what are your core beliefs? - we are access networks

Whatare

yourCore

Beliefs?

November8,2017

NathanHolmesTECHNICALTRAINER

NathanHolmesTECHNICAL TRA INER

20+yearsintheCustomAVindustry

AccessNetworksdealersince2007

CEDIACertifiedNetworkingSpecialist

CEDIACertifiedInstructor

RuckusWirelessWiSEcertified

MemberoftheCEDIATechCouncil

Providesindustry-leading,enterprise-

gradenetworkingsolutionsforthe

modernhome

Customnetworkdesignandsupport

CertifiedITteamwithabackground

inboththeITandAVindustries

Introduction

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ACCESSNETWORKS | CORE B E L I E F S 2

Profitisnotandshouldneverbeafourletterword.

Becomingsystematicandrepetitiveisessentialtobusiness

profitability,reliabilityandoverallsuccess.Networking,atitsCore,

lendsitselfverywelltotheconceptofmodularizationandcreation

ofrepetitiveprocessesandsolutionsthatensurestability,efficiency,

reliability,andthereforeoverallprofitability.

WhatareyourCorebeliefs?

3ACCESSNETWORKS |CORE B E L I E F S

4ACCESSNETWORKS | CORE B E L I E F S

Agenda

• StartwiththeCore:Howtostreamlinenetworkdeployment

• Howwillcreatingarepetitivenetworkdeploymentprocess

increasemyprofitabilityandsuccess?

• IntroductiontoRuckusICX,nextgenerationenterprise-grade

switchesconfigured fortheresidentialmarket

• UnderstandingAccessNetworks’Core2&Core3,anew

customprogrammednetworksolutionbasedonRuckus

products

StartwiththeCore:Howtostreamlinenetworkdeployment

DevelopathoroughClientNeedsAnalysis

UtilizeacomprehensiveandstandardizedLANdesignprocess

EnsureproperRFdesign

Dothesamethingeverytime

Outsourcing–WhenandWhy?

Everyprojectbeginsandendswithproperdocumentation

Document,Document,Document!!!!

Thekeytosuccessfulnetworkdesign,deployment,andlongtermsupportisproper

documentationprocedures.

Attheonset,askingthecorrectquestionsofyourclientensuresthatyournetworkdesign

willcomplimenttheirlifestyleandexceedtheirexpectations.Documentingtheiranswers

ensuresthatyouwillhavedatatoreferencenowandinthefuture.

Aclient’sperceptionofhowimportantthenetworkisbeginstochangeasyouaska

greaternumberofquestionsandyouareabletotrulydevelopanunderstandingofhow

theywillusethenetwork.

EvaluatingClientNetworkingNeeds

WhowillbeusingtheLAN?

HowwilltheLANbeused?

Whatdeviceswillyourclientbeusing?

HowwillISPspeedeffectmyLANdesign?

BasicWirelessLANdesignquestions.

Utilizeacomprehensiveandstandardizeddesignprocess

Projecttype– Residential/SingleStory/Multiplestructure…

Buildingsizesandconstructionmaterials

WAN/ISPspeed

Numberofswitchlocationsandtotalportrequirements

DetailedlistofallpotentialclientdevicesandPoEneeds

Deepunderstandingofwhowillusethenetwork

Standardizeddesignrequestform

EnsureproperRFdesign

ThethreeC’sofwirelessnetworkdesign

Coverage

Capacity

Clients25’

>1900sqftrequiresmultiple

accesspoints@1500sqfteach

Designsmustincludethetotal

numberofclientdevicesthat

trytoauthenticate.

Eachtypeofclienthasunique

requirements.

Dothesamethingeverytime.

Usingthesamehardwareandsoftwareeverytimeleadstotechnicianfamiliaritywhich

willproducemoreefficientdeploymentsandtroubleshooting

StandardizeonanIPschemeforbothFlatandMulti-VLANdesigns

StandardizeonasingleVPN/Remoteaccesssolution

Choosescalableproductslinestoensurewiderproductselectionandgreater

interoperabilityofproductsregardlessofproductscale

Outsourcing–WhenandWhy

Thestrongestcompaniesknowthathavingreliablepartners,towhomtheycanoutsource

portionsoftheiroverallworkload,leadstoahigherqualityclientexperience.

