Collage of Computer Engineering and Science

Internship Final Report

Saudi Electrical Company

Internship advisor:

Dr.Abul Bashar

Submitted by:

Mohammed Al-Rubeh

ID#: 200700284

Submission Date: 29,Aug,2012

1. Execute summary

This report is about to explain what I did and learned during my internship period

with Saudi Electrical Company. As the main purpose of internship is to learn by

working in practical environment and to apply the knowledge acquired during the

studies in a real world scenario in order to tackle the problems using the knowledge

and skill learned during the academic process. I have discussed about every major

aspect of the campus network, which I observed and perceived during my internship

program.

This report is divided in to four sections. Section one will discuss about the

background of Saudi Electrical Company. In section two will get the overall

internship experience of campus network design overview and basic switch

configuration. Section three the overall benefits I gained from during the internship

program. The last section is conclusion and recommendations.

The most important in an internship program is that the student should spend their

time in a true manner and with the spirit to learn practical orientation of theoretical

study framework. This report is about my internship that I have undergone at Saudi

Electrical Company from June – Aug 2012. During my internship I am able to learn

practical aspect of network and get good working experience.

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2. Acknowledgement

The special thank goes to my helpful supervisor Mr. Foad AlBasah Network

Administrator of Saudi Electrical Company. The supervision and support that he gave

truly help the progression and smoothness of the internship program. The co-

operation is much indeed appreciated. I expressly sincere thanks to Dr. Abul Bashar

for his help and support and keeping send as instruction about the internship from

begin to end.

Mohammed Al-Rubeh

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Detailed table of contents

Contents

1. Executive Summary...................................................................................................2

2. Acknowledgement......................................................................................................3

3. Introduction................................................................................................................5

4. Company Background...............................................................................................6

5. SWOT Analysis...........................................................................................................9

6. Organizational Marketing Strategy........................................................................10

7. Organizational Competitive Strategy.....................................................................11

8. Job history.................................................................................................................12

9. Conceptual framework and Technical part..............................................................13

9.1 Hardware overview..............................................................................................13

9.2 Campus Hierarchical Network Design Overview..............................................15

10. Technical part............................................................................................................17

10.1 Network cable.......................................................................................................17

10.2 Network utilization..............................................................................................18

10.3 Network map........................................................................................................19

11. Evaluation of the internship experience.................................................................20

12. Summary of findings and recommendations..........................................................21

13. Conclusion..................................................................................................................22

14. References...................................................................................................................23

15. Appendice...................................................................................................................24

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3. Introduction

Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad (PMU) give an opportunity to take summer training in

one of the industrial companies. I did my summer training in Saudi Electricity

Company (SEC) in Western Region Branch from 16th of June to the 16th of August.

The important of this opportunity is to relate between what you studied and the real

thing that is going on. The mission of the company is to provide its customers with

safe and reliable electric services and ensuring optimum utilization of available

resources.

I have been doing my internship in the Saudi Electrical Company. During the first

month internship period from hardware overview study to campus three-layer Cisco

hierarchy model. While in the second month I have spent in the configuration of

distribution switch and access switch.

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4. Company background:

The first SCECO (SCECO-East) was created in 1976 (1396/97 AH). This was

followed in 1979 (1399/1400 AH) by SCECO-South. Electricity for the south west of

the Kingdom is provided by another consolidated company, and the central region is

served by SCECO-Central.

The General Electricity Corporation (GEC) had overall responsibility for the

Kingdom's electricity system and had a direct responsibility for the provision of

electrical supplies to rural areas not then covered by the consolidated companies. The

GEC represented the government equity holdings in all the independent electricity

generating companies and was a source of finance for those companies' capital

requirements.

In 1998, the Government announced the reorganization of the electricity sector by

establishing a stock market company, named the Saudi Electric Company, through the

merger of all the electricity companies operating in the Kingdom.

Saudi Electricity Company (SECO), the Gulf’s largest utility by market value, was

created by the amalgamation of 10 local electricity firms in Saudi Arabia nine years

ago.

SECO has since enjoyed a monopoly on the generation, transmission and distribution

of electricity across the Kingdom, managing 37,000 megawatts of power across some

45 plants. However, that may be set to change. The company, which is currently 80

percent state-owned with a float of 20 percent on the Saudi stock market, is likely to

be divided by 2010, said Abdullah Al Shehri, vice governor for regulatory affairs at

Saudi Arabia’s Electricity and Cogeneration Authority.

