The Computer Network Center, CNC, in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI provides the technical support for the computing needs of the students, faculty and staff. The CNC directly manages 10 instructional and 2 large open PC labs along with technical support for approximately 15 UNIX and PC departmental labs. The typical PC configuration for the CNC labs is a Windows XP platform in a client/server environment. The CNC is commonly involved in the support of the teaching effort and student project assistance.
The CNC currently supports UNIX, and Windows servers. The SUN UNIX servers provide for all general purpose faculty and student UNIX accounts. Apache software handles the school Web services. Calendar and Messaging services based on Microsoft Exchange are provided by the University Information Technology Services, UITS. The CNC administers a DNS server for school-associated domains. The network infrastructure responsibilities for the CNC span 2 buildings, ET and SL. The campus network provided by UITS, handles the backbone routing services. The CNC manages the Local Area Networks with a 100 Mbps Switch based topology. All local wiring now provides at least certified CAT5E to the desktop. The CNC has adapted its network directory services to the campus based Active Directory Service, ADS, as the organization unit IN-ENGR.
The Computer Network Center, CNC, provides a full range of support services to assist faculty and students in the use of technology. The CNC is staffed with a Director, an academic computing manager, a support services manager, a research computing manager, a database and application development group leader, a senior computer support specialist, a support technician and several student staff members.
The faculty and staff are provided with hardware and software support to maintain maximum productivity for the business of education. Research facilities are supported with technical expertise in areas of UNIX administration along with software and network management. The CNC works closely with departmental local service providers to insure that the departmental and research labs are supported.
The School WEB Server at http://www.engr.iupui.edu provides information about and for our School and allows our faculty to have a professional web presence.
