University of Utah

Campus Backbone Network Bryan Morris Manager, Network Operations & Services Topology Previous topologies

FIDDI ATM (LANE) SONET Topology (cont) Current Topology

Gig E Core to Distribution = 10 Gig E Links soon to be 10 Gig E Aggregate to each distribution soon to be 40 Gig E Distribution to Access layer = Gig E

SONET ATM (ISP hand off) DSL Mega central Logical Layout

Physical Layout IP route summarization Hardware

FIBER MM fiber SM fiber (blown and conventional) Switches & Routers Homogeneous core advantages

Cisco (emphasis on open standards) Challenges SLA Your everything Service Level Agreements should be customer based NOT tech cool driven.

Money flows with service support philosophy not with trophy building. Service Identification Whats on your network? How critical is it? fire alarms, security, ID systems, HVAC, temperature alarms on

refrigerators, Medical systems, student systems, payroll, research projects, Voice, etc.. How to best monitor each service. SLA with service providers

Power UPS, generator Thank you