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Facility Description

Tidewater
Computing Labs

12th floor Labs

Rms 1218-1220 and 1216

Open Access laboratory.

Weekdays 8AM -8 PM Weekends 10AM-5PM.

Labs are also used for teaching and special hands-on training sessions.

62 Windows XP clients under windows 2003 Active Directory domain. (software listed below)

40 Pentium IV 2.4 GHz Windows XP Workstations.  22  Pentium IV  2.8 GHz Windows XP clients. PCs are local area networked via dedicated 100Base-T.

PC Clients authenticate to Windows 2K3 Active Directory Domain. Labs are wide area networked (WAN) to Internet and RISC 6000 cluster on uptown campus via 200 mps Ethernet on a fiber optic backbone. LAN speeds are 100mps to the desktop.

DHCP is fully implemented in labs and classrooms. Wireless networking is available throughout the Tidewater Building.

Laser Printing- Pharos Card Swipe system

Color
Postscript
Duplex

Lab presentations:
LCD projection
from pc to screens integrated to teaching lectern

Tidewater
Web and File Servers

Usage:
Administrative Servers, Web and Printer Systems for Academic Information Systems.

Course Shares for Students and Faculty

File backup systems for data users.

Dedicated file stores and repositories for grants and research groups.

Dell PowerEdge Servers

3 2K3 Domain controllers

1 Web server (Intranet and course shares)

3 File Servers

1 GIS server (Mapper IMS)

1 Cardiology Data Server

1 Print Server (Pharos Printing System)

2 Backup Server (Scheduled backups)

1 Xerox Document Server

1 SQL server - Data server

1 Media Streaming Server (Osprey)

Distance Learning and Video Tele conferencing facilities

This facility is currently managed by CEAPH under the TUSPHTM dept of Environmental Health Sciences.

TUSPHTM Video teleconferencing facility (VTCF) Capacity 30 persons, over flow room 25 persons.

Use includes distance learning via Internet access using VTC ISDN and H323. Multiple video camera and monitor installations with central console controls.

Equipment includes Ascend, Accord MCU, and Osprey Codecs. Links are provided via high speed ISDN and satellite uplinks. For details please check the CAEPH web site at http://caeph.tulane.edu for details on distance learning initiatives.

Faculty Offices

Access to Internet and mainframe computing is available by 100mps and wireless Ethernet via TCP/IP

Pentium microcomputers AND LAPTOPS available for their personal use.

Machines are generally high-end Pentiums IIIs and IVs, Brands include; (Gateway, Dell, Compaq, Digital and Apple). The SPHTM network comprises approximately 520 machines.

Operating Systems are Windows 2000 and Windows XP workstations.

Microsoft networking is implemented under TCP/IP using simple peer-to-peer workgroup model. Using NTFS security for shared resources.

Faculty utilizes Blackboard Server access for class organization and network access for setting up assignments, scheduling and grading.

Administrative
Staff Offices

Current Admissions. Links to CICS/MVS is provided under TCP/IP terminals.

Administrative personnel have microcomputers available for the preparation of documents and execution of some basic accounting methods.

The Dean of Student Affairs utilizes a Windows 2000 and XP LAN with 15
computers, 3 fileservers.

Network access to the IBM Administrative Mainframe and the RISC 6000 cluster on the Uptown Campus supports student registration and financial aid transactions, and Internet Access, and Web site development.

Location &
Comments

Software Layers

Student
Computing Laboratories
& Classrooms

9 Classrooms are wired for Internet
Access

Wireless networking (802.11b) is implemented for students and roaming PCs

Lecture room technology includes state-of-the Lecterns (9)
Integrated for:
VCR
Laptop
PC
DVD
TV
Satellite
Studio Audio and Seating

Operating Systems;
Windows XP protected with Mcafee Virus Scan.

Licensed Statistical Software
SAS version 9.1
SPSS Version 12.0 for Windows
Mathematica for Windows, (site licensed)
EPIINFO 2004, Anthropack, Easeval, Stata Version 8.2

Client-based Software
Secure Shell Client to RS 6000, Secure File transfer protocol
Email: (SMTP) PC: POP3, IMAP are supported, for: Eudora, Outlook Outlook Express

Telnet - Pine, Elm.

Microsoft Office XP Pro
Microsoft Word XP
Microsoft Access XP
Microsoft PowerPoint XP
Microsoft Excel XP

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.01 SP2

Faculty/Staff machines

In general:

Microsoft Office Professional 2k or XP professional (academic licenses)
Word processing: MS-Word 10 or 11 WordPerfect 8.0 Aldus PageMaker
Spread sheet: Excel 10-11
Data base:MS-Access 10-11 , Visual Fox Pro 5.0, MS-SQL.
Graphics, PowerPoint, Corel Draw
Specialty Software - Norton Utilities, EPIINFO, MapInfo, OMNIPAGE OCR scanning, McaFee Antivirus.
Statistical Software: Mathematica,
SAS, SPSS, STATA, Epiinfo 2004

RISC CLUSTER 16 node IBM cluster,
(4 SP2 nodes, 12 Rs6000 nodes)

These are facilities on the Uptown Campus linked via fast Ethernet.

Database and Statistical Packages: SAS, GLIM, S-Plus, Oracle, Mathematica, EQS, Minitab, RS/6000:11, tape facilities, E-mail, Access to INTERNET including the WWW through Netscape under IBM AIX and others. Please see www.tulane.edu/computing.html for details