Due to the age of the existing equipment, four new Cisco Catalyst 3560 V2 24 port switches will be use and configure for network redundancy by connecting each switch in a multiple links, single IP address with routing protocol Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). This multi-homing will detect when one of the links fail and not send traffic over that link anymore until the issue is resolved. This redundancy configuration will meet Western County Bank management requirement reducing unplanned outages and regular maintenance performed on the network equipment supporting 10 GB links as well as static or LACP-based (link aggregation control protocol) network interface controller (NIC) teaming. The Time Warner Cable, Business, Dedicated Internet Access, and AT&T Uverse Business Internet service will provide redundancy to the Internet
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TWC will provide primary service and AT&T will provide backup service if TWC service is down, the routers are configured to automatically switch between the connections when down, to reduce the amount of time the IT staff must deal with this. TWC will connect to Cisco switch #3 in the network drawing and AT&T will connect to Cisco switch # 1. The internet modems will have a connection point to both Cisco switches in the network. At the West and East branch, a new network fiber Internet VPN link will give access to the main branch office as the backup connection in case of unplanned outages or regular maintenance performed on network equipment, to ensure the network is always up as the bank management requires. It will only be active if the main WAN connection goes offline or experience connectivity issues to reduce the financial cost of adding the network link to the branch offices. In order to provide reliability and quality of service (QoS) rules or policies that prioritize packets for outbound port queue will be in implement to meet the bank management requirement. The Internet and WAN connection will use multi-protocol label
TWC will provide primary service and AT&T will provide backup service if TWC service is down, the routers are configured to automatically switch between the connections when down, to reduce the amount of time the IT staff must deal with this. TWC will connect to Cisco switch #3 in the network drawing and AT&T will connect to Cisco switch # 1. The internet modems will have a connection point to both Cisco switches in the network. At the West and East branch, a new network fiber Internet VPN link will give access to the main branch office as the backup connection in case of unplanned outages or regular maintenance performed on network equipment, to ensure the network is always up as the bank management requires. It will only be active if the main WAN connection goes offline or experience connectivity issues to reduce the financial cost of adding the network link to the branch offices. In order to provide reliability and quality of service (QoS) rules or policies that prioritize packets for outbound port queue will be in implement to meet the bank management requirement. The Internet and WAN connection will use multi-protocol label