Broadcom Case Studies SUCCESS STORY: Evangeline Parish School District

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	SUCCESS STORY: Evangeline Parish School District Broadcom

SUCCESS STORY: Evangeline Parish School District

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Human Resources Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Building Automation & Control Remote Collaboration Virtual Training
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Hardware Design & Engineering Services Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Evangeline Parish School District, serving approximately 6000 students in 12 schools in rural Louisiana, was faced with the challenge of upgrading its network to support upcoming computer-based Common Core testing requirements. The district’s network infrastructure, including the cabling, was outdated, leading to frequent speed, connectivity, and latency problems with both the wired and wireless networks. This resulted in poor application performance and switches dropping users when network traffic peaked. The district also faced issues with aging Cisco wireless equipment, which relied on Power over Ethernet (PoE) injectors, deployed in the ceiling near each access point. The injectors generated heat, which in turn affected the access points and made them unreliable. When problems arose, an IT team member would have to drop everything and drive out to the school, which might be 40 miles away, resulting in lost teaching time. Read More
About Customer	Evangeline Parish School District is a rural school district in Louisiana, United States. It serves approximately 6000 students across 12 schools. The district was faced with the challenge of upgrading its outdated network infrastructure to support upcoming computer-based Common Core testing requirements. The district's network infrastructure was outdated, leading to frequent speed, connectivity, and latency problems with both the wired and wireless networks. This resulted in poor application performance and switches dropping users when network traffic peaked. The district also faced issues with aging Cisco wireless equipment, which relied on Power over Ethernet (PoE) injectors, deployed in the ceiling near each access point. The injectors generated heat, which in turn affected the access points and made them unreliable. Read More
Solution	The district turned to Brocade solutions and DETEL Wireless, a Brocade partner and leading provider of technology solutions for the K12 education community in Louisiana. The Brocade team helped Evangeline Parish evaluate its needs and designed a reliable, manageable, and expandable network with a simple architecture. The data center now uses Brocade VDX® 6740 Switches to provide 10 Gbps connectivity to Brocade ICX® 6610 Switches in the network core. Each school uses a Brocade ICX 6610 Switch to provide advanced Layer 3 routing services for 10 Gbps WAN and LAN interconnection while also acting as a 10 Gbps aggregation point for Brocade ICX 6450 Switches at the edge. Brocade Network Advisor simplifies troubleshooting by centralizing management of the entire family of Brocade wired products and Aruba wireless products. Now the IT team can see, manage, and deploy configurations anywhere across the network. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Human Resources

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Building Automation & Control

Remote Collaboration

Virtual Training

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Hardware Design & Engineering Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Evangeline Parish School District, serving approximately 6000 students in 12 schools in rural Louisiana, was faced with the challenge of upgrading its network to support upcoming computer-based Common Core testing requirements. The district’s network infrastructure, including the cabling, was outdated, leading to frequent speed, connectivity, and latency problems with both the wired and wireless networks. This resulted in poor application performance and switches dropping users when network traffic peaked. The district also faced issues with aging Cisco wireless equipment, which relied on Power over Ethernet (PoE) injectors, deployed in the ceiling near each access point. The injectors generated heat, which in turn affected the access points and made them unreliable. When problems arose, an IT team member would have to drop everything and drive out to the school, which might be 40 miles away, resulting in lost teaching time.

About Customer

Evangeline Parish School District is a rural school district in Louisiana, United States. It serves approximately 6000 students across 12 schools. The district was faced with the challenge of upgrading its outdated network infrastructure to support upcoming computer-based Common Core testing requirements. The district's network infrastructure was outdated, leading to frequent speed, connectivity, and latency problems with both the wired and wireless networks. This resulted in poor application performance and switches dropping users when network traffic peaked. The district also faced issues with aging Cisco wireless equipment, which relied on Power over Ethernet (PoE) injectors, deployed in the ceiling near each access point. The injectors generated heat, which in turn affected the access points and made them unreliable.

Solution

The district turned to Brocade solutions and DETEL Wireless, a Brocade partner and leading provider of technology solutions for the K12 education community in Louisiana. The Brocade team helped Evangeline Parish evaluate its needs and designed a reliable, manageable, and expandable network with a simple architecture. The data center now uses Brocade VDX® 6740 Switches to provide 10 Gbps connectivity to Brocade ICX® 6610 Switches in the network core. Each school uses a Brocade ICX 6610 Switch to provide advanced Layer 3 routing services for 10 Gbps WAN and LAN interconnection while also acting as a 10 Gbps aggregation point for Brocade ICX 6450 Switches at the edge. Brocade Network Advisor simplifies troubleshooting by centralizing management of the entire family of Brocade wired products and Aruba wireless products. Now the IT team can see, manage, and deploy configurations anywhere across the network.

Impact #1	Eliminated latency and downtime
Impact #2	Increased reliability, bandwidth capacity, and application performance
Impact #3	Significantly simplified network management and reduced travel requirements

Impact #1

Eliminated latency and downtime

Impact #2

Increased reliability, bandwidth capacity, and application performance

Impact #3

Significantly simplified network management and reduced travel requirements

Benefit #1	Reduced equipment costs through VDI and server consolidation

Benefit #1

Reduced equipment costs through VDI and server consolidation

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SUCCESS STORY: Evangeline Parish School District

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