Transforming Facilities with Strategic HVAC Optimization and BAS Integration! Kelso Your Building’s Reliability Partner
For a large national corporation with a large number of locations and a third-party hosting location, ensuring the safest, fastest, and easiest network configuration for monitoring and operating various Building Automation Systems (BAS) and IoT systems involves a combination of modern networking technologies and best practices. Network Architecture, Centralized Management with Distributed Control, A robust core network at the third-party hosting location to manage central operations. Deploy edge devices at each location for local control and data aggregation. Use SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) to provide centralized management, policy control, and dynamic routing across all locations. SD-WAN enhances security, optimizes bandwidth, and improves connectivity. Ensure redundant internet connections at each location to avoid downtime. Failover Mechanisms: Implement failover mechanisms to switch to backup systems seamlessly during outages. VLANs and Subnets: Use VLANs and subnets to segregate BAS and IoT traffic from other corporate network traffic. Implement micro-segmentation to provide fine-grained security controls within the network. Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW): Deploy NGFWs to protect against advanced threats. Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS): Implement IDPS to monitor and prevent malicious activities. Secure Remote Access, Use VPNs for secure remote access to the BAS and IoT systems. Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA): Adopt ZTNA principles to ensure strict identity verification before granting access. Performance Optimization Traffic Prioritization: Use QoS policies to prioritize BAS and IoT traffic to ensure reliable and timely data transmission. Implement edge computing to process data locally and reduce latency. Aggregate data at the edge before sending it to the central location, reducing bandwidth usage. Ease of Management, Use a unified management platform to monitor and manage all network devices, BAS, and IoT systems from a single interface. Automate routine tasks and use orchestration tools to streamline network management. Design the network with scalability in mind to easily add new locations or devices. Integrate with cloud services for scalable data storage and processing. Recommended Technologies and Tools, Cisco Meraki for SD-WAN, security, and centralized management. Palo Alto Networks for advanced firewall and security solutions. AWS IoT or Azure IoT for cloud-based IoT management and edge computing capabilities. Dell EMC or HP Enterprise for robust server and storage solutions. Implementation Strategy, Conduct a thorough assessment of existing infrastructure and requirements. Develop a detailed network design and implementation plan. Implement a pilot at a few selected locations to test the configuration and performance. Gradually roll out the network configuration to all locations.