UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
REQUEST FOR BIDS
OIT Networking Equipment
RFP AA15-JM-4991
OCTOBER 2014
S U B M I T T E D B Y T H E AM H E R S T P R O C U R E M E N T D E P A R TM E N T
SPONSORED BY THE UMASS AMHERST OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
RFB AA15-JM-4991
Request for Bid for Networking Equipment
Background:
The University of Massachusetts (University or UMass) is soliciting a contract for
purchasing two brands of network routing and switching equipment. Equipment
purchases for major network upgrade projects under this contract are expected to begin
in November 2014. Ongoing network equipment purchases will continue through
October 2019 and likely beyond. Projected contract spending during the period of
November 2014 through October 2015 is $10 million. Anticipated cumulative contract
spending for the period of October 2014 through October 2019 is expected to exceed $35
million.
Introduction:
Given the complexity of the network demands at the University, the increasing
institutional dependence on network availability, and the necessity to provide
differentiated network services, the University is looking to develop mutuallyadvantageous partner relationships with a primary and secondary network equipment
manufacturer.
Equipment from the primary partner will be preferentially purchased and deployed to
fulfill campus networking needs. At this time the University intends to purchase from
the secondary partner in cases where the primary partner cannot fulfill campus needs due
to lack of features/capabilities, service quality issues, ongoing equipment reliability
issues, significant equipment availability delays, or primary partner costs becoming
unfavorable.
While offers for this contract will be evaluated and awarded by the University of
Massachusetts Amherst flagship campus the explicit intent is to facilitate and support
system-wide University of Massachusetts procurement of high quality network
equipment at favorable pricing. This contract will cover the University of Massachusetts
campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and Worcester and the system
President’s Office.
Major UMass Amherst campus network projects in planning stages intended for
execution over the next two year interval include:
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Obsolete router replacements
Ongoing routine 4-6 year replacement of older router hardware
Feature-driven router upgrades and replacements
Full new data center network fit-out
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Accelerated replacement of obsolete building-level switching equipment at the
UMass Amherst campus (estimated 10,000 network jacks)
Installation of wired networking equipment to support Residence Hall wired
network connectivity for occupants (estimated 14,000 network jacks)
Ongoing routine 4 year replacement of all older building-level switching
equipment at the UMass Amherst campus (estimated 4,000-6,000 network
jacks/year)
High-Performance Computing facility networking upgrades
SIP-based telephony deployment at UMass Amherst campus
Network upgrades to support wide-scale 802.11ac WiFi implementation
Science DMZ implementation to support campus research needs
Although the highest priority for the University is obtaining quality product at a good
price, the University also recognizes, values, and encourages offers that incorporate
strategic value adds. Examples of potential offers of interest include but are not limited
to:
 Hiring Commitments for student internships
 Academic alliance offerings
 Career fairs for students
 On-site visits by experts on a regular basis
 Academic laboratory networking equipment offerings or programs
Bid Response Requirements:
In this bid the term “manufacturer” defines the original equipment manufacturer, the
company that designs, constructs, and markets a given brand of network equipment. The
term “vendor” defines any manufacturer-authorized company that re-sells network
equipment produced by a manufacturer to end-users of that equipment.
This bid process shall result in selection of:
 a primary network equipment manufacturer with one associated vendor to be
used for procurement
 a secondary network equipment manufacturer with one associated vendor to be
used for procurement
Vendors shall provide responses to the following items to be considered for award of this
bid. Responses shall be made using the attached Bid Response Form.
1. Provide contact information for a minimum of two network equipment
manufacturer and two vendor reference customers of similar size and complexity
as the University. The University may contact those customers, as well as others,
directly to assess equivalency and discuss their historical experiences with
network equipment manufacturer and/or vendor.
2. Provide data for quality assessment by the University, including but not limited to
information encompassing:
a. Manufacturer’s product line(s)
b. Manufacturer’s support organization
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c. Manufacturer’s engagement with University
d. Vendor’s engagement with University
e. Vendor’s available support resources
3. Vendor must be an authorized distributor or reseller of specified manufacturer’s
products
4. Vendor shall provide line-item pricing lists for all offered product families from a
manufacturer in electronic format at time of response to bid. Vendors awarded
primary and secondary status shall continue to provide the University with lineitem pricing for all offered manufacturer product families in electronic format
every six months. The discount initially quoted will remain fixed for the entire
contract period, including any option periods. The discounts will apply to all
pricing lists supplied to the University. Pricing lists may not be submitted more
than once every 6 months.
