Week Ending April 10, 2015

1. Install High Speed Wireless Access Infrastructure

2. Install Network Electronics Infrastructure

2.1 Core Level

2.2 Hub Level

2.3 Campus Level

3. Upgrade Connectivity, Power, and Air Conditioning

3.1 Upgrade Fiber Connectivity

3.2 Upgrade Cabling Connectivity

3.3 Upgrade Electrical Power and Air Conditioning

4. Upgrade the Data Center Infrastructure

4.1 Build a Virtualized Server Data Center

4.2 Install a Storage Area Network (SAN)

4.3 Co-locate the Data Center at an External Facility

4.4 Build Backup, Recovery, and Business Continuity

5. Upgrade Staff’s Technology and Phone Systems

5.1 Replace Telephone System with VoIP

5.2 Replace Administrative Staff Technology

5.3 Replace Network Printers and Print Servers

6. Install Technology Infrastructure in New Schools

iSphere Program Management

Bond 1

Bond 2

Bond 3

Bond 4

Bond 5

Bond 6

Implementation Plans

2014 Bond Recommendations

All Other 2014 Bond Information

ClearPass Update:ClearPass is the server from Aruba that handles most of our new

wireless infrastructure. This past week Derly Buentello and Anna

Senties worked with Joel McCotter (Layer3) to add a second

ClearPass server to our network. This will load balance the Bring

Your Own Technology (BYOT) devices authentication requests.

NEXT PHASE OF WIRELESS DEPLOYMENT

Bond 1.1

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Install High Speed Wireless Access InfrastructureCFISD Project Manager: Larry Barrios

Layer3 and CFISD team are on schedule to start next phase of Aruba wireless Access Point (AP)

deployment in the secondary schools, as a second pass. The next phase is called Dense Deployment.

Dense Deployment –Layer 3 will deploy access points in building, hang up the APs, but will not turn them

on. This way they are in place so when the network is ready the school will be ready to start using new

wireless. Schedule for Dense Deployment can be seen here.

Joel McCotter and Derly Buentello

Layer3 hanging Aruba Access Points

Wireless Discussion Points:The naming scheme for the APs was finalized. Below is the naming convention to be used:

• Unique 3-letter campus variable, AP numbered identifier, and Room Number (RM) or unique location

identifier (i.e. HW…..abbreviation for Hallway).

Example #1 - CYR-AP005-RM3122 (AP #5 located in room 3122)

Example #2 - CYR-AP110-RM3122HW (AP #110 located in the Hallway outside of RM3122)

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Install High Speed Wireless Access InfrastructureCFISD Project Manager: Larry Barrios

Wireless Discussion Points Continued:Derly Buentello and Larry Barrios met with Sherma Duck, principal, to discuss sponsored wireless at Anthony

MS. They also talked about during and after hours access.

• Anna Senties , Elizabeth Montes, and Thomas Hollister continue to service iSupport wireless service

requests.

• Wireless equipment continues to arrive at Bleyl Middle School

• Roland Padilla to signing off on equipment that is

being delivered at Layer3 facilities.

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As the core infrastructure for the network is entering the

execution phase of the project, much coordination will

be required between both scheduled tasks and vendors.

Oscar Villar and the ECN Team will gather data and

assist with the coordination of the following vendors and

identified activities:

Vendor Coordination -

• Define Fortinet Installation Requirements

• Define BlueCat Installation Requirements

• Define Cisco Core Routing Requirements

Supporting Activites -

• UPS Installation Schedule

• Document Fiber to Portables

• Determine Strategy at Berry HUB

• Procedure for Building Modifications at Campuses

Bond 2.1

INFRASTRUCTURE

CORE Install Network Electronics Infrastructure

Core LevelCFISD Project Manager: Oscar Villar

Upgrade Fiber ConnectivityCFISD Project Manager: Paula Ross

Bond 3.1

Fiber

Frankie Jackson and Paula Ross worked with Polly Gifford (EPS) and David Caddle (Phonoscope) to finalize

two contracts with Phonoscope: 1) Wavelength contract to connect the ISC and CyrusOne data centers, and 2)

Addendum to the current Phonoscope contract to connect the hub site locations to both the ISC and CyrusOne

data centers. Both contracts will be presented to Stuart Snow for signature on April 14, 2015.

Phonoscope Hub Site Fiber Connection (Contract Ready to Sign)

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Phonoscope Wavelength Data Center Connection (Contract Ready to Sign)

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2.

