Network Upgrade
The ideal campus network is one that meets the needs of the campus community to communicate with each other, with peers and to access global resources. There are many dimensions to these needs. The ideal network is:
- Always on and immune from attack and abuse.
- Capable of growing and reconfiguring to meet changing user needs.
- Capable of delivering data in the needed time frame.
- Equipped to deliver a variety of services, including data, video, and voice.
These are moving targets; network design is an ongoing process and networks must continually evolve.
We see a convergence of various delivery mechanisms for voice and video. These services are increasingly long-hauled by vendors on digital and IP networks. We expect this trend to continue, with the last mile also carried over IP networks.
21st Century Network Upgrade Project
As of 6/1/07, the current objectives and status of the 21st Century Network Upgrade project are:
| Objective |
Status |
| Upgrade telecommunication rooms to industry standards and isolate network equipment from non-network functions |
Open: 100% of the rooms with new network equipment are upgraded to industry standards. 75% of the rooms with network equipment are isolated from non-network functions. Work will continue on this objective through FY08 and FY09. |
| Upgrade data wiring in all buildings to Cat5e or better |
Open: Several small buildings have been completely upgraded and some larger buildings have been augmented at this time. Three large state projects are planned for the majority of the data wiring upgrades. |
| Upgrade inter-building fiber infrastructure to single mode fiber |
Open: 55% of the planned installations are complete. The remainder is scheduled for completion in FY08. |
| Install standard network equipment in all non-resident buildings on campus creating a 10 Gbps backbone with dual 1 Gbps access to buildings |
Open: 95% of the planned installations are complete. 10 buildings are waiting on data wiring upgrades or scheduled building renovations by FY10. 12 buildings were removed from the upgrade due to planned demolition within three years. |
| Deploy additional wireless network access points |
Open: 80% of planned buildings have wireless operational. |
| Deploy a central campus firewall service |
Open: The service offering is operational and 10% of all possible VLANs have been converted to this service. |
| Develop a collaborative method with departments on managing network equipment |
Complete: Three management options were offered to departments and network management tools were developed. |
| Deploy Digital Access Television Network (DATN) |
Complete |
| Evaluate and test Voice over IP (VoIP) |
Complete |
| Implement network monitoring software |
Complete: HP Openview was installed. |
| Create permanent network test lab |
Complete |