5. Net pricing from one 6 month period to the next 6 month period cannot exceed
the lesser of ____%, (vendor to fill in) or the percentage rate of increase/decrease
in the consumer price index urban consumers (CPI-U) under the expenditure
category for all items for the New England area. Failure of vendor to fill in % rate
will be interpreted as 0%.
Exceptions to this line-item pricing update schedule may be approved by the
University Vice Chancellor of Information Technology.
6. IMPORTANT: If the manufacturer discontinues an item, the vendor must provide
a replacement item of equal or better quality at the same discount as the
discontinued item.
7. Vendor shall indicate the guaranteed minimum discount percentage from lineitem price for purchase of network equipment. If vendor offers differing discount
percentages on different product lines or different internal product categories
indicate percentage discount off line-item price for each product line or product
category. This guaranteed minimum discount percentage shall be held firm for
the initial term of the contract as well as any option terms. The University also
welcomes additional discounting through “special offers” when available and
applicable to University purchases.
8. Vendor shall indicate guaranteed minimum discount percentage from line-item
price for purchase of network equipment software maintenance. If vendor offers
differing discount percentages on a manufacturer’s different product lines or
internal product categories indicate percentage discount off line-item price for
each product line or product category. This guaranteed minimum discount
percentage shall be held firm for the initial term of the contract as well as any
option terms.
9. Vendor shall indicate guaranteed minimum discount percentage from line-item
price for purchase of network equipment maintenance. Two options shall be
presented, specifically:
a. 8x5 Next Business Day hardware maintenance.
b. 24x7 4-hour on-site hardware maintenance
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This guaranteed minimum discount percentage shall be held firm for the initial
term of the contract as well as any option terms.
10. Vendor shall provide line-item pricing quote for manufacturer-recommended
hardware configurations to support (3) representative network equipment use
cases provided by the University in Appendix 1 of this bid.
11. Include electronic versions of manufacturer data sheets for all equipment itemized
as part of the configuration generated under Appendix 1.
12. Vendor shall provide line-item pricing for software maintenance to support all
hardware in each of (3) representative network equipment use cases provided by
the University in Appendix 1 of this bid. If a “premium” software support option
is available provide line-item pricing for standard and “premium” support options
for each line-item.
13. Vendor shall provide line-item pricing for two separate hardware maintenance
programs for all hardware in each of (3) representative network equipment use
cases provided by the University in Appendix 1 of this bid.
a. Hardware maintenance option A is 8x5 next business day failed hardware
replacement for all gear
b. Hardware maintenance option B is 24x7 4-hour on-site failed hardware
replacement coverage for all gear
14. Vendor shall offer the University the option to renew this contract for one
additional (5) year term under the same terms and conditions.
15. Vendor shall enumerate specific strategic “value adds” offered as part of this
contract
Bid Evaluation:
A selection committee representing the University shall review the bid offers and select
the two bidders whose submissions best meet the needs of the University. The committee
shall forward their recommendation to the Vice Chancellor for Information Technology.
She shall have the final determination of the Primary and Secondary award
recommendations with advisement from IT and Procurement as required.
The evaluation will include, but will not necessarily be limited to, the following criteria
which are listed in rank order of importance to the University:
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Confirmation of status as authorized distributor or reseller of proposed brand of
networking products
Quality, including but not limited to:
o Manufacturer’s product line(s)
o Manufacturer’s support organization
o Vendor’s prior experience working with the University
o Vendor’s available support resources
Evaluation of References provided by Manufacturer and Vendor
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Second 5 year term offering
Vendor and manufacturer relationship and integration with existing University
wired and wireless network infrastructure manufacturers
Past University experiences with responsiveness, timeliness, and accuracy of both
manufacturer support organization and reseller/distributor interactions
Five year cost to procure, integrate, and support UMass-provided example
configurations of proposed brand of networking equipment based on provided
line-item pricing information, minimum guaranteed contractual discount
percentages offered in bid, and projected University needs.
