Category:Network Hardware

Network Diagram

Summary

The Datashed network is designed around the following rough organization:

Each rack has one or more top-of-rack Ethernet switches. All of these are Foundry FastIron Edge models (2 x448, 1 4802).
The ToR switches connect to the core switch, sw-core-01, via redundant multimode fiber optic links.
The core switch does inter-VLAN routing for the entire network.
The core switch is also uplinked to the core router, rt-core-01.
The core router can get packets to and from the non-Ethernet segments of the network (Token Ring, ATM, FDDI, etc.), as well as to the edge routers.
The edge routers handle connectivity to the Internet, via the GTT T1 line on rt-edge-01 and the ZiaNet ADSL on rt-edge-02.
The core router is also connected to the ChivaNet router, rt-chivanet-01, which acts as a firewall, router, and NAT device for ChivaNet WISP clients.
VPN access from the outside is provided by a Cisco ASA-5520, called fw-edge-01.
The house has a closet, called the IDF, which contains sw-tor-04, a Foundry FastIron Edge x448, uplinked to the datashed by way of 2x Cat5e cables running through conduits (this is changing soon).
The IDF also contains an Arris DOCSIS modem/router, which handles connectivity to the Internet for non-hosting devices through Xfinity Cable.

The voice network is built around an AT&T Merlin Legend PBX:

Connectivity to the house is provided by 2x 25-pair Cat3 cables, running through conduit.
The cross-connect fields are 66 blocks, as I prefer them to 110 blocks for various reasons.
The outside line, from CenturyLink, is a POTS Line.

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