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LGfL Schools Conference 2012
Transition to LGfL 2.0
Brian Durrant, CEO
LGfL
Che Smith, Head of Business Transformation
Virgin Media Business
Paul McKinnon
Sales & Marketing Director
Atomwide
Transition to LGfL 2.0
Contents & Objectives
• “Eating greens is a special treat, it makes long ears and great big feet but it sure is awful
stuff to eat”
• “The past can hurt but as I see it you can either run from it or learn from it”
• “New lamps for old”
• “The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all”
• “Hakuna Matata”
• “The most fantastic, magical things can happen and it all starts with a dream”
“Eating greens is a special treat, it makes long ears and
great big feet but it sure is awful stuff to eat”
• The network is the platform for the future
Aggregation Nodes
(local hub-sites)
• But we have to eat some greens to get there
Edge Sites
Edge Sites
• Wayleave / Route approvals
Aggregation Layer
Provider Edge
• Fibre works across London
40G
Route
Reflectors
• Planning around the Olympics
40G
Provider core
40G
MPLS VPN Architecture
• SchoolEdge
access
Sites
40G
Edge Sites
• Varied contract end dates
• Critical path priorities
40G
40G
7604
7604
30G HCS
Data Centre1
Data Centre2
“The past can hurt but as I see it you can either run from it or
learn from it”
• But the greens we have eaten are paying off…
• 500 Sites Connected
Average Daily Install Rate
12
10
• Target 90 a week
• We need your help
• An available flow of sites
• Be prepared
8
6
4
2
0
26th 4th 11th 18th 25th 1st
Feb Mar Mar Mar Mar Apr
8th 15th 22nd
Apr Apr Apr
Average Daily Install Rate
We need to complete 18 sites a day to hit our targets
“New lamps for old”
• Roughly 85% of schools in London had a connection lower than 10Mbps
• The new option of granular bandwidth
• What does this mean…..
School Bandwidth
•
Number of Schools
2Mbps
0
5Mbps
0
10Mbps
1054
20Mbps
499
50Mbps
48
Minimising the single points of failure
100Mbps
415
- Pushing Security
out to the edge 74
200Mbps
1Gbps
9
Copies that can be
downloaded in 1 Minute
in the network
- Network Resilience
1.1
2.7
5.5
10.9
27.3
54.5
109
600
* Source – The worlds longest novel; In search of lost time by Marcel Proust (4211 pages over 7 Volumes)
- Using Virgin Media Business sites
• Securing best value in ICT investment
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare
and beautiful of all”
It is a network that will exceed today's needs and will support future ambition
A true ‘London Grid’ of infrastructure
Aggregation Nodes
(local hub-sites)
Abbey Wood
Chelsea
Eltham
Hatch End
Tooting
Hayes
Enfield
Clapham
Clapham Common
Hersham
Epsom
Hither Green
Cricklewood
Bexleyheath
Roehampton
Brent Cross
Croydon
South Lambeth
North Wembley
Kidbrooke
Southfields
Orpington
Oxford Circus
Ladbrooke Grove
Forest Hill
Kingsbury
Leatherhead
Plumstead
Mortlake
Streatham
Lewisham
Sudbury
Charlton
Shepherds Bush
Ealing
Camden
Edge Sites
Edge Sites
Waltham Forest
Aggregation Layer
Acton
Bermondsey Provider Edge Walworth
40G
Finchley
40G
Deptford
Telecity LondonEdge
1 Sites
New Cross Gate
West Dulwich1
Route
Reflectors
Provider core
40G
Westminster
Global Switch
MPLS VPN Architecture
Seven Kings
40G
Edge Sites
Brixton
Hammersmith
Haringey
Grove Park
Brentford
Dalston
Southwark
South Harrow
Dormers Wells
Bromley
Telehouse East
East Dulwich
40G
Harlesden
40G
Stanmore
Poplar
New Malden
Telehouse 1&2
North Harrow
7604
7604
30G HCS
Data Centre1
Data Centre2
“Hakuna Matata” – no worries
• The new network can play a part in solving some of the current challenges London
schools face
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Swelling intake
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Bandwidth hungry applications
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Teaching remotely
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Video conferencing in schools
Making schools shared environments
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Secure transfer of information
“The most fantastic, magical things can happen and
it all starts with a vision”* (*Artistic licence applied)
• And to talk about those fantastic, magical things I will hand you back to Brian
• Eating greens is a special treat, it makes long ears and great big feet but it sure is awful stuff to eat” (Bambi)
• The past can hurt but as I see it you can either run from it or learn from it (The Lion King)
• New lamps for old (Aladdin)
• The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all (Mulan)
• Hakuna Matata (The Lion King)
• The most fantastic, magical things can happen and it all starts with a dream/vision (Pinocchio)
LGfL Schools Conference 2012
Transition to LGfL 2.0
Paul McKinnon
Sales and Marketing Director
Atomwide
Services for the London Grid for Learning community provided by:
LGfL 2.0 Transition
LGfL 2.0 Support Site Deployment Pages
Services for the London Grid for Learning community provided by:
LGfL 2.0 Transition
LGfL 2.0 Support Cases
Services for the London Grid for Learning community provided by:
LGfL 2.0 Transition
Change your DNS settings
Settings will need to be changed on
either a server or individual computers
This will depend on whether the site
uses static, manually assigned or DHCP automatic
address allocation
Services for the London Grid for Learning community provided by:
LGfL 2.0 Transition
Change your Proxy settings
A proxy server is not required
for Internet surfing on the new
LGfL 2.0 network
The Synetrix proxy settings
need to be removed from each
computer’s Internet browser
Services for the London Grid for Learning community provided by:
LGfL 2.0 Transition
Managed IP Addresses (MIPs)
If your school/site requires use of one or more MIPs please notify
www.support.lgfl.net as soon as possible
Services for the London Grid for Learning community provided by:
LGfL 2.0 Transition
LGfL 2.0 Transition Technical Guide
Detailed guidance relating to three
phases of the transition:
- Pre-installation
- Installation
- Post-installation
http://www.schools.lgfl.net
Services for the London Grid for Learning community provided by:
LGfL 2.0 Transition
LGfL Support Site User Guide
Services for the London Grid for Learning community provided by:
London Grid for Learning
schools conference
30th april 2012