Portaventura World优化网络，将数字层添加到主题公园体验

Furius Baco catapults riders along an 850m track, accelerating from 0 to 135kmph in three seconds. Then there is Dragon Khan, with eight loops. Or the 76m tall Shambhala, or Hurakan Condor and its 100m-long free fall.

如果过山车是你的事情,很少有tter places in Europe than PortAventura World, an hour outside of Barcelona in Spain.

The network as innovation-enabler

过山车并不是游客涌向Portaventura世界的唯一原因。有三个主题公园，一个水上乐园，一家酒店，一个营地，海滩，高尔夫球场，水疗中心，健身房和几个游泳池。还有全年的会议和活动业务。

The park welcomed more than five million visitors in 2018. Everyone and everything needs to be connected to the network.

“Our network plays a central role in our innovation enablement plans,” says Juan Carlos Delgado, IT & Networking Lead, PortAventura World. “To become a digital business, every aspect of our operation needs to be measurable.”

Pausing to consider long term needs

The resort has grown steadily over the last ten years, adding new features and attractions each year. With the accelerating influx of connected devices and digital components adding to the infrastructure, the PortAventura World network has rapidly taken a central role in enabling business initiatives. To keep pace, however, the network has grown in a piecemeal fashion. Delgado says it was time to take stock and plan a coherent, long-term strategic approach.

“As much as is possible we wanted to future-proof the network. It had to be scalable, secure, and simple to manage,” he explains. “We favour open standards and wanted a network that allowed us to easily integrate different applications.”

统一，安全且易于管理

The business was familiar with Aruba, having used HP ProCurve switches and worked with HPE Pointnext Services. The Aruba Mobile First Architecture provided the necessary functionality for PortAventura World’s long term network strategy.

Delgado说：“我们对阿鲁巴有信心，并感谢多生的互操作性和对开放标准的承诺。”

The Aruba solution involves two Aruba-8320 Campus Core switches, 1km apart, configured in a high availability virtual cluster using VSX (Virtual Switching Extension). Forty-three Aruba-3810M switches provide the campus distribution layer, connecting the different sites (including offices, shops, hotels, restaurants, and convention centre) to the core. More than 200 Aruba-2930F switches in redundant pairs provide the campus edge, connecting the multitude of access points, devices and extend LAN ports to each site.

More effective monitoring of network performance

The Aruba-8320 Core offers an innovative approach to dealing with the new application, security, and scalability demands for PortAventura World. It combines a modern, fully programmable OS, incorporating the industry-first Network Analytics Engine. This enables PortAventura World to monitor and troubleshoot network, system, application, and security related issues easily and far more efficiently.

该平台将启用更快的自动化并提供网络见解。为核心提供动力的Arubaos-CX将减少手动任务上花费的时间，并将解决当前和未来的移动性以及对Portaventura World的物联网需求。

The ArubaOS-8 architecture, including Mobility Controllers and a Mobility Master, allow Delgado and his team to automate many installations, maintenance and upgrade operations. This work can be completed without impacting network availability.

Greater control and insight

安全性和网络访问控制通过ClearPass管理。团队可以使用配置文件来识别连接到网络并适当分配到正确的VLAN的任何用户，设备或事物，或者只是将其远离网络。

阿鲁巴Mobility Controllers, together with ClearPass and the Aruba switches, enable the Dynamic Segmentation solution at different sites. For example, at the Convention Centre, where clients wish to have securely segmented VLANs for their conference or meetings, Dynamic Segmentation allows PortAventura World to offer clients flexible and end-to-end secure connectivity for their profiled and authenticated devices. This access applies anywhere around the Convention Centre, or even in guest rooms.

Overall visibility and control over the network are provided by AirWave Network Management. This significantly reduces the time required for troubleshooting and affords a proactive operating model for the team.

In addition, insight sensors, strategically placed in different locations around the site, will monitor the network experience from user and device standpoint. PortAventura World will start by placing 20 sensors in and around the Convention Centre before a wider roll-out.

该解决方案由Delgado的团队与HPE PointNext服务一起部署。

Controlled network access for a range of users

With the Aruba Architecture, PortAventura World secures network access for a wide range of users, from holidaying theme park visitors to conference delegates and IoT devices across the site. A typical day sees up to 10,000 individuals connect to the network and 30,000 devices.

“以前，任何人都可以连接到网络并使用它。那不是问题。问题是我们没有可见性，也没有控制。”德尔加多说。“事情发生了巨大变化。使用ClearPass，我们确切地知道网络上的谁和什么。然后，我们可以通过基于个人资料的策略的定义和执行轻松控制一组特权。”

确保规模适应未来的增长

该解决方案还回答了Portaventura世界对可扩展性的需求。从操作的角度来看，该网络已经支持打印机，PC，POS，IPTV和电子门。连接了500多个CCTV摄像机。德尔加多说，公园期望连接的设备数量成倍增长：

“我们将有连接的冰箱，旋转栅门和环境传感器。所有这些连接都需要管理。使用Aruba，此任务很简单。”

Delivering the data to make smarter business decisions

The network is now smarter. PortAventura World has visibility of what is happening on the network and is better able to manage coverage and optimise services. For instance, sales can be monitored in real-time or traffic queues managed.

For a business focused on the customer experience, this is vital information. It means park staff can be moved to busy areas, or for the marketing team to create real-time personalised promotional messages.

“Today, we’re not sat waiting for last weeks’ figures to come in. We can see immediately if there is an issue, and take action,” explains Delgado.

持续创新的明确路线图

“We’ve transformed from an organisation that was conservative in nature to one that is a technology-centric innovator. We recognise that technology is fundamental to our continued growth, and invest accordingly,” says Delgado. “Today, we’re no longer just a leisure and hospitality provider, we’re a technology company.”

The plan is to automate the discovery, authentication and access control for each device onto the right network through the use of Tunnel Node Dynamic Segmentation. A mobile device management solution is currently being implemented, integrated with ClearPass to authenticate and onboard BYOD and POS devices.

“For the first time we have a clear roadmap for the development of the network,” says Delgado. “We’re keen to implement Dynamic Segmentation, which will be up and running as soon as we have completed the deployment of our Aruba controllers.”