Cisco Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller Guia De Informação
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Because of the construction and layout of the buildings on campuses, providing a strong, reliable wireless signal
could be challenging. “Employees from different departments want to collaborate for enhanced productivity and
could be challenging. “Employees from different departments want to collaborate for enhanced productivity and
service
delivery,” Bish says. “The new wireless network had to enable better mobility for employees, allowing them
access to important online business applications from any connected device, government issued or personal, from
flexible workspaces and the most hard-to-
reach spots on campus.”
Network Solution
Working closely with its networking and security partner, Axians, City of Amsterdam deployed a robust wireless
Cisco network to connect employees and guests in and around agency buildings to the online applications that
they use most. The network features upgraded core networking built on Cisco Nexus
®
5000 and 2000 Series core
switches and two Cisco Catalyst
®
5500 Series Wireless LAN Controllers supported by Cisco
®
Mobility Services
Engine, with Cisco Catalyst 3750x Series switches populating the access layer. Cisco Access Control Server
(ACS) provides user validation and authentication to multiple Active Directory forests. Mobile devices, such as the
Apple iPhones, authenticate using a user-based certificate to segment management of user credentials for laptops
and desktops from smartphones and tablets.
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches are designed for a broad range of physical, virtual, storage access, and
high-performance computing environments. The switches provide City of Amsterdam the flexibility to meet and
scale its data center requirements gradually to handle increased traffic density as office space is reduced, and
leverage cut-through architecture to support 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections for faster delivery of essential data to
any user endpoint.
“As office space decreases, we’ll have more users concentrated on network services at any given time,” Bish says.
“Cisco network technologies automatically balance loads and optimize bandwidth allocations to help ensure we can
support increased user traffic and density.”
“Cisco network technologies automatically balance loads and optimize bandwidth allocations to help ensure we can
support increased user traffic and density.”
City of Amsterdam is deploying Cisco Prime Network Control System (NCS) to manage the day-to-day operations
of its network. NCS is t
he telecommunications and data services industry’s most comprehensive management
platform, delivering unified user, access, and identity management services and complete visibility into endpoint
connectivity in a centralized location. This visibility provides management with the kind of information to detect
areas of possible congestion or spots with weak signals.
“Cisco network technologies automatically balance loads and optimize
bandwidth allocations to help ensure we can support increased user
traffic and density.”
bandwidth allocations to help ensure we can support increased user
traffic and density.”
— Eric Bish, Network and System Engineer, City of Amsterdam
“The Cisco Mobility Services Engine and strategically deployed wireless
access points enable us to provide dependable wireless connectivity
across campus and actively track who’s on the network for better
visibility, security, and performance.”
access points enable us to provide dependable wireless connectivity
across campus and actively track who’s on the network for better
visibility, security, and performance.”
— Eric Bish, Network and System Engineer, City of Amsterdam