The first SCECO (SCECO-East) was created in 1976 (1396/97 AH). This was

followed in 1979 (1399/1400 AH) by SCECO-South. Electricity for the south west of

the Kingdom is provided by another consolidated company, and the central region is

served by SCECO-Central.

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The General Electricity Corporation (GEC) had overall responsibility for the

Kingdom's electricity system and had a direct responsibility for the provision of

electrical supplies to rural areas not then covered by the consolidated companies. The

GEC represented the government equity holdings in all the independent electricity

generating companies and was a source of finance for those companies' capital

requirements.

In 1998, the Government announced the reorganization of the electricity sector by

establishing a stock market company, named the Saudi Electric Company, through the

merger of all the electricity companies operating in the Kingdom To help and improve

the standards of living and enhance the economic competitiveness of Saudi Arabia.

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SEC was incorporated under Royal Decree M/16 in December 1999 in the Kingdom

of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The formation of the SEC was the result of the reorganization

and restructuring of the electricity sector in KSA by merging all the former public

utility joint stock companies (10 public companies covering almost the whole

Kingdom) and General Electricity Corporation projects (11 projects covering different

areas in the northern region of the Kingdom) in Saudi Electricity Company. SEC’s

principal activities are the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power.

The company is the major provider of electric power to its consumers all over KSA,

serving governmental, industrial, agricultural, commercial and residential consumers.

In KSA, SEC has the largest installed capacity for power generation plants. As of

December-2005 the aggregate capacity of SEC’s power plants was 29,051 MW. The

Company’s employee strength was at 28,895 as of December 2005.

Vision

To become a world class utility company in a future competition market.

Mission

To provide customers with safe and reliable electricity services

To meet the expectations of stakeholders

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Mission

To ensure optimal utilization of available resources.

Driving capital investment in the electricity sector within the Kingdom to

secure reliable supply.

Achieve high levels of customer satisfaction

Prepare the business units for competition market.

Develop the company’s human resource base through appropriate training

Support research to improve performance and protect the environment

Organization chart

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5. SWOT analysis

Strengths

• Strong macroeconomic fundamentals

offer good growth prospects.

• Saudi Arabia has the largest power

capacity in the GCC region as its share is

at 48% of the region’s total power

capacity.

• Saudi could be the early beneficiary of

GCC power grid as the country’s grid

will get connected to the regional grid in

the first phase.

• SEC is the largest company in the field

of power generation in the Gulf region.

• SEC’s power capacity accounts for

almost 90% of the total installed capacity

Weaknesses

Large operations under a single entity.

• Recent power cut in the Central and

Eastern provinces caused heavy losses to

industries in Saudi Arabia.

Opportunities

base in Saudi Arabia.

• Over the years 2001-2005, despite the

growth in country’s power generating

capacity, the peak load factor (PLF)

increased to 92.6% in 2005 from 88.9%

in 2001, indicating growing demand for

power in the country.

• Apart from the hydrocarbon sector,

several other large scale projects are

coming up in Saudi Arabia which offer

good growth potential.

• The company is well positioned to

leverage upon its strong balance sheet.

Threats

Scope of competition from the upcoming

independent power projects.

• There has to be a successful

implementation of a planned hiving off of

its transmission business under a separate

subsidiary.

• Widening of scope of regulations through

ECRA.

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6. Organizational marketing strategy

Strong growth in the volume of investments in different sectors of the economy has

seen the demand for power growing constantly in the recent years in Saudi Arabia

which witnessed a growth of 6% per annum in the last few years. The peak demand

grew by about 7% per annum, which is likely to be in double digits over the next few

years. Going forward, in the Kingdom, several large scale projects are coming up in

different sectors valued at billions of dollars and the power and water sectors are the

backbone of any industrial or infrastructure project. We have seen that peak demand

is rising every year on a growing capacity base, therefore, we believe that, going

forward, the country will to focus keenly on expanding its capacity base which should

outpace the growth in demand. Secondly, setting up of GCC power grid will open up

another window of opportunity for the company to expand its business by trading in

power with other GCC countries. In a nutshell, all these factors acting in favor of SEC

offers good growth potential for the company. Hence, we initiate our coverage of SEC

with a ‘BUY’ recommendation.

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7. Organizational competitive strategy

The Saudi Electricity and Co-generation Regulatory Authority (ECRA) recently

launched the Electricity Industry Restructuring Plan (EIRP), an initiative provides

guidelines to move to a more competitive wholesale electricity market in the

kingdom.

