Nepal:School Server Specification - Phase 1 Design

Nepal Deployment School Server Phase 1 Design Proposal

This deployment must be online for teacher training the first week of April.
See the full schedule at: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nepal:Pilot_Project_Plan

The previous design discussion is maintained for tracking phase 2 at: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nepal:School_Server_Specification

List of Hardware

1 Three servers

1. XS1
2. XS2 - Standby backup only
3. Squid1

All server boxes will have the following:

- Intel or AMD at least 2 ghz

- RAM?

- At least 300gb hard drive

- USB ports (how many? at least 3, one per active antenna, plus one for making USB keys)

- Bootable DVD or CD-ROM drive

- 3 x Active Antennas

- 10/100 NIC?

- Other wireless NIC?

2 Wireless Access Point and Router
- Model name and number?

3 Cables
- Enough Cat 5/6 with RJ45 connectors to connect servers to Wireless AP/Router - 5 Meter USB cable for each active antenna

4 Power strip/circuit breakers
- How many?

5 Hub?

List of Software on XS

Core Software

• XS Server XS-150
• Fedora v7 (or 8?)
• Moodle v1.8.4
• PHP v5
• MySQL v5
• Apache v2
• DHCP
• DNS

Content

English Wikipedia
English Wikitionary
Gutenberg Dictionary
Eshiksha activities
Additional XO bundles
OLPC library content

XS Install Scripts

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Example from Ceibal deployment here: http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/ceibal-scripts;a=tree

XS Tests

From:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pJrekGFLbqe6sdOitu3tYbQ

1 - Apply image to XO from USB
Status (include date tested): pass
Notes: Can be done through firmware with copy-nand command

2 - Connects to Mesh
Status (include date tested): pass
Notes:

3 - can browse Internet
Status (include date tested): pass
Notes:

4 - Can browse cached pages
Status (include date tested): pass
Notes:

5 - Can browse cached pages when Internet offline
Status (include date tested):
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6 - Chat w/ other XO
Status (include date tested): pass
Notes:

7 - Can access Moodle page and click on all links
Status (include date tested):
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8 - Load new activities from server
Status (include date tested):
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9 - Can launch Squeak activity from Moodle
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10 - Browse Wiktionary
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11 - Play audio from Wiktionary
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12 - Play flash videos
Status (include date tested):
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13 - Fill up XO’s hard drive
Status (include date tested): Fail Notes: When the drive fills up, the app crashes and you are not able to open another app until you free some space

14 - Remove activities manually
Status (include date tested):
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15 - Automatic Backup and manual restore
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16 - Attempt restore student files over the network
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17 - XO can access School server via another XO through mesh, record distance and signal/packet loss
Status (include date tested):
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18 - Try to access www.hotsex.com
Status (include date tested):
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19 - Access ds.lahai.com/ole/fez
Status (include date tested):
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20 - Type in Nepali, save text in Nepali
Status (include date tested):
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21 - Sugar appears in Nepali
Status (include date tested): partial
Notes: The translation is done at http://dev.laptop.org/translate

List of Software on Squid Box

Squid Dansguardian Fedora 7 (v8?)

Squid Box Install Scripts

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Squid Box Tests

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pJrekGFLbqe6sdOitu3tYbQ&gid=4

List of Software on Library Server

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Library Server Install Scripts

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Library Server Tests

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List of Software on XO

Standard build of XO (build number?)
ePaati: - Animal Identification
- Alphabet Puzzle
- Addition, numeric
- Addition, word problem
- Addition upto 10, game
- Counting Sheep
- Largest Number
- Make Bar-graph
- Matching
- Numeric Puzzle

XO Install Scripts

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XO Tests

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System Level Design

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Failure Cases

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System Level Tests

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Wireless AP/Router Config

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Network Diagram

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