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Site Integration and Installation Plan (Cambridge): Deliverable DWP531v2

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Abstract :
This document contains details about the Site integration and installation of LEVERAGE hardware into the Cambridge University College sites.
The overall system topology is described, and its relationship to each of the College sites is indicated, so as to give an overview of the installed system as a whole. It outlines the procedures that will be undertaken in Berne and Rennes for the hardware and software integration phases before the final installation takes place in Cambridge.
The optical network, ATM switches, access nodes and workstations are each described. The location of the equipment at the Cambridge sites is also indicated.

Authors: GEC (editor), WP3, WP4
Date: 31/12/96

Contents:

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. SYSTEM OVERVIEW
      2.1 Network
      2.2 Client/Server system
  3. INTEGRATION PLAN
      3.1 Network
        3.1.1 Network Integration - Step 1
        3.1.2 Network Integration - Step 2
        3.1.3 Network Integration - Step 3
      3.2 Client/Server system
  4. INSTALLATION PLAN
      4.1 Optical Network
        4.1.1 Optical Fibre Infrastructure - The Granta Backbone Network
        4.1.2 Ascom Optical Network
          4.1.2.1 Network Architecture
          4.1.2.2 Optical Access Hardware
        4.1.3 Multiwavelength Multihop Topology
          4.1.3.1 Network Architecture
          4.1.3.2 Optical Access Hardware
      4.2 ATM Switch
        4.2.1 Interfaces
          4.2.1.1 User Network
          4.2.1.2 Optical Network
          4.2.1.3 Wide Area Network
        4.2.2 Network Management
        4.2.3 Signalling
      4.3 Servers
        4.3.1 Server Architecture
        4.3.2 Session Management server
          4.3.2.1 Hardware Architecture
          4.3.2.2 Software Architecture
        4.3.3 Media server
          4.3.3.1 Hardware Architecture
          4.3.3.2 Software Architecture
      4.4 User Workstation
        4.4.1 Hardware Architecture
        4.4.2 Software architecture
      4.5 Equipment Acceptance
        4.5.1 Safety
          4.5.1.1 Safety instructions
          4.5.1.2 Software Safety procedures
        4.5.2 Electrical Power Requirements
        4.5.3 Equipment Labelling
  5. SYSTEM TESTING
      5.1 Optical Network - WP3
      5.2 ATM Switch Infrastructure
      5.3 Servers
        5.3.1 Administrative server
        5.3.2 Media server and Multipoint Conference Unit
      5.4 User Workstation
      5.5 Overall System Tests

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