The VCCS has developed a shared facility that will provide the hardware, software and connectivity for all services related to the implementation, maintenance, support and on-going operations of the SIS. Colleges can elect to augment these shared services by installing selective servers on the campus.

The list below summarize the servers and the related operating environment:

Software:

• Windows 95, 98 or NT will be used for desktop clients. The colleges will be responsible for selecting the product and licensing the appropriate desktops.
• Netscape or Explorer will be used for web clients. The colleges will be responsible for selecting the product and licensing the appropriate desktops.
• Windows NT Server is the recommended operating system for the file servers however colleges can elect to deploy whatever is applicable in their current environment.
• Unix (AIX) will be used for the application servers. The Utility will be responsible for licensing these shared servers.
• Windows NT Server will be used for the software support or distribution servers. The college will be responsible for licensing and operation of the equipment.
• Unix (AIX) will be used for the production on-line database server and the batch/reporting server. The Utility will be responsible licensing and operation of the equipment.
• Unix (AIX) will be used for the development server. The Utility will be responsible licensing and operation of the equipment.

Hardware:

IBM RS/6000 S80 – Quantity 2

• Production Online Data Base Server – AIX operating system supporting the interactive processing.
• Production Batch/Reporting Server – IBM RS/6000 S80 - AIX operating system supporting the batch processing (SQR & COBOL applications).

IBM SP RS/6000 Application Server Tower – Quantity 1

• Production Application Server(s) – Quantity 8 expandable to 14 - AIX operating systems supporting DBMS connectivity and application related services.

IBM RS/6000 S7A - Quantity 1

Development Server - AIX operating system supporting the following:

• Development – the support of system development activities and all testing by the developers.
• Validation – testing the interactive and batch of the system as delivered by PeopleSoft.
• Quality Assurance – testing the interactive and batch processing of system as modified by the VCCS prior to production deployment.

• Training Data Base Server – NT operating system to support training of VCCS customers in the use of interactive/batch processing.
• Training Application Server – NT operating system supporting DBMS connectivity and application related services.