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Austin Energy
The client is a publicly owned utility providing electrical power to Austin, Texas and surrounding areas.
The client needed an Enterprise Network Architect and consultant for creating business requirements and business case documents for Cisco ACI and nexus inter-pod network, along with the implementation of Proof of Concept (POC) and Proof of Value (POV) use cases for Cisco ACI. As their network architects and consultants, we were responsible for designing, developing, testing, installing, and supporting an inter-pod network based on Cisco ACI and Nexus switches.
As a result of EES’s proficiency in a variety of related consulting services, including Cloud Infrastructure Design, Cloud Infrastructure Implementation, Security Infrastructure Design, Core Routing Infrastructure Design, Virtualization Infrastructure Design, Compute Infrastructure Design, Storage Infrastructure Design, and Software Defined Network Design, we were selected as the cloud network architect by our client (SDN). Our company was responsible for designing and implementing the client’s Cisco ACI and network.
Solution
To assist the customer in redesigning and implementing their network architecture, our network architects developed a comprehensive plan that included:
Creating High-level Designs for Cisco ACI and Nexus Inter-Pod Network.
Creating detailed implementation plans for Cisco ACI and Nexus Inter-Pod Network.
Designing and implementing the ACI infrastructure in a hybrid Application-Centric and Network-Centric mode depending on the workload. VMWare components leveraged an Application-centric deployment where VM attributes could be used for micro-segmentation. Other Components, such as the Nutanix hypervisors, were deployed in Network-Centric mode.
Designing and implementing the ACI infrastructure in a hybrid Application-Centric and Network-Centric mode depending on the workload. VMWare components leveraged an Application-centric deployment where VM attributes could be used for micro-segmentation. Other Components, such as the Nutanix hypervisors, were deployed in Network-Centric mode.
Performing Gap Analysis on Cisco ACI and Nexus Inter-Pod Network project resource requirements.
Supporting the implementation of Nutanix Hyper-Converged computing infrastructure connected to Cisco ACI.
Maintaining Cisco ASA and AS-SM firewalls.
Deploying Cisco Hyperflex and testing its functionality with Nutanix during a Proof of Concept (POC) in selecting a hyper-converged platform.
The design and architecture of VMWare NSX-T were deployed to support the Software Defined Network (SDN) Overlay, and Cisco ACI in Network-Centric mode was deployed for the SDN underlay.
Our team at EES was in control of every step of development, from establishing high-level design to supporting the design and architecture of VMWare NSX-T and directing how to deploy new capabilities successfully. The iterative planning process was used to debate and map out how best to meet the client's requirements.
At EES, we used Agile for our cooperation, accelerating our responses to user feedback and allowing us to meet ever-evolving needs.
Results
EES developed, constructed, and supported business case documentation for Cisco ACI and the Nexus inter-pod network, along with Proof of Concept (POC) and Proof of Value (POV) use cases for Cisco ACI were implemented. Once EES began working with the client, they stayed as partners for three years. Our team has delivered all updates, new features, and maintenance up to that time.
With our cloud architecture services, the customer has increased scalability, increased revenues, and gained access to automatic updates while concurrently reducing IT costs.