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LANsense
Nexans Cabling Solutions
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Agenda
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Changes in LAN usage & management implications
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Business issues
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How LANsense can help
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Traditional model…
Remote
Access
GSM
CCTV
Storage
IT
Facilities
Fax
Wireless
Phones
Switches
Access
Terminals
Environmental
Control
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…and now
The IP World
more devices – more applications
IT / Facilities
more complexity
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Business Issues
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Business issues:
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Compliance and Control in an
increasingly complex environment
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Ease of Deployment of new services
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Asset Management and Utilisation
Business Goals:
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Reduced operational costs through business process improvement
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Compliance and Control
“The ability to control change is without doubt,
the major contributor to business value” BCS
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Managing change manually is more challenging:
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More complex – multiple services
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More sensitive to change
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Increased documentation overhead
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More sensitive to incorrect interconnection
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ISO 14763-2 Documentation requirements
Installation
Fixed cable elements
2 to 200
201 to
>20000
20,000
(for Cx divide by 4)
Office
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2
3
Industrial
3
3
3
Home
1
1
1
Multi-tenant residential
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2
3
Data Centre
2
2
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Level 3 requires electronic records of fixed cables
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ISO 14763-2 Documentation requirements
Operation
Administered Ports
2 to 100
101 to 5000
>5001
Office
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2
3
Industrial
1
2
3
Home
1
1
1
Multi-tenant residential
1
2
3
Data Centre
2
3
3
Level 3 requires electronic records of fixed and moveable cables
Enhanced level requires electronic records of fixed cables and AUTOMATED cord management
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Ease of deployment of new services
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The challenge is one of “coordination delays”
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Systems, Operations, & Facilities teams involved
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Often uncoordinated
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Typical new deployment time maybe 90-180 days
LANsense can significantly reduce these delays
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Assistance with planning and workflow
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Automated provisioning of some services
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Asset Management and Utilisation
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What have I got?
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Where is it?
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Is it being used efficiently?
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Do I really need to upgrade?
Increasing need for accurate, automated records.
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Self documenting in real time
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LANsense
How can it help?
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LANsense
Nexans IIM Solution
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LANsense provides visibility of a physical network by
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automatically detecting, locating and alerting on any network
'event‘
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Works alongside existing network management tools
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Extends IT operational efficiency to the physical layer
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interoperates with other physical & environmental
management systems to create an Intelligent Event Manager
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What physically is LANsense?
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LANsense panels or
detection strips
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Software
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Analyser
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I/O Cords
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LANsense patchcords
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LANsense
Software screen-shot
LANsense displays CAD graphics of devices, connectivity and physical
locations
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LANsense
Product Suites
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LANsense Enterprise Edition
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Migration path for companies managing complex IT
infrastructures and planning integration with other management
systems
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LANsense Data Centre Edition
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Additional products and tools designed to meet the operational
needs of data centre managers
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LANsense
Proven track record
Tried & tested - over a million installed ports
Actual customer benefits delivered:
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400% increase in managed change volumes with 75% reduction in man hours.
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10%+ improvement in asset and port utilisation.
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Significant improvements in SLA performance, e.g 1hr+ reduction in resolution times.
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Identification 300 unknown devices/assets
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Providing the input for an accurate records database
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Heightened security - swift recognition of a rogue server
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Integration and control of other IP devices for smart buildings and efficiently managed
data centres
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Meeting business goals
Where to invest?
30%
Assets &
Innovation
70%
Maintenance
“keeping the lights on”
Source: Gartner - IT Infrastructure, And The Shift To “Real-Time”
Source: : IDC Virtualization 2.0 The next phase in customer adoption. Courtesy of IBM
Maintenance costs increasing ….
…LANsense ROI time progressively decreasing
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LANsense
IIM Hardware
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To enable the software to detect patches a number of different items are required. The
basic cable, connectors and outlets stay the same but there is a need for different
panels in the Cross Connect. Patch cords are also different and then you need
analysers to do the detection.
Snap-in
Fixed
I/0 Cords
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LANsense
IIM Hardware
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The Analyser sends, through the i/o cords, 5v dc to the gold pad on the patch panel.
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The Analysers are scalable from as few as 48 ports to more or less unlimited in a single patch zone
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The new NGA solution has the ability to separate the display from the voltage generating i/o cards
so critical rack space can be saved in the patching zone
NGA 1U HMI
(Human Management
Interface)
256 port
1U Gnome
Analyser
NGA 3U
48 – 912 ports
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LANsense
IIM Patch cords
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The “9th” wire connects two of the “gold pads” together creating a circuit that the
analyser detects, the analyser then reports this to the software
Additional “9th” Wire
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LANsense
IIM other Hardware
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The LANsense option extends across the entire LANmark range including fibre. It is
also possible to provide retro fit strips that directly attach to switches, eliminating the
need for “Service Presentation” links. These strips can also be made to fit “Other”
panels.
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LANsense
EMAC Hardware
Rack Manager
Humidity Sensor
Door
Sensor
Horizontal & Vertical PDU’s
Monitor and port level remote
control
Temperature
Sensor
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Summary
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Networks becoming more complex
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More need to control
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More difficult to manage
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Maintenance costs increasing
LANsense
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Helps manage change
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Simplifies new service deployment
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Improves asset management and utilisation
delivers reduced operational cost
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LANsense
Take Control of Your Network
Nexans Cabling Solutions
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