Maintenance

I've finished the network adjustments for Lab B and it is good.
* Teacher B is set to DHCP on the machine, static-dhcp at the switch. Crossroads services have been set to the static-dhcp IP address and everyone seems to be able to communicate.
* Student stations are pure DHCP (no node in the DB) with static machine names set at the local level (that is, there is no instruction set at the DHCP server level that sets a machine name, rather it uses the same method of setting a machine name as before)

The testing I've done so far consists of pushing files and restarting all lab machines from the teacher's console. I'd like to do some audio network testing, but I see no reason why it won't work.

I've replaced another dead HDD in Lab B, this time on station 14. I replaced it with the last good 30GB drive and have imaged it - the machine is now functional.
note:There are also several new 80GB drives in use now.

I also note a number of very noisy machines. The noise is likely from chipset fans going bad.

I now have one machine set up on the new VLAN 761. Authentication against UVic and OAK works, and I can connect to Squash and other network resources.
NOTES:
1) To accommodate the authentication it was necessary to add an include in the VLAN 761 ACL to allow communication between our VLAN and the VLANs that the Domain Controllers are running on.
2) In order to have both IP names and DHCP the node in IPAdmin needs to be set to static-dhcp; a MAC address for the machine is also required. I have updated my network spreadsheet to include MAC addresses of the lab machines. This is slightly more useful to me than the previous setup because it allows me to set the machines to DHCP in the Ghost task. I believe that an IP name is used for certain communication, but I will test this to be sure. An advantage to running a pure DHCP lab is that the MAC address is not required - in fact I don't even need to create a node in the IPAdmin DB.

Next step is to pull an image from the updated machine and push it to the lab. I'll take an image from a machine on the 133 VLAN as well for backup. Once I have the lab on the new VLAN I need to change the teacher station and Squash/Parsnip as well. Then I can do some speed tests and try to figure out where bottlenecks such as Lab-C-16 are coming from. This last bit may require a visit from NETS.

Judy, Greg and I spent an hour going over the test booklet, CD, and AP Test functions. The basic functions below apply, but there are some things to be aware of. I'll post these in-line below where appropriate.

AP testing How-to

• 1) Choose AP Test under the Testing menu.
• 2) Place all participating machines in a group. If this is not done the machines NOT participating will cause the next step to fail.
• 3) Under the "Student ID" section of the UI press "Start" to make the system aware of the participating students.
• 4) Students then enter their AP ID number using the bookmark butons in the Sanako player.
• 5) When the students are done click on "Stop" under the "Student ID" section of the UI.
• 6) Press "Sample" under the "Student ID" section of the UI to test playback.
• 7) If students hear the file press "Record" and have the students speak a few words to test the recording functionality.
• 8) Press "Replay" to let students listen to their "dry run". If they hear their recording press "Record" again to stop the dry run.
• 9) Queue the CD to the desired track. Play the track for the students so they can hear the taped instructions and do the TWO practice runs (not to be recorded). The entire Instructions/Practice takes approximately 4.5 minutes. Pause the Master track if necessary so teachers can field questions.
• 10) Once instructed to "begin recording", press "Start" under the "Exam" section of the UI to begin the test. Check to make sure master track is still runing.
• 11) Pause student recording when instructed to "stop recording". Master track continues to run.
• 12) When instructed to "begin recording" again, unpause the student recording. Keep in mind that unpausing the student recording (for some reason) pauses the Master track. Hit "play" on the master track so students can hear the questions and record themselves.
• 13) When the test is over press collect and follow the onscreen instructions.

Martin, Scott and I went in to the lab to try out the AP Testing function in preparation for the French AP test that will be done soon. Here's how to run the exam.

1) Choose AP Test under the Testing menu
2) Place all participating machines in a group. If this is not done the machines NOT participating will cause the next step to fail.
3) Under the "Student ID" section of the UI press "Start" to make the system aware of the participating students.
4) Students then enter their AP ID number using the bookmark butons in the Sanako player.
5) When the students are done click on "Stop" under the "Student ID" section of the UI.
6) Press "Sample" under the "Student ID" section of the UI to test playback.
7) If students hear the file press "Record" and have the students speak a few words to test the recording functionality.
8) Press "Replay" to let students listen to their "dry run". If they hear their recording press "Record" again to stop the dry run.
9) Press "Start" under the "Exam" section of the UI to begin the test. When the test is over press collect and follow the onscreen instructions.

Helped out with the trial to make sure more than one of us knows how to use the AP testing function in the lab.