Benefit to the University from strategic value-add proposals
Questions: All questions from prospective bidders concerning this RFB must be
submitted in writing by email only to the following contact by 5 p.m. on
November 5, 2014.
John O. Martin
Director of Procurement & Campus Services
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Subj: RFB AA14-JM-4991
Email: jomartin@admin.umass.edu
No telephone calls will be accepted. Prospective Bidders are prohibited from
obtaining information about this RFB from any source except the University
representative above, or the representative’s designee. The University reserves
the right to disqualify any Bidder that violates this section.
Inquiries received after the specified date and time will not be accepted. The
University will email its response to all written questions to all bidders of record
by formal addendum by 5 p.m. on November 7, 2014. The University will extend
the due date by written addendum if such information significantly amends this or
makes compliance with the original proposed due date impractical.
Bid Opening Date & Time: The Bidder shall deliver: one (1) bound paper original and
3 electronic copies on flash drives of its bid to the following address by 2:00pm
on November 14, 2014 at which time the bids will be opened and publicly read:
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Procurement Department
407 Goodell Building
140 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003
Attention: RFB AA15-JM-4991
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It is the sole responsibility of the bidder to insure that its bid is
delivered to the Amherst Procurement Department at the location
listed above in its entirety by the due date and time. Late bids, or bids
delivered to the wrong location, will not be considered, and will be
placed, unopened, in the bid file.
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Public Information: All bids and related documents submitted in response to
this are subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L.
Chapter 66, Section 10 and to M.G.L. Chapter 4, Section 7, Subsection
26, regarding public access to such documents. Statements in the bid
response that are inconsistent with those statutes will be disregarded.
For more information go to: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/preidx.htm
Cost To Submit/Present: The University is not responsible for any expenses that may
be incurred by any bidder to prepare, submit, or present bids.
Alterations To Bid: The bidder may not materially alter its bid response after the bids
have been opened. Only the Purchasing Council may deem what constitutes a
material alteration to a bid.
Exceptions to Contract Terms and Conditions: If bidder takes exception to any of the
terms or conditions outlined herein, it must be clearly noted in their bid
response, referencing the item number and an explanation. The University may
deduct points for any exceptions or use it as grounds for rejection of the entire
bid at the University’s sole discretion.
Recordkeeping, Audits & Inspection of Records:
The Contractor shall maintain books, records, documents, and other compilations
of data pertaining to the requirements of the contract to the extent and in such
detail as shall properly substantiate claims for payment under the contract. All
such records shall be kept for a period of six (6) years. All retention periods start
on the first day after final payment under this contract. If any litigation, claim,
negotiation, audit or other action involving the records is commenced prior to the
expiration of the applicable retention period, all records shall be retained until
completion of the action and resolution of all issues resulting therefrom, or until
the end of the applicable retention period, whichever is later. The University, or
any of their duly authorized representatives or designees shall have the right at
reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, to examine and copy, at reasonable
expense, the books, records, and other compilations of date of the Contractor
which pertain to the provisions and requirements of this contract. Such access
shall include on-site audits, review, and copying of records. Contractors
providing services over $10,000 within a twelve (12) month period to the
University hereby consent to grant the Federal Controller General or HHS
Certification of Tax Status: Pursuant to Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 62C,
Section 49A, the bidder certifies under penalties of perjury that to the best of the bidder’s
knowledge and belief, they have filed all state tax returns and paid all state taxes required
by law.
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Certification of Non-Collusion: Pursuant to Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 7,
Section 22 (20), the bidder certifies under penalties of perjury that their bid is in all
respects bona fide, fair, and made without collusion or fraud with any person, joint
venture, partnership, corporation or other business or legal entity.
Conflict of Interest: The University of Massachusetts may by written notice to the
bidder, terminate the right of the bidder to proceed under the contract award if UMass
determines that gratuities in the form of entertainment, gifts, or otherwise were offered or
given by the bidder, or agency or representative of the bidder, to any officer or employee
of UMass with a view towards securing the agreement or securing favorable treatment
with respect to the awarding or amending of the making of any determinations with
respect to the agreement and as set forth in Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 268A.
