Modern Aruba campus switching in place for production and corporate connectivity
Situation
A manufacturing organization relied on aging campus switching that could no longer keep pace with plant-floor systems, corporate IT, and growing wireless demand. The existing design made segmentation difficult, limited visibility, and raised the risk of downtime during production hours — when network issues are most expensive.
IT leadership needed a partner who could design and deploy enterprise Aruba switching correctly the first time: not a generalist MSP learning the platform on the job.
Approach
VRTG engineers led an Aruba-centered campus refresh:
- 01Assessed the current wired edge, uplink design, and segmentation gaps
- 02Designed a modern Aruba switching architecture aligned to plant and corporate traffic patterns
- 03Staged and deployed enterprise Aruba switching with minimal disruption to production windows
- 04Documented the environment and handed off operational clarity to the client’s IT team
Work was performed by senior network engineers — practitioners who design and deploy Aruba environments as a core practice, not an occasional project.
Results
- Modern Aruba campus switching in place for production and corporate connectivity
- Cleaner foundation for segmentation, visibility, and future wireless / NAC work
- Reduced reliance on aging hardware that had become a single point of operational risk
- A documented design the internal team can operate and extend
Why it mattered
Manufacturing networks don’t get do-overs during a shift. The client needed CCIE-level Aruba expertise with a deployment mindset — and a partner accountable for how the pieces work together on the floor.
