admin 155 Mbps ATM 100 Mbps FDDI Switch 100 Mbps Ethernet WFU BGSM F&S Switch 10 Mbps Ethernet Users 155 Mbps OC-3 Shared 10 Mbps Ethernet

Network - access • ATM, FDDI, Ethernet (100, switch 10, share 10), AMP wireless • external to NCREN • modem dial-in – IGN up to 56 kbp X 2 PPP 50+ modem direct link to our Cisco 2800 router no content like AOL, MSN full access to WFU resources its own news, mail server – WFU ~40 modem pool 28. 8 kbps 4200 rollover 14. 4 kbps 5814 (until ? ) • Video conference – De. Tamble through NCIH/NCIIH/NTIA – satellite connection in the future

network, details • Current - connection based, dual ring architecture • New - connectionless

network, details - current Internet via NCREN Backup T 1 4500 router 155 Mbps ATM IGN SP 2 hub Faculty ring 13 nodes Reynolda Calloway MMAC+ T 1 to cisco 2500 router Library Hub Calloway Hub Student ring 20 nodes NT servers hub

network, details - in progress VLAN Internet via NCREN Wingate MMAC+ Tier 2 Olin MMAC+6 MDF FDDI Library Tier 3 IDF Smart. Switch 6000 2200 7 C 04 R 10/100 FDDI NT servers hub MMAC+Tier 1 155 Mbps OC 3 ATM 622 Mbps OC 12 next 2. 6 Gbps after that switch 10/100 Ethernet to users Reynolda MMAC+ Ethern et. PIX firewall Admin Hub ATM or FDDI SP 2 hub Collins MMAC+ FDDI HP

University Stores Service Center • underneath Post Office/Poteat, x 1949 • buy more web page/Notes spaces/printout $x. xx ? • ZIP drive rental/loan ? • IGN - IBM Global Network - IBM Internet Connection (US provider: Advantis) • $ 12. 95/50 hr/month, $17. 95 unlimited, $10 activation • 1, 000 local access numbers worldwide (international 28 days max for our acct. ) 530 in US, 733 -5971 for Winston-Salem • $6/hr 1 -800 access (no local number in Lexington? Or Venice : -) )

Printing Status • sophomore/freshman Lexmark 2030 – 4 year warranty – 600 dpi color • A network of 75 in dorms reduced to 25? – 200 pages/semester, 7 cents? afterwards • Ricoh color printer – Bookstore Service Center, $1. 49/page • others – Lexmark Exec. Jet II 4079, 150 c, 2030, 2050 inkjet – Lexmark 4039 10 plus, Optra E, Ep, E+, N

Dorms - Lexmark Optra network laser printers • A network of 75 in dorms replaced,

Laser Printers • Optra laser printers – Postscript Level 2/PCL 5 or 6 – 2 -32 M RAM – 8 ppm (1200 dpi), 16 ppm (300/600 dpi), 129 grays – Ethernet, accepting jobs from ac, NT/95, ftp, telnet – Rn/Ln/Lxi – Rn+/Lxn+ – S 1250 n/S 1650/S 2450

Color printing • Ricoh NC 5006 color copier/printer • Efi fiery XJ 250 image processor/color server • Windows NT print queue manager server

Information Systems Support Center ISSC (Help Desk) • • 4272 (Support Consultants /System Status) on-line problem report - Remedy mail to ac-help@wfu. edu walk-in, Reynolda 17 B • Help! except instructional software (e. g. Maple, SPSS etc. ), see instructor • Technical area - Reynolda 26 B

IS - web page • http: //www. wfu. edu/Computerinformation/

IS - news

Common problems • printing – out of paper, stop print jobs etc. • no access – IGN, NT account disabled – ac, Notes over quota

IS labs • • Carswell : 10 IBM Davis : 5 IBM, 5 Mac Library ITC : 16 IBM Library 203 : 4 IBM, 14 Mac Luter : 9 Mac North : 3 Mac SAL : 3 IBM, 9 Mac Taylor : 5 IBM, 5 Mac

