2026 - 2027 ACCESS LAYER SWITCH REPLACEMENT

2026-11-03

The District ’ s current PWAN is a “ hub - and - spoke ” ( or star topology ) network with the current network provider , District owned and operated equipment , being at the hub , and each of the District ’ s twelve ( 12 ) buildings being the spokes . Each District building is connected back to the District “ head - end ” via a two redundant single fiber - optic pairs providing 2 x 10Gbps of connectivity from the “ head - end ” to the building LAN , except for the High School and elementary which have 2 x 40Gpbs . District Area Network Services From each head end router multiple Layer 2 Access level switches are connected with 10Gbps uplinks , usually multiple for redundancy . Current configurations require stackable switches to easy configurations , and management of IDFs . 3 . 2 Installation The district is only seeking the purchase of switches , The District IT department with handle installation and configuration of switches . 3 . 3 Project Goals and Objectives The District ’ s Goals and Objectives are to begin the replacement of current Cisco 2960X and 2960S access layer switches that are coming to EOL ( End of Life ) from the manufacturer .

Montana

2026-04-29