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Secure Cabling
for Crédit Agricole
Crédit Agricole Centre-est chose an unusual solution for the
renovation of its regional headquarters. The bank refrained
from a relocation or demolition of the building and subsequent
reconstruction, and instead carried out a comprehensive
renovation of the building in Champagne-au-Mont-d’Or,
which it moved into in 1987, demonstrating its commitment
to sustainability and the preservation of architecturally
valuable buildings. Between September 2020 and June
2023, the 67,000 m 2 site was modernized in line with its
historical character.
Crédit Agricole approached R&M via INEO
RAA to set up the new local area network.
The bank wanted a high-end solution in line
with the extensive structural and technological
renovation of its headquarters. Due
to its sensitive business operations, it had
special requirements that R&M was able to
meet quickly.
A high-end solution for a permanently
smooth operation of the local area network
(LAN) was required for the technical redevelopment.
The company does not tolerate any
LAN or WLAN outages. The infrastructure
with a commercial office network and wireless
coverage was to guarantee incomparable
service.
With regard to the investment opportunities,
a cabling solution from R&M in the category
Cat. 6 A
/Class EA was chosen. A backbone
with fiber optic OS2 and OM4 cabling as
well as three distribution nodes strengthen
the infrastructure.
Options for the future
The first design study also targeted a solution
compatible with an intelligent automated
infrastructure management system (AIM). It
had to be ensured that the network would
support both current and future applications.
The cabling system from R&M offers the
advantage that an automated infrastructure
management system can be added later at
any time. Racks and patch panels are prepared
for the installation of the inteliPhy monitor
components. The AIM software inteliPhy net
can monitor the entire network.
Tried-and-tested cooperation
With this project, R&M and its French partners
once again demonstrated their smooth collaboration.
Sales partner Exertis Azenn evaluated
and delivered the network components and
pre-terminated the copper links.
R&M-certified installation partner Sterlan
and installation company INEO Rhône-Alpes
Solution for Crédit Agricole
In cooperation with its French partners,
R&M supplied the following for the new LAN
infrastructure at Crédit Agricole’s headquarters
in Lyon:
– 3,200 network connections
– 7,700 Cat. 6 A
EL modules
– 230 patch panels with 24 ports
– 140 Unirack2 inserts
– 3,500 Cat. 6 A
EL Powersafe SFTP cables
– 110 km Cat. 7 F/FTP Dca cable
– 15 km OS2 and OM4 fiber optic cable
Auvergne, a company in the Bouygues Group,
ensured perfect cabling, which fully met the
requirements of Crédit Agricole.
This collaboration underscores the importance
of data security and confidentiality in
this project. By choosing an R&M solution,
Crédit Agricole can rest assured that it has
a reliable and secure data network for its
banking operations.
www.credit-agricole.fr/
ca-centrest/particulier.html
050.7398
Dominique Barek | R&M France
dominique.barek@rdm.com
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