Abed Bin Rafiqul I. Email & Phone Number

Abed Bin Rafiqul I. is a Solutions Architect Intern at Lenovo.

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  Solutions Architect

  Lenovo

  Jan 2024 - Aug 2024 - Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

  5G & AI Lab Build: Helped in the design and deployment of a new 5G and AI lab, covering:Physical Layout and Networking: Planned the network architecture, including IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, VLAN assignments, ACLs, firewall configurations, and Precision Timing Protocol (PtP) for time-sensitive networking.Cluster and Container Setup: Deployed a Red Hat OpenShift (RHOCP) cluster and configured 5G Core and RAN containers for testing.Performance Testing: Conducted load tests on 100Gb/sec worker nodes, analyzing network traffic and system performance.Testing Tools: Utilized Wireshark for testing and troubleshooting networks.AI Training: Installed and configured GPUs for AI training, specifically focusing on large language models (LLMs).Server and NFVi Project: Organized and configured x86 servers for a major Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVi) project in Europe. Refreshed firmware, grouped servers by hardware configuration, and tested them to ensure performance standards.5G DU Configuration: Configured an x86 server as a 5G Distributed Unit (DU) by learning and implementing Red Hat OpenShift, Realtime Linux kernels, and PtP synchronization.5G Lookaside FEC Accelerator Testing: Evaluated the performance of the ACC100 hardware accelerator for 5G L1 PHY tasks and contributed to a technical whitepaper.Nokia 100G Switch Setup: Deployed and configured Nokia 100G switches, learning SRLinux OS for first-time setup and evaluation.