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.

5GHz



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

Layer2Switch

Layer2Switch

Smallerinstallations,that

onlyhavealownumber

ofdevices,especially

thosethatarenot

latencysensitive,usually

performwellonaflat

network.

Whathappenswhenthe

LANrequirementsgrow?

LegacyLANDesign

VLANPriority1–

2–

3–

4–

5-

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN18

VLAN23

VLAN22



VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN22

VLAN18

Layer2Switch

Layer2Switch

Layer2Switch

VLAN23

MultipleSSIDWAP

MultipleSSIDWAP

InthepastLANupgradesrequiredahardwareupgrade

Layer2Switch

AstheLANrequirements

growtoincludemore

infrastructuredevices

andtheneedforVLANs

LegacyLANDesign

theonlypropersolutionistoreplacethelayer2coreoraddaLayer3coreswitchtohandleallinter-VLANrouting.

VLANPriority1–

2–

3–

4–

5-

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN18

VLAN23

VLAN22



VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN22

VLAN18

Layer2Switch

Layer2Switch

Layer2Switch

VLAN23

MultipleSSIDWAP

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

Layer2/3Switch


WiththeRuckusICXline

ofswitches,astheLAN

requirementsgrow,

Layer2/3Switch

NextGenerationLANDesign

VLANPriority1–

2–

3–

4–

5-

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN18

VLAN23

VLAN22



VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN22

VLAN18

Layer2/3Switch

Layer2/3Switch

Layer2/3Switch

VLAN23

MultipleSSIDWAP

MultipleSSIDWAP


the

onlyupgraderequiredis

alicensingupgrade.

Theswitchhardwareis

alreadyLayer3capable.

Layer2/3Switch

WiththeRuckusICXline

ofswitches,astheLAN

requirementsgrow,

Licenseupgradewill

enableadvanced

Layer3routing

functionality.

NextGenerationLANDesign




Licenseupgradesaresubstantiallylowercostthanhardwareupgradesandcanbeadded

asneededinavarietyoflevels.

- example - addanadvancedLayer3licensetoday

- add2x10GbEfiberlicensesin18monthswhenneeded

Maintainingonpremisehardwareminimizesclientdisruption.

Thiskeepsthecostofownershipmuchlowerandpromotesmorerapidupgrades.



Advantagesofscale

VLANPriority1–

2–

3–

4–

5-

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN18

VLAN23

VLAN22

VLAN19

VLAN21

VLAN22

VLAN18

Layer2/3Switch

Layer2/3Switch

Layer2/3Switch

VLAN23

MultipleSSIDWAP

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

C1 C2

DIAG

SYST

CLD

MS

PWR

UP DATE

X1 X2

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

C1 C2

SP D ID US B

STATUS

DIAG

SY ST

CLD

MS

PWR

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

PoE12VDC

PoE12VDC

1 POWERRESET 2

STATUS

CONSOLE F/D

ZoneDirector

ZD1200

WAN1

ASA5506‐X



Scalable

Core2/3solutionsarebasedupontheRuckusICXswitchlinesandaretherefore

inherentlyscalablewhilemaintainingsubstantialcostbenefitsovercompetingproducts.

Additionally,thewiderangeofAccessNetworksaccesspoints,poweredbyRuckus,

utilizedinCore2/3systems,ensurehighperformanceWi-Fiforanyenvironment

Core3Core2

Flat

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

THANK Y OU

CONTACT I N FO

Nathan Ho lmesT E C H N I C A L T R A I N E R

A C C E S S N E T W O R K S

P H O N E A D M I N I S T R A T I O N E M A I L

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