Once these contracts are

signed, these services will

be submitted for 2015-2016

E-Rate funding

reimbursements

and high-speed connectivity

can be installed.

Cabling Project updates:

The cabling project is more then just running cable. The project

has been moving along, decisions are being made daily to help

move the project forward. The team has been making

decisions like on what cable boxes to add to buildings, what

Cisco switch will be used in portables, getting answers to

questions after a walkthrough, and other decisions and even

coordinating with outside vendors to drill holes at Hamilton MS

(4 week ordeal). All this to standardize the deployment for all

campuses. Increased project management in the scheduling of

these cabling activities is a top priority.

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Upgrade Cabling ConnectivityCFISD Project Manager: Larry Barrios

Bond 3.2

Cabling

The team consist of Cyfair,

Presidio, Layer3, and different

cabling vendors. Here are the

meeting notes from the cabling

meeting.

Charles Newton and Robert Hernandez

Holes drilled at Hamilton

Middle School

Walkthroughs Completed

This past week walkthroughs

were completed at the

following campuses:

Aragon Thornton Truitt

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Upgrade Cabling ConnectivityCFISD Project Manager: Larry Barrios

Bond 3.2

Cabling

Walkthroughs to be

conducted next Week:

Watkins Labay

Arnold Campbell

As a result of the walkthroughs,

questions are raised and have to

be addressed. iSphere gathers

these questions and gets answers

back to all parties involved. Here

are questions from this week

Team at Aragon Team checking closet

The "WalkThrough Team"

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Frankie Jackson corresponded

throughout the week with Daniel

Grosz and Dillon Brady, CFISD

Facilities and Planning, and with

Steve Aloway (VLK Architects), to

finalize a bidding schedule for

electrical and air conditioning

upgrades at the hub site locations

and secondary campuses. A bidding

schedule is now proposed for:

1) Hub site locations and

2) High schools.

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Anthony MS*

Goodson MS

Hamilton MS

Smith MS

Spillane MS

Aragon MS

Arnold MS

Truitt MS

Hopper MS

Kahla MS

Thornton MS

Watkins MS

Cy-Ridge HS

Cy-Falls HS

Bleyl MS

Campbell MS

Jersey Village HS

4. Cy-Ridge Router1. Cy-Woods Router 2. Berry Center Router 3. Cy-Lakes Router 5. Bleyl Router 6. Dean Router

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Cy-Woods HS

Cy-Ranch HS

Cy-Fair HS

Langham Creek HS

Cy-Lakes HS

Cy-Springs HS

Labay MS

Cy-Creek HS

Windfern HS

Dean MS

Cook MS

Upgrade Electrical Power and Air ConditioningCFISD Project Manager: Frankie Jackson and Daniel Grosz

Bond 3.2

Frankie asked to include

the middle schools in the

bidding package but was

told this would delay the

schedule a month.

Therefore she suggested

moving forward with the

hub sites and high schools

in the June bid scope.

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Information

GatheringPlanning &

Design

RFP Submission

& Procurement

Implementation

& MigrationProject

Completion

- Vendor/Product Interviews & Research

- Current Environment Assessment Tools

- Product Matrix of Pros/Cons

- Applications Inventory & Priority

The Network Management and Operations (NMO) virtualization

team is near the finish of the “Information Gathering” phase. The

Application Inventory & Priority workbook will continue to be

updated through the next phase. Next steps involve meeting with

the application owners to verify SLA, backup, priority, and

computing specifics. The virtualized design, product selection, and

possible RFP process are anticipated to start this month.

Polly Gifford

Mike Diaz

Suzanne Hattier

Greg Rhodes

Bond 4.1

Build a Virtualized Data CenterCFISD Project Manager: Greg Rhodes

Oscar Villar

Scott Dozier

Howard Shoobe

On April 7th, Polly Gifford of EPS led a

high level VMware Architecture/Design

meeting with NMO, ECN, and the

VMware team.

Exebridge is reviewing original quotes,

approved in March 2014, for licensing

and services.

Computing information on the Lenovo

Flex System was provided by Patrick

Dougal of Lenovo; it may be viewed

here.

On April 13th, Cisco is presenting their

solution strategy to NMO.

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Information

GatheringPlanning &

Design

RFP Submission

& Procurement

Implementation

& MigrationProject

Completion

- Vendor/Product Interviews & Research

- Current Environment Assessment Tools

- Product Matrix of Pros/Cons

The Network Management Operations (NMO) team will soon move

to the next phase of the storage area network (SAN) project. The

effort is now concentrated on determining space requirements for

applications and data shares currently and for future growth. The

storage design, product selection, and possible RFP process are

anticipated to start this month.

