1. What is the Arkansas State Network? – Agencies, Boards, & Commissions by Arkansas code – K12 – Higher Education by Arkansas code – Others 1

2. What is the State Network Used for? – Data – Video – Voice (VoIP) 2

3. Scope of the Network – 3,067 Circuits – 2,130 addresses served – 2059 network devices monitored 3

4. Today’s Architecture – Frame-Relay, ATM, DSL, and Ethernet Vsat, 3G – ATM Backbone Backbone oversubscription up to 300% – High cost of transport – Internet (3 PoPs, 1 per LATA) 1.6Gbs total – Firewalls 4

5. The State Network is Large! 5

6. The State Network is Complex! 6

7. Future State – MPLS Invitation For Bid Status Benefits Implementation 7

8. Monitoring the State Network 8 End to End Monitoring – Event Notification – Performance Monitoring – Trend Monitoring – Application Response Monitoring – Utilization Monitoring – Security Monitoring

9. Performance Monitoring & Management Tools CA Spectrum Average daily critical alarms 275 - any duration 56 - 5 Minute duration 42 - 10 Minute or longer duration Reports 99.450% uptime for all devices last month CA eHealth Interface Utilization Device Performance CA NetQoS Application Performance/User Experience Allot NetEnforcer Internet Bandwidth Monitoring and Management 9

10. Spectrum 10

11. eHealth Performance Montoring 11

12. NetQoS ReporterAnalyzer 12

13. NetQoS SuperAgent 13

14. Allot NetEnforcer Internet Bandwidth Management 14

15. Security Monitoring & Management Internet Content Filtering – M86 Security CIPA Compliant Cisco MARS ( Monitoring, Analysis and Response System) Netflow, Firewall Logs, IPS logs Generates 145,000 security incidents per month IPS Located inline at all 3 PoPs Router Access & Configuration Control Monitors and logs all network device access and configuration changes 15

16. Internet Content Filtering 16

17. Cisco MARS 17

18. Tipping Point IPS 18

19. Authentication and Configuration Control System wide login credentials Strict password requirements Logging Configuration history and archive 19

20. End to End Monitoring 20 End to End Monitoring

21. Dashboard 21

22. Summary – DIS provides end to end Monitoring Security Performance Application 22