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THE ITC

BUILDING REWIRING PROJECT

The ITC Rewiring Project aims to improve the network infrastructure that exists within each building on North or Central Grounds of the University of Virginia. The new network infrastructure will provide benefits such as greatly enhanced reliability, increased capacity, and the ability to implement the next few generations of network technology without rewiring.

Documentation Requirements

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In order to initiate this project in your building, several forms of documentation are required.
This documentation includes:

• Floor Plans - detailing location of outlets to be installed, and type of outlet.
  
• Phone Numbers - the phone number associated with each “normal” (N) outlet
  listed on the floor plans.
  
• Room Numbers - room numbers should be clearly indicated on floor plans or a
  supporting piece of documentation.
  
• Fund Code(s) - fund codes for billing one-time and recurring charges.

Installation and Maintenance Options

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This option is when the department chooses to continue to use their building's old network. In this case, the department can choose to have this old network hooked (via a hub) into the university’s new communications network. The cost for this option is $30 per month for the entire building. (NOTE: because this cost covers the entire building, it can be divided among all the departments in the building or paid for by just one department.) This option is strongly discouraged since it does not position the network for future services.

• The old network will, in general, never perform above a simple shared Ethernet at 10 Mbps. In other words, the performance
  of the old network will always be limited by the old technology that supports it.
• Your department will continue to be responsible for the cost of network maintenance and upgrades.
• Older network technology is unreliable and expensive to maintain due to the lack of network management and old-style cable plant.

This option is a compromise between the Old Technology and Managed Environment options. Under the Mixed Option, a department can pay to have ITC install additional spare network outlets near computers and departmentally-owned network hubs in the new communications closets. Similar to the low-end option, the recurring charge to attach all of the departmentally owned hubs is $30 per month for the entire building. Ports on these hubs can be connected to the second data jack on ITC-provided outlets or can be used to drive outlets that were installed as spares by the department. The department is responsible for the installation charges and capital cost of these hubs.

• The department is responsible for all maintenance and repair costs for it’s hubs. This work is billed by ITC on a time and materials basis.
• Your department is responsible for the cost of future network upgrades.
• Additional outlets must be activated using a work order and are billed on a time and materials basis.
• Ports on departmentally owned hubs can be used to support more than a single computer whereas ports on an ITC-operated hub will only support one machine.
• Since this option does involve installing sufficient new Category-5 outlets to meet demand, the network can be easily upgraded in the future without rewiring.

Under the Managed Environment option, ITC provides active Ethernet jacks for all computers in the building. Network jacks not associated with active telephone lines are managed identically to those that are associated with telephones. Full maintenance and recurring network technology upgrades are included in the $5 per month fee. ITC is responsible for providing sufficient network capacity to all network jacks.

• ITC is responsible for all maintenance and repair work.
• ITC is responsible for the cost of future upgrades to higher performance network technology.
• Since this option does involve installing sufficient new Category-5 outlets to meet demand, the network can be easily upgraded in the future without rewiring.
• Outlets not associated with an active telephone line are installed at the expense of the department.

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This page was last updated: 10/29/98