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Home My WebLink About1999-197 AFN Agrmt - School DistashZand fiber-network ASHLAND'ELECTRIC UTILITIES Ashland School District Request for proposal High'Speed Intemet/Local Area Network Match 15, i999 Cont~c~ Petex Lovrovich City of Ashland Electric and Telecommunications Director 541-488-5357 ~el~O .~ $ Mr. Steve Mitzel March 15, 1999 Network Administrator/Technology Coordinator Ashland School District 885 Siskiyou Boulevard Ashland, OR 97520 Dear Mr. Mitzel, The City of Ashland, Department of Electric and Telecommunications Utilities, is pleased to submit the following proposal to the Ashland School District for High Speed, Broadband Fiber-Optic connection to the Internet for ten district campus facilities. This proposal, as designed, will also provide to the Ashland School District (all ten locations) a redundant and self-healing Local Area Network providing all ten locations the ability to interact between locations at a rate of 10 or 100 Mbs dependant upon Ashland School District network capabilities. Our proposal includes a design approach based on Gigabit Ethernet architecture. Please note that our proposal meets all requirements outlined within the RFP and includes additional value added services and components that can greatly benefit the Ashland School District. Today, high-speed workstations, servers and the increased use of multimedia are further stressing LANs. The Internet, Intranets and applications such as distance learning, medical imaging, scientific modeling, pre-press publishing, engineering design and film post-production all demand an enormous amount of network capacity. To address this demand, organizations are beginning to evaluate Gigabit Ethernet and other high-speed technologies, such as ATM. Gigabit Ethernet has numerous advantages over these alternative technologies. Among it's advantages are: · More compatibility with installed networks - over 70% of connections are Ethernet Lower overall cost for both implementation and support. · Basic installation in existing networks with minimal disruption. Thank you for considering the City of Ashland, Department of Electric and Telecommunications Utilities to help meet your Internet and bandwidth needs. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, jPeter V. Lo o or Mike Freeman, City Administrator Electric ommunications Utilities City of Ashland City of Ashland (541 ) 488-6002 (541) 488-5308 Email: pete@ashland.or.us Email: mikeS, ashland.or.us ashland fiber network ASHLAND SCHOOL DISTR._ ,'-- RFP Section 1 Cover Letter OBJECTIVE/GOAL/PURPOSE TECHNOLOGY PROPOSAL · Reliability - See exhibit 1 · Security · Expandability · Training Systematic Plan Distance Learning Proposal and Direction Year 2000 Costs Exhibit 1: Ashland School District - AFN Ring Design Project Timeline Section 2 AFN Fiber Ring and Optic Locations Section 3 Gigabit Ethernet Solutions Section 4 Gigabit Ethernet vs. ATM Networks MO~OAY, MARCH 15, 1999 Error! Bookmark not defined. 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 ashland fiber network ASHLAND SCHOOL DISTRt,_, - RFP MOr~oAY, MARCH 15, 1999 OBJECTI VE/GOAL/PURPOSE To provide to the Ashland School District, at ten (10) locations, an Intemet connection. Intemet connectivity to be supported by a fully redundant and self healing fiber-optic infrastructure. Intemet access will be provided through the Ashland Fiber Network provided DS3 connection (45 Mbs). Service will provide interconnection to all ten (10) locations, as specified by the Ashland School District. · ASHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT CENTRAL OFFICE · ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL · ASHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL · HELMAN SCHOOL · BRISCOE SCHOOL · WALKER SCHOOL · LINCOLN SCHOOL · BELLVIEW SCHOOL · MAINTENANCE OFFICE · TRANSPORTATION OFFICE TE CHNOL OG Y PROPOSAL The City of Ashland, Department of Electric and Telecommunications Utilities, propose to design, build and support a redundant and self-healing fiber-optic Gigabit Ethemet Local Area Network. This network will provide 10 or 100Mbs Ethernet connectivity to each location dependant upon the Ashland School District network capabilities. The City of Ashland will provide a fiber-optic drop to each location with all associated hardware needed for connection to the Ashland School District's existing Network infrastructure. The City of Ashland's proposal will allow all the disparate networks on the Ashland School District' s system to be interconnected as one LAN for administrative purposes, ashland fiber network ASHLAND SCHOOL DISTR~,~, - RFP MOr~oAY, MARCH 15, 1999 and will also allow the School District to discontinue reliance on and cost of the existing 56k/T1 WAN and associated routers and CSU/DSU systems. The City of Ashland will monitor all