Indemnification: The Vendor shall indemnify and hold harmless the University of
Massachusetts, its agents and employees from and against all claims, for infringement of
any United State Patent, or damages, losses, and expenses including reasonable attorney
fees arising out of or resulting from the performance of the work, furnishing of services,
or furnishing of materials, good, or equipment, as required by the Request for Bid,
including but not limited to claims regarding defects in materials, good, or equipment,
which is caused in whole or in part by any breach of contract, or omission of the
successful proposer(s), any sub vendor(s), or anyone directly or indirectly employed by
any of them or anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable.
Governing Law: This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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BID RESPONSE FORM
1. Provide contact information for a minimum of two manufacturer and two vendor
reference customers of similar size and complexity as the University
a.
Reference Customer #1:
i. Manufacturer, vendor, or both:_____________
ii. Organization:___________________________
iii. Contact Name:__________________________
iv. Contact Email:__________________________
v. Contact Phone:__________________________
b. Reference Customer #2:
i. Manufacturer, vendor, or both:_____________
ii. Organization:___________________________
iii. Contact Name:__________________________
iv. Contact Email:__________________________
v. Contact Phone:__________________________
2. Provide data for quality assessment by the University, including but not limited to
information encompassing:
a. Manufacturer’s product line(s)
b. Manufacturer’s support organization
c. Manufacturer’s engagement with University
d. Vendor’s engagement with University
e. Vendor’s available support resource
3. Vendor is authorized distributor or reseller of specified manufacturer’s products?
YES/NO (Vendor to circle appropriate response)
4. Included line-item pricing list for Manufacturer equipment in electronic format as
part of bid response. YES/NO (Vendor to circle appropriate response)
5. Vendor agrees to provide electronic-format line-item pricing updates every 6
months YES/NO (Vendor to circle appropriate response)
6. Vendor shall provide line-item pricing lists for all offered product families from a
manufacturer in electronic format at time of response to bid. Vendors awarded
primary and secondary status shall continue to provide the University with lineitem pricing for all offered manufacturer product families in electronic format
every six months. The discount initially quoted will remain fixed for the entire
contract period, including any option periods. The discounts will apply to all
pricing lists supplied to the University. Pricing lists may not be submitted more
than once every 6 months.
7. Net pricing from one 6 month period to the next 6 month period cannot exceed
the lesser of ____%, (vendor to fill in) or the percentage rate of increase/decrease
in the consumer price index urban consumers (CPI-U) under the expenditure
category for all items for the New England area. Failure of vendor to fill in % rate
when submitting bid will be interpreted as 0% and cannot be changed.
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8. Guaranteed minimum discount percentage from line-item price for purchase of
network equipment.
Equipment Category
Guaranteed Minimum Discount
Percentage off Network Equipment
Purchase
9. Guaranteed minimum discount percentage from line-item price for purchase of
network equipment software maintenance.
Software Maintenance Category
Guaranteed Minimum Discount
Percentage off Network Equipment
Software Maintenance
10. Guaranteed minimum discount percentage from line-item price for purchase of
network equipment maintenance.
11.
a.
8x5 Next Business Day hardware maintenance.
8x5NBD Hardware Support
Guaranteed Minimum Discount
Category
Percentage off 8x5NBD Hardware
Support
b. 24x7 4-hour on-site hardware maintenance
24x7 4-Hour on-site Hardware
Guaranteed Minimum Discount
Support Category
Percentage off 7x24 4-Hour On-site
Hardware support
12. Vendor shall attach electronic-format line-item pricing quotes for manufacturer-
recommended hardware configurations to support (3) representative network
equipment use cases provided by the University in Appendix 1 of this bid.
