Case Study: Leeds Beckett University achieves IPv6 readiness, streamlined IPAM and rapid BC/DR recovery with EfficientIP SOLIDserver

Responding to changing needs of students & staff now and in the future

Leeds Beckett University, with over 27,000 students and 2,800 staff across two campuses, needed to plan for IPv6 while coping with growing mobile use and more temporary visitors. Its Technology Services team needed a single, resilient IP address management (IPAM) solution that would integrate with existing ISC BIND DNS/DHCP services, streamline administration, and fit a fixed budget.

They selected EfficientIP’s SOLIDserver, which was integrated with the university’s existing services and deployed in three weeks on an open-source platform. The solution enabled departmental delegation, cut LAN configuration times from ~30–40 minutes to under five, and provided appliance-based business continuity with site failover—reducing recovery times from days or weeks to minutes—while supporting a clear migration path to IPv6.

Leeds Beckett University

Steve Whitaker

Senior Infrastructure Consultant