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Assuring Railway Data Center Transformation Success With NETSCOUT
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 混合云
- 网络与连接 - 软件定义网络
适用行业
- 铁路与地铁
适用功能
- 离散制造
- 物流运输
用例
- 预测性维护
- 过程控制与优化
- 实时定位系统 (RTLS)
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
挑战
该铁路公司致力于改变其数据中心运营。这包括实施思科® 应用中心基础设施 (ACI) 软件定义网络 (SDN)、思科等价多路径路由 (ECMP)、引入 VMware ESX 虚拟服务器以及升级到 100G 网络速度的计划。除了这种转变之外，该公司的数据中心运营也在向混合数据中心环境过渡，其中包括新的共置 (Co-Lo) 设施。虽然 IT 领导层致力于实现数据中心现代化效率，但他们意识到这些新的架构边界需要额外的可视性，以便有效地监控网络和应用程序，以及进行报告和故障排除。简而言之，他们需要在当前数据中心环境中已经建立的相同的 NETSCOUT 智能可视性源和实时分析性能。
关于客户
该铁路公司的历史可追溯到 100 多年前，如今它是先进铁路技术的早期采用者，包括用于提高旅行安全性的自动轨道检查、用于智能管理复杂场站运营的“智能场站”设备，以及使卡车司机能够简化集装箱卸货和提货流程的数字应用程序。该公司的年收入接近 3000 亿美元，其数字化转型活动使其能够提高客户和员工的运营效率。作为旨在简化服务交付的早期数字化转型计划的一部分，该公司实施了积极列车控制 (PTC)、统一列车控制系统 (UTCS)、列车场站执行系统 (TYES) 解决方案，所有这些解决方案均由 nGeniusONE 服务保证解决方案保证。该公司的信息技术 (IT) 团队还使用 nGeniusONE 性能分析平台和 NETSCOUT 可视性来监控关键应用程序，例如 IBM MQ 中间件、基于 Web 的实用程序应用程序和统一通信 (UC) 解决方案。
解决方案
IT 团队正在利用 NETSCOUT 的下一代性能分析、智能可视性和高级主题专业知识来确保铁路数据中心转型的成功。借助此解决方案，IT 团队正在补充其传统的 nGeniusONE 服务保证平台，包括支持 100G 网络速度的 NETSCOUT 认证 InfiniStreamNG 软件设备，并为新部署的 Cisco SDN 架构和额外的 Co-Lo 数据中心环境提供所需的智能可视性。用于认证数据包流交换机 7120 的数据包流操作系统 (PFOS) 软件，通过监控逻辑和物理连接，支持 ACI SDN 环境中的高性能。此外，此 NETSCOUT 数据包代理解决方案通过在数据中心中平衡流量流以及动态管理大规模数据包转发来补充 Cisco spine-and-leaf 设计的可扩展性、可靠性和高性能。IT 团队还利用 NETSCOUT 的 Fabric Manager 技术在维护窗口之前预先安排数据包代理更改，而不会中断当前配置。 vSTREAM 虚拟设备，通过监控新虚拟服务器环境中的服务器到服务器流量来提供 VMware ESX 服务保证。
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