CK:P to PPS Migration Timeline - October 1996

This is a timeline for the migration of CK:P activities to PPS. It will be sent to all parties involved and consensus will be reached on responsibilities and deadlines.

Connectivity | Servers | User Devices | Curricular Support

Connectivity refers to WAN/MAN/LAN connections. This includes responsibility for network setup at the site, connectivity through the central site and the district's connection to the Internet. The goal is to have

  1. a fully functioning (including authentification) modem pool with 100 lines at the PPS Administration building for after hours use for staff
  2. a fully functioning (including authentification) modem pool with 24 lines for school access during the day
  3. all CK:P and other school sites with LANS reaching the Internet through the PPS Administration building

ResponsibilityDeadlineTask Accomplished
Modem Pool - test 8 lines and SLIP/PPP Hastings and Taylor March 1, 1996 Done - March, 1996
Connectivity through Bellefield for Fort Pitt, McCleary, Spring Hill Hastings and Taylor April 1, 1996 Done - April, 1996
Modem Pool Design Finalized and Equipment Ordered Hastings and Taylor April 30, 1996 Done - May, 1996
Connectivity through Bellefield for LADS Sites (Schenley, Frick, Liberty) Hastings and Taylor June 1, 1996 Done - October, 1997
Modem Pool - test at least 40 lines for home access with authentication via a PPS Terminal Server Hastings and Taylor June 30, 1996 Done - October, 1996
Modem Pool Revisited, Upgraded, Refined Hastings and Taylor September, 1997 Done - October, 1997
Modem Pool Software (Radius) Automated to Restrict Student Use Berger, Becker, Rapier September, 1997 Done - October, 1997
Test of Interoperability of Cisco and Ascend routers Hastings, Berger, Adams, Taylor July 1, 1996 Done - April, 1997
Connectivity through Bellefield for ISDN Sites (All the rest) Hastings and Taylor August 1, 1996 Done - November, 1997
Modem Pool - Migrate home users off CMU & Pitt to PPS modem pool CK:P Ed-staff September 1, 1996 Done - November, 1996
Network Equipment Owned by CMU Donated to PPS Berger, Huntoon, Wertheimer, Miller, Lentz March 1, 1997 Done - November, 1997
Connectivity through Bellefield - 1996 New Sites Hastings and Taylor Fall, 1996 Done - April, 1997
Connectivity through Bellefield - 1997 New Sites Hastings and Taylor Fall, 1997 Pending
Transfer of Connectivity Costs to Sites Ed Staff Fall, 1997 Done - December, 1997
PPS Negotiates Connectivity to Internet Myron Lentz Fall, 1997 Done - October, 1997

Servers refer to both the central site information server (Titania), accounts server (Oberon) and the individual site servers. Please read the document entitled CK:P Network Design Goals to gain a better understanding of how servers are installed, deployed and maintained.

Responsible PartyDeadlineTask Accomplished
Configure CATS2 as the PPS information server. Berger, Kern, Becker, Charnock, Taylor July 1, 1996 Done - December, 1997
Configure CATS1 as the PPS central account server. Berger, Kern, Becker, Charnock, Taylor August 1, 1996 Done - May 1997
Decision on Operating System - NetBSD or BSDi Berger, Kern, Becker, Charnock, Taylor, Lentz June 1, 1996 Done - May, 1996
Configure 1996 site servers Berger, Kern, Becker, Charnock, Taylor February, 1997 Done - April, 1997
CATS1 is placed into production at PPS Berger, Becker, Charnock, Taylor January 1, 1997 - March 1, 1997 Done - June 2, 1997
CATS2 is placed into production at PPS Berger, Becker, Charnock, Taylor March 1, 1997 Done - December, 1997
Oberon and Titania are shut off - become backup machines. Berger, Kern, Becker, Charnock, Taylor March 1, 1997 Done - December, 1997
Project Servers Owned by CMU Donated to PPS Berger, Huntoon, Wertheimer, Miller, Lentz March 1, 1997 Pending
PPS Configure 1997 site servers Becker, Charnock, Taylor September 1, 1997 Pending
Transfer Spring Hill Server to BSDI Becker, Berger, Charnock September 1, 1997 Done - August 1997
Upgrade Site Servers to BSDI 3.0 Becker, Charnock September 1, 1997 Pending

User Devices refers to the hardware and software configuration of a given user device.

Responsible PartyDeadlineTask Accomplished
Setup MACS at third year sites Miller, Zinga, Becker, Charnock, Taylor March, 1996 Done - March, 1997
Setup PCs at 3rd year sites Miller, Wertheimer, Franklin, Check, Becker, Charnock, Taylor April, 1996 Done - April, 1997
WFWG - PC-Remote-Build - Old sites Miller, Wertheimer, Adams, Berger May 1, 1996 Done - May, 1996
Win95 - Production Setup Rapier,Miller, Check, Berger, Wertheimer, Becker, Charnock, Taylor July 1, 1996 Done - September, 1996
MAC Production Setup Miller, Zinga, Hastings, Berger, Becker, Charnock, Taylor May 1, 1996 Done - May, 1996
Setup MACS at fourth year sites Miller, Wertheimer, Franklin, Check, Zinga, Becker, Charnock, Taylor February, 1997 Done - April, 1997
Setup PCs at fourth year sites Miller, Wertheimer, Franklin, Check, Zinga, Becker, Charnock, Taylor March, 1997 Done - May, 1997
User Devices Owned by CMU Donated to PPS Berger, Huntoon, Wertheimer, Miller, Lentz March 1, 1997 Pending

Human Support, Training, Curriculum Support refer to the onsite, online or phone support for users on the system.

Responsible PartyDeadlineTask Accomplished
trouble@pps.pgh.pa.us Ed staff, PPS Tech staff January 1, 1997 Pending
Staff Development Ed staff, ?? January 1, 1997 Pending
resources@pps.pgh.pa.us, info@pps.pgh.pa.us, webmaster, etc. Ed staff, ?? January 1, 1997 Pending