HP ProCurve MSM750 Access Controller J9330A Dépliant
Codici prodotto
J9330A
Objective:
Leading science and technology university, the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) wanted
to provide its 19,000 students and staff with the
convenience of easily accessible and secure wireless
networking.
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) wanted
to provide its 19,000 students and staff with the
convenience of easily accessible and secure wireless
networking.
Approach:
ETH Zurich installed 1,150 HP ProCurve wireless
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access points around its 164 buildings.
Configured a large number of Virtual Local Area
Configured a large number of Virtual Local Area
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Networks (VLANs) using HP ProCurve MSM422
Access Points and HP ProCurve MSM750 Access
Controllers.
Access Points and HP ProCurve MSM750 Access
Controllers.
IT improvements:
Centrally managed access points with local
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traffic-forwarding, eliminate the need to replace
controllers when new access points become
available.
Over 250 VLANs have been created which allow
controllers when new access points become
available.
Over 250 VLANs have been created which allow
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users to be automatically connected to their home
VLANs for greater convenience and security.
HP ProCurve MSM422 Access Points support faster
VLANs for greater convenience and security.
HP ProCurve MSM422 Access Points support faster
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throughout and higher bandwidth.
Business outcomes:
The ablility to remove controllers from the data
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path reduces capital expenditure costs for
hardware upgrades by $70,000 USD.
Mobile computing enables students and staff to
hardware upgrades by $70,000 USD.
Mobile computing enables students and staff to
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work wherever they are, increasing productivity
and efficiency.
The HP ProCurve comprehensive Lifetime
and efficiency.
The HP ProCurve comprehensive Lifetime
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Warranty
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eliminates unexpected capital costs
and supports more effective budgeting.
“The flexibility of HP ProCurve wireless access points means we can just
grow with the technology and our rate of change is much quicker because
we do not have to buy new controllers. This saves a lot of work and will
also save us $70,000 USD in capital expenditure costs.” Derk Valenkamp,
team leader for ITS data and voice communication, ETH Zurich
HP customer
case study:
Students and staff go
mobile at top Swiss
university
Industry:
Industry:
Higher education
Leading Swiss University, ETH Zurich saves
$70,000 USD with HP ProCurve wireless
access technology
With 12,000 students and 7,000 staff, the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) is an
internationally renowned science and technology
university with an outstanding research record.
Twenty-one Nobel Prize Laureates have studied,
taught or carried out their research at ETH Zurich,
which has 16 departments where 370 professors
teach subjects including engineering, sciences,
architecture and mathematics.
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) is an
internationally renowned science and technology
university with an outstanding research record.
Twenty-one Nobel Prize Laureates have studied,
taught or carried out their research at ETH Zurich,
which has 16 departments where 370 professors
teach subjects including engineering, sciences,
architecture and mathematics.
Founded in 1855, ETH Zurich is based on two main
campuses in Zurich, comprising 164 buildings both
on its principal sites and at other smaller locations.
The main buildings are interconnected with fibre
links and smaller satellite offices have ADSL
connectivity.
campuses in Zurich, comprising 164 buildings both
on its principal sites and at other smaller locations.
The main buildings are interconnected with fibre
links and smaller satellite offices have ADSL
connectivity.
Vital security
To meet the mobile computing needs of so many
students and staff spread over so many sites, ETH
Zurich needed to implement a flexible wireless
network that would combine ease of access, security
and scalability. Another requirement was the scope
To meet the mobile computing needs of so many
students and staff spread over so many sites, ETH
Zurich needed to implement a flexible wireless
network that would combine ease of access, security
and scalability. Another requirement was the scope
© ETH Zurich – Esther Ramseier, 2007