Connected to these two cores are several edge cabinets that run the rest of the structure.Ī Vista Manager EX network management platform and the Autonomous Management Framework from Allied Telesis are run from a single pane of glass to allow centralised display of network details, status and event information, automating common tasks such as firmware updates, backups and zero-touch provisioning. The diversely routed fibres going east to west and west to east around the stadium create a 40GB ring that is completely faultless. One 20GB connection is in the main datacentre in the East Stand and one 20GB connection is in the ticket office in the West Stand. The network covers not only the club’s Elland Road Stadium in Leeds, but also its training ground 20km away in Thorp Arch, Wetherby. The LUFC network is based on two high-capacity, diversely routed fibre connections constituting the resilient network core. As a failure of the CCTV system would trigger cancellation of a match, NETprotocol installed a dedicated network layer using an Allied Telesis switch that supports power over Ethernet (PoE) to each camera around the campus, further ensuring continuous operation of the security system. With nearly 200 cameras around the stadium, the CCTV is a key part of the infrastructure, designed to protect the 40,000-plus fans and workers in the stadium on game days. Having confidence in all that makes my job so much easier.” “We have to meet so many different objectives under one roof, and we have to know that everything works just the way we need it to, without fail. “There are so many moving parts to the network in this dynamic stadium environment,” said Mark Broadley, head of IT and facilities for LUFC. From a network perspective, LUFC is challenging because it needed round-the-clock no-fail network operations for all its internal businesses within the stadium grounds, including back-office administration, call centre, hospitality and executive suites, ticketing, merchandise shop, press box, television studio and a CCTV security system that operates several hundred surveillance cameras throughout the stadium complex. The Elland Road Stadium has capacity for 38,000 seated fans and is England’s 14th largest football ground.
The high-capacity Allied Telesis network – designed, installed, maintained and supported by NETprotocol, a platinum-level Allied Telesis partner – has been in steady operation for 15 years with no downtime, says the enterprise internet-of-things (IoT) and software-defined network systems provider.
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