The servers, switches, hubs, routers, and wires are the backbone for the school’s communication systems. We have several servers that are 4 or more years old. New xserves were purchased and installed this year. We also installed a fiber backbone to connect the control room in the original building with the new building, and a control room was designed for the ELAC building. Four drops were built into each of ELAC classrooms in the new building for increased flexibility. The entire campus is wireless with a 1 Gb fiber connection between the old and new control rooms. Wiring in the old building has a theoretical speed of 1Gb or 100Mb. (See Appendix network diagram) In a year, when the decision is made about the future use or relocation of Tech 3, a fiber backbone will need to be installed in the main building.

Network Services
One of our concerns is the number of important services all hosted on servers in a single facility. We are investigating services that can be hosted off-site. Hosting services off-site allow services to continue in the event of a major catastrophe at CA. An alternate means of organization would be to continue to host major services on-site, but to have “live” and concurrent back-ups off-site. Services currently hosted off-site are the CA email system; Follett, the new library program; and Moodle, a course manage program. Network Services

Priorities for Network Changes

1. All students must have storage space for basic documents accessed from anywhere within the school. File Storage Diagram
2. All faculty must have digital storage space and class drop boxes available from anywhere within the school.
3. Tech 1: Maintain the consistent login, and defined storage space for elementary students.
4. All students and faculty must have log in system available from anywhere in the school.
5. Establish Xserve for student and faculty storage space and password management.
6. Students need a consistent login, defined storage space.

1. Several servers that are 4 or more years old are being replaced with newer up-to-date servers.
2. The routers, switches, and hubs need to be evaluated, replaced and upgraded as necessary to support the CA communication system.
3. The wiring in the original building needs to be upgraded. Probably a fiber backbone needs to run from the control room to each of the tech labs. (see Future Network Planning)
4. We need to develop a more comprehensive and secure system for backing up essential data.
5. We need to investigate the possibility of hosting more services off-site to enhance our ability to access information from anywhere with reliable ease and speed, and to ensure stability.
6. We need to develop a system to automatically update software on computers.
7. We need to assign someone to develop the automated update system that works from BBP-high school and administration.. This person will need the following
   1. Leopard licenses and # NetBoot and ARD and Macintosh Manager
   2. Access to G5 towers in 3 tech labs
   3. Access to Xserve
   4. Images for each setup for instruction computers
8. We need one person to be in charge of maintaining hardware, from BBP through high school through administration.
9. A technology staff member needs to be assigned the task of setting up a consistent login and storage facility for students and faculty.