Customer Info
Sinotrans is the largest logistic corporation in China, with 10 listed companies, 22 non-listed companies, 5 logistic centers with more than 700 branches, 2 listed companies in Hong Kong with 240 branches. DHL and UPS have joint ventures with Sinotrans in China. Sinotrans' comprehensive business ranges from railway, shipping and aviation delivery to express post and warehouse. It has its own fleet and dedicated railway lines and private harbor for transportation. Sinotrans is now amongst the top 50 companies in China in the import and export industry.

The Challenge
With the recent expansion of Sinotrans and increasing business requirements, the current network can no longer meet the new demand of growth and development. Sinotrans needs a new WAN network to cover 240 network branches all over 10 provinces in China, that include the headquarters, 10 listed companies, 22 non-listed companies, 5 logistic centers and various branches. The new network has to support various functions including finance, logistics, emails, office and VoIP services. High reliability and expansibility is required to meet the fast development of Sinotrans.

On-time data delivery, instant feedback to customers after receiving their commands must be maintained through a reliable and high-speed network. This is mandatory to give quality services to the customers in the logistics industry.

Why Huawei-3Com?
Huawei-3Com can fully satisfy the diversified requirements for the new network. Carrier-class reliability is provided for this large scale WAN network covering numerous branches in different cities, with triple-play over IP to support data, voice and video in one convergent network.

Huawei-3Com offers network devices and solutions with high performance/price ratio, fully protecting the current network investment of Sinotrans. The whole network project, extremely large in scale, is accomplished within budget.

Technology Solution
Huawei-3Com constructed a LAN for Sinotrans headquarters and WAN networks to connect its branches all over the 10 provinces. It offers multi-services to realize diversified e-business functions including finance and a variety of administration in logistics and support VoIP solutions.

The highlights on the products and solutions are as follows:
Headquarters Data Centre:
- NE40 core router to connect branches through SDH

- AR2880 as VoIP network gateway

- Core Switches: a set of S8016 and S6506R as mutual core

- Access Switches: several sets of S3050C and S2008

- Server farms: 6 sets of S6506R

- Internet outlet: 2 sets of Eudemon2000 Firewalls, 2 sets of AR2831

- One set of MA5200F as access authentication server

- Quidview Network Management System

Branches Networks:
- NE16E/08E series, AR2880 are deployed for VoIP gateway and Eudemon200 as VPN gateway.

- Other devices include AR2821, AR2811.

With carrier-class NE40, NE08E, S8016, S6506R, 99.999% high reliability is attained. MA5200/Eudemon200/Quidview Network Management System with access authentication, firewall and network management technologies, network security is guaranteed.

Network Solutions:
- Full backup for core devices and electricity supplies.

- VPN serves as backup for Internet connection.

- End-to-End QoS for high quality data, voice and video broadband applications in VPN.

- Security measures through access authentication servers guarantee the authorized users can enjoy the full network resources.

- High expansibility and seamless upgrade is built into the design of IP addresses, routing plan, NP and network security.

The Benefits
Now the network can fully satisfy the business needs of Sinotrans, and is ready to support the fast expansion of the company. The demand for carrier-class reliability, comprehensive Diffserv/QoS can fully satisfy the core network needs of WAN.

The whole company including the headquarters and over 240 branches are now enjoying efficiency in business operation, with a single network to support all e-business functions including finance and various logistics activities, the new 3-in-1 network with data, voice and video IP applications is now possible, greatly enhancing the enterprise's competitiveness.