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CASE study KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited 2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261 PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259 Phone: 02 4389 5000 Fax: 02 4388 4499 Help Desk: 1800 801 298 Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au Web: www.krone.com.au 6067 05/03 Deakin University stays ahead of the rest with KRONE's TrueNet  Deakin University has selected KRONE's TrueNet  solutions and Patch-by-Exception (PBE) methodology for the major upgrade of its five campuses in Victoria. Twice voted University of the year for its innovative and imaginative use of technology in teaching and industry partnerships, Deakin continues to seek ways to maintain and improve its reputation. The latest initiative is to upgrade its core communications centres and closets by installing new gigabit capable layer 3 switching and telecommunications cabling infrastructure to achieve redundancy in the network. " We will have two routers and two layer 3 switches at the core of each campus network - all continuously active and load sharing," said Greg Wickham, Network Section Leader, Deakin University. " The core is also configured for full symmetric redundancy. This coupled with redundantly connected closets means that any single instance of equipment failure will not affect more than 50 people. Both halves of the core will also be located in distinct buildings so that if we lose networking in a single building, the remainder of the campus will still be active. " We are installing KRONE's Cat 6 TrueNet end-to- end cabling solution in the core, standardising on the company's PBE methodology from the LAN to the core while, at the same time, utilising the TrueNet Cat 5e solution in the communications closets." Deakin University has 60,000 students enrolled each year at five campuses - two at Melbourne, two at Geelong and one in regional Warrnambool. Each campus has a core communications centre with mail server while Geelong Waterfront has the main computer room with 20 full-size equipment racks housing multiple mail and production servers and connecting to all other campuses. All Deakin students have choices about the way they study. They can attend lectures on campus and receive face-to face teaching or, as thousands of busy professionals have discovered, they can access flexible, online course delivery. With 40,000 online corporate students competing for the same CASE study KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited 2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261 PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259 Phone: 02 4389 5000 Fax: 02 4388 4499 Help Desk: 1800 801 298 Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au Web: www.krone.com.au 6067 05/03 bandwidth, it is imperative their data is delivered as quickly and efficiently as possible. KRONE's TrueNet solution comprise cable and connector components that have been impedance matched to deliver zero bit error rates, meaning slowtime is eliminated. " We selected TrueNet  because it has the advantage of a KRONE guarantee of zero bit errors and, during installation, KRONE staff actually conduct on-site testing to ensure the network is working to its maximum potential," said Dr Wickham. " That is part of the KRONE warranty plus regular testing also gives us the opportunity to fix things as we go." Broken or inferior cable, poor connectors or patch cords, mismatched components, impedance problems, inadequate standards - all of these are issues which impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of cabling infrastructure and can therefore cause a severe impact on business. " We're using TrueNet Cat6T at the core where our redundancy and bandwidth-hungry equipment is located," said Dr Wickham. " We're using TrueNet Cat5eT for all new horizontal cabling and in the communications closets at each campus. The PBE solutions will run from the communications closets out to the workstations." Deakin first installed the PBE methodology at the Warrnambool campus in 1998 and it proved to be so successful that they have now standardised on the solution. It was that success, fuelled by their attendance at the High TIME conference earlier this year where we conducted demonstrations of TrueNet  , that convinced the network team that it was the technology to ensure the University's telecommunications future. Why was PBE so successful? In 1998, Lee Hayhoe, Deakin's data and voice network engineer at the Warrnambool campus explained: " If we had a problem with a workstation or a piece of equipment, it was always a nightmare trying to locate the fault, and then when it was located, we were quite often led to other problems in the network. It was a constant headache. " People would call me to say they're moving offices or need a new telephone connected, and I had to set aside a substantial period of time to facilitate these changes. I have saved considerable man hours per month, since PBE was installed at our campus," said Mr. Hayhoe. All five Deakin University campuses will progressively be upgraded and work already has commenced at Waurn Ponds and Waterfront at Geelong. Dr Greg Wickham of Deakin University (left) with KRONE’s Murray Dickson and Bob Cox (right), checking the TrueNet system in the computer room at Waurn Ponds Campus. . 05/03 Deakin University stays ahead of the rest with KRONE's TrueNet  Deakin University has selected KRONE's TrueNet  solutions and Patch-by-Exception. core of each campus network - all continuously active and load sharing," said Greg Wickham, Network Section Leader, Deakin University. " The core