Fundamental Network Improvements

Summer 2012 Activity

May 14, 2012

Really High Level

Focus on network resiliency• Reduce impact of device, interface & link failure• Allow for maintenance without significant outages• Reduce amount of firefighting

High Level•Retire Fleming 6509 core switch done May 6•Core network hardware and route redundancy done May 6•Reduce complexity of layer 2 vlan structure•Entry and aggregation layer hardware and route redundancy•Reduce complexity of OSPF structure•Internet bandwidth management

Layer 2 VLAN

•Layer 2 through the core• Extra broadcast traffic• Serious impact of network loops

•Push layer 3 out to buildings• Allows more resilient redundant links• Allows all routes to be active

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