Huawei-3Com recently announced the construction of a network for the Laigang Group, the eighth largest steel manufacturer in China. The project covers all the networking endpoints of the entire Laigang Group and involved the building of a highly reliable and easy-to-manage network with data/voice/video convergence capabilities along with the guarantee of high bandwidth availability.

Founded in 1970, the Laigang Group is a producer of steel based in Laiwu, Shandong with a annual capacity of 10 million tonnes. Built to high standards, Huawei-3Com has installed a multi-functional and customized network for the Laigang Group to satisfy current and future business requirements.

Huawei-3Com was involved in all aspects of the network design, topology, equipment provision, rigorous testing, installation and customized system management. Stringent tests by Huawei-3Com engineers ensured high reliability for round-the-clock operations.

The total solution included a star-shaped topology for the core, converged and access layers, with 10 Gigabit Ethernet S8508 routing switches, 1GE modular routing switches, S5516 for the converged network, and 1GE S3026C intelligent switches for the access network. All devices come with advanced security measures to support a comprehensive security management system.

This solution generates excess bandwidth resulting in an adaptive network allowing for future expansion and rapid scalability. Laigang now has a flexible, secure and high performance network that easily satisfies the user demand today giving a superior return on investment and protecting investments tomorrow.

Huawei-3Com has achieved considerable success in the deployment of networking projects with Laigang and other leading producers in the steel industry.