What the buyer wrote
Lancaster University has approximately 1,000 edge switches distributed around the University Campus at Bailrigg, Lancaster. These are mostly connected to pairs of distribution switches on 1GE copper (RJ45). A forthcoming move to higher speeds will change how we will be providing connectivity to edge switches; rather than pairs of local distribution switches the distribution switches will be remote from edge switches. We are a fibre rich site and therefore intend to dual connect every edge switch to resilient distribution switches over single mode fibre. The edge switches are currently a mix of 1GE and 10GE SFP/SFP+ uplinks. The initial purchase of the 3rd party programmab…
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Purchase of 3rd Party Programmable Optics
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- goods
- Work starts
- 2 Jul 2017
- Work ends
- 2 Jul 2020
Who the buyer named
Jessica Mottershaw was the named contact on this notice.