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像许多住宅机构一样，Trevecca Nazarene大学的大多数学生都必须在学习期间住在校园里。这使约翰·埃伯尔（John Eberle）的网络基础设施对昼夜而言对学术目标和娱乐活动至关重要。

田纳西州纳什维尔的2500个学生机构的基础设施副CIO Eberle解释说：“来自一个特定宿舍的学生抱怨Wi-Fi不足。”“我们的设备密度太高了，无法支持。”

Moving Up to Gigabit Wi-Fi

特雷维卡（Trevecca）凭借50至60台移动设备寻求连接，因此，Trevecca决定在受影响的建筑物中驾驶Wi-Fi。

埃伯尔说：“来自那个宿舍的学生对他们的朋友和教授的进步赞扬。”“随着我们的教职员工越来越多地采用无线技术来进行教学以及学生流动性的爆炸，因此将整个校园标准化为802.11ac是很有意义的。”

阿鲁巴and HP Networking: A winning combination

Previously, Trevecca had partnered with Aruba Networks and HP Networking for its existing wireless and wired infrastructure. When the two companies announced their merger, it helped make the institution’s upgrade decision easier.

“By joining forces, HPN and Aruba gave us the confidence to move forward with our existing partners,” Eberle says.

Trevecca’s Senior Network Administrator, Jeff Tedford, agrees. “Having our trusted infrastructure providers become united benefits our network and our IT team due to the resulting synergies,” he says.

802.11ac-Enabled Infrastructure for #GenMobile

On the wireless side, Trevecca elected to deploy a pervasive Wi-Fi with Aruba 802.11ac indoor and outdoor access points (APs) and Mobility Controllers. In addition, the university deployed Aruba’s vendor-agnostic management tools AirWave, for optimizing the Wi-Fi experience, and ClearPass, for strong security.

埃伯尔说：“至关重要的是，为我们的教职员工提供当今学术环境所需的Wi-Fi表现。”“时间对于教授和学生来说太宝贵了，无法等待重要的教学视频开始流媒体。”

Intelligent HP switches enhance and future-proof

By combining Aruba and HP Networking, we can handle ever-increasing device densities and deliver more speed.
John Eberle,Deputy CIO, Trevecca Nazarene University

For its wired upgrade, Trevecca installed the HP 2920 Switch Series, which provides Gigabit Ethernet for the edge and 10GbE uplinks, to replace its aging 100Mb units. Also, the institution adopted HP’s Intelligent Management Center (IMC) solution for wired network control and optimization.

将HPN和Aruba Solutions结合在一起，为Trevecca提供了满足其#GenMobile社区的当前和未来需求的安全，可扩展的体系结构，即具有移动性技术用户的新品种。

“By deploying the HP 2920 series switches, along with Aruba’s solutions, we not only gained the performance we need for today, but also future-proofed our network,” Tedford says. “And, when we need to upgrade our Internet pipe, we’re confident we have the right infrastructure in place.”

无缝室内和室外过渡

Standardizing on Aruba’s Gigabit Wi-Fi and HPN’s switches ensures students, educators and guests can transition fluidly between indoor and outdoor spaces.

“Previously, we only had minimal outdoor coverage where students tended to congregate,” says Eberle. Now, we’re extending our Wi-Fi to additional outdoor facilities, such as ball fields, and improving connectivity in existing areas, like parking lots.”

他补充说：“借助我们的新基础架构，我们的用户在所有这些位置中都可以顺利进行。”

AirWave and IMC Streamline Operations

To ensure the overall health of its wireless and wired networks, Trevecca leverages Aruba’s AirWave and HP’s IMC for critical and granular infrastructure visibility. For Wi-Fi, this includes real-time and historical information based on user roles, device types, connection locations, application usage and time-of-day.

在连接方面,IMC提供Trevecca——结束to-end transparency with comprehensive configuration, compliance, and policy management, as well as advanced monitoring and reporting. Additionally, the institution gains Software-defined Networking (SDN) readiness.

Other benefits include an improved carbon footprint, Tedford says. “Our HP switches automatically change to power saving mode when traffic is absent.”

Insights aid network support

Using AirWave, Trevecca discovered the vast majority of connected devices are iPhones. Also common are iPads, mobile devices running either Mac or Windows OS, Android gear, gaming devices and AppleTV’s.

Eberle报告说：“通过帮助揭示我们的平均Wi-Fi用户运行三到五个设备，Airwave提高了我们建立网络以满足不断增长的需求的能力。”

此外，Airwave会自动识别RF障碍物，并将移动设备移至清洁通道。另外，Trevecca感谢Airwave的VisualRF提供设备和应用程序性能数据。

泰德福德说：“气波非常有效。”“它为故障排除和其他任务提供了重大帮助。我们非常感谢Airwave的功能。”

ClearPass and HPN Provide Secure Access and Fast Onboarding

For network access control and policy management, Trevecca leverages a combination of Aruba’s ClearPass and HP’s IMC.

Eberle说：“结合Aruba和HP技术使我们能够通过Microsoft Active Directory提供访问权限。”这使Trevecca可以为用户提供相同的无线和有线访问的凭据。

ClearPass还为所有Trevecca选区和客人提供了高级角色管理和简化的入职。

正如埃伯尔指出的那样，这很重要，因为他的机构从未关闭。他说：“我们有非传统的学生全年上课。”“而且，在夏季，我们举办了多次活动，其中包括一个充满我们本科宿舍的主要音乐营。借助ClearPass，我们为访问者提供访客访问权限，并为所有用户简化入门。”

During Trevecca’s most recent fall orientation period, ClearPass helped the institution shine. “Over three days of registration we had over 1800 new devices connect through ClearPass with no issues,” Eberle says. “The tool has proven to be rock solid. We’re very happy with it."

更少的IT资源安全性更多

From a management standpoint, Trevecca significantly reduces administration time by leveraging the SDN capabilities of the ClearPass and IMC combination.

特德福德说：“以前，手动配置开关端口并分配适当的VLAN大约需要一个小时。”“现在，设备会自动与适当的VLAN连接。”

“Most importantly, our new solutions enhance security and improve our access controls.” he adds.

快速的Wi-Fi：学术和休闲角色的明星

Today, Trevecca faculty and students not only enjoy reliable, secure high-performance mobility, but students also say the enhancements are off the charts. “Everything is way better,” says Senior John Keaton. “The Wi-Fi runs faster and applications load more quickly.”

Fellow student Andrew Cohen agrees. “Since most of my classes require that homework be completed online, having fast and reliable internet is a necessity,” he says. Also, I can play online games with my friends as well as stream all of my movies and shows.”

Enterprise Connectivity – a Faculty Imperative

这是一个类似的故事Trevecca教育家。”our improved Wi-Fi, faculty and staff can easily transport their devices to meetings and class for a variety of productive purposes,” observes James Hiatt, Associate Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean of the Skinner School of Business and Technology.

信息技术部主席Michael Leih同意。他说：“随着新的教育技术（例如翻转教室）变得越来越普遍，讲师和学生需要快速，可靠的信息访问。”“我们的新Wi-Fi系统可以轻松地处理带宽的需求，因此每个人都可以快速有效地获取信息。”