Fundamental Network Improvements Summer 2012 Activity May 14, 2012

Really High Level Focus on network resiliency Reduce impact of device, interface & link failure Allow for maintenance without significant outages Reduce amount of firefighting

High Level Retire Fleming 6509 core switch done May 6 Core network hardware and route redundancy done May 6 Reduce complexity of layer 2 vlan structure Entry and aggregation layer hardware and route redundancy Reduce complexity of OSPF structure Internet bandwidth management

Layer 2 VLAN Layer 2 through the core Extra broadcast traffic Serious impact of network loops Push layer 3 out to buildings Allows more resilient redundant links Allows all routes to be active

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