I need help sorting out and simplifying my workplace’s network so that we can shut down an old and dying server that is causing problems.
I work in a very small office environment (six people) that, six or eight years ago, used to be several dozen people. Once serving a large construction company, today this office building, which we will be getting rid of, is minimally used. But the large IT infrastructure remains. My boss wants the servers shut off because they are dying and frequently cause problems.
We have a Charter business line come into the building and into an SMC modem. The modem then goes out the LAN1 port and into port 6 on an Endian device.
The Endian goes out via port 1 and into the wall, probably to a switch on other side of building.
In this same room but via another jack, ethernet comes in and goes into port 7 on a Dell PowerConnect 2808, on which the "managed" light is off.
So...at this point we effectively we have the following: Outside world > Modem > Endian > Computers
This PowerConnect 2808 goes to following:
• Port 1 goes to a Dell PowerEdge 2970, which no longer serves any purpose and can be unplugged without impacting anything.
• Port 2 goes to a Linksys WRT54G2 V1 wireless router, which provides Wi-Fi to the rear part of the building and is probably in bridged mode so as to not serve DHCP.
• Port 3 goes also goes to the Dell PowerEdge 2970. Again, this can be unplugged without any negative impact.
• Ports 4 and 5 are not in use
• Port 6 goes to primary server, Poweredge R310, which, to my knowledge, primarily serves the purpose of Active Directory, used to be file server and Exchange server.
• Port 7, as initially noted, is the in from an ethernet cable coming out of another port on the wall.
• Port 8 is not in use
All I want to accomplish is shutting the servers off, but the problem is that shutting off the PowerEdge R310 results in a loss of internet (not network) connectivity across the board. Nobody here uses Active Directory (they all have local user accounts), and the Exchange server is no longer in use. Other than obviously providing some sort of networking function, this server does nothing for us except cause problems.
I work in a very small office environment (six people) that, six or eight years ago, used to be several dozen people. Once serving a large construction company, today this office building, which we will be getting rid of, is minimally used. But the large IT infrastructure remains. My boss wants the servers shut off because they are dying and frequently cause problems.
We have a Charter business line come into the building and into an SMC modem. The modem then goes out the LAN1 port and into port 6 on an Endian device.
The Endian goes out via port 1 and into the wall, probably to a switch on other side of building.
In this same room but via another jack, ethernet comes in and goes into port 7 on a Dell PowerConnect 2808, on which the "managed" light is off.
So...at this point we effectively we have the following: Outside world > Modem > Endian > Computers
This PowerConnect 2808 goes to following:
• Port 1 goes to a Dell PowerEdge 2970, which no longer serves any purpose and can be unplugged without impacting anything.
• Port 2 goes to a Linksys WRT54G2 V1 wireless router, which provides Wi-Fi to the rear part of the building and is probably in bridged mode so as to not serve DHCP.
• Port 3 goes also goes to the Dell PowerEdge 2970. Again, this can be unplugged without any negative impact.
• Ports 4 and 5 are not in use
• Port 6 goes to primary server, Poweredge R310, which, to my knowledge, primarily serves the purpose of Active Directory, used to be file server and Exchange server.
• Port 7, as initially noted, is the in from an ethernet cable coming out of another port on the wall.
• Port 8 is not in use
All I want to accomplish is shutting the servers off, but the problem is that shutting off the PowerEdge R310 results in a loss of internet (not network) connectivity across the board. Nobody here uses Active Directory (they all have local user accounts), and the Exchange server is no longer in use. Other than obviously providing some sort of networking function, this server does nothing for us except cause problems.
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