Solutions Network Virtualization
Today’s building management companies can derive revenue from their commercial tenants by providing facilities beyond just floor space. Reliable and secure network connectivity and data storage services are now highly attractive to commercial tenants. However, when your company manages a multiple tenant building – this could be a shopping mall or office block – how do you provide these services securely, affordably, and simply?
They key is to be able to build a single network infrastructure through the building, and then allow the individual tenants to overlay their own virtual networks over this shared infrastructure. Moreover, it is vital that you achieve this network virtualization securely. Individual tenants need to
be 100% confident that their virtual network is completely invulnerable to snooping or infection by other tenants.
In addition, to meet your network management needs the infrastructure must be resilient, scalable, and simple to manage.
Allied Telesis have developed a combination of products and features that provide remarkably secure, reliable,
Virtualisation
The key component in this solution is the
Each tenant is assigned a unique encapsulating VLAN, which forms their own virtual tunnel right across the whole shared network. On the shared segments, each tenant’s data runs within its own tunnel, completely separated from anyone else’s data, with no possibility of
Resilience
Allied Telesis premium ring resiliency technology, Ethernet Protected Switching Ring (EPSR), has been developed and hardened in demanding Service Provider and Telco sectors.This technology provides true
The layout of typical commercial premises, such as office blocks, shopping malls, and airports, lends itself to the use of a core ring of switches as a
More information on using EPSR in enterprise applications can be found in the “Resilient Networking with EPSR” technology solution available here:
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Other features such as excellent network storm control and prioritisation of network control traffic also contribute to creating extremely high network availability. Add switch hardware features like dual
Security
Allied Telesis switches combine leading LAN security with comprehensive privacy protection to ensure complete security for
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all traffic only to a specific known destination, making snooping on your neighbour near impossible. Commercial tenants can be fully confident that their privacy and security is ensured.
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