SEC recently created the National Grid Company S.A., a wholly owned power

transmission subsidiary, as the first step in a multi-year restructuring of the company.

Within this phase of the restructuring program, SEC will also create and spin off four

generation companies and one Distribution Company.

As part of this effort, Accenture is providing management consulting services, helping

implement and operate a strategic project management capability for SEC that will

identify and manage various projects, and redesign the intercompany processes

needed for SEC and its new operating companies to operate together.

Under the management consulting contract, Accenture is also responsible for

designing and running a change and communication management program, designing

the new organization Unit for Regulatory Affairs and Performance Monitoring, and

for helping SEC define service level agreements that will regulate the interactions

between SEC and its subsidiaries.

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8. Job history :

Assignment Time Frame

Find bugs at c# project for data base Five days

Configure a Switch two days

Doing troubleshooting report Five days

Network Utilization using

“NetFlow Analyzer EE”

Three days

Learning how to read network maps. Three days

Read about switches that I’ve seen on

server room.

Five Days

Learn how install cross and straight

network cable.

one day

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9. Conceptual framework

9.1 Hardware overview

Cisco Catalyst 6500 E

The 15U Rack, 9-slot Cisco Catalyst 6509-E Switch provides high port densities that

are ideal for many wiring closet, distribution, and core network as well as data center

deployments. The Cisco Catalyst 6509-E supports Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series end-to-

end operational consistency benefits.The Catalyst 6509-E switch is an enhanced

version of the Catalyst 6509 switch. The 9-slothorizontal chassis supports redundant

power supplies, redundant supervisor engines, and slots for up to eight modules .

Supervisor engines

Fast Ethernet modules (with IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet [PoE])

Gigabit Ethernet modules (with IEEE 802.3af PoE)

10 Gigabit Ethernet modules

Flex WAN modules

Shared Port Adaptors/SPA Interface Processors

Cisco Catalyst 4507 E switch

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches enable borderless networks, providing high-

performance, mobile, and secure user experience through Layer 2-4 switching

investments. It enables security, mobility, application performance, video, and energy

savings over an infrastructure that supports resiliency, virtualization, and automation.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches provide borderless performance, scalability, and

services with reduced total cost of ownership and superior investment protection.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 has a centralized forwarding architecture that enables

collaboration,virtualization, and operational manageability through simplified

operations. With forward and backward compatibility spanning multiple generations,

the new Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series provides exceptional investment protection and

deployment flexibility to meet the evolving needs of organizations of all sizes. The

Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series platform has 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) uplinks and

supports PoEP, enabling the customers to future proof their network.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series

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The Cisco Catalyst3750 Series is an innovative line of multilayer Fast Ethernet and

Gigabit Ethernet switches featuring Cisco Stack Wise technology that allows

customers to build a unified, highly resilient switching system - one switch at a time.

For midsized organizations and enterprise branch offices, the Cisco Catalyst 3750

Series eases deployment of converged applications and adapts to changing business

needs by providing configuration flexibility, support for converged network patterns,

and automation of intelligent network services configurations. In addition, the Cisco

Catalyst 3750 Series is optimized for high-density Gigabit Ethernet deployments and

includes a diverse range of switches that meet access, aggregation, or small-network

backbone-connectivity requirements.

Twin Gig Converter Module

The Cisco Twin Gig Converter Module converts a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet X2

interface into two Gigabit Ethernet port slots, which can be populated with

appropriate Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optics, providing a total of 12 wire-

speed Gigabit Ethernet ports if used in all 6X2 interface slots. The flexibility provided

by the Twin Gig Converter Module enables customers to aggregate Gigabit Ethernet

and 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN access switches on a single line card

Cisco ASA 5585-X Security Appliance

The ASA 5585-X adaptive security appliance is a 2 RU, two-slot chassis

accommodating up to two AC power supply modules, which also contain the

necessary cooling components for operation, although you can install a fan module in

the second bay. The Security Services Processor (SSP) resides in slot 0 (the bottom

slot) and the optional Intrusion Prevention System Security Services Processor (IPS

SSP) resides in slot 1 (the top slot). All port numbers are numbered from right to left

beginning with 0.

9.2 Campus Hierarchical Network Design Overview

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Cisco introduced the hierarchical design model, which uses a layered approach to

network design in 1999 .The building block components are the access layer, the

distribution layer, and the core (backbone) layer. The principal advantages of this

model are its hierarchical structure and its modularity.

In a hierarchical design, the capacity, features, and functionality of a specific device

are optimized for its position in the network and the role that it plays. This promotes

scalability and stability. The number of flows and their associated bandwidth

requirements increase as they traverse points of aggregation and move up the

hierarchy from access to distribution to core.

