In the following, I would like to brief you on the design and implementation status of computer networks in these new buildings.
The Lee Shau Kee (LSK) Campus occupies an area of about 10 hectares. It is approximately 3 times the construction floor area of the Enterprise Center.
This campus has two main buildings – the New Academic Building (NAB) and the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). The NAB has one 200-seat Lecture Theater plus 27 classrooms/laboratories. The IAS has one 200-seat Lecture Theater, one open auditorium and 4 seminar rooms.
Connecting to Academic Building
Two fiber-optic cable systems will be installed between Academic Building and the LSK Campus. They are installed via two separate paths, providing adequate bandwidth as well as path diversity between the two campuses for resiliency.
Second Data Center
A second data center will be built on the G/F of NAB. It will have UPS power supply and 24 hours air conditioning, serving as the networking center for the LSK Campus as well as potential future developments in the vicinity. This data center will also serve as the backup data center during disasters; backup servers will be relocated from Annex of the Academic Building.
Networking in the Lee Shau Kee Campus
The second data center will have two load-shared/redundant backbone switch/routers, with 10G resilient connections to each floor. Gigabit connections will be available to each wired floor outlets with Cat-6 UTP cabling. Same as in the Academic Building, wireless access will be available to most areas of the campus.
Undergraduate Hall 8 and Hall 9
With an expected occupation date of early 2013,
Hall 8 / Hall 9 is already under construction. Located next to the football pitch, the halls can host 700 students altogether.
Design of the wired and wireless network inside the halls have been finished. Part of the extra fiber-optic cable required has already been installed.
Latest generation of network equipment will be procured this summer and with installation scheduled between October to December 2012.
Cheng Yu Tung Building
The
Cheng Yu Tung Building is an extension of the Academic Building next to the Enterprise Center laboratories. With a floor space of 10,000 square meters. , there will be research laboratories, teaching and office facilities. The tentative completion date is mid-2014.
Network wiring design and wireless device placement has already been finished. Network topology design and equipment selection will start in mid-2013, according to the latest technology available at that time.
