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IVY Plus 2012 at Harvard

IVY Plus 2012 at Harvard. Presented by Kathy Frazer. Dartmouth Profile. Students: 4,200 undergrad / 1,800 graduate Faculty: 995 Tenured and Non-Tenured Buildings: 140 buildings on 269 acres Data Centers 2 primary data centers (on-campus & 5 miles away ). Network Facilities.

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IVY Plus 2012 at Harvard

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  1. IVY Plus 2012at Harvard Presented by Kathy Frazer

  2. Dartmouth Profile • Students: • 4,200 undergrad / 1,800 graduate • Faculty: • 995 Tenured and Non-Tenured • Buildings: • 140 buildings on 269 acres • Data Centers • 2 primary data centers (on-campus & 5 miles away )

  3. Network Facilities • Cisco Nexus 7000’s at the core – 10 gig connections • Process underway to remove older Cat 6500’s. • Building and distribution connections moving to 10gig • ISP services • 2 ISP vendors providing 1 gbps each • I2 connection at 155mbps • Big Green Panther state-wide fiber backbone – terminates at NOX in Boston • Cisco 35xx, 37xx switching at edge closets • Gig Ethernet going forward • Single and multi-Mode fiber to all buildings • Copper Plant - Cat 5 through Cat6A • Split pair issues • 10gig (cat6A) for Academic, Cat6e for all others • Converting to Cisco 11N (1800 AP’s) – Wiring to convert AP drops to gig. • VoIP – Upgrade to Cisco CM 8.5 on UCS VM’s for subscribers – • The Publisher is a stand alone server. • 8,000 end points

  4. Network Accomplishments • Network upgrade • Removal of the old core 6500’s • Deployed over 900 new Cisco AP’s 802.11N • Began edge conversion’s – approx. 50% completed • Border Tools enhancements: • Upgraded Stealthwatch and Tipping Point • Added Palo Alto border monitoring appliances • New Life Sciences Center. • Over 2,500 network ports throughout the building. • Upgraded our IPTV system to the new Haivision system • Total 64 channels with 20 serving HD content. • Hosted the fall 2012 Republican debate

  5. New Initiatives • Big Green Panther – Statewide fiber project • Dartmouth and UNH to be anchor tenants and have access via IRU to 12 pair of dark fiber • Link allows us to terminate at NOX - more BW at lower cost • Working with current provider Level3 to connect at NOX at 10gig • We will utilize our current Level3 pipe on campus as a backup to the NOX connection • We will receive 2 gig’s of commodity BW over the NOX link • Visual Arts Center • New 105,000 square feet of classroom and academic space • 1,500 data ports served by Cisco 4500 chassis • 65 AP’s throughout building

  6. New Initiatives • To the CLOUD with you • After many years of home grown Blitz email system • Moved to Microsoft Office 365 – close to completion • Services • Mail, Calendar, Link online, Sharepoint • IPv6 – We have a registered space with ARIN • Need to project plan on routing and converting 2012 – 2013 • Upgrade Firewalls from 6500 blades to ASA 5585 appliances • Upgrade VPN concentrators. Likely to stay with Juniper • Improve high availability as expanded use is expected

  7. New Initiatives • Wireless authentication – • Moving away from personal PKI certs to Cloudpath fall 2012 • Border routers – • Upgrading border routers to Cisco ASR 1006 • Currently using catalyst-6500’s • DAS – making some progress with AT&T • Discussions are underway for our Life Sciences building in 2012 and then 2013 campus wide

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