Malaysian University Deploys 10GigE Backbone with Cisco

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), one of Malaysia’s top universities, is deploying a 10GigE backbone using Cisco Systems’ equipment. The network serves 86,000 students and 8,000 staff in a main campus in Shah Alam and 14 branch campuses nationwide. The installation includes Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches with 1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet modules and the Supervisor Engine 720 processor. A total of 5.5 Tbps of switching capacity is delivered through the Catalyst 6500 Series switches. The university’s data center server farms are also equipped with the Cisco Content Switch Module, which provides content-aware server load balancing for intelligent and fast Web caching. Also in the network are Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series modular switches and Cisco Catalyst 2950 Series and Catalyst 3550 Series stackable switches. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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