Tham khảo tài liệu 'case study - cat 6a - ohio university', công nghệ thông tin, quản trị mạng phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | CCOVEROVER STORY BIG Pipe on Campus Ohio institutions implement a 10-Gigabit Ethernet switched-fiber backbone to enable high-speed desktop applications over UTP copper. igabit to the desk is not just for the engineering students,” says Tim Deaver, manager of tech- “Gnical services for the 300-acre campus shared by Ohio State University Newark (OSUN) and Central Ohio Technical College (COTC). “Ac- cess to video is an important part of just about every curriculum. We have students in digital media design and other fields who require ac- cess to very large files. Our goal is for students to access their applications from anywhere on the campus.” With plans to grow the student population from 5,000 today to more than 7,500 by 2009, campus officials determined that brick and mor- tar alone would not be the differentiator that would attract students. The IT infrastructure supporting the campus was deemed an equally important element to meet enrollment targets. With the proper infrastructure in place, the cam- pus could offer students the technical ameni- ties of advanced video applications, virtually non-blocking Internet access and ample storage for data and e-mail. Yet, designing an infrastructure to support gi- gabit to the desktop was complicated by an im- perative to future-proof the wired network. As alternatives were considered, fiber to the desk was evaluated, yet only briefly due to the added For Tim Deaver, the challenge was finding a horizontal costs for fiber switches, cables and NICs. “Cop- UTP cabling solution that would support both gigabit per is still going to be a driving force to the today and 10 Gbps in the future. desktop for the future, especially as long as the Cover Story price for fiber components remains A BENEFICIAL ARRANGEMENT In the digital media design lab, students and higher than for copper,” Deaver says. The shared arrangement between teachers have access to conferencing and The challenge for Deaver was find- OSUN and COTC has proven .
