(rev date 09/07)
Information Services, a division of the Office of the CIO (OCIO), manages MUSC’s campus-wide data and voice communication network as well as other core infrastructure systems and applications. The campus data network provides 10BaseT and 100BaseT Ethernet connections to the desktop and Gig throughputs in the core. This is accomplished with a fiber optic backbone to the core switches/routers and fiber optic and copper cables connecting the access layer switches. Gig connections can be provided for users with a need for higher bandwidth requirements. Individual campus sub-networks are administered as an Internet Class B Network. Cisco routers provide high-speed connections between internal subnets and the Internet. A 50 meg connection is provided for the commercial Internet and a 75 meg connection for access to Internet 2. The South Carolina Light Rail is under development to join the state to the Southern Light Rail and National Lambda Rail research networks. Frame Relay, dial-up PPP service, DSL, and cable modems are used to extend the campus network to remote or rural locations. The campus voice communications network has more than 12,000 telephones and a voice mail system with more than 4,500 active mailboxes. Information Services also provides support for main infrastructure systems, including IMAP email, file storage (Homeroom), Web servers, calendar, network identification and account maintenance, network time protocol, domain name system, and directory services. Core applications supported by Information Services in the area of Academic and Research include the MUSC library system, OVID, WebCT, SYBYL (molecular modeling), and GCG (gene sequence research). Core campus-wide financial and administrative applications are also supported through Information Services, such as GL, AP, financial reporting, purchasing, payroll, and human resources. Infrastructure services and key applications are accessible to authorized users from any Windows, Macintosh, or Unix workstation with access to the campus network. The MUSC Web servers (http://www.musc.edu) provide a convenient campus-wide search and retrieval system for information. MUSC accesses the supercomputer at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, and co-sponsors the Beowulf cluster at the College of Charleston. Additional research computing resources are available in the Department of Biometry, Biostatistics & Epidemiology.