• Purposededicatedandhighertrainedpersonnel

• Decreaseddeploymenttimesandfixedprofitability

• Useofthebestperformingproductlineswhichhavebeenfullyvetted

• Useofverifiedandrepetitivedesignswithhighlytestedconfigurations

• Rapidandproblemfreedeploymentswhichalsoprovidelongtermstability

• Meetorexceedexpectations,whichbyproxy,meansyouwillaswelltoyourclients

Arepetitivenetworkdeploymentwillincreaseyourprofitandsuccess

Productselectionforrepetition– andscale

IPaddressstandardization

Standardizedconfigfilesprovideforeasydeployment

Technicianfamiliarity

Document

Howwillcreatingarepetitivenetworkdeploymentprocessincreasemyprofitabilityandsuccess?

Productselectionforrepetition– andscale

Switchingproductlinesasaprojectevolvesinscalecandramaticallyincreasedesign,

deployment,andtroubleshootingtimes.Thiscanleadtoasubstantialdecreaseinprofit

andultimatelydamageclientconfidence.

Selectingproductlinesthatcanscalewithyourprojectswhilemaintainingconsistencyin

configurationsincreasesefficiency,profitability,stability,andtheclientexperience

Fewerproductlinesensurethattechnicianshaveagreaterfamiliaritywitheachproduct

Highersaleswithfewermanufacturersleadstoincreasedmarginandbuyingpower

IPaddressstandardization

SimilardevicesshouldalwaysusethesameIP

addressorrangeofaddresses

Decreasesbothdeploymenttimesand

troubleshootingtimes

Clearprocessesandproceduresleadtoshorter

trainingtimeswithnewemployeesand

encouragescrosstrainingofexisting

employees

Standardizedconfigurationfilesprovideforeasydeployment

Theperformanceandreliabilityofgreathardwarestillrestsuponthequalityofits

configurationandprogramming.

• Standardizedprogrammingandconfigurationschemes

• Configurationsthathavebeentestedandretestedrepeatedly

• DifferentconfigurationsettingsorschemesfordifferentLANdeployments

• Standardizedandtestedparametersshouldbedocumentedandhavedefineduse

casesestablishedforwhentoimplementeach.

Standardizedconfigurationfilesprovideforeasydeployment

Webbasedinterfacesgenerallyrequireyoutodocumentastepbystepprocessthatcan

berepeatedeachtime,whereasproductsthatuseCLI,willgenerallyallowforuploading

ofpreviouslydefinedandtestedconfigurationstherebygreatlyreducingthetimeneeded

fordeploymentandpotentialtroubleshooting

WebbasedInterfaceexample CLI(CommandLineInterface)example

Technicianfamiliarity– focusonlimitednumberofbrands

Itisimperativethatyouremployeesbefamiliarwithhowaparticularproductorproduct

lineisexpectedtoperform.

Thisleadstodecreaseddeploymenttimesandsubstantiallymorerapidtroubleshooting

Thefewerbrandsyourcompanyspecifies,themorefamiliareachtechnicianwillbewith

thenuancesassociatedwiththatbrand

Familiarityleadstodefinableandrepeatableprocesseswhichproducesprofitability

Document,Document,Document!!!!

DocumentyourstandardizedIPschemes.

Definestandardaddressingusedfornetworkinfrastructurehardware

Definethresholdsusedinthedesignprocesstoidentifynetworkconfigurationselections

DefinethevettedconfigurationsappropriatefordefinedLANconfigurations

Ensurethattheapplicationprocedurefortheconfigurationsiswelldocumentedand

easilyreferencedbyalllevelsofprogrammingstaff

IntroductiontoRuckusICX

Pastvsfutureofnetworkhardware

Licensesforupgradesratherthanhardwareupgrade

Advantagesofscale

Stacking– whatisitandwhyshouldIutilizeit?

HistoricallyLANupgradesrequiredahardwareupgrade

Layer2Switch

Smallerinstallations,that

onlyhavealownumber

ofdevices,especially

thosethatarenot

latencysensitive,usually

performwellonaflat

network.

