SUCCESS STORY - Savannah College of Art and Design
公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- Brocade FastIron CX
- Brocade FastIron GS
- Brocade FastIron SuperX family
- Brocade BigIron switches
- Brocade IronView Network Manager
技术栈
- 802.11n wireless
- 802.1x security
- Power Over Ethernet Plus (POE+)
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Cost Savings
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 网络与连接 - 以太网
- 网络与连接 - 网络管理和分析软件
- 网络与连接 - WiFi
适用行业
- 教育
适用功能
- 设施管理
- 人力资源
用例
- 校园网
- 基础设施检查
- 远程协作
服务
- 系统集成
- 测试与认证
关于客户
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) was founded in 1978 to prepare talented students for professional, creative careers in art and design. With multiple locations in the southeastern United States and abroad, as well as online distance education offerings, SCAD offers more degree programs and specializations than any other art and design university. To keep pace with an ever-expanding matrix of campuses, SCAD’s IT network must be both flexible and scalable. For example, SCAD’s flagship location in Savannah, Georgia, currently consists of more than 60 facilities spread throughout the city, with more than 100 miles of fiber linking these buildings. At the same time, these sites need to link with the new digital media center in Atlanta.
挑战
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) was facing a challenge of building a campus network infrastructure that could meet the growing performance and reliability requirements of next-generation applications while minimizing operational costs. The college was expanding its network of campuses and needed a network that was both flexible and scalable. SCAD’s flagship location in Savannah, Georgia, currently consists of more than 60 facilities spread throughout the city, with more than 100 miles of fiber linking these buildings. These sites needed to link with the new digital media center in Atlanta. The college was starting to saturate its 300 Megabit Ethernet link between cities due to its large-scale use of rich media, film and video editing applications, and its extensive use of replication in a Brocade SAN environment. Aware of the rising use of mobile devices on campus, SCAD sought to expand its network both at the edge and the core by rolling out 802.11n wireless in tandem with 802.1x security and Power Over Ethernet Plus (POE+).
解决方案
SCAD chose to implement Brocade FastIron CX switches for their superior technology. The FastIron CX supports the PoE Plus standard, and SCAD can power its wireless access points and other power-hungry edge devices. The FastIron CX provided unique stacking capabilities. Because the FastIron CX can split the trunk and the multiple stack members, SCAD has full utilization of the trunk while providing redundancy and fault tolerance inside the stack. This gave SCAD the scalability and flexibility it needed at the edge of its next-generation campus network. The FastIron CX also has provided SCAD with investment protection and ease of integration. As a Brocade solution, FastIron CX has the necessary level of standardization to coexist with SCAD’s legacy network technologies. SCAD can have a switch configured and in production within minutes. And the consistency of the platforms helps SCAD avoid constant retraining. By using Brocade IronView Network Manager in conjunction with other tools, SCAD has been able to centralize the management of its campus network, simplifying administration.
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