LGfL Schools Conference 2012Transition to LGfL 2.0

Brian Durrant, CEO LGfL

Paul McKinnonSales & Marketing DirectorAtomwide

Che Smith, Head of Business TransformationVirgin Media Business 

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

• But we have to eat some greens to get there

• Wayleave / Route approvals

• Fibre works across London

• Planning around the Olympics

• School access

• Varied contract end dates

• Critical path priorities

Provider core40G

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MPLS VPN Architecture

Provider Edge

Aggregation Layer

Data Centre1 Data Centre2

7604 760430G HCS

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Edge Sites

Edge Sites

Edge Sites

Edge Sites

Aggregation Nodes(local hub-sites)

RouteReflectors

Provider core40G

40G

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40G

MPLS VPN Architecture

Provider Edge

Aggregation Layer

Data Centre1 Data Centre2

7604 760430G HCS

40G 40G

Edge Sites

Edge Sites

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Edge Sites

Aggregation Nodes(local hub-sites)

RouteReflectors

“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

• Target 90 a week

• We need your help

• An available flow of sites

• Be prepared0

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Average Daily Install Rate

Average Daily Install Rate

We need to complete 18 sites a day to hit our targets

• Roughly 85% of schools in London had a connection lower than 10Mbps

• The new option of granular bandwidth

• What does this mean…..

• Minimising the single points of failure in the network- Pushing Security out to the edge

- Network Resilience

- Using Virgin Media Business sites

• Securing best value in ICT investment

“New lamps for old”

* Source – The worlds longest novel; In search of lost time by Marcel Proust (4211 pages over 7 Volumes)

School Bandwidth Number of Schools Copies that can be

downloaded in 1 Minute 2Mbps 0 1.1 5Mbps 0 2.7 10Mbps 1054 5.5 20Mbps 499 10.9 50Mbps 48 27.3

100Mbps 415 54.5 200Mbps 74 109

1Gbps 9 600

“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

Provider core40G

40G

40G

40G

MPLS VPN Architecture

Provider Edge

Aggregation Layer

Data Centre1 Data Centre2

7604 760430G HCS

40G 40G

Edge Sites

Edge Sites

Edge Sites

Edge Sites

Aggregation Nodes(local hub-sites)

RouteReflectors

Provider core40G

40G

40G

40G

MPLS VPN Architecture

Provider Edge

Aggregation Layer

Data Centre1 Data Centre2

7604 760430G HCS

40G 40G

Edge Sites

Edge Sites

Edge Sites

Edge Sites

Aggregation Nodes(local hub-sites)

RouteReflectors

Abbey Wood

Acton

Bermondsey

Bexleyheath

Brent Cross

BrentfordBrixton

Bromley

CamdenCharlton

Chelsea

Clapham

Clapham Common

Cricklewood

Croydon

Dalston

Deptford

Dormers Wells

Ealing

East Dulwich

Eltham

Enfield

Epsom

Finchley

Forest Hill

Global Switch

Grove ParkHammersmith Haringey

Harlesden

Hatch End

Hayes

Hersham

Hither Green

Kidbrooke

KingsburyLadbrooke Grove

Leatherhead

Lewisham

Mortlake

New Cross Gate

New Malden

North Harrow

North Wembley

Orpington Oxford Circus

Plumstead

Poplar

Roehampton

Seven Kings Shepherds Bush

South Harrow

South Lambeth

Southfields

Southwark

Stanmore

Streatham Sudbury

Telecity London 1

Telehouse 1&2

Telehouse East

Tooting

Waltham Forest

Walworth

West Dulwich1

Westminster

A true ‘London Grid’ of infrastructure

“Hakuna Matata” – no worries

• The new network can play a part in solving some of the current challenges London schools face

- Swelling intake

- Bandwidth hungry applications

- Teaching remotely

- Video conferencing in schools

- Making schools shared environments

- 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)

Services for the London Grid for Learning community provided by:

LGfL Schools Conference

2012Transition to LGfL 2.0

Paul McKinnonSales 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 siteuses 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 newLGfL 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 notifywww.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 threephases 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

London Grid for Learning

schools conference 30th april 2012