Extreme Networks has announced that the Austrian Ministry of the Interior (BM.I) has selected its high performance data center, edge and aggregation network solutions to migrate the local networks and data centers of the security administration department for eight federal states and for the capital, Vienna.

BM.I chose Extreme Networks solutions due to reliability, performance, energy efficiency and ease-of-management. The network design plan consists of building a reliable and high performance network for the aggregation of servers, support of iSCSI-based converged storage applications and to provide reliable edge connectivity for 31,000 users. The new IT landscape for BM.I, supporting the Austrian Police, among other agencies, that will gradually be put into operation throughout this year.

"As we are responsible for national security in Austria, we require that our IT infrastructure and data centers meet the highest requirements addressing reliability, high availability and performance," said Reinhard Schwab, Head of Network Operations at BM.I. "The impressive network solutions from Extreme Networks were chosen due to consistent software operating system, ExtremeXOS(R), its high availability features and a long product life cycle."

For the implementation of the new networks and data centers, Extreme Networks has delivered its BlackDiamond(R) 8810 modular switches for the core and its Summit(R) X450a and Summit X480 fixed Gigabit Ethernet switches and Summit X650 10 Gigabit fixed switches at the edge and aggregation. BlackDiamond 8810 switches provide 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone connectivity for data centers while Summit switches deliver high performance aggregation of servers, reliable connectivity for iSCSI Network-Attached Storage (NAS) systems and edge connectivity for users.

"Building a large scale infrastructure for a federal government network of 31,000 employees means ensuring performance and reliability," said Paul Hooper, chief marketing officer for Extreme Networks. "BM.I, with the assistance of local partner NextiraOne, has designed and implemented a top notch IT infrastructure featuring ten datacenters across the country supporting mission-critical servers and converged storage systems. Extreme Networks is proud to assist BM.I in providing mission-critical networks for the national security of Austria."

Extreme Networks ExtremeXOS(R) network operating system is consistent on core and edge switches, simplifying the operation of the network tools that address the automation, configuration and deployment of network policy.