Princeton Plasma Physics Site Report ESnet Site Coordinator's Meeting, July 2013

Outdoor Wireless ● Complete outdoor wireless coverage was requested by Site Protection Division ● Outdoor wireless network was installed based on Ruckus Wireless equipment – Site Protection deploys iPads that map the location of all officers and vehicles on the site – Allows deployment of cameras at key locations

Closet switch replacement Current switch stacks can not handle constant ssh connections from Network Access Control device Replacing with new switch stacks (Brocade 6450) Lower power consumption and much quieter

Backup Traffic ● Traffic due to desktop and server backups comprised 72% of all network traffic – A 10Gb private backup network was created for server backups – “sane” backup policies were enforced to reduce what was backed up from desktops – Network drives were created for big users (mainly CAD systems) so that local drives were not used – Result: backup traffic on the general network was reduced by 2/3rds

IPv6 Update – An IPv6 “sandbox” is in place, along with a detailed project plan – However, progress is limited by firewall (CheckPoint/Nokia) limitations for handling IPv6 traffic – Firewalls, both edge and internal, are to be replaced this year

VoIP Phone Support ● The Lab has both a pager system and a Motorola radio system, which are maintained at considerable cost ● The Facilities Division would like to have push to talk and video capabilities ● Cordless “push to talk” SIP phones are available ● Now testing a VoIP server appliance from Positron utilizing open source Asterisk software to provide SIP phone services that would augment (and may supplant) pager and radio system ● Will be implemented over wireless, at least initially, using iPods and open source SIP phone software ● Planning that any new desk phone will be a SIP phone, instead of the current analog (which is translated to digital) ● Longer term goal to integrate into current Avaya phone system