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Completed so far

Also see my mastadon posts for screenshots as I check off things in Apple reminders from the punch list. Not a perfect 1:1 with here, i try to keep it synced.

• Install and connect to coresw tsys1 storage network USB3 Gigabit adapter
• Install and connect to coresw tsys2 storage network USB3 Gigabit adapter
• Deploy desktop switch onto art room cabinet
• Deploy USB hub on art room cabinet and cable up devices and cable hub to laptop
• Move unifi ap uplinks to coresw
• Plug in dev board USB connections to ultix
• Balance server room loads across the two UPS units
• Move tsys1 / external hard drive to it's production location
• Plug server room UPS monitoring USB cables into tsys1
• Get zwave radio/network setup in pfv-bms
• Get zigbee radio/network setup in pfv-bms
• Get tsys-ca VM working
• ssh audit/harden ( https://github.com/jtesta/ssh-audit?tab=readme-ov-file#web-front-end )
• Forward/reverse DNS for all hosts
• Syslog working for all hosts
• Finalize dhcp client config to remove name servers/search domains
• Adopt Unifi APs to unifi controller on tsys2
• Qualify all hard drives (in progress)
• Plug in UPS1 USB cable to tsys2
• Plug in UPS2 UPS UPS UPS cable to tsys2
• Label all tsys2 external hard drives with matching names on the drive and in Windows
• Qualify lead acid cells in garage
• Validate r1,r2 switch daisy chaining to Cisco 2800 lan port
• Move tsys2 from garage
• Factory reset Cisco 2800
• Flash pi avionics units
• Flash pi server room door controller / NTP unit
• Deploy unifi controller on tsys2
• Uninstall all apps from tsys1 external hard drive and setup for new user id/ownership
• Deploy stick cams for external surveillance
• Flash subopi units
• Deploy Govee units (garage and art room )
• Get downstairs entertainment area on network
• Move tsys1 to art room
• Create email alias for home automation account
• Get govee units back online
• Deploy stick cameras
• Replace batteries on all sensors
• Get LED strips online in server room racks
• Cable manage usb/power in RF shelf of R&D rack
• Clear out extra RackRental items to storage
• Put long VGA cable in server room from KVM in rack to monitor on desk
• Replace EE bench camera VGA cable with medium length cable from server room
• Finish software install on stlpc-artroom-workbench
• Install and connect r&d stor storage bond (ports 20-23) to core storage bond (ports 13-16)
• Install ethernet four port gigabit NIC into ultix
• Deploy Home assistant VM on stlpc-garage-ee
• Install and connect to core sw ultix storage bond (ports 13-16) 4 port intel nic into Ultix
• Get wii video output working
• Cable management in server room
• Deploy all clean room fabrication capabilities (CNC,laser,3d print, sewing, embroidery, leather working, stamps etc)
• Plug in video for second monitor in garage
• Get upstairs receiver mounted above couch
• Get upstairs speakers positioned and and wired / cable managed to receiver
• Connect fire stick video out to receiver hdmi in and projector video in to receiver hdmi out

Done:

• Put UPS batteries on tenders, so medium UPS units can possibly be rebuilt

Done:

• Get OpenScan 3d scanner power supply located and connected to EU-US adapter
• Get 3d scanner on net, updated, assigned static IP address
• Figure out external drive connectivity issues with stlpc-artroom-workbench

Done:

• Figure out cross connect / vlan / port channel issue between r3 / r2 / r1 switches

Done:

• Reconnect USB3 hub to tsys1

Completed:

• max out ram on the fastest/most CPU on the R Series Dell servers and get idrac configured so the servers can be used for RackRental / STL (one server online as of 2025-07-21) examining/assembling the rest 2025-07-22

• Plug in last two server power cables

Completed:

We ran out of space on the management switch in r3. So we had to steal some ports from the storage switch for mgmt interfaces.

• Ensure the storage switch ports with the management ethernet interfaces are set to management vlan

Completed:

The remainder of the ports on the storage switch need to be vlan 1000 (except for 24 which is vlan 1)

• Ensure the storage switch ports with the Dell Server secondary ethernet interfaces are set to storage vlan

Completed:

• Ensure storage NIC on tsys2 is connected and port set to storage vlan

Completed:

• Inventory art room

Completed:

• Inventory garage tools/equipment/machines
• Move paint gun from shelf to paint tote

Completed:

• Add storage NIC (dual gigabit Intel) to ultix
• Ensure the two ports that the tsys1 storage NICs are connected to are in a bond on storage VLAN on pfv-core-sw01

Completed:

• Deploy cable runner over speaker wire in game room

Completed 2025-08-18:

• Ensure the two ports that the ultix storage NIC is connected to are in a bond on storage VLAN on pfv-core-sw01
• Ensure 2 port LACP storage bond exists for tsys3,4,5 on r3 storage switch
• Ensure tsys3,4,5 have two of their four interfaces connected to the r3 storage switch