Re: [Wg-test-framework] Purchase and Sales Agreement

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul L. George writes ("Purchase and Sales Agreement"):
> Here is the preliminary P&S.  The specifications and prices are all up to
> date and accurate.  The actual P&S can be changed to meet whatever the
> foundation requires.  I am sending you a word document in editable format.
> All of the system summary and detail is included.

Thanks.  This mostly looks good to me.  I had four sets of
questions/observations:


1. The RocketPort `16port serial /distribution/interface/breakout
panel' you mention in your document is what exactly ?  I looked on the
Rocketport website and the rackmount interfaces all have RJ45 jacks,
but your list of accessories mentions `DB9 Null Modem Cable Female to
Female' which suggests DB9 at both ends.  Also, I think we should be
buying two 32-port panels to go with our two 32-port cards.  So I
think we need two of these:
http://www.comtrol.com/rocketport-multi-port-serial-cards/rocketport-infinity-express-interfaces/rocketport-32port-rj45-rackmount-interface


2. In para 12 you mention `The software required to make the COMTROL
Multiplexer operational'.  What software would that be ?  I did a
brief search and the Linux kernel contains
Documentation/serial/rocket.txt from which it appears that the
Comtrol RocketPort is fully supported by an in-tree Linux kernel
driver, so no other software ought to be needed.  (For a userland
test utility, I suggest the use of `picocom'.)

Also in Para 12 you mention some `CHIP SET/BIOS software identified
in Exhibit A' but that isn't mentioned in Exhibit A.  I assume you
mean the BIOS.  I suggest leaving the text and just deleting the
reference to Exhibit A.


3.

>  There is one HP AMD Server (Item 2 in Appendix A) that I am asking
> my supplier to re-quote it seems high.

Indeed.  The DL385p that I had was about $4000 and your supplier is
quoting about $5000.


4. Finally I had one practical point that I perhaps mentioned on the
phone but can't find a record of having said in an email: we have a
plan to host (at least) one 4U ARM testing chassis in this rack, along
with the x86 machines.  How much spare space is there going to be ?
In your list of equipment I see 4x 2U servers, 22x 1U servers, 2x 1U
switches, 2x 1U Comtrol panel.  That's a total of 34U leaving 11U of a
standard 45U cabinet.  So I think we have some space headroom.


> I am assuming that the Linus Foundation is a tax exempt organization
> in the US.  I will need the 501(C)(3) documentation to prove the tax
> exempt status.

Wikipedia says the LF is a `California 501(c)(6) nonprofit
organization'.  I know very little about US tax law but I don't think
that's quite the same.

Lars will be able to confirm the status.


> I can include a maintenance agreement, just verify for me the total number
> of hours a month you will require. The maintenance agreement is based on a
> yearly total so if we do not use the allocated hours in any one month it
> does not change the terms or the price of the agreement. I.E. 48 hour block
> time agreement is based on usage per year, although it is billed yearly in
> advanced or monthly in advance.

We do need a maintenance/consultancy agreement.  My guess at the
amount of your labour we'll need, post installation, is about 0.5 to 1
day per week.

Can we go with (say) 96 hours as a low-ball estimate for the number of
hours in the first half of the year, and buy more as we need it ?


Thanks,
Ian.

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