Case Studies

Systems integrator in the rail industry

Project: Large-scale roll out and configuration of Cisco equipment.

To meet new business requirements, base configurations were amended, validated and tested for use across 40 sites.

Through configuration templates and automation, we reduced deployment time down from one week to a single day per site.

Equipment:

• Cisco ASR903
• Cisco 4500X
• Cisco 3850
• Cisco 2960X
• Cisco IE2000
• Cisco ASA5000X
• Ruggedcom RS900

Technology: MPLS, VRF, MST, OSPF, MP-BGP, SyncE, SAToP Pseudowires, Multicast, QoS.

Internet service provider

Project: Data centre network implementation

As a central part of Cisco Digital Network Architecture, we utilised APIC-EM to develop a suitable solution for network management and monitoring.

For internet service providers, prevention of network exploits and vulnerabilities are key. After building in best practices for network hardening, configuration automation was used to deploy to all physical devices with minimal interaction.

Despite minimal lab space and available power, Cisco enterprise management allowed us to validate, test and deploy to 60 devices per week without disruption to day-to-day business.

Equipment:

• Cisco IE4000 range

Technology: Largely layer 2 with some layer 3 routing configuration. Use of Cisco APIC-EM to support rapid deployment.