Campus Network - Chain User Solution

Demand background

1. Network architecture

Wired and wireless access: The network offered by the office premises not only provides employees with network access but also provides visitors with wireless network access. The office network and visitor networks are logically separated (physically isolated). In addition to PCs, the wired terminals include printers, IP phones, and other dumb terminals, which require PoE. Wireless access mainly involves portable computers, PADs, and smartphones.

VPN interconnection among branches: Branch sites must be able to communicate with the enterprise headquarters, mainly to access enterprise resources, OA systems, and some key data. The access channel must be encrypted, and the branches interconnect with the headquarters via IPSec VPN.

Traffic control: To guarantee good network experience, different traffic control policies can be applied for different applications for enterprise office business and visitor network access.

2. Terminal access

The access terminals of enterprise branches are divided into several categories, such as enterprise employees, visitors, office terminals, and monitoring terminals.

Enterprise employees: Through both wired and wireless access, employees can access the network resources of the headquarters, the internal network resources of the enterprise, and the Internet. When accessing internal resources, portal authentication is supported.

Visitors: Visitors generally use wireless access terminals to access the Internet. As a best practice, use an SMS or WeChat official account for authentication.

Office terminals: Office terminals mainly include printers, POS machines, and IP phones with wired access as the main access method. As a best practice, use MAC authentication.

Monitoring terminals: Monitoring terminals mainly include monitoring cameras and PoE power supplies. As a best practice, use MAC authentication.

3. O&M management

Easy-to-use cloud management network system: The system can be used after users create an account without installing a professional network management system, which saves time and cost.

Instantly available network system: With the cloud management system, the network on the user side achieves plug-and-play, which significantly saves the labor costs for users.

Channel providers and integrators can provide convenient network O&M services for users based on the cloud management network system, saving labor input for users and maintaining continuous O&M incomes for channel providers and integrators. Compared with traditional O&M methods, the cloud management network solution significantly cuts the labor costs of O&M for channel providers and integrators.

Solution

H3C Oasis platform is a free cloud network platform provided by H3C for small- and medium-sized enterprises. It eliminates the need for a dedicated network management system which is costly and heavy. You can log in and use the platform without installation. The Cloudnet platform has managed hundreds of thousands of network devices so far.

Oasis Cloudnet is an H3C enterprise cloud network management solution based on the Oasis platform. It is designed to centrally manage wireless and wired network devices of small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Benefits of Cloudnet for small- and medium-sized enterprises:

The Cloudnet solution is instantly available without requiring investment.

The Cloudnet solution realizes network plug-and-play, simplifying users' network configuration and completing it at a minute level.

The service configuration of the Cloudnet solution is not the traditional configuration based on device features (such as VLAN), but a de-specialized configuration based on users’ intents. It also eliminates professional concepts such as VLAN for O&M personnel to achieve an easy-to-use service configuration.

The Cloudnet solution supports users of multi branches or chains to quickly build an enterprise VPN and connect the networks of enterprise branches or stores to the headquarters'.

The Cloudnet solution only collects information of users' network devices for configuration and O&M, and does not collect any service data of users.

Common networking models and site scale definitions are as follows:

The scenario-based networking model of H3C Oasis Cloudnet solution consists of gateway + switch + AP + AC on demand. The star-shaped networking is formed, and device models with different specifications are selected according to different scales.

A micro-site is defined as a site where the scale of Internet access is less than 30 terminals and the number of APs of terminals is less than 3.

A small site is defined as a site where the scale of Internet access is less than 100 terminals and the number of APs of terminals is less than 10.

A medium-small site is defined as a site where the scale of Internet access is less than 200 terminals and the number of APs of terminals is less than 20.

A medium site is defined as a site where the scale of Internet access is less than 300 terminals and the number of APs of terminals is less than 40.

A medium-large site is defined as a site where the scale of Internet access is less than 500 terminals and the number of APs of terminals is less than 80.

Solution highlights

Cloudnet is a cloud management network solution oriented to business chains, multi-branch enterprises, and small- and medium-sized enterprises based on the Oasis Cloud platform. The solution is a new management and O&M model for customers and enterprises, with the following highlights:

Plug and play for all devices across the entire network with zero O&M on site: The devices are automatically deployed and achieve plug and play without scanning the code of branch site networks. The network is deployed with one click.

Plug and play for heterogeneous equipment failure with fast service recovery: When a branch site device is failed, a similar device can be used with the support of different models, achieving rapid service recovery.

Intent-based network configuration with de-specialized management: With the unified web configuration platform, non-professionals can complete the upgrade and configuration of devices, as well as the network monitoring and management based on a graphical operation guide.

Cloud-based management and centralized monitoring to significantly reduce enterprise OPEX: All operations can be performed remotely for scenarios of multi-branch and a large number of stores, and technical personnel do not need to take business trips, thus cutting O&M costs.

Master the network status anytime and anywhere with the Cloudnet app: Cloudnet app enables users to monitor network status and optimize network parameters anytime on a smartphone. The lightweight management model delivers better user experience.

AI-based intelligent analysis with network fault prediction and accurate positioning: The Cloudnet platform incorporates big data analysis and AI capabilities to timely and accurately locate the causes of network failure and poor terminal experience.

Diverse authentication capabilities: Multiple methods of authentication are supported, including SMS, WeChat, and QR code, to meet the needs of different users and endpoints to access the network.

Open API and value-added applications: The Cloud-Net platform provides standard open Restful API interfaces. Based on the data operation, it achieves tailor-made development. It can be combined with customer industries to provide user portraits, customer traffic analysis, precision marketing, and other value-added applications to accelerate business operations.