The IT Department performs network and systems testing during live operations quarterly to ensure proper functionality. Below is information on what the testing involves and what gets tested.
Primary WAN Failover
Secondary WAN Failover
Failover Rapidity
Battery Backup Units Health
Voltage Health
Battery Instant Failover
Redundant Power Supplies Health & Failover
Automatic Transfer Switch Failover
Cross-Campus Connetion Failover and Load-Balancing
Firewall Backup
Intermediate Internet Switching Failover
Core Switch Management Failover
IP Tunnel and VPN Failover
Virtual Machine Health and Redundancy
Network Connection Failover and Load-Balancing
RAID Storage Health
Power Supply Redundancy
Server Backup Health & Redundancy
Mount Vernon Domain Failover, Redundancy, and Load-Balancing
Single Sign-On Authentication
Printing System Failover
Phone System Failover
Security System Failover
Real-Time Network Infrastructure Monitoring System
Website Farm Failover and Load-Balancing
Wi-Fi Authentication Failover
Network Addressing Failover and Load-Balancing
Fiber-Optics Integrity
Switching Health and Functionality