Defence
Housing
Australia
is
planning
to
upgrade
of
its
wide
area
network
(WAN)
using
hardware
and
software
made
by
Aruba
Networks.
In
a
tender, Defence
Housing
Australia
(DHA)
explained
that
its
current
WAN
is
nearing
end-of-life.
iTnews
has
contacted
a
spokesperson
for
the
agency
for
information
on
the
current
WAN
architecture.
The
agency
said
in
the
tender
that
it
had
assessed
the
software-defined
WAN
(SD-WAN)
market
and
settled
on
new
EdgeConnect
Enterprise
SD-WAN
hardware
and
software
from
Aruba
Networks.
“Further
to
this,
a
high-level
design
for
the
SD-WAN
refresh
has
been
completed,”
it
wrote.
Detailed
design
is
to
be
undertaken
by
the
winning
bidder.
The
tender
is
national
in
scope,
with
office
in
all
states
and
territories
except
Tasmania.
The
agency
wants
22
units
with
interfaces
at
100Mbps,
200Mbps,
500Mbps,
and
1Gbps.
Most
sites
are
dual-homed,
with
an
Internet
connection
and
a
carrier
MPLS
service,
so
they
will
be
fitted
with
two
Aruba
EC-XS
units.
Wagga
Wagga
and
Wodonga
have
only
one
connection
and
will
use
Aruba
EC-US
boxes,
and
the
head
office
network
will
have
two
gigabit
units,
the
EC-S-P.
The
tender
seeks
options
for
one
year,
three
year,
four
year,
and
five
year
licenses.
The
tender
stipulates
that
hardware
delivery
should
be
complete
by
the
end
of
April
2023,
however,
DHA
tells
tenderers
they
should
advise
it
of
any
supply
chain
issues.
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