Core Layer

In a typical hierarchical model, the individual building blocks are interconnected

using a core layer. The core serves as the backbone for the network,. The core needs

to be fast and extremely resilient because every building block depends on it for

connectivity. Current hardware accelerated systems have the potential to deliver

complex services at wire speed. However, in the core of the network a “less is more”

approach should be taken. A minimal configuration in the core reduces configuration

complexity limiting the possibility for operational error.

Distribution Layer

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The distribution layer aggregates nodes from the access layer, protecting the core

from high-density peering .Additionally, the distribution layer creates a fault

boundary providing a logical isolation point in the event of a failure originating in the

access layer. Typically deployed as a pair of L3 switches, the distribution layer uses

L3 switching for its connectivity to the core of the network and L2 services for its

connectivity to the access layer. Load balancing, Quality of Service (QoS), and ease

of provisioning are key considerations for the distribution layer.

Access Layer

The access layer is the first point of entry into the network for edge devices, end

stations, and IP phones. The switches in the access layer are connected to two separate

distribution layer switches for redundancy. If the connection between the distribution

layer switches is an L3connection, then there are no loops and all uplinks actively

forward traffic.

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10. Technical part

10.1 Network Cable:

Carefully remove the outer jacket of the cable then Inspect the newly revealed wires

for any cuts or scrapes that expose the copper wire inside then Inspect the newly

revealed wires for any cuts or scrapes that expose the copper wire inside then Arrange

the wires based on the wiring specifications you are following :

Cross cable – (from left to right): white orange orange white green blue white blue green white brown brown

Straight cable - (from left to right): white/green green white/orange blue white/blue orange white/brown brown

Press all the wires flat and parallel between your thumb and forefinger then Place the

wired plug into the crimping tool.

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10.2 Network utilization:

My supervisor told me that he will give me a task about increasing the Bandwidth speed on several places like power plants and ware houses which has a single connection or weak connection and they let me know the steps to do that.

They gave me an excel file that have all the information about each location and my job to put the weak connection places at one table.

After I know that places that I’m going to work on. I do utilization for each place for the last month use a program named “NetFlow Analyzer EE“ so I look at each places bandwidth and see how much percentage they used of it.

after I finished with the utilization , I start reporting about the place that need to increase their bandwidths.

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10.3 Network Map:

One goal we had with the Network Map was to really reduce the clutter as much as

possible and make it easy to see what's going on at a glance. Once you understand the

way certain conditions and objects are represented, you will be able to quickly see

network issues.

Cloud: The cloud is used in the Hotspot view to represent a network of

devices. This is done to make the network map easier to navigate. Without the

clouds, every device on your network would show and it could take quite a bit

of effort to cycle through all of the devices to find what you are looking for.

When you click a cloud, a pop-up opens that displays the top bandwidth users

in that cloud.

Thick and thin lines: Lines of different thicknesses represent different line

capacities. Thicker lines have a larger capacity.

Yellow line: A yellow line means that the bandwidth for that line is at 50%

capacity.

Red line: A red line means that the bandwidth for that line is at 75% capacity.

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11. Evaluation of the internship experience :

Internship is the beginning of the road that will take me to the point I want to be at

after my graduation. Internship is a practice I need to perform, because it prepares me

for the business life that I aim at.

Practical Skill

The Internship will have the opportunity to connect classroom theory with current

industry challenges, and have exposure to the latest technologies. Opportunities to

converse and interact with a large pool of talented experienced department members

will provide a deeper insight to the overall operation, as well as provide a valuable

pool of resources to assist in completion of internship program. This internship

program was exactly what I needed to nurture the lack of practical skills I had. I

would acquire practical experience to complement the theoretical content of my

studies.

Interpersonal Communication Skill

During my internship period the Interpersonal skills, which are the life skills I use

every day to communicate and interact with other people, individually and in groups

are good for me. Not only how I communicate with others, but also I got confidence

and my ability to listen and understand. Problem solving, decision making and

personal stress management are also considered interpersonal skills. Through this

internship, I found that I matured and I gained many new perspectives, such as

problem solving skill, diversity, effective communication, teamwork and service

recovery, attention to detail, time management, personal empowerment, self-

confidence, responsibility and cultural sensitivity. My supervisor was so kind to

answer with patience and teach me much that made these internships enjoyable. I had

gotten a wonderful internship that spent such a happy moment with all of them.

