RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Offline/Spare Gear Inventory Size

2018-02-28 Thread Ian Lyons
@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Offline/Spare Gear Inventory Size I have a background in mathematics and addressed this question scientifically. The number of spares depend on the mean-time-between-failures of an AP (provided by vendors; e.g., Cisco’s 3702 APs have a MTBF

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Offline/Spare Gear Inventory Size

2018-02-27 Thread Greg Briggs
ERV. > EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of "Trinklein, Jason R" <trinkle...@cofc.edu> > *Reply-To: *"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV. > EDUCAUSE.EDU> > *Date: *Monday, February 26, 2018 at 10:21 AM > *To: *"wireless-lan@listserv.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Offline/Spare Gear Inventory Size

2018-02-27 Thread Jeffrey D. Sessler
> Date: Monday, February 26, 2018 at 10:21 AM To: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Offline/Spare Gear Inventory Size Hi All, I’m curious to know the size of your spare gear inventories. Do you keep a percentage of ea

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Offline/Spare Gear Inventory Size

2018-02-27 Thread Julian Y Koh
> On Feb 26, 2018, at 12:20, Trinklein, Jason R wrote: > > > I’m curious to know the size of your spare gear inventories. Do you keep a > percentage of each model of AP in inventory, and what is your reasoning? > Storms? Last minute/emergency wireless coverage needs? In

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Offline/Spare Gear Inventory Size

2018-02-26 Thread David Morton
We are on Aruba and keep very little in planned, offline inventory. Most APs have a lifetime warranty and we don’t seem many storm related failures. Much like Chuck, our normal deployment stocks can provide spares when needed. We will then send any defective units back to Aruba for warranty

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Offline/Spare Gear Inventory Size

2018-02-26 Thread Chuck Enfield
AUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Trinklein, Jason R Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 1:21 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Offline/Spare Gear Inventory Size Hi All, I’m curious to know the