IPv6 – you’ve been hearing it is coming soon for years now. Some of you have it turned on for your networks, and some of you don’t. Regardless of that you are probably using it every day whether you know it or not. We will talk about current state of IPv6 on campus and around […]
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Calvin Shirley
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All Packets Go: Campus Network Updates
Tags: Ben Barkin-Wilkins, Brad McDuffie, Calvin Shirley, Uros MarjanovicAll systems are go on the new campus core (backbone) network that was refreshed over the last year. We will review that update and what interesting things it enables, as well as provide updates on WiFi and other things going on in networking. Presented by Ben Barkin-Wilkins, Technology Services; Brad McDuffie, Technology Services; Uros Marjanovic, […]
New Frontiers for Networks Near You
Tags: Ben Barkin-Wilkins, Calvin Shirley, Chuck Hayes, Travis HowardThe Networking team at Technology Services will provide updates on changes in progress to the Urbana campus network. This will include updates on the core refresh equipment installation and the WiFi access point swaps, as well as information on the newly selected in-building switch vendor and stacking technology that will connect the switches.
Core Network Upgrade – Design and Implementation Plans
Tags: Ben Barkin-Wilkins, Calvin Shirley, Debbie FligorThis session is an update on the core upgrade project. Come to find out what the final design is, what vendor equipment was chosen, how the proof of concept labs went, how we’re planning to transition to the new network, what the current estimate for hardware arrival is, and any other updates we have on […]
Introduction to Networking at UIUC
Tags: Brad McDuffie, Calvin Shirley, Chris SkaarThe Technology Services Networking team maintains and supports the campus network, but we can’t do it without the help of IT Pros across campus. Learn about how we work with IT Pros to support the needs of their customers, upgrade the networking equipment in the buildings they support, contact them when there is a problem, […]
Feedback in Action: Actively Seeking Customer Perspectives
Tags: Calvin Shirley, Mark HartIn order to understand how our services are used or how to improve our ability to support our users, it is important to solicit feedback from our customers. In August of 2019, Engineering IT performed and Ask Me Anything on the /r/UIUC sub-reddit. The goal was to solicit direct feedback from our student population, and […]
Using Multicast in SCCM for Large-Scale OS Deployments
Tags: Calvin Shirley, Manu PulikkanEngineering IT staff will share the lessons we’ve learned from using the multicast feature in our campus SCCM instance to image our large-scale lab environments.