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Review of AT3/4/5 network
Description: The switches in AT3/4/5 are getting a bit long in the tooth, and there are suggestions that more ports are required over there, so it's about time for a review. This project should look at requirements for each floor (ports, link-speeds, ...) and, using them as a basis, present some upgrade-path options.
Deliverables:
- Report on network requirements for each of AT3, AT4 and AT5; and
- options for upgrades to switches and/or wiring, as necessary, with rough costs.
Now complete, as follows:
- Preliminary report: Description of existing AT-3/4/5 network
- Report on network requirements for each of AT3, AT4 and AT5; and options for upgrades to switches, with rough costs.
Note that any decision on which upgrade is chosen, if any, is outwith the scope of this project.
Customer: Students, AT-based staff
Case statement: The switches in AT3/4/5 are getting a bit long in the tooth, and there are suggestions that more ports are required over there, so it's about time for a review.
Status:
Timescales:
Allow about a day to survey each floor, a couple of days to establish any future requirements, and a bit of time to work out sample upgrade paths and costs. A couple of weeks work in all.
Priority:
Time:
Proposal:
Resources:
None for the project itself though, if the decision is taken to go ahead with a network upgrade, then
- there will be implications for the next spending round, and
- a follow-on project to manage the deployment will be necessary.
Plan:
As per the milestones.
Note that, if a decision is taken to upgrade the AT 3/4/5 network as a result of the report produced by this project, the expectation is that the upgrade itself would take place sometime in Summer 2011 (*), with procurement in about Easter 2011. Those dates set the overall timescale and deadlines for this project.
(* Any upgrade work will likely be disruptive; it will almost certainly need to done outside of normal term times.)
Dependencies: Note that some upgrade options may require additional cards in the AT core switches.
Risks:
Milestones
| Proposed date | Achieved date | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-26 | 2010-12-24 | 3.0 | Publish report giving various options for the network upgrades to AT floors 3, 4 and 5, together with approximate costings. |
| 2010-11-12 | 2010-11-12 | 1.0 | Survey the current network on AT floors 3, 4 and 5. |
| 2010-11-29 | 2010-11-26 | 2.0 | Establish - in conjunction with the ITO and any other interested parties - the overall requirements for upgraded network capacity on AT floors 3, 4 and 5. |