Network Infrastructure

The SUNY Cortland campus network is a converged IP voice/video/data layer 3 network using gigabit Ethernet as the backbone, scalable to 10 gigabit. The network is fully redundant and is comprised of 500 switches and network equipment and 11,000 data ports that will support more than 5000 faculty, staff and student computers, as well as 4100 phones - approximately 600 IP-based phones and 3500 analog phones. Fiber risers within the buildings connect each building entry point to hub stacks that feed the end user. Each hub stack riser is a dedicated switched 100 MB link. There will be a maximum of 48 end users on each hub stack. A project to run fiber optic cable to all campus buildings was completed in May 1997. An initiative to internally wire the remaining Academic/Administrative buildings was completed in the spring of 1998. A project completed in spring 1997 has brought network cabling to every dorm room on campus. There is a data connection for every bed on campus, allowing students access to the Internet, e-mail and the Library on-line catalog via the HallNet network.

Redesigned by Lucas MeoHenry

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