CSG Meeting
Meeting Summary
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
2 – 4 p.m.
11348 Young Research Library
www.csg.ucla.edu

Attendees: Margo Reveil, Mike Van Norman, Kent Wada, Tom Trappler, Carmela Cunningham, Bill Jepson, Don Worth, David Snow, Michelle Lew, Sean Pine, Steve Duim, Jackson Jeng, Carol King, Paul Craft, John Min

Review of old action items

• No requests for VB6 support were sent to Mike Van Norman.
• Ross Bollens distributed the LBL report to committee members.

 

Agenda Item 1: Higher Education Act (HEA) Update – 5 minutes (Kent Wada)

Background Information:

• The Higher Education Act (HEA) sets policies that relate Financial Aid funding with piracy.  The previous policy about piracy states that the University of California (UC) needs to have installed technology that prevents piracy.  The current language states that every UC needs to be certified with the high education authority that there are plans in place to combat piracy.  The HEA vaguely ties the certification policy with Financial Aid funding.  Universities that are unable to be certified may lose Financial Aid funding.  HEA has not yet been passed.

Agenda Item 2: UCCI Update – 5 minutes (Bill Labate on consultant activities, and Jim Davis on Research Pilot)

Background Information:

• UCCI proposal was solicited out to all UC campuses for projects that are applicable to using the clusters.  31 proposals were received, 16 were approved, and five of these 16 were proposals from UCLA organizations.  The UC Data Center initiative looked at the demand for data center space and the supply of data center space throughout the UC system.  The data gathered from the UCDC initiative will be used to plan for the future expansion of the data center.  A Request for Proposal (RFP) to expand the data center was made.  Nine responses came back with a wide range of prices for the same product.  A new RFP will be made for more proposals.  Currently, the project is on hold.  Jim Davis and Bill Labate are the representatives for UCLA.  There is currently no webpage that publishes updates on the UCCI project.

Agenda Item 3: Wireless – 30 minutes (Jim Davis on governance process context, Mike Van Norman)

Background Information:

• The Next Generation Network (NGN) group is looking at the campus wireless standards.  The ITPB committee agreed to unify the wireless structure.  To unify the wireless structure, the campus will need to update the technical requirements – looking at what is needed to unify and alter the method in which wireless structure is set up.
• Currently, one SSID is broadcasted throughout campus.  Access to the network can be made via a VPN channel to the SSID.
• The new wireless structure will increase access throughout the campus and broadcast different SSID networks unique to the users.  One SSID is for guests.  This SSID splits into two protocols which solves the issue of opening up the entire web to the network.  Another SSID will be dedicated to UCLA logon ID’s and will utilize the WPA2 protocol.  The user will be redirected to a logon page that identifies the user.  After signing in, the user will not need to use a VPN program.
• Due to the size and security needs of the hospital and clinical area, moving from a Federated to a single-unified-provider will require a separate provider for the medical group.  The single-unified-provider will need 802.11n support for high speed and Shibboleth authentication.  Support for departmental credentials will use RADIUS allowing the departments to continue using the credentials that the department is most comfortable with.  This requires departments to set their own RADIUS structure.
• The transition process will need to maximize the investments already made by the campus.  The campus will try to tie the transition process with the replacement of the aging equipment.
• The Wiki page can be edited.  Mike Van Norman welcomes the committee members to view and contribute to the Wiki.

Discussion:

• The wireless group was primarily concerned with the technical aspect of the new structure and did not research the funding side of the processes.  The group provided a detailed what-should-be-done report.
• A subgroup of ITPB will analyze the wireless structure and identify the key problems for the wireless group to address.  There is currently no urgent concern that the wireless group needs to address.
• An earlier survey reported the issue that students want wireless in general assignment classrooms while faculty opposed the recommendation.  Faculty does not see a need to utilize wireless technology in large general assignment classrooms but rather want to invest in small classrooms where the wireless technology can be most useful.  Faculty, also, view students browsing and conducting personal business in class as a hindrance to their education.  However cell phone technology allows students to bypass the problem.

Action Item: Review the handouts provided by the wireless group and send feedback to Mike Van Norman.

Agenda Item 4: ITPB Subcommittee reports – 30 minutes (Jim Davis)

Background Information:

• All of the subcommittee groups (except for the Data Management subcommittee) were recommended to disband and proceed with the implementation phase.  The Data Management subcommittee was recommended to research and gather more information to help move towards the implementation phase.  The subcommittee projects will be handed off to other groups for the implementation phase.

Action Item: Review the committee reports and send any questions to Jim Davis.  Questions will be addressed at the next CSG meeting.