October Update - Introducing the new UWA Network

After many months of intense effort in design work, laying of new  fibre network cabling, and  implementation and testing of new state-of-the-art Cisco networking equipment, the network project team are putting the final touches on plans for commissioning the new UWA network - the cornerstone of the Business Investment Programme.

Activities scheduled  during October are:

• Connecting the new network infrastructure to the existing UWA network in order to begin migration of services to the new Network
• Commissioning of a new 10GB internet link to provide capacity to support much faster speed and higher data volume internet access. We will retain our existing 1GB internet link, to provide us resilience in the event that one of the links is taken out of action through accidental circumstances, or through planned maintenance activities.
• Connection of the Business School to the new network.

Business School readiness to Connect

The Business School is currently scheduled for connection to the new UWA network on October 17.

The Business School has been selected as the first go-live site for full implementation of the new UWA network as it is a relatively new building with up to date internal network cabling.  Considerable re-cabling effort is required in many of our older buildings before full performance of the new network will be realised in those locations.

IT staff within the Business School  have been working very closely with the project teams in preparing for the connection to the new network, and have done an outstanding job in preparing for the subsequent migration of their servers and data storage to the new data centre facilities.

• May 2011 Update
• August 2011 Update
• September 2011 Update

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For further information, contact Alison Trpevski, Associate Director Client Services, Information Services on phone 6488 2119 or email alison.trpevski@uwa.edu.au