YES/NO (Vendor to circle appropriate response)
13. Manufacturer data sheets for all items included as part of response to Appendix 1
have been submitted in electronic format. YES/NO (Vendor to circle appropriate
response)
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14. Vendor shall attach electronic line-item pricing quotes for software maintenance
to support all hardware in each of (3) representative network equipment use cases
provided by the University in Appendix 1 of this bid. If a “premium” software
support option is available please provide line-item list pricing for standard and
“premium” support options for each line-item. YES/NO (Vendor to circle
appropriate response)
15. Vendor shall attach electronic line-item pricing quotes for two separate hardware
maintenance programs for all hardware in each of (3) representative network
equipment use cases provided by the University in Appendix 1 of this bid.
a. Hardware maintenance option A is 8x5 next business day failed hardware
replacement for all gear YES/NO (Vendor to circle appropriate response)
b. Hardware maintenance option B is 24x7 4-hour on-site failed hardware
replacement coverage for all gear YES/NO (Vendor to circle appropriate
response)
16. Will Vendor offer the University the option to renew this contract for one
additional (5) year term at the same terms and conditions? YES/NO (Vendor to
circle appropriate response)
17. Vendor shall attach details of specific strategic “value adds” offered as part of this
contract
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APPENDIX 1: Representative Use Cases
All proposals shall provide proposed network equipment configurations to support the
following use-cases. Each use-case shall be fully detailed and shall include line-item
orderable component details, quantity required of each line-item, and line-item pricing
for each line-item component.
Routers must minimally support:
1. Physical:
a. N+1 power redundancy
b. -48VDC, 110v AC, 208v AC, or 240v AC input voltages (limited to a
single input voltage per router chassis). Please quote with -48VDC
supplies.
c. Routing hardware redundancy sufficient for sub-second customer impact
upon failure events with no performance degradation post-failure
d. Forwarding plane/switching hardware redundancy sufficient for subsecond customer impact upon failure events with no performance
degradation post-failure
e. Support hot-swap of line cards and optics
2. Largest chassis in proposed product line must be capable of supporting the
following interface counts simultaneously:
a. (4) 100G Ethernet ports
b. (8) 40G Ethernet ports
c. (96) 10G Ethernet ports
d. (40) 1G Ethernet ports
3. IPv4 routing
a. BGP IPv4 route table capacity minimum of 4 million IPv4 routes with
minimum of 1 million concurrent IPv6 routes
b. IS-IS
c. OSPF
d. Sampled and 1:1 IPFIX flow record exports
4. IPv6 routing
a. BGP IPv6 route table capacity minimum of 1 million IPv6 routes with
concurrent 4 million IPv4 routes
b. IS-IS
c. OSPFv3
d. Sampled and 1:1 IPFIX flow export records
e. SLAAC and DHCPv6 support
5. Routing/Software Features
a. Forwarding Information Base (FIB) table capacity minimum of 1 million
simultaneous active routes
b. MPLS support, specifically MPLS-VPLS with MBGP, LDP, and RSVPTE options
c. Multiple routing table support (VRF)
d. Router virtualization, minimum of (4) virtual routers per chassis
e. Multiple physical router chassis able to appear and be managed as a single
router, minimum support for two chassis required
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f. LAG support across different router chassis in a single router/multiple
chassis configuration to downstream switch
g. QoS features sufficient to support prioritization of real-time voice/video
traffic, higher-priority data streams, and best-effort traffic streams
h. Sub-second customer impacts during software upgrade process
i. SNMPv3 with authentication and data transfer encryption options
j. Modular software architecture supporting selective component
replacement
6. Ethernet-level support for:
a. MAC table capacity minimum of 256,000 entries concurrent with above
specified IPv4 and IPv6 route table and FIB capacities
b. IEEE 802.1ag and/or ITU-T Y.1371
c. LLDP
d. Ethernet bridging
e. 802.1q VLAN trunks
f. RSTP and MSTP
g. ITU-T Y.1371 and/or IEEE 802.1ag
Routers preferred to support:
1. Hot-swap of any component
2. Configuration and management automation feature set
3. Stateful Carrier-Grade Network Address Port Translation (NAPT) supporting
both NAT44 and NAT64 and including ability to support algorithmic
determination of internal source address based on public address and public port
number
4. Zero customer impact on routing and forwarding/switching hardware failovers
5. Zero customer impact during software upgrades
6. Open standards, specifically relating to:
a. Software defined networking – OpenFlow version 1.3
b. Operational automation – NETCONF, Puppet, and/or other offerings.