Departmental Computer Lab • Business school - 2 IBM labs - Reynolda • CS/Math - SUN workstations, TP, Grad. Stud. Lab Calloway • Languages - IBM - Tribble • Psy - IBM - Winston • Education - IBM /Mac - Tribble • Arts - IBM - Scales • Music - IBM - Scales • Sociology - PC - Carswell • Physics - AIX, PC - Olin 305 • Chemistry - PC - Salem 9

Specialized Advance Computation • CS/Math – SUN SPARC servers/workstations • Physics – DEC/IBM workstations • Chemistry – SGI workstations • Comm – Mac/AVID workstations

Help - RTA/STARS • RTA - Resident Technical Advisors – contact Tim Covey, IS systems group • STARS - Student Technology Adviso. RS – contact Nancy Crouch, IS outreach group

CELI • http: //www. wfu. edu/C ELI/

CELI • • workshops (template, webweb) exchange (Acadia trip/lunch etc. ) seminars release time

ACS - news • http: //www. wfu. edu/wfuacs/

ACS - www. wfu. edu stat • Other web servers – wwws. wfu. edu, www. students. wfu. edu, academic. wfu. edu, email. wfu. edu – www. mthcsc. wfu. edu, psych. psy. wfu. edu, english. tribble. wfu. edu

IS - 2 main web servers • > Class 2000 on www. students. wfu. edu

IS web server - user files http: //www. wfu. edu/~ylwong - main server http: //www. students. wfu. edu/ yipcw - student server

Library web page • http: //www. wfu. edu/Lib rary/

Library ITC • Facilities – Microcomputer Lab – Media Archive – Multimedia Lab • Services – Faculty, Student, and Staff computer software training • Standard Software Load – Media Collection Circulation – Multimedia Software Training

Library - ITC web page

training • 200+ Computer Based Training (CBT) • Web resources - library, ISSC • training classes - ITC • Think. Pad Technology Guides (photos) • Think. Pad Getting start CD-ROM • students - 20 RTA - Help Desk • grad. stu. - faculty - Help Desk • faculty - ACS - Help Desk

Classrooms AV

Classrooms • SVGA+ BARCO projector (varies, up to 1024 x 768) • 27/32/37/42” TV/monitor • A/V facilities – VCR, Laser. Disc (DVD soon? ) – Canon Flex. Camera/overhead camera/Elmo camera – audio, wireless microphone • Power and Ethernet to each seat • BACKUP PLAN – copy to local server, CD, printout

Other harware on campus – 20+ Scanners/auto feeder, slide scanners – Digital camera (Apple, Kodak, Canon, Nikon), Snappy – Color laser printers – LCD projectors (Proxima, Epson, Sharp) – CD duplicator, CD-R/CD-RW burners, CD tower/changer – AVI/MPEG video capture (Avid, Miro, Matrox, Broadway) – tape backups (TR 1/TR 3, DAT, DLT), ZIP/Jaz drives – remote mouse/keyboard, pointers, bar code reader – TV scan converters – digitizing tablets, MIDI keyboards – parallel/PC Card videoconference camera – VR glasses, touch screen monitors

97’ standard load • Windows 95 b (OSR 2) - 380, 95 a - 365 (C: drivers) • Office 97 Prof. - Word, Excel, Power. Point, Access, Binder, Photo. Editor, Camcorder, Active. Movie, Net. Meeting, IE (hidden) • Email/Groupware/PIM - IBM/Lotus Notes 4. 51 • Netscape Gold 3, Mini. Soft telnet, Point. Cast • Shock. Wave, Acrobat, Quick. Time, Real. Audio, IBMVideo. Charger • Mc. Afee Viru. Scan 3, Lotus Screen. Cam, Eudora. Light 1. 5. 4 (hidden) • IGN 4. 1, Help desk - Remedy, Tran. XIt Infra. Red • library catalog, e-resources, CD-ROM network • WS-FTP, Win. ZIP, encryption code/decode (unregistered) • Lexmark, Iomega ZIP, AMP wireless driver (no AOL)

