School of Engineering and Technology
This semester the students visited an Indiana company Data Center and were introduced to a virtual environment. The students were responsible for managing and monitoring network operations in which there were 3 primary servers, 300 physical servers, 105 virtual servers, and a 3PAR storage area network. Students also monitored the network operations by using SNMP…
With this project, the student was responsible for installing Windows Server 2008 R2 on VMware 7.0 and 8.0. Throughout the installation process the student received an error message about the system being unable to open the kernel device. The student then learned that he would have to edit the configuration files so that the vmcio.present…
This project involved the beginning stages of creating a laptop program for a university department. To do so, the student created a spreadsheet and compared 5 computers that other Universities recommend. The student came to the conclusion that there are 5 main computer manufactures that are used by colleges: Apple, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, and HP….
The goal of this project was to create a single image for two lab classrooms located in the basement of the university building. These lab classrooms are used by university students to conduct computer and networking labs in a safe and secure environment. The image that was created had important software updates that included software…
This project included researching issues with a printer’s functionality. After troubleshooting was completed, it was determined that the back roller was the cause of the problems. Student Team Members: Ahmed Al Guqhaiman, Mark Mitchell
The main purpose of this project was to make sure all of the tech policies were clear and easy to understand. All policies were reviewed for correct grammar and spelling. Student Team Members: Ahmed Al Guqhaiman, Anna Schafer, Chris Kulaga, Kyle Gardner, Milton Plummer, Rick Wilburn
The focus of this project included installing a hard drive and troubleshooting it using digital forensic tools. The problem with the hard drive installed was the hard drives already located in the machine had the same jumper. To resolve this issue, the student changed one hard drive to be the primary and the other to…
The desired goal for this project was to create a new layout for one of the department computer labs. All of the students within this semester were asked to submit a layout design. Objects that needed to be included in each proposed layout were tables, chairs, cabinets, instructor space, and PCs. Design software was tested…
This project occurred in the basement of a university building within one of the computer testing labs utilized by the university department. During the course of this project the students dealt with Cisco routers, Cisco switches, patch panels, and HP switches. The team labelled these cables and connected them from the Cisco router and connected…
This project consisted of installing a new server and dealing with the server and the switch. Cables were made to stretch the appropriate distance ensuring that the length of the cables would not interfere with the signal. Project Student: Ahmed Al Guqhaiman