June 05, 2003
Cutover
So today was the day I get to cut everyone from the old LAN (the past haunting, etc.) to the new LAN. Starting with the printers. Telnet into the first printer, change the IP addresses. Unplug from the back of the printer and put the cable into my Pinger. Link. Get an IP address -- yep, old LAN. Set to blink the port. Mosey into the terminal closet, locate the blinking port and move from the old 3Com hub to the new Cisco switch. Back to the printer, stop the blinking, pull a new IP address -- yep, new LAN. Put cable back into the printer. Nadine checks that the printer works thru the servers. Repeat four more times. Bump a user off a workstation, release the IP, plug the cable into the Pinger, locate and move the hub/switch port, restore cable, renew IP, let the user have his workstation back. Repeat 30 times.
(Actually, upstairs they were mostly empty cubicles and they're running Win2000 which pulls a new IP as soon as you switch LANs. 15 of the 30 were simply move cable. And the 24 workstations upstairs were accurately recorded on the LEP (Lan Entry Point) sheets so I didn't need to identify ports.
Nadine printed out the new LEP sheets, left in the terminal room, and left. A good day's work.
Posted by at June 5, 2003 09:09 PM