As part of the Digital Campus Initiative, and in response to Recommendation #1 of the KPMG Review 2011 to “establish a common University infrastructure”, the University is investing in a major upgrade to the campus network infrastructure.
The new network will bring a significant uplift in capacity to both the campus core network (4x initially, more later) and various core-to-building connections (10x-40x in most cases) to remove congestion points and lay the ground for pushing network improvements further into buildings as demand increases.
The work to bring the new network online is already underway, and a schedule of planned maintenance to migrate buildings onto the new infrastructure has been drawn up, starting with ISS (Claremont Complex) week commencing 3rd February 2014. The rollout will then continue, more slowly initially, but ramping up to approximately 1 building/week through to the end of 2014.
You can view the current migration schedule here:
http://connect.ncl.ac.uk/download/DC_-_Network_Upgrade_Schedule.pdf
It is generally expected that migration work will take place during Tuesday maintenance periods between 0700-0900hrs, but if necessary different days and/times may be planned to balance the business needs and the risks of a given building migration.
This blog will chart the progress of the project, as well as any changes we make to the rollout schedule.