PBARC_Fiber_Upgrade_and_Wireless_Project.docx

PBARC Fiber Upgrade and Wireless Project – Answers to contractors Questions (5/2/2016)

1. Ground floor plan for the following: (see figure

a. Main building : MainLabFloorPlan.pdf TechOfficeandConfRoomFloorPlan.pdf MainLabOverview.pdf

b. Headhouse. HHfloorplan.pdf

c. Administration Trailer (no drawings)

d. Ecology Trailer (no drawings)

e. Insectory Trailer insectorydrawings.pdf also see PBARCsitemap.pdf (doesn’t show trailers or insectory)

2. Will the wireless network provide access to ARS staff only or include external personnel (vendors, third party, etc) as well?

(Answer) Wireless will not have a public access part. Only GFE (Government Financed Devices) devices can connect.

3. Would you like that wireless network manage B.Y.O.D (Bring Your Own Devices)?. It will allows the end users to interconnect their own devices to ARS wireless network.

(Answer) ? Per ARS Cyber security policy, the wireless will only be for users with Enterprise Active Directory account. The fact that once they log onto the wireless, they will be connected to ARSnet.

4. The Access Point (APs) need to be Cisco or you are open to consider a different brand (Meraki) devices which allow to set up a firewall?

(Answer) The USDA has standardized on Cisco for the enterprise wireless rollout.

See CiscoPartsonHand.pdf (sorry about image quality I will try to find a better list to look at)

5. Could you please provide an estimation about how many users for each building?

a. Main building: 80 users

b. Headhouse: 5 users

c. Administration Trailer: 8 users

d. Ecology Trailer: 5 users

e. Insectory Trailer: 3 users

6. Could you please provide the existing logic and network diagram?, Could you also provide the “Show run” for existing devices?. This information will allow us to know and understand the network in order to provide the best suitable solution.

All network devices are Cisco except the FW which is Palo Alto. No need to re-engineer from scratch, just adding Cisco switches along with Wireless.

Existing Network block Diagram is HiloNetworkCurrent.pdf

7. The existing FO on site is Mono or Multi mode?

(Answer) There exist 6 pairs of mono and six pairs of Multimode from Comm1 to comm2 and same for comm1 to headhouse

8. Do you have a storage room available on site in order to keep there all hardware during the implementation stage?

(Answer) Yes.

9. Is there any exemption related to local taxes for this project?.

(Answer) No.

10) Can the customer provide the configuration of the switch?

If contactor wins total package I can provide assistance with ARS configs. What I envision when a contractor wins, we can have a pre-kick off meeting to make sure everyone is on the same page.

Other figures- Fig2FiberRunandEnclosureLocations.pdf - Fiber runs and wall mount enclosure location Fig3AccessPointLocations - Locations for Wireless access points Fig4Cat6Locations - Locations for Cat6 Outlets CiscoPartsOnHand.pdf