[AG-TECH] Seminars

[Jennifer Teig von Hoffman]

Thanks Bob. The BU beacon isn't currently running; we're going to do
something about that.

Participating sites: Please do work with your networking staff to iron out
any multicast problems before the seminar. I'll be available for pre-event
testing starting at 2:00 PM EDT April 10.

- Jennifer

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Robert Olson wrote:

> Since I've been poking at multicast debugging lately, thought I'd look at 
> the state of things for these sites.
> 
> I don't see beacons for CalTech or ORNL.
> 
> A subset view for the rest is at
> 
> http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~olson/AG/beacon-index.html
> 
> at the link labelled "April, 2002, AG Seminar sites".
> 
> Problems I see:
> 
> JSU traffic not going to NSF, Purdue, PSC.
> 
> Purdue not seeing traffic from Sandia, LBL, JSU, DOE, NCSA.
> 
> LBL traffic making it ONLY to Sandia and DOE.
> 
> PSC not getting traffic from LBL, JSU, Purdue, NCSA.
> 
> If you are interested in full connectivity, each site should contact their 
> network administrators to start the process TODAY of figuring out what the 
> problems are. Feel free to copy mcast-support at accessgrid.org if you like.
> 
> If the problems can't be resolved, I advise trying out the unicast bridge; 
> see the document on the AGDP for more.
> 
> --bob
> 
> 
> At 10:49 AM 4/8/2002 -0400, Jennifer Teig von Hoffman wrote:
> >Hi everybody,
> >
> >There are 12 sites with at least one participant signed up to attend the
> >April 10 "Communicating Effectively over the Access Grid" and/or "How to
> >Produce an Access Grid Event" seminars. The sites are:
> >
> >         ACCESS-DC
> >         AHPCC
> >         CalTech
> >         DoE/MICSAG
> >         JSU
> >         LBNL
> >         NSF
> >         NCSA
> >         ORNL
> >         PSC
> >         Purdue
> >         SNL
> >
> >I've generally been asking sites to arrive 30 minutes before the session
> >starts. If your site is planning to attend this seminar and you're not
> >confident that your node is in good working condition, please arrive 45-60
> >minutes early instead. Also, if you're not sure why your node is listed
> >above, please drop me a note and I'll send you a list of the registered
> >participant(s).
> >
> >General seminar info is at:
> >
> >         http://scv.bu.edu/accessgrid/seminars/
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jennifer
>