network connections on a 24-hour a day, 7 day a week status to ensure maximum availability of the network, and will schedule with the Ashland School District for maintenance and support activities. This network monitoring will include all equipment proposed and provided by The City of Ashland, but not any internal Ashland School District equipment. · Reliability - See exhibit 1 The proposal the City of Ashland is putting forth is designed to provide maximum reliability to users. We are using a redtmdant ring design for the physical layout, as well as using hardware with redundancy built in. This includes power supplies and UPS (uninteruptable power supply) systems for critical pieces. The Packet Engines PowerRail switches are designed liom the start with redundancy as a key feature. The PowerRail is designed for mission-critical environments. The modular design offers future-proofing, simple field-serviceability and product flexibility. All key components exist independently, are redundant and hot swappable. These components include: management cards, switching fabric, interface modules and ports, power supplies, and cooling system. The City of Ashland will provide a maximum 45-minute response time 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure maximum reliability for the Ashland School District. ashland fiber network ASHLAND SCHOOL DISTR~,~, - RFP MONoAY, MARCH 15, 1999 · Seeuri.tV Basic network security for known Intemet problems (smurf, ping amplification etc.) will be provided at the gateway to the Intemet. All other types of local security will be the responsibility of the Ashland School District. · Expandability By def'mition the network the City of Ashland is proposing will be expandable to meet future needs for local and Internet bandwidth. For instance, today this network will easily scale to a backbone bandwidth of 4 Gigabits per second, and we will be continually monitoring technology to implement upgrades to our users when these systems become cost effective. · Traininl~ The City of Ashland will provide training to Ashland School District personnel on all aspects of the network and technology deployed. This is mainly to facilitate an air of partnership and a level of comfort with the technology being provided and is not meant to suggest that Ashland School District will be responsible for maintenance of City of Ashland network equipment. Training will likely entail training on security issues, IP routing, Packet Engines Gigabit Ethernet equipment or other equipment that the City of Ashland is using to support this Network. Systematic Plan Objectives Commit to a strategic partnership with the Ashland School District with the intent of ashland fiber network ASHLAND SCHOOL DISTR,~ ,'- RFP MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1999 providing the Ashland School District with up-to-date interconnect technology and the ability to upstale as technologies and usage requirements dictate. Distance Learnin~ Prot~osal and Direction While not a requirement of the RFP, the City of Ashland feels that distance learning can be very useful to Ashland School District in the future. Therefore the City of Ashland will provide a very detailed and comprehensive report outlining possible future distance leaning applications. This report will be provided to the Ashland School District through the City of Ashland and Infotech Strategies Inc. Infotech Strategies will develop a strategic plan for delivering high quality distance learning services to the students, parents, administrator, and teachers of the Ashland School District. The plan at a minimum will: · Provide and assessment of the technical capabilities of the AFN Network for delivering distance learning services. · Preview distance learning practices. · Identify potential partners for delivery of distance learning services and providing other content. · Provide a cost-benefit analysis for a range of options. · Recommend a course of action. ashland fiber network ASHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT- RFP MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1999 Year 2000 All solutions proposed by the City of Ashland have been tested and are Year 2000 compliant. Costs The City of Ashland proposes to provide all aforememioned services and equipment to all locations as outlined for a cont5ract period starting June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2001. Costs to the Ashland School District will be as follows: Up-front construction cost: [ $35,000.00 ~ Monthly Cost: $1,000.00 Total cost to Ashland School District for contract period: $58,000, assuming service will commence July 1 st 1999 though May 31,2001. All networking equipment will remain Peter V. Lowovich, Director Electric and Telecommunications Utilities City of Ashland (541) 488-5308 Email: peterashland.or.us ashland fiber network