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Collaboration How To

WestGrid Collaboration How To's

Here are some useful documents for using the WestGrid Collaboration Infrastructure.

General Documentation

  • How to Connect to the WestGrid Jabber Server
  • WestGrid Collaboration Room Technology Examples

 

AccessGrid Documentation

  • Overview of AccessGrid at WestGrid
  • WestGrid AccessGrid Installation / Getting Started Document (pdf)
  • High Level Grid Room and Grid Station Description and Definition (pdf)
  • Original Grid Room and Station Equipment Configuration and Breakdown (dated circa 2003, pdf)
  • General Information on Equipment Requirements for an AG Node (pdf)
  • WestGrid AG-Tech Mailing List Archives - Good Information and Advice
  • WestGrid Collaboration Firewall Information (pdf)
  • WestGrid Site by Site Collaboration Hardware List (pdf)
  • WestGrid AG Venue's IP's and Ports (pdf)

System Notices

  • Calgary-Edmonton 10G brief outage
  • Cal-Edm and Edm-Sas 10G circuit maitenance
  • Sep. 1, 10:50 - Robson available again
  • Sep. 1 - Robson unavailable
  • Winnipeg-Saskatoon and Winnipeg-Toronto 10G circuits outage
  • Calgary-Edmonton 10G brief outage
  • 23 August 2010: UBC Orcinus IB Switch Update
  • Calgary - Edmonton 10G maintenance
  • 24 Aug 2010: Bugaboo unavailable 13:00 - 16:00 (Pacific)
  • 17 August 2010: UBC Chiller Maintenance Completed
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