Install a Storage Area NetworkCFISD Project Manager: Greg Rhodes

Bond 4.2

Jennifer Welch, HP

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SHP presented a briefing at their Customer Experience Center April 10th on several topics including Software

Defined Storage (SDS) by Jennifer Welch. HP is scheduling a data assessment at CFISD next week.

Tom Rigamonti and Paul Arnona of NetApp ran their data assessment April 9th.

Nick Ryan of EMC ran a second data assessment to capture servers not in the domain on April 9th.

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CFISD Technology Services team at HP

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CoLocate the Data Center at an External FacilityCFISD Project Manager: Greg Rhodes

Bond 4.3

Is Here!

The contract with CyrusOne has been executed and CFISD now has a Tier 4 data

center facility as a co-location. The kick-off meeting is scheduled for Thursday,

April 16th at 1:00 PM. Stephanie Leyva, our CyrusOne account manager, will be a

lead in this meeting. This project will be a joint effort of ECN and NMO, working

together to build a core piece of our redundant network access and a secured,

protected location for our priority applications.

Polly Gifford of EPS requested rack elevations of the major partners. Layer3’s rack

elevation submittal may be viewed here.

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Tyndall Overby, the Evolve Project

Manager, Mike Raspet, and an Evolve

contractor, examine the floor tiles and

support structure at the ISC data center

April 8th. Flooring reconstruction will be

one of first steps due to the tiles flame

retardant limitations.

Mike RaspetTyndall Overby

Build Backup, Recovery, and Business ContinuityCFISD Project Manager: Greg Rhodes

Bond 4.4

Lance Melancon

Mike Raspet

April 8th. Bobby Galvin represents Facilities for building construction, design, and equipment approvals.

Signoffs for the design drawings and equipment submittals for the UPS and in-row cooling units are

anticipated by Monday, April 13th. The next data center construction meeting is scheduled for April 15th and

has had the start time changed to 2 PM.

Mike Raspet and Lance Melancon clear shelves

in the hallway outside the ISC data center.

Room 108 must be emptied for the installation of

the new UPS and transfer switches.

Tyndall Overby, the Evolve project manager, led

the Weekly Data Center Construction meeting

Room 108

Frankie Jackson worked Polly Gifford (EPS), and Natasha Pratt ( AT&T) to prepare contracts and a Total

Cost of Ownership (TCO) presentation. Contracts were submitted to CFISD for review on April 9, 2015.

Frankie is planning to meet with Natasha Pratt to review all details and aspects of the final cost proposal.

Katie Hernandez and Roland Padilla worked with Frankie on the presentation, adding graphics and

detailed explanations about the advantages of a VoIP solution. Cisco currently has the presentation and is

providing videos and additional information about the VoIP.

Bond 5.1

Upgrade Telephone System with VoIPCFISD Project Manager: Paula Ross

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Leonard Chance, CFISD Technology

Assets Manager, compiled and verified the

“replacement data” for the instructional

campuses. Leonard is making site visits

to help the campus technicians validated

the inventories to ensure accuracy. The

data that is gathered will be analyzed and

then orders can be placed.

For the administrative campuses, the

technology service technicians have

surveyed those sites to verify inventories.

Leonard and Ashely have stared scanning

the equipment at ISC and ISC west. The

data will be reviewed and added to the

items that have been compiled from the

Instructional campuses.

Service tech Chris Roberts

surveying equipment at the

Food Service facility.Leonard working with the

service techs Karen Davis and

Bradley Mulligan at Cy Ranch

HS to validated their inventory.

Replace Administrative Staff TechnologyCFISD Project Manager: Jay Johnson

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Leonard Chance, the

Technology Assets manager,

has gathered a list of printers

by school of equipment that

is currently in need of

replacement or that will need

to be replaced within the next

five years. An analysis is

currently underway to

determine when the best time

to replace this equipment.

Leonard will visit campuses

to help determine their needs

and to prioritize the

deliveries.

Leonard met with the service

techs Andrew Lopez and

Donisha Fontenet at Cy Fair HS

to verify network printers location

Replace Network Printers and Print ServersCFISD Project Manager: Jay Johnson

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Install Technology Infrastructure in New SchoolsCFISD Project Manager: Thomas Hollister

Bond 6.1

Sadie Woodard Elemenatry School is 70% completed

with the technology cabling project. Unfortunately the

cable that was pulled in the campus is CAT6 cable - not

CAT6A that is required to support the new Aruba

wireless access points. Technology is currently working

with the Facilites Department to upgrade the cabling to

support our wireless requirements.

