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Requirement: This customer had a requirement to relocate offices. They were relocating to an existing building, with the intention of occupying part of a floor, sharing with an existing tenant. Due to space limitations, the majority of IT equipment needed to be located on a separate floor. The move consisted of a LAN, WAN, Internet connection, wireless network and server infrastructure move, utilising existing equipment wherever possible.
Solution: Shield IT Solutions conducted an initial requirements survey with the customer. Together the equipment to be moved was identified, and decisions made on how best to locate it in the space available to the customer. User switching was to be located on the floor the users occupied, and all other equipment was to be located on a separate floor.
Using a trusted cabling contractor, Shield IT arranged installation of the structured cabling required between floors to allow connectivity between the equipment. On each floor a new cabinet was supplied. Additionally, structured cabling was also installed to provide connectivity between the comms racks and the server racks. There was an existing cabling infrastructure in the office area, so each of these floor ports were tested to ensure that they were live. As the floor the users were to occupy was shared between several organisations, the customer requested all relevant patch panels were moved to a separate rack. Each panel was identified, labelled, disconnected, moved and tested.
As part of the customer requirement was to move an existing wireless network, Shield IT Solutions conducted a wireless survey. This ensured that the wireless provided the required coverage, and would not disrupt existing wireless networks within the building. Following this survey our cabling contractor installed the necessary cabling in the ceiling void to connect the wireless access points.Shield IT Solutions managed the installation of the new WAN and Internet links on behalf of the customer. These links were provided by the customer's Telco who provided the customer with a fully managed WAN service. The service was installed and tested prior to the move to ensure that everything worked as planned, to effect a seamless cut over.
On the move weekend, Shield IT Solutions removed all existing network equipment and then installed it in the new office location, making changes as required to optimise the new installation. The basic network infrastructure was installed and the Internet connection was migrated without issue in a relatively short period of time. Once patching had been completed, there was plenty of time left for the customer to conduct testing on the network.
The move was very successful; users were able to access all IT systems without issue on the first day in the new office.