NWC Day 1
10 Jul 2006 11:02 PM Filed in:
NWC
Well, Day 1 of the SoM at the NWC is
over. It was very fitting that a nice line of thunderstorms moved
through Norman mid afternoon complete with lighting, winds and a
good soaking rain (around an inch at the OCS Norman site). A great
christening and what I believe to be an omen of good things to
come.
I arrived at 7:30 AM, coffee in hand (will be happy to see a coffee cart or bar opening soon) ready for the onslaught of faculty/staff/students. Well, it was not quite the rush I expected. In fact, it was quit the opposite. Folks just slowly trickled in. Some of the faculty who I expected to show and who I thought were at the top of my list to help, did not show but have opted to come in tomorrow. Oh well, while settling them into their new digs is still a priority, Brian, Sam and I will stick to our game plan and concentrate on our Tuesday tasks of getting the majority of network printers up and running so that users can print. We only set up the main SoM office printer today for the front office staff. Also, we will touch base with the NOC early morning and set the priorities of network connections that still are out. While I estimate that 85-90% of the computers are on-line, there are still some that are not for various reasons (cannot get to ports behind furniture, connection not activated, etc). Some machines are still not on the SEC network, but only a handful. There are some issues regarding the firewall and getting to services still on the SEC network. Those will be sent on to the NOC by the RCS as priority issues for the CA&GS. Phones have been another major issue, with around 50% of the phones at the start of the day not working. While I did not go around to check towards the end of the day (ran out of time), I know that many of those offices (with folks occupying the space) without phone service were getting dial tones by the end of the day.
It was nice to hear the people be impressed by the building and tell me that all seems well with their space. A few surprises as there were a couple of last minute room changes that I was not informed about, so those folks will be without connectivity for a day (or two at most) until the high priority problems are addressed. (Hey, what do they expect with a last minute change?) Those who are unhappy I am sympathetic up to a point regarding the furniture and all, but really all I care about is that their machine was up and running and they had a network with which to check e-mail and start back to work.
I am slightly jealous of folks who have begun to unpack their offices. I have only unpacked my desktop computer and those boxes needed to get folks up and running. I would love to settle in and get some boxes emptied and make my space my own. That will come later. I have at least set up my Penn State and Kentucky road signs much to the chagrin of the OU fans and students, but hey, I only work at OU
(or at least I did until the signs went
up).
A good day over all. A few lost boxes were found, and many keyboards and mice returned to their cpu's. I will take this day and call it good.
mjl
I arrived at 7:30 AM, coffee in hand (will be happy to see a coffee cart or bar opening soon) ready for the onslaught of faculty/staff/students. Well, it was not quite the rush I expected. In fact, it was quit the opposite. Folks just slowly trickled in. Some of the faculty who I expected to show and who I thought were at the top of my list to help, did not show but have opted to come in tomorrow. Oh well, while settling them into their new digs is still a priority, Brian, Sam and I will stick to our game plan and concentrate on our Tuesday tasks of getting the majority of network printers up and running so that users can print. We only set up the main SoM office printer today for the front office staff. Also, we will touch base with the NOC early morning and set the priorities of network connections that still are out. While I estimate that 85-90% of the computers are on-line, there are still some that are not for various reasons (cannot get to ports behind furniture, connection not activated, etc). Some machines are still not on the SEC network, but only a handful. There are some issues regarding the firewall and getting to services still on the SEC network. Those will be sent on to the NOC by the RCS as priority issues for the CA&GS. Phones have been another major issue, with around 50% of the phones at the start of the day not working. While I did not go around to check towards the end of the day (ran out of time), I know that many of those offices (with folks occupying the space) without phone service were getting dial tones by the end of the day.
It was nice to hear the people be impressed by the building and tell me that all seems well with their space. A few surprises as there were a couple of last minute room changes that I was not informed about, so those folks will be without connectivity for a day (or two at most) until the high priority problems are addressed. (Hey, what do they expect with a last minute change?) Those who are unhappy I am sympathetic up to a point regarding the furniture and all, but really all I care about is that their machine was up and running and they had a network with which to check e-mail and start back to work.
I am slightly jealous of folks who have begun to unpack their offices. I have only unpacked my desktop computer and those boxes needed to get folks up and running. I would love to settle in and get some boxes emptied and make my space my own. That will come later. I have at least set up my Penn State and Kentucky road signs much to the chagrin of the OU fans and students, but hey, I only work at OU
(or at least I did until the signs went
up).A good day over all. A few lost boxes were found, and many keyboards and mice returned to their cpu's. I will take this day and call it good.
mjl