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The purpose is to provide 100GbE stacking and/or uplinks for maximum reliability,  and multigigabit access.  The first 24x (1 - 24) ports provide 1000 Mbps connection and the next 24x (25 - 48) ports provide 10000 Mbps connectivity.  All ports provide POE+ with up to 1500W power budget.

Ruckus ICX 7850-48ZP

WEKA

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Home/FFB Cluster Upgrade

Workstations and Servers Matrix

Keeping organized the devices in a hutch allows to provide a more efficient support service, however, there are some devices with a non-clear use status. Looking into this issue PCDS-IT team decided to check in each hutch to understand the real status of those devices. After inspecting in detail those devices PCDS-IT team started the process of gathering in detail all the information from them with the objective of removing from the system those devices are not existing or are no longer needed.

LCLS has 2 WEKA storage clusters: i) provides the home directories and software for all users and staff, and ii) the FFB  for the users experiments.  There was a bug with the previous release, so the latest version was installed to fix the quota bug and improve performance.  The team is still working with WEKA team to provide the users with the output of their appropriate space usage.

DSS Nodes

SRCF Datamover Bandwidth Upgrade

Workstations and Servers Matrix

To organize, clean, and validate the current host database, the IT team decided to check each Hutch for the current existing on-line and off-line devices.  After inspecting in detail the host database, information was gathered with the objective of removing the devices that were no longer required.  This process involved This process involves the participation of the POCs, SEAs, instrument leads, and the PCDSCDS-IT team to ensure that the information is coherent to proceed with the final step of removing the devices from the system. At the moment, the PCDS-IT team has informed the list of those devices per hutch with a non-clear status to each POCs, SEAs, and instrument leads in each hutch and they are waiting for feedback before the last step.

Remote Operations Hardware Maintenance Schedule

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.  Currently, the team is still working with the various staff to finalize this extensive activity. 

Remote Operations Hardware Maintenance Schedule

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Although LCLS has devices for making remote operations more efficient, each hutch counts with a Realwear HMT-1 headset and the Double3 robot.  The Realwear HMT-1 headset can be used for an interactive hands-free video conferencing (expert troubleshooting) and documenting by taking pictures/recording of such call.  The Double3 Although LCLS has devices for making remote operations more efficient, they have not been used so often. Each hutch counts with a Realwear HMT-1 headset and the Double3. On the one hand, the Realwear HMT-1 headset can be used for hands-free video conferencing or taking pictures/recording videos. On the other hand, Double3 is a telepresence robot with video conferencing and remote driving capabilities. Due to the  There has been a lack of support for these devices people in the hutches are not very interested in using these technologies. 

Thanks to Alex Wallace’s interest in the continued support of these devices, PCDS-IT is taking the lead in their continued support of them. This month of April, the PCDS-IT group took the lead in supporting the Realwear HMT-1 headsets and Double3 by auditing to verify the status of the devices in all hutches. Follow to this audit, there will be training on this technology for each POCs, SEAs, and instrument leads in each hutch. On top of that, PCDS-IT will continuously check on the status of these devices to ensure their functionality of them at any time.

Integrate UED to LCLS Standards

New Ciara Purchase

*ioc-xrt-rec07

*SRCF Data Mover Bandwidth Upgrade

*GNOME Key Binding Shortcuts

UPCOMING

Batch Nodes

DSS Nodes

CXI Network Upgrade

Switch Tool

Diskless Server Upgrade

Diskless Monitoring

750 Pit Cleanup Progress

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, so the IT team is working on providing a weekly and monthly maintenance guide.  In addition, each device will be transfered to their respective custodian and training will be provided.  A weekly status report will be logged for the continue maintenance and support of these devices.

Integrate UED to LCLS Standards

New Ciara Purchase

A new purchase for workstations and 1U AMD Rome servers has been made.  There will be an additional 10 workstations, like the control room ones, and 65 servers.  The servers will be deployed across LCLS for new DAQ and Control Systems, or to replace faulty ones.  The workstations will be deployed across the different control rooms and hutches.

Pit Cleanup

Over the past few weeks, members of TID have been supporting the Pit Cleanup effort.  Old infrastructure and non-working devices have been set aside to be sent to salvage.  At this time, the team is trying to coordinate a time with the RPFO office to do the radiological survey for all unwanted hardware.  Once the survey has been completed with the approprite paper work, TID staff will move the hardware to salvage.

Upcoming IT Tasks

The following are short-term tasks the CDS-IT team is working to deliver:

• CXI network upgrade.
• Switch tool for user management.
• Diskless server upgrade to provide resilience.
• Diskless monitoring to make sure all DSS and MON nodes are operational
• Extra 20 batchnodes for the FEH queue.
• Finalize the ioc-xrt-rec07 image to validate 10G network.
• Finalize and validate GNOME key binding shortcuts process.

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