Whathappenswhenthe

LANrequirementsgrow?

LegacyLANDesign

VLANPriority1–

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN18

VLAN23

VLAN22

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN22

VLAN18

Layer2Switch

VLAN23

MultipleSSIDWAP

InthepastLANupgradesrequiredahardwareupgrade

Layer2Switch

AstheLANrequirements

growtoincludemore

infrastructuredevices

andtheneedforVLANs

LegacyLANDesign

theonlypropersolutionistoreplacethelayer2coreoraddaLayer3coreswitchtohandleallinter-VLANrouting.

VLANPriority1–

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN18

VLAN23

VLAN22

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN22

VLAN18

Layer2Switch

VLAN23

MultipleSSIDWAP

InthepastLANupgradesrequiredahardwareupgrade

Layer3Switch

AstheLANrequirements

growtoincludemore

infrastructuredevices

andtheneedforVLANstheonlypropersolutionistoreplacethelayer2coreoraddaLayer3coreswitchtohandleallinter-VLANrouting.

Untilnow……..LegacyLANDesign

RuckusICX- Nextgenerationenterprise-gradeswitches

Trulyenterprisegradeproducteasilyconfigured

fortheresidentialmarket.

SwitcheswithvariousportquantitiesandPoE

capabilities– 12,24,and48portswithPoE,PoE+,

andPoH poweroverethernetstandards

supported.

SupportingarangeofRJ45portscapableof

1GbE,2.5GbE,or10GbEalongwithSFP+ports

capableof1GbE,10GbE,or40GbEoverfiberRuckusICX7150Switchline

Layer2/3Switch

WiththeRuckusICXline

ofswitches,astheLAN

requirementsgrow,

Layer2/3Switch

NextGenerationLANDesign

VLANPriority1–

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN18

VLAN23

VLAN22

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN22

VLAN18

Layer2/3Switch

VLAN23

MultipleSSIDWAP

onlyupgraderequiredis

alicensingupgrade.

Theswitchhardwareis

alreadyLayer3capable.

Layer2/3Switch

WiththeRuckusICXline

ofswitches,astheLAN

requirementsgrow,

Licenseupgradewill

enableadvanced

Layer3routing

functionality.

NextGenerationLANDesign

Licenseupgradesaresubstantiallylowercostthanhardwareupgradesandcanbeadded

asneededinavarietyoflevels.

- example - addanadvancedLayer3licensetoday

- add2x10GbEfiberlicensesin18monthswhenneeded

Maintainingonpremisehardwareminimizesclientdisruption.

Thiskeepsthecostofownershipmuchlowerandpromotesmorerapidupgrades.

Advantagesofscale

VLANPriority1–

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN18

VLAN23

VLAN22

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN22

VLAN18

Layer2/3Switch

VLAN23

MultipleSSIDWAP

Layer2/3Switch

Multiple“Stackingcapable”networkswitchescanbesetuptooperatetogetherasa

singlegroupor“Stack”ofswitchesshowingthecharacteristicsofasingleswitchbut

havingtheportcapacityofthesumofthecombinedswitches

Multiple“Stackingcapable”networkswitchescanbesetuptooperatetogetherasa

singlegroupor“Stack”ofswitchesshowingthecharacteristicsofasingleswitchbut

havingtheportcapacityofthesumofthecombinedswitches

Simplifiednetworkadministration:Agroupofstackedswitchesutilizesasingle

managementinterface.Thissimplifiesthesetupandoperationofthenetwork.

Stacking– ThenandNow

OlderStackingConfigurationsrequiredthatallLANswitchesbelocatedinthesame

locationandusedveryexpensiveHighBandwidthConnections

IncreasedPort

Countandsingle

management

interface

SpecializedHigh

Bandwidth

connections

Theater/GameRoomCloset

PoolHouse

MainEquipmentLocation

Stacking– ThenandNow

ModernStackingConfigurationsallowLANswitchesbelocatedinmultiplelocationsand

uselowcostfiberopticconnectionsforunification.

Singlemanagementinterfacefor

entireLANregardlessofswitch

locationontheproject.