c. Customer-available XML API supporting queries and configuration
updates
7. Minimal to no software-licensed feature sets required by University network
architecture and operations
Switches must minimally support:
1. IPv4 and IPv6 management access
2. Ethernet-level support for:
a. IEEE 802.1ag/ITU-T Y.1371
b. LLDP
c. 802.1q VLAN trunks
d. RSTP and MSTP
e. ITU-T Y.1371 and/or IEEE 8021.ag
f. QoS features sufficient to support prioritization of real-time voice/video
traffic, higher-priority data streams, and best-effort traffic streams
g. 16,000 MAC addresses per switch
h. Jumbo frame support, minimum size 9216 bytes
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i. 802.1X port-based access control
j. DHCP controls sufficient to allow DHCP responses only from authorized
ports or sources
k. Broadcast containment capabilities
l. Multicast support
3. Hardware
a. Switch product line proposed must provide models capable of providing
the following combinations of ports in a 1 (preferred) or 2 (acceptable)
rack-unit platform:
i. (24) copper 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, no Power-over-Ethernet;
(2) 10G SFP+ ports
ii. (24) copper 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 12 ports support 25.5W
IEEE 803.2at; (2) 10G SFP+ ports
iii. (48) copper 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, no Power-over-Ethernet;
(4) 10G SFP+ ports
iv. (48) copper 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 24 ports support 25.5W
IEEE 802.3at (4) 10G SFP+ ports
v. (24) 10G SFP+ ports, (2) 40G QSFP ports
b. N+1 power supply redundancy in 10G/40G switches
c. 110v AC, 208v AC, 240V AC, and -48VDC power supply options for
lead switches, will use single input power voltage for all supplies on the
same switch. Please quote with dual 110V AC power supplies.
d. 110v AC, 208v AC, 240V AC power supply option for all copper clientfacing switches; single power supply acceptable. Please quote with single
110V AC power supply.
4. Software:
a. Switch clustering to support management of a group of switches as a
single entity at a common IP address with:
i. 1G/10G switch models, up to (8) switches per cluster
ii. 10/40G switch models, up to (4) switches per cluster
iii. LACP-based link-aggregation support across different physical
member switches in a single cluster
iv. Control-plane redundancy in a switch cluster
b. Ability to read and change the following individual client-facing copper
gigabit Ethernet port attributes through customer-available API
(preferred) or SNMP (acceptable):
i. Speed (10/100/1000/auto)
ii. Duplex (half/full/auto)
iii. Human-readable description (text string)
iv. VLAN assignment
v. Administrative Enable/Disable Status
Switches preferred to support:
1. L3 switching functionality using one or more of IS-IS, OSPF, OSPFv3, BGP
2. MPLS/VPLS support
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3. Metro Ethernet Foundation E-LINE, E-LAN, and E-TREE service support
4. Power redundancy available but not required in 1/10G switch models – either
second internal supply (preferred) or external backup supply shared by multiple
switches (acceptable).
5. Switch clustering support for:
a. mixed switch models in same product family
b. IPv4 and IPv6-based management IP addresses
c. Sub-second customer impact for any given customer during scheduled
software upgrades
d. Sub-second customer impact for any given customer during control-plane
failovers (other than customers impacted by chassis hardware failures that
may prompt a control-plane failover)
6. Minimal to no feature licensing required to support University network
architecture and operations
7. CLI and available API interfaces highly similar to routing equipment CLI and
API interfaces
8. Sub-second client service interruption during hardware failovers and software
upgrades on non-clustered switches
9. Hot-swappable modules (optics, interface modules, power supplies)
Representative configurations to be provided by vendor include:
Qty (1) Border Router, Minimum Requirements:
4x100G ports – pluggable optics
2x40G ports – pluggable optics
8x10G ports – pluggable optics
(2) 100GBASE-LR4 compliant optics
(2) 100GBASE-SR4 or 100GBASE-SR10 compliant optics
(1) 40GBASE-LR4 compliant optics
(1) 40GBASE-SR4 compliant optics
(8) 10GBASE-LR compliant optics
Queueing support in line-cards adequate for:
100G links to support:
Sustained 25Gbps of general IP traffic
Voice-over-IP (300 simultaneous G.711 u-law calls)
Video transmission (100 simultaneous H.264/G.711
conferencing units)
40G links to support:
Sustained 15Gbps of general IP traffic
Voice-over-IP (200 simultaneous G.711 u-law calls)
Video transmission (60 simultaneous H.264/G.711
conferencing units)
u-law
HD
u-law
HD
10G links to support:
Sustained 7Gbps of general IP traffic
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Voice-over-IP (200 simultaneous G.711 u-law calls)
Video transmission (60 simultaneous H.264/G.711
conferencing units)
u-law
HD
Qty (1) Aggregation Router, Minimum Requirements:
(2) physical chassis operating as a single router in geographically diverse locations with
estimated 2-3km of singlemode fiber between sites
4x100G ports – pluggable optics
96x10G ports – pluggable optics
48x1G ports – pluggable optics
(4) 100GBASE-LR4 compliant optics
(80) 10GBASE-LR compliant optics
(16) 10GBASE-SR compliant optics
(40) 1000BASE-LX compliant optics
(8) 1000BASE-SX compliant optics
Queueing support in line-cards adequate for:
100G links to support:
Sustained 25Gbps of general IP traffic
Voice-over-IP (300 simultaneous G.711 u-law calls)
Video transmission (100 simultaneous H.264/G.711 u-law HD
conferencing units)
10G links to support:
Sustained 6Gbps of general IP traffic
Voice-over-IP (20 simultaneous G.711 u-law calls)
Video transmission (20 simultaneous H.264/G.711
conferencing units)
u-law
HD
1G links to support:
Sustained 600mbps of general IP traffic
Voice-over-IP (5 simultaneous G.711 u-law calls)
Video transmission (5 simultaneous H.264/G.711 u-law HD conferencing
units)
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Example Layout for Multi-Chassis Aggregation Router
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Building Switching
The University’s conventional approach has been a “lead” switch (connecting to
upstream aggregation routers) via two or more Ethernet links bonded with LACP. This
lead switch then connects to two downstream switch clusters, the first servicing wireless
access points and the second servicing wired devices. Each wireless and wired switch
cluster maintains a LACP link to the lead switch with one 10G link per physical cluster
member. Architecture diagram to base quote upon is shown at bottom of this section.
Please provide line-item equipment lists supporting this architecture for the purposes of
bid evaluation, however, the University is open to future discussion of other potential
network architectures in the building network closet.
Building-level switch cluster requirements for an evaluation network closet include:
1. Lead switch cluster with:
a. (2) Switch chassis in cluster with dedicated backplane capacity minimum
of 40G between switches
b. Minimum of (4) 10G links available facing “upstream” with additional
(36) 1/10G links for wired and wireless cluster connectivity and device
connectivity
c. Minimum of (2) available 40G links from cluster for future “upstream”
connectivity, will not be used at this time.
2. Wired switch cluster with:
a. Minimum 384 10/100/1000 Ethernet copper ports
b. 802.3af and 802.3at support with minimum of 400W available PoE power
for allocation to ports on each individual switch, must be able to support
minimum of 15.5W per port on 50% of the ports on the switch.
c. Dedicated cluster backplane capacity minimum of 40G between switches
d. LAG of (1) 10G link from each wired cluster switch back to lead switch
cluster with links distributed between lead switch cluster physical
members
3. Wireless switch cluster with:
a. Minimum of 144 10/100/1000 Ethernet copper ports
b. 802.3af and 802.3at support with minimum of 400W available PoE power
for allocation to ports on each individual switch – must be able to support
15.5W per port on all ports of the switch.
c. Dedicated cluster backplane capacity minimum of 40G between switches
d. LAG of (1) 10G link from each wireless cluster switch back to lead
switch cluster with links distributed between lead switch cluster physical
members
4. Uplinks from closet to “upstream” routers with QoS capable of handling:
a. Sustained 6Gbps of general IP traffic
b. Voice-over-IP (20 simultaneous G.711 u-law calls)
c. Video transmission (20 simultaneous H.264/G.711 u-law HD
conferencing units)
5. Uplinks from each closet cluster to lead switch with QoS capable of handling:
a. Sustained 4Gbps of general IP traffic
b. Voice-over-IP (10 simultaneous G.711 u-law calls)
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c. Video transmission
conferencing units)
(10
simultaneous
H.264/G.711
u-law
HD
Example Architecture for Evaluation Network Closet
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