Case Study: Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games achieves faultless high-performance guest network for 40,000+ users with Extreme Networks

Pioneering platform and rigorous planning ensure a faultless performance from the Sochi 2014 network thanks to Extreme Networks

Sochi 2014 Olympic faced a greenfield networking challenge across two clusters, a hard immovable deadline, massive BYOD demand and the need to deploy and manage the world’s largest guest network for media, athletes and officials. Extreme Networks, the Official Supplier of Network Equipment, was selected to design and deliver the infrastructure using solutions including Extreme Fabric Connect, Virtual Services Platform (VSP) 9000 switches, Identity Engines and 802.11n wireless access points.

Extreme Networks built a resilient, virtualized network — deploying four VSP 9000s to create a 54 Tb backbone, 50+ ERS 8800 edge switches, and over 2,000 802.11n APs, plus seven Layer 2/3 Virtual Service Networks and Extreme Identity Engines for granular access. The result: flawless operation with zero downtime during the Games, more than 40,000 users served, no severity 1 or 2 tickets, fast IPTV delivery across 36 channels, completed core work months early and a lasting skills legacy for local staff.

Sochi 2014 Olympic

Aleksander Vronsk

Senior Vice-President of Technology