Huntington Beach Schools Achieve New Network Standards with Brocade
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Brocade ICX 7750 Switches
- Brocade ICX 6610 Switches
- Brocade ICX 6450 Switches
- Brocade Network Advisor
Tech Stack
- Network Infrastructure
- Wireless Network
- Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Digital Expertise
Technology Category
- Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software
- Networks & Connectivity - WiFi
Applicable Industries
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Campus Area Network
Services
- System Integration
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
About The Customer
The Huntington Beach Union High School District is located in Southern California and comprises six high schools, one day school, and two adult schools. The district serves more than 16,000 students and employs over 1,500 staff and faculty members. The district relies heavily on its network infrastructure to create an excellent learning environment and provide a critical resource for teaching fundamental skills. The district had invested in Chromebooks to enable digital learning, and faculty, staff, and students were bringing more laptops, phones, and tablets on campus, increasing the demand on the network infrastructure.
The Challenge
The Huntington Beach Union High School District in Southern California was facing a challenge with its outdated network infrastructure. The district, which encompasses six high schools, one day school, and two adult schools, with more than 16,000 students and 1,500 staff and faculty, was experiencing oversubscription, speed, connectivity, and latency issues, and packet loss due to the increased demands of digital learning and Common Core (Smarter Balanced) testing. On any given day, more than 10,000 wireless devices connect to the school district’s network, and the aging infrastructure was faltering under the increased demands. The district wanted to deploy a new wireless network to support its thousands of users and meet its Common Core requirements.
The Solution
The district selected Brocade for the wired infrastructure upgrade, replacing its entire legacy Cisco infrastructure. The district now has a Brocade ICX 7750 Switch or Brocade ICX 6610 Switch for aggregation and multiple Brocade ICX 6450 Switches with Power over Ethernet at the network edge. The edge switches deliver 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) throughput to clients, and the aggregation layer supports 10 GbE capacity to the network core. The most dramatic and valuable network change occurred at the core with the replacement of all legacy chassis with Brocade ICX 7750 distributed switches. The district also uses Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) software for network management, which is easy to use and straightforward, allowing the entire IT staff to support the environment.
Operational Impact
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