This document reflects the ongoing work at Suffield Academy to maintain complete and up-to-date documentation describing the setup and maintenance of the campus network, servers, and software.

This documentation primarily serves as a written record of the knowledge and experience of the Network Administrator. It came about to help solve the "hit by a bus" scenario, where the transfer of knowledge from the Network Administrator to other staff members is necessary. Therefore, the documentation is primarily written about the application of technology at Suffield Academy.

That said, much of the information is generic enough in nature that we felt it would be beneficial to put it online to share with the general community. We hope that others may find useful information in this documentation, and we welcome comments and suggestions.

As of this writing, the document is a work in progress. As we add new sections, we shall make them available online at the following address:

http://web.suffieldacademy.org/ils/netadmin/docs/

That page will always have the most recent version of the documentation, along with a date of publication to distinguish different versions.

We have broken our documentation into sections for easier viewing. Please select a section from the list below.

Alternately, you may download all of our documentation as a single PDF file. Due to the size of the PDF file, please right-click or control-click on the link and save the PDF file to your computer for local viewing.

HOWTOs

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This section contains documentation of general procedures that do not apply to any particular computer. Examples include: basic configuration of client machines, disaster recovery, emergency shutdowns, and short user guides for frequently asked questions.

You may view the documentation for a particular topic by choosing it from the list below:

Software

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This section contains documentation for any programs or scripts developed in-house for system administration purposes. In most cases source code is also included.

This section also includes documentation of any third-party software used for network administration or infrastructure. Examples include mail services, web services, LDAP, DHCP, and DNS. In most cases, the documentation includes a brief overview of the service along with sample configuration files.

You may view the documentation for a particular topic by choosing it from the list below:

Servers

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This section contains documentation regarding the physical servers and network equipment used at Suffield Academy. The documentation includes hardware specifications, essential system components, and a brief overview of installed software for each machine.

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Diagrams

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Contains diagrams and configurations of our core network, switches, racks, server room, phones, and other hardwired infrastructure.

In the future, this may contain other architecture diagrams, such as database schema, DNS maps, and DHCP scopes.

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Obsolete Documentation

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This section contains documentation that is no longer actively updated as it pertains to systems we no longer used. It is available here for reference, but you should be aware that it may no longer be accurate.