Many Cisco solutions were applied to the Hanyang Cloud Center such as the x86 server, network, security, and video collaboration, with the only exception being Unix. Hanyang University selected Cisco for its superior technical skills as well as the confidence it developed while building up the Gigabit Ethernet backbone network. There were technical difficulties in the early 2000’s when the backbone network transit from ATM to Gigabit Ethernet, and Hanyang University also had the same issue.
Hanyang University was indeed able to successfully migrate the backbone network by adopting Cisco Catalyst Switch Series that guarantees availability and providing optimal performance.
“The cloud environment we have implemented can optimize operation efficiency and cost by switching to the virtualization environment using Cisco UCS and HyperFlex. This effectively solves the problem of inefficiency in operation and cost caused by the necessary increase in the number of racks for the existing physical server and decrease in usage rate. We now have the foundation for switching to the SDN environment. Introducing the SDN-based Cisco Nexus switch enables the efficient and optimized operation of the cloud center network,” said Kim Jintae, manager of Information Infrastructure Team, Information and Communication Department, Hanyang University.
Hanyang University Cloud Center implemented server virtualization using UCS and HyperFlex, while advancing the backbone network using Cisco Nexus 9000 Series and Catalyst Switch Series. They tightened security by replacing legacy equipment with Cisco’s next-generation IPS and SSL VPN solution, and solved the problem of duplicated investments by each organization with a complete solution set.
Cisco UCS combines industry- standard, x86-architecture servers with networking and storage access into a single unified system.
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