CASE
2018 STUDY
Extensive Network Upgrades for
Universidad Privada de Tacna, Peru
The University of Tacna is one of the top uni-
versities in Peru with over 5,000 students. It
consists of the main campus, and several
branch offices. As the university continued to
grow and the number of students increased,
as did the amount of data passing through the
network, the university turned to D-Link to
offer a suitable 10 Gigabit Solution.
Challenges
Delivering a robust and scalable network infra-
structure that can effortlessly connect the main
campus to the branch offices. The main goal of
the project was to provide centralized access,
while upgrading data speeds from single Gigabit
to those of 10 Gigabit.
Solutions
D-Link delivered a complete end-to-end network,
comprising both PoE & non-PoE switches, as
well as the transceivers necessary to expand
the network over wider distances, improving
bandwidth and generating high redundancy.
At the heart of the networks new infrastructure
was the DGS-6604, DGS-6600-CM and DGS-
6600-48T Chassis Switches. Highly powerful,
they can easily take care of the core switching.
Meanwhile, the DGS-3420 Series was deployed
at the distribution layer, and the DGS-3120
Series at the edge layer.
For this solution, the DGS-6604 was configured
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Client Universidad Privada de Tacna
Industry Education
Location Tacna, Peru
Challenge Upgrading from single Gigabit to
10G connectivity across the main
campus and branch offices
Solution A wide array of switches, to cover
all layers of the University’s
switching needs
Results Vastly increased data speeds and
better network performance
for L2 and L3 switching. For the L2 configuration, • DGS-6600-16XS-D Chassis Switch
it was necessary to create more than 30 VLANs • DGS-3420-28TC 28 Port stack L2+
to separate network traffic based on who the Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch
users where and which branch office they were
located in. VLAN Link Aggregation Protocol • DGS-3420-28PC 28 Port xStack L2+
(LACP) was configured to bring improved band- Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch
width, avoid bottlenecks and provide superior • DGS-3420-52TC 52 Port xStack L2+
redundancy. Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch
At Layer 3, static routing and VLAN routing were • DGS-3120-24TC 24 Port xStack L3
configured in to provide better communication Managed Gigabit Switch
between branch offices. Please visit
• DGS-3120-48TC 24 Port xStack L3
us.dlink.com/en/business to learn
The DGS-3420 Series was deployed at the dis- Managed
more Gigabit Switch
about our products.
tribution layer, providing 10 Gbps connectivity
• DEM-431XT SFP+ 10GBASE‑SR
to the core layer thanks to its SFP+ ports.
Multi‑Mode Fiber Transceiver (300m)
Finally, the DGS-3120 Series deployed at the
• DEM-432XT 10GBase‑LR SFP+
edge layer providing connectivity to end users.
Transceiver (10km)
These switches were configured with VLANs to
provide reliable connectivity, and Loopback
Detection prevents network crippling loops from
occurring, mitigating downtime across the
network.
DEM-431XT
Results
This solution allowed the university to vastly
improve network performance, with faster and
more efficient data transfer, as well as making
bottlenecks a thing of the past.
DGS-3420-52TC
Products & Services
Please visit
• DGS-6604 Chassis Switch us.dlink.com/en/business to learn
more about our products.
• DGS-6600-48T Chassis Switch