The Novell/MHEC ALA is a yearly agreement with Novell/MHEC to allow
K-State the right to use the latest versions of Novell products that are covered by the
site license. The agreement is based on a 3-year commitment with options to
discontinue the license on a yearly basis. The license is a lease,
not a purchase of the products. Currently there are 80+ Novell servers at K-State.
The main benefit to departments is access to current versions of Novell
products, providing upgrade protection and additional products. Upgrades,
maintenance and the other products covered by the site license would normally be a
separate expense.
Funding, on the order of $90,000, is needed, central administration
support exists for approximately 50%. All departments
using Novell products covered in the site license would be required
to participate in funding the rest of the site license fee. A formula exists to
equitably distribute the cost. A purchasing block would prevent departments buying a
Novell product that is already paid for by the site license.
Cost to the departments will be about the same for departments paying
node based maintenance, double for departments paying server based maintenance and a new
cost to departments not paying maintenance.
Departments will be required to have an FTE contact provide annual audit
reports and register the departments Novell environments with CNS. Departments buy
their own CD sets. Novell products are for departmental use only
and to not be redistributed.
Compliance with University standards for networking is required.
Compliance with Novell standards is encouraged.
Training of departmental LAN administrators is the responsibility of the
department. CNS can provide guidance in LAN administration or contract with
departments for LAN administration, setup and support of servers.
Termination of the site license is to be determined centrally. As
long as the site license exists, all departments using the
products will be required to participate. The site license
is a lease to use the product, not a purchase. If the site
license ends, each department is required to purchase or discontinue use of
the licenses they have in use that were not in effect at the start of the site
license. Thirty percent of the annual site license fee is placed in an account by
Novell to assist with the purchase of these licenses.
