MDM Pilot Time Plan

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First phase - Deployment

MDM deployer Actions (NRENs) perfSONAR Actions (DANTE/Erlangen/JRA1/SA3 WI15)
Identify HW needs - Done. Get a quote, raise PO, Order HW, update budget (equipment and manopower) 06/03 - Done
NREN to provide contact details and backup 28/02 - Done
Comment on the SD definition 1/04 Define and organise the first set-up of the SD 15/03 - Done
Identify where to install the HW 1/03 - Done 21/02 Provide of specs for installation (HW size, interfaces, GPS install proc) 21/02 - Done
Organise the training workshop (location, agenda, time and scope). Ask questions to NRENs about who is to attend and where to have it. early April. - Done
perfSONAR release 2.0 ready 23/03 - Done 25/05
Prepare training material : installation, training the trainer. End of March - Done 27/05
Prepare dry run scenarii. End of March - On-going
Based on GPS installation proc, get a quote for GPS installation and send it to DANTE. (this takes quite some time) 28/03 - 20% on 25/05 / 60% on 20/09 DANTE to proces quote (GN2 budget). - On-going 70%
Once approved start the GPS installation work (job can take several weeks before completion). 11/05 - On-going 73% 20/09 Erlangen to ensure that GPS antenna have been shipped. 4/05 - Done
Dante to receive the servers and ship them to destination. - 75% Completed 29/06
Provide Information to Erlangen for the configuration of the Hades/BWCTL box. End of March. - Done 29/05 Erlangen to receive the GPS antenna and the hardware (19/04) and configure the HADES/BWCTL systems (3/05) and have Dante shipping them to destination. (10/05) - Done 29/06
Attend Installation workshop (early April) - Done
Install the OS and perfSONAR web-services (27/04) - On-going, planned 17/09
Populate the web-service with Data and configure routers (4/05) - On-going 50% 20/09
Update your local NREN procedure (May)
Provide relevant information to the service desk (May) - On-going 60% 20/09 Define information to be provided (April) - Done
Ask the company which does the GPS installation to address and send the invoice to DANTE - On-going 60% 20/09 Dante to pay the installation - On-going 60% 20/09


Second phase - Training and utilisation

The second phase:

  • MDM support by sys admins
  • NOC and PERT training
  • Fully Manage service for FCCN (except BWCTL MPs)

will extended at the end of March.

MDM deployer Actions (NRENs) perfSONAR Actions (DANTE/Erlangen/JRA1/SA3 WI15)
Ensure that the MDM servers and application are covered in the NREN procedures (firewall, rebooting, security, network, etc) 15/10
FCCN to provide shipment info and IP addresses (31/10) - Done 15/12 FCCN and GEANT servers configured and ready to be shipped 05/10 - Done 5/12
Procedure to remotely manage the servers 15/11
Define how to build monthly statistics 08/10 - On-going
Implement monthly statistics in smokeping 26/10
Answer questionnaire on installation and training 15/11 - On-going Release questionnaire on Installation and training 07/11- Done 24/12
Three networks MDM pilot compliant (Rome Demo) 16/01
Train NOC on using the perfSONAR visualisation 15/02
Run the two NOC test scenarios 16/11 -> 13/12 Over February Identify the problems and how to solve them 30/11 Deprecated
Capture NOC feedback
Test support structure 25/01Over February Create test scenario to test the support structure 25/12 - NS end of January
Answer NOC MDM PIlot questionnaire on metric, features and visualisations 10/01 - planned 08/03 Release NOC MDM Pilot questionnaire on metric, features and visualisations 03/01 - planned 01/03
Validate MDM prototype proposal (15/03) Based on Pilot feedback, define what the Prototype should be. (10/03)
NS to present a summary of the MDM Pilot 31/03
Training Material for Sys Admin (04/01)
Close MDM Pilot activity and mailing list Close MDM pilot activity and mailing list
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