Thomas Hollister, Roland Padilla, Becky Cook

Facilities New Campus Meeting

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Project ManagementProject Managers: Larry Short and Charity Farve

Bond PM

Weekly Status

Report Ending

April 10, 2015(click here)

For Bond Goals

1, 2, and 3

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Goodson MS 6/15/2015

Hamilton MS 6/15/2015

Smith MS 6/15/2015

Spillane MS 6/15/2015

Anthony MS*

Aragon MS 7/6/2015

Arnold MS 7/6/2015

Truitt MS 7/6/2015

Hopper MS 7/20/2015

Kahla MS 7/20/2015

Thornton MS 7/20/2015

Watkins MS 7/20/2015

Cy-Ridge HS 7/27/2015

Cy-Falls HS 7/27/2015

Bleyl MS 8/10/2015

Campbell MS 8/10/2015

Jersey Village HS

8/17/2015

4. Cy-Ridge HUB

July 13, 2015

1. Cy-Woods HUB

April – May 2015

2. Berry Center HUB

June 29, 2015

3. Cy-Lakes HUB

July 6, 2015

5. Bleyl HUB

July 20, 2015

6. Dean HUB

July 27, 2015

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2

3 Cy-Woods HS 6/8/2015

Cy-Ranch HS 6/8/2015

Cy-Fair HS 6/29/2015

Langham HS 6/29/2015

Cy-Lakes HS 7/13/2015

Cy-Springs HS 7/13/2015

Labay MS 7/27/2015

Cy-Creek HS 8/10/2015

Windfern HS 8/10/2015

Dean MS 8/17/2015

Cook MS 8/17/2015

CyrusOne ( CoLocation)

June 1, 2015ISC (Data Center)

February 1, 2015

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Summary Level Campus Deployment Schedule

Cy-Ridge Hub

CyrusOne – Core 2

(data center)

Cy-Woods HubBerry Center Hub

Cy-Lakes Hub Bleyl Hub

(data center)

ISC – Core 1

(data center)

Dean Hub

1. Cy-Woods Router

Cy-Woods HS

Carlton Center

Cy-Ranch HS

Spillane MS

Smith MS

Goodson MS

Hamilton MS

Salyards MS

Black ES

Warner ES

Keith ES

Farney ES

Robison ES

Hamilton ES

Sampson ES

Ault ES

Moore ES

Swenke ES

Chiller Plant

2. Berry Ctr Router

Cy-Fair HS

Langham Creek HS

Anthony MS

Aragon MS

Arnold MS

Truitt MS

Postma ES

Birkes ES

Copeland ES

Lamkin ES

Holmsley ES

Horne ES

Millsap ES

Rennell ES

Police Station

Telge Transp.

Science Resource Ctr

Berry Center

Cy-Fair Annex

Barker Transp

Exhibit Center

3. Cy-Lakes Router

Cy-Lakes HS

Cy-Springs HS

Hopper MS

Kahla MS

ALC West

Thornton MS

Watkins MS

Andre ES

Duryea ES

McFee ES

Robinson ES

Metcalf ES

Emery ES

Hemmenway ES

Jowell ES

Lieder ES

Sheridan ES

Tipps ES

Walker ES

Wilson ES

4. Cy-Ridge Router

Cy-Ridge HS

Cy-Falls HS

Labay MS

Danish ES

Adam ES

Willbern ES

Emmott ES

Fiest ES

Hairgrove ES

Lowery ES

Owens ES

Telge Ag Barn

Eldridge Transp.

Eldridge Ag

ELC Smokey Trail

5. Bleyl Router

Bleyl MS

Cy-Creek HS

Windfern HS

ALC East

Campbell MS

Francone ES

Hancock ES

Matzke ES

Yeager ES

Pridgeon Stadium

Falcon Annex

Falcon Transp

Windfern Annex

Maintenance Ctr

6. Dean Router

Dean MS

Jersey Village HS

Cook MS

Lee ES

Bane ES

Kirk ES

Bang ES

Frazier ES

Gleason ES

Holbrook ES

Pope ES

Post ES

Reed ES

Food Ser Warehouse

Food Production Ctr

* Denotes priority campuses

Detail Level Campus Deployment

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