"Campus Backbone Network"
Campus Backbone Network

Topology
Previous topologies
FIDDI
ATM (LANE)
SONET

Topology (cont)
Current Topology
Gig E
Core to Distribution = 10 Gig E
Links soon to be 10 Gig E
Aggregate to each distribution soon to be 40 Gig E
Distribution to Access layer = Gig E
SONET
ATM (ISP hand off)
DSL Mega central

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Physical Layout

IP route summarization

Hardware
FIBER
MM fiber
SM fiber (blown and conventional)
Switches & Routers
Homogeneous core advantages
Cisco (emphasis on open standards)

Challenges
SLA – Your everything
Service Level Agreements should be customer based NOT tech “cool” driven.
Money flows with service support philosophy not with trophy building.
Service Identification
What’s on your network?
How critical is it?
fire alarms, security, ID systems, HVAC, temperature alarms on refrigerators, Medical systems, student systems, payroll, research projects, Voice, etc..
How to best monitor each service.
SLA with service providers
Power
UPS, generator

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