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How ProDesk uses Remedy

Obtaining case specifics

During the intake process, ProDesk staff members follow a variety of triage scripts to ask callers a series of questions specific to the issue at hand. We ask these questions with the hope that we will be able to identify your issue and resolve your case immediately.

These questions also help us provide adequate detail in the event we need to route your case to another group within ISC.


For example, the ISC Networking & Telecommunications maintains PennNet connections for more than 30,000 ports in well over 200 buildings on and around Penn's Campus. Much of their diagnostic work and support can be done remotely from their Network Operations Center (NOC) in 3401 Walnut Street.

These remote service capabilities, allow them to efficiently diagnose, service, and support this tremendous number of network nodes, with a relatively small number of technicians.

To expedite service, we request that LSPs perform some local diagnostics such as testing different computers & cables and attempting to ping IP addresses prior to contacting ProDesk. In addition, we ask that you provide a specific set of data any time a network trouble ticket is reported to us.


Essential information includes Building, Room Number, Media Type, Wallplate ID, and IP Address of the affected machine. If you are reporting problems accessing a specific server or set of servers, destination IP address is also very helpful.

 

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