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Migration Strategies
Moderator
Panellists
• Satish Yadav, Deputy General Manager
• Dr. Raghu Ranganathan, Technology Director
• Ron Agam, Director Product Management and Business
Development
Chandan Mendiratta VP SystemsEngineering
Applications Driving Ethernet
•Top Market Sectors• Healthcare, finance, education, government, media
•Principal Applications• Site-to-site access, server consolidation, business
continuity/ disaster recovery, software as a service (SaaS), service orientated architecture (SOA), Internet access, distributed imaging, distributed storage area networks, converged networking, virtualization, cloud computing
Migration Considerations
• Bandwidth growth as a triggering event avoid new legacy purchases
• Multiple p-p circuit aggregation Simplify, reduce costs and scale
• Convergence of separate Voice, Data lines on single Ethernet Simplify, reduce costs and scale
• Full network migration to support new Business/IT/application strategies Develop new platform for application growth
• Facilities relocation as a trigger
Case Study: Health Care
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Key Facts
• Situated in Seattle, USA with 10 branches and numerous clinics spread across hundreds of square miles.
• Ranked amongst top 5% in the nation based on health grades.
• Network is comprised of 5,000 nodes & phones, 4,000 desktop devices & 250 servers.
• Each patient’s scans need to be analyzed by multiple specialists located in different locations.
• Many cases require 1,000+ scans per patient, Film-based scanning is inefficient and costly.
• Required a solution to link mobile CT scanners to main clinic in real time.
Key Facts
• Situated in Seattle, USA with 10 branches and numerous clinics spread across hundreds of square miles.
• Ranked amongst top 5% in the nation based on health grades.
• Network is comprised of 5,000 nodes & phones, 4,000 desktop devices & 250 servers.
• Each patient’s scans need to be analyzed by multiple specialists located in different locations.
• Many cases require 1,000+ scans per patient, Film-based scanning is inefficient and costly.
• Required a solution to link mobile CT scanners to main clinic in real time.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
The Legacy WAN: • Based on satellite and multiple T1’s
Replacement Network Criteria: • High speed. Required 100mb+ connection to each remote
branch and clinic.
• Reliable – zero packet loss to ensure real-time transfer of large images to multiple clinics.
• Scalable – to support upgrade from 4-16-64 slice CT scans.
• Cost – VMMC is a non-profit organization.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
The Benefits VMCC can now provide a centralized diagnostics service.
• Real-time transfer and diagnosis of images whilst patient is still in the scanner.
• Centralized diagnostics service – multiple specialists based in different locations viewing identical image.
• Significantly reduces time and costs associated with patient diagnosis.
• Exceeded customer expectations.
• Very cost efficient.
The Solution• Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL)
Case Study: Education
New York Law School
Key Facts
• Preeminent independent law school founded in 1891.
• Based in lower Manhattan – 8 blocks from ground zero.• Strict security access regulations for underground cable access.
• 3 sites:-• Main campus – currently a construction site.
• Temporary accommodation – across the street.
• Halls of residence – several blocks away.
• Needed a new WAN built within an “impossible timescale” and amidst construction chaos.
• Seamless transition from legacy network during vacation.
Key Facts
• Preeminent independent law school founded in 1891.
• Based in lower Manhattan – 8 blocks from ground zero.• Strict security access regulations for underground cable access.
• 3 sites:-• Main campus – currently a construction site.
• Temporary accommodation – across the street.
• Halls of residence – several blocks away.
• Needed a new WAN built within an “impossible timescale” and amidst construction chaos.
• Seamless transition from legacy network during vacation.
New York Law School
The Legacy WAN • Multiple T1 circuits.
• Wireless link between main building and temporary accommodation across the street.
Replacement Network Criteria • Scalable – to meet current + future bandwidth demands of new
applications such as IPTV & collaborative learning.
• High-speed Internet access.
• Provisioning & management.
• Seamless virtual LAN between main campus and HoR.
• Cost.
New York Law School
The Solution• Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL)
The Benefits • Cost-effective bandwidth increments as required.
• Easier to maintain, support and scale.
• Secure V-LAN.
• Future proof foundation for new applications.
Migration Strategies
Migration Consideration Summary, Questions ?• Legacy Networks, Interfaces and Application
mapping onto Ethernet ?
• Traffic Mix, Quality of Service ?
• SLAs for Applications and Network ?
• Migration approach : Overnight / part / full ?
• Interworking and supporting Non-Ethernet Access ?
Bruce ReidGeneral Manager Zonic GroupMEF Public Relations