What work is involved in the upgrade?
Over the lifespan of the project, approximately 250 buildings on campus will be upgraded. About one-half of these buildings will be completely upgraded; most of the rest will be upgraded as needed. The upgrade work includes installation of network jacks, associated infrastructure, and building or retrofitting about 60 Communications Equipment Rooms (CERs). New network equipment (e.g., switches, routers, and firewalls) will be installed, and each upgraded building will be connected to the campus network backbone by high-bandwidth fiber optic cable. For a specific description of how information travels through the campus network, see the Network Map. More information is also available about Current Backbone Network Usage.
More than 260 buildings on campus are in the process of being upgraded. About one-half of these buildings will be completely upgraded; the majority of the other half will be upgraded as needed. The upgrade work includes installation of network jacks, associated infrastructure, and building or retrofitting Communications Equipment Rooms (CERs). New network equipment (i.e., firewalls, routers and switches) will be installed, and each upgraded building will be connected to the 10 Gbps campus network backbone by high-bandwidth fiber optic cable. For a specific description of how information travels through the campus network, see the Network Map. More information is also available about Current Backbone Network Usage.
