RAL Visit

3 Dec 2018, 07:00 → 4 Dec 2018, 22:00 Europe/Zurich

513/R-070 - Openlab Space (CERN)

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Monday 3 December

12:00 Taxi from airport

Taxi will stop at the main entrance. Show badges & collect holders then take taxi to B513. See map attached to agenda, but turn right at roundabout, left at the end of the road, right into car park just before the roadworks, exit by bike shed.

12:30 Lunch with Frédéric Hemmer

Mon pm

1 Welcome & Introductions

2 CERN, IT & CS

• • How is the IT department structured? How do networks fit into the IT structure? What are the approximate sizes of your IT / network teams?
• • What are your IT and Network strategies, how far into the future are you planning? How quickly is your IT environment changing / growing?

Speaker: Tony Cass (CERN)

RAL Visit.pdf

RAL Visit.pptx

3 Networks at CERN

• Could we have an overview of the scope / architecture / design of the CERN networks
  • How is the network structured (physical / logical / resilience)
  • How is the network used (Science / Office / Data Transfers / VoIP / Video)
  • How is traffic managed (QoS / Over provisioning)

Speaker: Edoardo Martelli (CERN)

CERN-networks-20181203-RAL.odp

CERN-networks-20181203-RAL.pdf

15:30 Coffee

4 Automation

• • Do you use automation tools? Could we see them? Can you estimate how much effort they save?
• • How do you manage IP addresses / do you use IPAM / DDI tools or something similar?

Speakers: Marwan Khelif (CERN), Stefan Nicolae Stancu (CERN)

CERNNetworksAutomation.pdf

CERNNetworksAutomation.pptx

NetworkConfigurationAutomation.pdf

NetworkConfigurationAutomation.pptx

5 Wi-Fi Project

• • I’d certainly like to hear about your wifi project in terms of how much planning was involved, how the implementation is being phased and what plans you have to ensure that the network remains fit for purpose (as the wireless client market continues to drive speeds upwards)

Speakers: Adam Wojciech Sosnowski (CERN), Vincent Ducret (CERN)

WiFi Project - presentation to RAL.pptx

6 Open discussion

19:30 Dinner

Il Piatto d'Oro, Rue Cardinal-Journet 43

Tuesday 4 December

Tue am: LHCb visit

08:25 Travel to CERN (8:31 tram 18 from Jardin-Alpin stop)

7 Iris scans

08:55 Travel to point 8

8 LHCb visit

10:45 Travel to R2

11:05 Coffee

9 Data Centre Visit

12:00 Working Lunch

Discussion to answer John Ginever's questions.

Tue pm

10 Network Coordination Meeting

RAL Visitors invited

11 Balancing Business as Usual and Projects

• • How do you balance BaU and Project work?

Speakers: David Gutierrez Rueda (CERN), Gyorgy Balazs (CERN)

ITCS_balancing projects-operations.pdf

ITCS_balancing projects-operations.pptx

12 Performance Monitoring & Support

• • What performance monitoring do you use throughout your network?
• • How do support the network out of office hours? Do you have extended hours of operation or a call out system?

Speakers: Edoardo Martelli (CERN), Gyorgy Balazs (CERN), Veronique Lefebure (CERN)

ITCS_operations.pdf

ITCS_operations.pptx

RAL-BaU-Projects.pdf

RAL-BaU-Projects.pptx

13 Wrap-up

19:30 Dinner (fondue, but other options avialable)

Café de Mategnin, Avenue Auguste-Fr.-Dubois 37