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Wireless Project Review Meeting

Enterprise Communication Networks

Janette Martinez, Network Infrastructure and CommunicationsPosted by: July 27, 2018

On Wednesday, July 25th, David Deitsch, Paula Ross, Ray Leung, Glen Carpenter, Elizabeth

Montes, Oscar Villar and Janette Martinez, met with Layer 3 Communications and Aruba.

Discussion topics included –

• Status of re-installing the WiFi access points at the renovated campuses

• Mobile Home project

• Pridgeon Stadium WiFi upgrade

• Firewall services

Wireless Project Review Meeting


Paula Ross, Director of Network Infrastructure and CommunicationsPosted by: July 27, 2018

More Detailed Information on Special Projects –

1. Wireless Extended to Home -

Tanner Mobile Home project must have permanent

Structure completed by August 30.

Dave Kapavik and Paula Ross conducted a conference call

with Crown Castle discussing options for using their tower.

Unfortunately this does not sound like a viable option. David

Deitsch and Dave Kapavik will review another option, the

football field light pole option at Truitt MS.

2. Pridgeon Stadium – (physical installation)

The team decided to move forward on the installation of

wireless access points at Pridgeon Stadium. Full Coverage will

be provided in the lower deck of both the home and visitor side.

However, only partial coverage will be available for the upper

deck. CFISD, Layer 3 and Infratel plan to meet at Pridgeon

next week to review the installation at Berry and walk

Pridgeon.

Campus Renovations


Janette Martinez, Network Infrastructure and CommunicationsPosted by: July 27, 2018

As part of the extensive renovation at Langham Creek HS, 19 portables are being added. Chris

Roberts, Art Ramirez and Michael Raspet put together cabinets and installed the network equipment

for each of the portables. The renovation at Langham Creek HS has multiple phases –

• Phase 1 – First Floor Right - start Summer, 2018

• Phase 2 – Second Floor Right (Includes MDF) – Start August, 2018

• Phase 3 – Second Floor Left – Start January, 2019

• Phase 4 – First Floor Left – Start Summer, 2019


Summer Renovations


Sani Saqr, Network AnalystPosted by: July 27, 2018

With the end of summer

approaching fast, ECN

Quadrant Lead Sani

Saqr went to visit Metcalf

Elementary School and

Owens Elementary

school on Thursday July

26th, to see the status of

the renovations and find

out when he will be able

to re install the network

equipment back into the

schools. He was told that

the work is in progress

and that he should be

able to re install

equipment by the end of

the following week.

Enterprise Communications Network

Summer Renovations

Moore Elementary status for phone lines.

ATT has completed fiber terminal to activate

phone service for core building support. Upon

viewing fire and security systems, Roland

Padilla advised project management of the

missing components to ensure these services

will have appropriate coverage.


Roland Padilla, Telecommunications Network AnalystPosted by: July 27, 2018


Hamilton and Ault Renovations


Elizabeth Montes, Network AnalystPosted by: July 27, 2018

On Tuesday July 24th Elizabeth Montes and Bradley Mulligan made a walkthrough in Hamilton Elementary

and Ault Elementary in order to asset whether the schools were ready for the ECN team to install the network

equipment or not. Unfortunately Elizabeth found out that both schools were still not ready and decided to

postpone the installation of the network until the renovation work is complete.


Hamilton and Ault Renovations

July 27, 2018


Posted by: Elizabeth Montes, Network Analyst


Berry Center Production Room

July 27, 2018


Posted by: Elizabeth Montes, Network Analyst

On Wednesday July 25th Richard Martinez

(MCA) and his crew worked at the Berry

Center terminating the fiber that I requested

to support the new IDF that is going to be

installed in the Production Room.

This new IDF in the Production Room will

served to support all the video streaming that

the Berry Center does for the school district.


Oscar Villar, Senior Network EngineerPosted by July 27, 2018


Operational Highlights

When 2014 Bond funding became available, CFISD

Technology designed and installed a high speed

resilient and fault-tolerant network. A major positive

result of the fault tolerance is that some components

within the network can fail without affecting the

Student’s, Teacher’s or Administrator’s ability to

access network resources or services which are

necessary to perform their jobs. Some examples

include Campus Connectivity, eSchool, Electronic

Text Books and the new VOIP telephone system.

While components can fail without negatively

affecting users, they must quickly be repaired in

order to maintain network uptime. One of the most

important responsibilities of CFISD’s ECN team is

monitoring the status of network equipment, so that

down components can be identified and repaired

before multiple failures combine to negatively affect

users. On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, David Deitsch

conducted training on Solarwinds, CFISD’s new

network monitoring system. Solarwinds is a widely

accepted best of breed network monitoring system.

David Deitsch

ECN team during Solarwinds training conducted by David Deitsch on the left,

Tony Rogers, Sani Saqr, Anna Senties, Bradley Mulligan, Janette Martinez,

Glen Carpenter.


Operational Contributions


Andrew Tran, Senior Network SpecialistPosted by: July 27, 2018

• Working with Charlie Daliege ( Layer 3 ) on the Fortimanager

• Configured Fortimanager to be AD authenticated

• Imported the Digicert created by Lance Melancon into the Fortigate to be

use on the SSL VPN

• Verified and provided IP addresses for Lance Melancon to use for the new

Storage.

• Resolved and Whitelist of IP addresses for RIVS

• Continued Fortinet Education

• Cleaning up Firewall policies

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