CASE STUDY Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) CHALLENGE Renew entire fibre connectivity for diverse HBOS mainframe and FICON system without service interruptions to bank’s customers SOLUTION Installation of effective end-to-end structured fibre connectivity for the following equipment types, as well as provision of inter-hall patching capability: • IBM z9 Business Class x 2 (inc. ESCON & FICON Ports) • IBM z9 Enterprise Class x 4 (inc. ESCON & FICON Ports) • Sysplex Timers x 2 • Brocade 48ks x 16 • Hitachi data systems USP-V x 6 • StorageTek SL8500 x 64 drives Single Path • StorageTek SL8500 x 64 drives Multi Path • StorageTek VSM4 x 6 • DWDM • Connectivity to

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