Network
The USCA network is comprised of more than 1800 nodes connected via a gigbit backbone and 76 Cisco switches providing 100Mb full duplex connectivity to the desktop. Internet and wide area network connectivity to Columbia and the other USC campuses is provided by a 6Mbps ATM pipe. All buildings are connected via multi-mode and single-mode fiber providing gigabit backbone connectivity. A Cisco Catalyst 6513 switch is the central core of the network providing high speed layer 3 switching and routing.
The USCA network is comprised of more than 1800 nodes connected via a gigbit backbone and 76 Cisco switches providing 100Mb full duplex connectivity to the desktop. Internet and wide area network connectivity to Columbia and the other USC campuses is provided by a 6Mbps ATM pipe. All buildings are connected via multi-mode and single-mode fiber providing gigabit backbone connectivity. A Cisco Catalyst 6513 switch is the central core of the network providing high speed layer 3 switching and routing.
Network services such as electronic mail, file sharing, printing, WWW
are provided via 16 high-end server and network storage devices. CSD
manages over 18TB of data, 6,000 user accounts and 85 network printers.
Network directory services are provided by Windows 2003 Active Directory
and electronic mail is provided by Exchange 2003. Each student, faculty
and staff member are provided with user accounts, electronic mail and
private storage on the network.
