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Moving your School to Gigabit

Moving your School to Gigabit. Why schools are doing it, and how they did it. Agenda. Bandwidtth & Gigabit Ethernet Top 5 reasons why schools move to Gigabit Typical Primary School scenarios Questions you should be asking. Bandwidth. Analogy 1: Pipes and Water. Bandwidth.

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Moving your School to Gigabit

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  1. Moving your School to Gigabit Why schools are doing it, and how they did it.

  2. Agenda • Bandwidtth & Gigabit Ethernet • Top 5 reasons why schools move to Gigabit • Typical Primary School scenarios • Questions you should be asking

  3. Bandwidth Analogy 1: Pipes and Water

  4. Bandwidth Analogy 2: Lanes and cars

  5. How bandwidth is measured • Bandwidth is the measure of how many bits of information can flow from one place to another in a given amount of time. • Although bandwidth can be described in bits per second (bps), a larger unit of measurement is generally used. • Network bandwidth is typically described as… • Thousands of bits per second (kbps), • Millions of bits per second (Mbps), • Billions of bits per second (Gbps), and • Trillions of bits per second (Tbps).

  6. Top 5 reasons Schools go Gigabit. • Go faster. Save time. • Schools already have the infrastructure. • Your curriculum demands it. • Better control. • Cheaper than you think.

  7. Reason 1: Go faster. Save Time. • 10 x faster. • In theory … in practice, it depends on your network. But you will see significant improvements, especially as the number of PCs on your network grows. • Reduce bottlenecks - especially servers. • Improves the speeds of everyday tasks. • Copying files from servers, especially larger files. • Lab logins/logouts • Accessing databases from servers … but unfortunately not Oasis :( • “Ghost” faster. • Imaging the hard disks on your PCs. • Performance improves with increased numbers of PCs. The benefit to you: Spend less time waiting for things to happen, and more time making them happen.

  8. Reason 2: Existing infrastructure • You have the cabling in place • Cat 5e/Cat 6 copper cabling, or optical fibre, is capable of Gigabit speeds --> no need to re-cable. • Your servers are Gigabit-ready. • Gigabit Network Interface Cards (NICs) are in most servers. • If not, you can add a Gigabit NIC for < $100. • New T-4-L computers come with Gigabit NICs. • New PCs you will receive on the 2005 T4L rollout all come Gigabit ready. The benefit to you: Save money by using your existing infrastructure.

  9. Reason 3: Your curriculum • Digital multimedia places more pressure on network performance. • Large digital audio, digital video, and PowerPoint files all require faster network speeds to move efficiently around your network. • Gigabit Ethernet is ready for the “digital curriculum”, now and into the future. • “Future-proofing” your network for larger files, larger applications, web-based learning, and more network traffic. The benefit to you: Your network provides fast access to 21st century learning tools.

  10. Reason 4: More control • Make your network “smarter”. • New Gigabit switches offer functionality that helps you better manage your network. • Monitor your network performance and quickly identify and isolate problems. • Make sure your Gigabit switches are Managed • Better manage “Ghosting” and other multicasting functions like audio and video streaming. The benefit to you:Your network is more reliable, flexible and available when you need it.

  11. Reason 5: Cheaper than you think Cost per port now very close to 10/100 Ethernet Number of installations dramatically increased Source: IDC Corp, 2004.

  12. Typical Primary School Scenarios

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  16. Typical Primary School Scenarios Link Aggregation

  17. Typical Primary School Scenarios Gigabit Links to Servers

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  22. Questions you should be asking • Is my cabling ready? • Fibre, Category 5e and Category 6 copper. • Some newer installations of Cat 5 cabling will support Gigabit Ethernet. • What equipment can I reuse? • GBICs, 10/100 switches with Gbit uplink ports, media converters. • What switches are recommended by the DET? • Only two vendors are recommended across ALL CATEGORIES of network switches: Allied Telesyn & HP. • What kind of warranty should I get? • Expect lifetime warranty with advance next-day replacement. • Where can I get help and advice? • DET Technology Advisors & ITD networks Group • Trusted Systems Integrators or experienced resellers • Allied Telesyn Professional Services • And the big one … $$$???

  23. Q & A • Levi Sutherland - Systems Engineer • levi_sutherland@alliedtelesyn.com.au • Greg Basford - Education Sales • greg_basford@alliedtelesyn.com.au

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