A presentation created in 2012 to update our IT staff on the progress Network Operations Staff had made in the largest acquisition the university has made. Part 1

1. This presentation was created in
2012 to provide an educational
and entertaining overview of the
challenges the staff of Network
Operations Center encountered
after the University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee purchased the old
Columbia Hospital.

2. The original presentation was a
simple manual power point with
Live commentary to update IT
staff of our progress up to that
date. This version has been
updated with automation,
additional slides, text and
background music.

3. Music graciously provided by Royalty Free Music from Bensound:
www.bensound.com
Thank you
Steve Bailey RCDD INSTC INSTF
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Network Operations Center
steve@uwm.edu

4. Special Thanks To
Melissa Woo & Jeff Lange For
Their Support And
Encouragement.

5. To Keith Noah,
Whose Close Collaboration Was
Essential To The Success Of
This Project

8. The OSI Model - The Wire-Rat View
Were is our field of
operation?
Grey
Matter
If you don’t get it right
here, your screwed Level .5

9. A Wire-Rat Should Be Able To
Indentify A Rats Nest
I Found 100!

10. If You Close The Door You Won’t See It!
If You Slam The Door Everything Fits!

24. Firestop or Sacrificial Blood?

28. A Network In Need of Medical
Attention or a Mortuary?

30. The Infrastructure Was Unable To Support Anything
Over 1Gbps. We Had The Chance To Start New
With a staff of 6 and a few student workers, we had our
work cut out for us.
Just about 1 million square feet

31. Planning Based On Standards & DIV 27 Pays
Off
Ode De
Bid Spec

32. So How Do
We Get
Here To
There?

34. Getting Half
Way There
Under
Another
Project
Created
Reference
Confusion

35. What Could
Possibly Be In
The Way?

36. The AUP
Fiber Cross
Connect
Looks Easy
On Paper

38. But It Gets
Busy
Down
There!
Direct Access to
SP11 Was Not
Possible So AUP
Was Used As
The Access To
The Signal Pit
System

44. AUP EF/MC
Back In 1999

45. AUP EF/MC New Racks And Tray Installed
By NOC Staff in 2011

46. AUP
EF/MC:
New
Fiber To
BOL
ROOF,
SP23,
NWQ &
EMS

48. For The Sake Of
Expedience We
Were Forced To
Fusion Splice OS1
To OS2: Core
Mismatch But It Still
Worked At 10G –
Cross Your Fingers!

49. Where Do The TRs Go?
Coverage Study G Level.

50. Where Do The TRs Go?
Coverage Study 1st Fl.

51. Without Direction
We Developed A
Label Convention For
Building/Area
Identifiers For
NWQ.
Left To Right, Top to
Bottom.
Makes Sense?

52. Campus Planning Decides To Label
Right To Left, Bottom To Top Sort Of.
Argh!

53. Labels For Fiber Jumpers To NWQ
Later These Were Simplified But Strictly Rooted In
The TIA 606.A Standard And Database Referenced

54. Existing Backbone Layout Simplified
There were Approximately 80 Additional
IC’s and Cross Connect Fields Throughout

55. Sizing For
Backbone
Fiber And
Copper
For Surge
Space
(Just a pretty Picture)

56. Sizing For
Backbone
Fiber And
Copper
For NWQB
Surge Space
(Justification)

57. Vertical
And
Horizontal
Penetration
Counts For
NWQB
Surge Space
(Preliminary)

58. Vertical
And
Horizontal
Penetration
Counts For
NWQB
Surge Space

61. The “Pretty Version” Of Our Initial Design For Fiber

62. NWQB B-Level.
Completed by Ken & Students
Wireless Survey Surge Space
Priority
Was Given
To NWQB

63. NWQB G-Level.
Completed by Ken & Students
Wireless Survey Surge Space
Multiple
Campus
Projects

64. NWQB 1st Floor. Completed by Ken & Eric
Wireless Survey Surge Space
Were
Dependent On
This Space
Being Available

65. NWQB 2nd Floor. Completed by Ken & Eric
Wireless Survey Surge Space
For Other
Departments
To Move In

66. NWQB 3rd Floor. Completed by Ken & Eric
Wireless Survey Surge Space
To Complete
Major
Mechanical
Renovations

67. NWQB 4th Floor. Completed by Ken & Eric
Wireless Survey Surge Space
On Multiple
Campus
Buildings

68. NWQB 5th Floor. Completed by Ken & Eric
Wireless Survey Surge Space
No Pressure!

69. NWQB 6th Floor. Completed by Ken & Students
Wireless Survey Surge Space
Just Get It
Done!