LowcostStandardFiber

OpticConnections

RuckusICXSwitchline

UnderstandingAccessNetworks’Core2&Core3,anewcustomprogrammednetworksolutionbasedonRuckusproducts.

Core2/3- OutsourcedCustomLANSolutions

Industrybestsupport

Plug-n-Play

Scalable

Repeatable

Supportadvantages

UnderstandingAccessNetworks’Core2&Core3,anewcustomprogrammednetworksolutionbasedonRuckusproducts

Core2/3- OutsourcedCustomLANSolutions

Enterprise-gradecustomnetworksolutionsspecificallydesignedfortheautomated

residence

Plug-and-PlayreadytodeploynetworkswithfullvisibilityandLiveMonitoring,supported

byanindustryleadingteamofcertifiedsupportengineers.

LeveragingthepoweroftheRuckusWirelessandICXproductlines,alongwith

configurationsettingsdevelopedoverthepast13years,Core2/3LANsolutionsprovide

thehigheststability,inherentlyrepeatable,andmostscalablenetworksolutionsavailable

totheresidentialmarket.

Industrybestsupport

DedicatedsupportengineerscertifiedintheITchannelwithakeeninsightintothe

residentialAVchannel.

Standardizeddesignprocessesincludedprovideafixedcost,fullyengineeredLAN

solutionspecificallyconfiguredforeachproject’srequirements.

Includedprojectdocumentationprovidespresaleengineering,networkinfrastructureas-

built,andsystemsettingsandcredentialsdocumentation

Deployedsystemsupportprovidedbythesameengineerswhominitiallyconfiguredthe

systemensuressuperiorefficiencyandthehighestlevelofclientexperience.

Plug-n-Play

Core2/3systemsarepreconfiguredbaseduponyourrequestedLANsettings

AllCore2/3systemsinclude:

CiscoRouter/Firewall

WirelessController

RuckusICXPrimarySwitch(Variousmodels)

HelixLiveMonitoringDevice

1yearofAccessNetworksLiveMonitoringService

Repeatable

RE SET

ICX 7150-C12

UP DATE

ST AT SPD ID USB Po E

ST ATUS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

X1 X2 X3 X4RE SET

ICX 7150-24STAT

SP D ID US B

STATUS

UP DATE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

ANLM ‐ HELIX

PoE12VDC

1 POWERRESET 2

STATUS

CONSOLE F/D

ZoneDirector

ZD1200

ASA5506‐X

Scalable

Core2/3solutionsarebasedupontheRuckusICXswitchlinesandaretherefore

inherentlyscalablewhilemaintainingsubstantialcostbenefitsovercompetingproducts.

Additionally,thewiderangeofAccessNetworksaccesspoints,poweredbyRuckus,

utilizedinCore2/3systems,ensurehighperformanceWi-Fiforanyenvironment

Core3Core2

Layer2

SingleIPScheme

UpgradabletoLayer3

Multi-VLAN

Layer3

MultipleIPSchemes

Upto6VLANs

UpgradingfromCore2toCore3only

requirespossiblelicensingupgradesalong

withadditionalprogrammingandsupport.

Allhardwarecanremainthesame

Supportadvantages

Supportcallwaittimes<1minand

engineersthatunderstandthe

residentialmarket

AllCore2/3systemsinclude4yearsof

hardwarewarrantyandstandard

technicalsupportaswellasapre-

configuredHelixwithanactiveANLM

serviceplanforthe1styear.

Supportadvantages

ANLMHelixserviceincludesemergency

after-hourssupportwithproactive

monitoringandtriageprovidedbyAccess

NetworksengineersforallAccess

Networksprovideddevicesaswellasnext

businessdayadvancedhardware

replacementforallAccessNetworks

products.

Summary

• Theimportanceofstreamliningnetworkdeployment

• Howarepetitivenetworkdeploymentprocesscanincrease

profitabilityandsuccess

• IntroducedRuckusICXNextGenerationenterprisegrade

switchesuniquelysuitedfortheresidentialmarket

• RevealedAccessNetworksCore2/3customnetworksolutions

tobereleasedon12/11/2017

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