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The Lake Washington School District, located in Redmond, Washington, was recently named one of the top 10 technology school districts in the U.S. by Scholastic Administrator Magazine. In an area heavily populated with technology companies, the district has access to leading-class technology, which it incorporates into the daily curriculum. According to district leaders, "to participate in our technological age effectively, students must be information navigators, critical thinkers and analyzers, creators of knowledge and communicators using a variety of technologies." Therefore, the district strives to ensure its students have daily access to the very latest in technology innovations.The school system recently faced a networking challenge with aging LAN equipment and saturated T-1 lines that could not keep up with demand. The district needed a high-performance, multi-service network that would provide enhanced functionality, increased flexibility, and a high degree of reliability—at an affordable price.Lake Washington School District selected the ProCurve Networking Adaptive EDGE™ Architecture based on performance, reliability, ease-of-management, future flexibility, and incredible value. The ProCurve Networking convergence-ready solution provides Lake Washington with a powerful, standards-based multi-service network that efficiently handles a variety of traffic types simultaneously. » Return to top
Access to technology is a priority at Lake Washington. The school district has one computer for every four students, and hopes to increase accessibility to one computer for every three students in the near future. In the wake of a network infrastructure overhaul, the Lake Washington school district replaced their old LAN equipment with 300 (and counting) ProCurve Networking switches."In addition to updating its infrastructure, the Lake Washington School District was intent on simplifying and streamlining it communications systems by selecting a network solution that would permit the integrating of voice, video, and data over a single network. ProCurve Networking's convergence-ready architecture was a key factor in Lake Washington's decision, enabling the district to incorporate multiple traffic types and preparing the infrastructure for future enhancements.ProCurve Networking tools offer unparalleled range of traffic prioritization features to provide traffic type coexistence and quality of service (QoS) functions—virtually eliminating the need for custom network design architectures and ensuring support of current and future voice, video, and content delivery applications. The ProCurve network architecture has adaptability built-in, providing the ability to predict and assure the timely delivery of specific types of communication traffic across the district's network.ProCurve Networking convergence solutions are developed to deliver connectivity at the edge of the network over an easy-to-manage, standards-based infrastructure. Only control to the edge provides the secure and robust functionality needed to support all current and future application types according to the district's specific needs.Today, Lake Washington is using the network for basic school operations such as voice, email, a system-wide online library, and administrative functions (attendance, grading, and contact databases). Tomorrow, it will utilize the network for district transportation, GPS-type student demographics applications, and streaming video to the classroom.Wherever their technology visions may lead, Lake Washington can expand with confidence that the ProCurve Networking solution will quickly adapt to their communications needs and lay the foundation for integration of voice, data, and video solutions on a single IP network.
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The Lake Washington district network serves 1,200 classrooms, each with 12 ports. There are also multiple administrative sites and computing laboratories. The network topology is hub-and-spoke, with the central district hub office connecting to the Internet. The school district is steadily converting all connections from T-1 to fiber for higher speed and capacity.Lake Washington has deployed HP ProCurve 4108gl switches, each with 72-ports and wire-speed, convergence-ready technology. There are also HP ProCurve 2650 switches, which feature the highest port density in the industry for their size, ideal for a rapidly growing network. These switches are cost-effective and stackable, with multi-layer functionality. Layer 3 static routes enable VLAN-to-VLAN communications and Rapid Convergence Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1w) that increases network uptime through faster recovery from any failed links.In the classroom networking closets, Lake Washington installed HP ProCurve 2524 and 2512 switches, which offer 10/100 managed switching capability and uplinks. "We've had a positive response from our classrooms," said Hugh Mobley, information systems administrator, Lake Washington School District. "The 10/100 auto-sensing capability of the ProCurve Networking switches allow us to take advantage of the entire network capacity, which is essential to support the simultaneous network activity which is common in a classroom environment."Since student information and records are confidential, a high degree of network security is paramount. ProCurve Networking products have advanced security features, such as port security which prevents unauthorized access, and SSH (Secure Shell) and SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption standards.» Return to top
- The ProCurve Networking solution consistently delivers on the value propositions of availability, affordability, security, ease-of-use, and interoperability.
- Students, teachers, and staff in 1,200 classrooms, each with 12 ports use computers on the network simultaneously with confidence that they will have a high-speed, secure, and reliable connection.
- The ProCurve Networking solution provides performance and value for a technologically advanced network and budget-conscious school district.
- Although the network is growing rapidly, ProCurve Networking's powerful and user-friendly network management features enable Lake Washington to keep IT staff to a minimum.
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* The HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9300m series and Secure Access 700wl series have a one-year warranty with extensions available.
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