Other software on campus • Software installation menu – Maple V Release 4 Power Edition – Exceed 5. x. x (6 coming) X-Window System • Departments – – – Multi. Lingal Word, Fonts, Njstar Chinese Word. Processor software Calculation - Matlab, Mathematica Data Analysis, Acquisition - SPSS, BMDP, AXUM, Lab. View, Science. Work. Shop Web Design/Utilities - Front. Page, Web. Designer, Web. Whecker, Page. Mill, Word. Perfect Multimedia - Toolbook II, Click&Create, Authorware, Director, Adobe Classroom in CD Graphics/Video - Photo. Shop, Painter, Illustrator, Xara, 3 DF/X, Corel. Draw Publishing - Publisher, Page. Maker, Omni. Page OCR, Acrobat Compilers - Fox. Pro, Visual. BASIC, C, C++, Java, Small. Talk, Quick. BASIC Utilites - Backup, Conversion Plus, Notron Utilites References - Microsoft Tech. Net, MSDN, Wave. MSCS training, Microsoft Training Emulators - Soft. Windows Mac/AIX, Virtual. PC for Mac Visualization - IBM Data. Explorer DX , IDL

Point. Cast – WFU Channel – Push technology

Microsoft Netmeeting

Lotus Domino/Notes 4. 5 x • Groupware • Email – quota/archive? • Calendar/Scheduling • WFU template – 5 cabinets automatically – syllabus – course material, discussion, vote & test – web publishing

Notes Mail/Calendar

Notes Mail

Notes Mail web

WFU template

WFU template - Main Menu

WFU template

WFU template

WFU web-enabled template • http: //academic. wfu. edu/wfucatlg. nsf/ wmain

Web

Computer Usage Policy • WFU Computer Usage Policy - Valid id, break in etc. • Observe Copyright Law (check with library) • DO NOT copying software/CD (except Lotus Notes, install anywhere you want) • ANY software installed or change the settings (shareware, freeware, betaware, silverware, vaporware etc. ) are user’s responsibility

Future - Think. Pad • Think. Pad 385, 390? 1, 000 freshman + 1, 000 technology refresh – – – – 200+ MHz MMX Mobile Module Pentium CPU 32+ MB SDRAM (64 M? ), 2 GB+ SMART Ultra IDE-33 HD 100 Mbps Ethernet/56 k Modem internal 32 bit PC Card (Card. Bus)? Full MPEG-2, 3 D/Open. GL acceleration? DVD/Divex CD-RW capable 24 x CD? Dolby AC-3, wavetable, SRS-3 D? SPDIF? Camera? Video-capture/out? USB, Fire. Wire connectors? Li ion battery - built-in smart charger VST Zip 100 Ultra. Bay, new Track. Point 14. 1” Active. Matrix 1024 x 768 TFT display - pray DMI, serial number in BIOS, Wake on LAN/modem asset management

Future OS

Future OS ’ 8 9 X 0. 5

Future Internet • Netscape 4 (Communicator) / 5. x (Mercury, Gemini, Compass, • Javagator) IE 4 + Active Desktop

Future - Notes • Notes 4. 6/5. 0 for template • other mail packages? Other mail (IMAP 4/LDAP) protocol? Any chance of considering?

Backup, Backup • c: userdata backup and restore during upgrade • no gurantee it will be successful • software installed usually need to be reinstall, some files goes outside c: userdata into system

Details - training materials overview ends here

License Agreement

License Agreement - Word

NT Domain login

NT login script • sync time • updates • server names • Virus/word/Notes • passwd/install menu • Login to WFU • \academic, \printer 1 etc.

My Documents = C: userdata

IS - computer assistance

Remedy - login

Remedy - Open

Remedy - Schema

Remedy - File Ticket Number 17669

Software Installation • Single click in this program

CBT

Computer Based Training CBT

Library Resources

IGN dialer • http: //www. ibm. n et/ – status – phone number – 97’ improved interface, speed etc.

IGN connected

Netscape

Email/News • Notes Mail • POP/SMTP mail - Eudora Light/pine • Usenet news through Netscape

Email - Eudora 1. 5. 4

Usenet News - Netscape

Win. IPcfg

How to run telnet

Email - pine

My Computer

My computer with network

Map Network Drive

Network Drives H: \acfileshomes L: \Acfilespcnfs and/or P: \Acad 1department

\acfileshomes

Network Neighborhood

Entire network

Microsoft Office

Key access • Uses for license controller software • Not installed by default, check with Help Desk or ACS on installation procedure

Keyacc - login

Keyacc - login - successful

Logoff

logoff