Though, still have so much to learn, I think this challenge was what should include in

my career. This helped much on my future planning.

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12. Summary of findings and recommendations

The Company computing resources which are shared by research and administrative

communities, these facilities provide a secure, enterprise-wide, reliable, and

redundant infrastructure for the delivery of mission. As per earns observation some

suggestion for the improvement of the situation are given below:

• Cable Management: All data cabling should be under the floor, both ends of the

cable should be labeled and tagged for proper identification.

• The data center hardware identification should be with the appropriate, fully

qualified server names and all equipments within the cabinets if implement in this

way the hardware is easily identifiable.

• The data center should be protected in building grounding and lightning protection

system.

• I strongly recommend that the Company should use licensed antivirus.

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13. Conclusion:

After going through the whole period of internship as an intern I’ve observed so many

professional activities and learnt as well. This internship was very fruitful to me

because I had to cover many different fields. I also learnt new concepts and new ways

of working.

During this internship period I acquired practical experience to complement the

theoretical content of my study for campus Cisco three-layer hierarchical model tasks

and detailed configuration of each layers.

To conclude, I think that this internship was very beneficial to me as I learnt a lot, and

it made me discover work's in a real world.

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14. References:

1. Campus Network for High Availability Design Guide, Cisco Systems, Inc.,

2008.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Campus/

HA_recovery_DG/campusRecovery.html

2. Cisco Aironet 1250 Series Access Point,

http://www.hardware.com/store/cisco/AIR-LAP1252AG-E-K9 8

3. Cisco Networking Academy, CCNA SWITCH Lab Manual Cisco Press, 2011

4. Saudi Electrical Company web site :

http://www.se.com.sa/sec/english/default.htm

5.

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15. Appendices :

Basic Cisco Catalyst Switch Configuration Command :

A .Distribution Switch Configuration

Switch>enable

Switch#config t

Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

Switch(config)#hostname DLS

DLS (config)#enable password cisco

DLS (config)#enable secret Cisco

DLS (config)#service password-encryption

DLS (config)#line con

DLS (config)#line console 0

DLS (config-line)#password cisco

DLS (config-line)#login

DLS (config-line)#exit

DLS (config)#line vty 0 4

DLS (config-line)#password cisco

DLS (config-line)#login

DLS (config-line)#exit

DLS (config)#banner motd

DLS (config)#vlan 10

DLS (config-vlan)#name electronicslab

DLS (config-vlan)#vlan 20

DLS (config-vlan)#name controllab

DLS (config)#interface fastEthernet 0/23

DLS (config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

DLS (config-if)#switchport mode trunk

DLS (config)#vtp domain SWLAB

DLS (config)#vtp version 2

DLS (config)#vtp mode server

DLS(config)# interface vlan 1

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DLS(config-if)# ip address 10.1.1.101 255.255.255.0

DLS (config)#ip dhcp pool Mother

DLS (dhcp-config)#network 10.133.0.0 255.255.255.0

DLS (dhcp-config)#default-router 10.133.1.254

DLS (dhcp-config)#ip dhcp pool vlan10

DLS (dhcp-config)#network 10.133.10.1 255.255.255.0

DLS (dhcp-config)#default-router 10.133.10.1

DLS (dhcp-config)#lease 5

DLS (dhcp-config)#ip dhcp pool vlan20

DLS (dhcp-config)#network 10.133.20.1 255.255.255.0

DLS (dhcp-config)#default-router 10.133.20.1

DLS (dhcp-config)#lease 5

B. Access Switch Configuration

Switch>enable

Switch#config t

Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

Switch(config)#hostname ASL

ASL(config)#enable password cisco

ASL(config)#enable secret Cisco

ASL(config)#service password-encryption

ASL(config)#line con

ASL(config)#line console 0

ASL(config-line)#password cisco

ASL(config-line)#login

ASL(config-line)#exit

ASL(config)#line vty 0 4

ASL(config-line)#password cisco

ASL(config-line)#loginASL(config-line)#exit

ASL(config)#interface ranage fastEthernet 0/1-12

ASL(config-if)#switchport access vlan 10

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ASL(config-if)#switchport mode access

ASL(config)#interface ranage fastEthernet 0/13-23

ASL(config-if)#switchport access vlan 20

ASL(config-if)#switchport mode access

ASL(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/24

ASL(config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

ASL(config-if)#switchport mode trunk

ASL(config)#vtp domain SWLAB

ASL(config)#vtp version 2

ASL(config)#vtp mode clinet

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