Fortinet Client VPN Project for UCS

The Challenge

University of Southern California (USC) needed assistance with installing and configuring the Fortinet Client VPN and a Site-to-Site VPN connectivity from the Clemson location to the main campus.

Our Solution

Accend provided a Senior Network Security Engineer (CCIE level) for one week to assist them with installing the Fortinet client on Windows and MAC devices, and troubleshoot a VPN connectivity issue from the Clemson location to the main campus.

The Results

Accend provided installation, configuration, and testing for the USC Digital Repository department for the FortiClient 5.2.0 for Windows and MAC users. Accend also post installation assistance and helped with troubleshooting a VPN connectivity issue from the Clemson location to the main campus.

USC was able to have a remote access VPN solution for end-users. A How-To VPN Client installation guide was also provided for the users at USC.

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Network Wiring and Servers Installation including Rack and Stack at Keiser Lab @UCSF

The Challenge

Keiser Lab @UCSF needed a service provider to assist them with running fiber cross-connect for their network extension, installing/reinstalling 14 GPU cards in 7 custom built Colfax 2U Rackmount servers, installed Centos Stream, configured basic network connectivity, configured their open source switches (Mellanox) for Layer 2 VLAN and Layer 3 basic routing for just outbound internet, and installed a FreeNAS on one newly built Centos server.

Keiser Lab @UCSF had purchased the equipment for eight months prior and couldn’t find a reliable IT provider who could assist on a project based consulting without a Managed Services agreement.

Our Solution

Accend’s team was able to provide Keiser Lab with a quick turnaround time, and completed the project in a two to three weeks time period, from initial scoping meeting to actual installation and documentation.

Accend provided a CCIE level Senior Network Architect/Engineer, a Red Hat Certified engineer, and a junior network engineer to assist them with the entire project.

The Results

Keiser Lab was able to have 7 Centos servers configured with basic network connectivity with SSH enabled for remote access, a FreeNAS share drive mounted, and an underlying network for their new servers. The Mellanox switches were configured with 10G fiber uplink to UCSF’s main campus just for outbound internet connectivity, a 10G fiber downlink to the new network server rack, and a 25G fiber link for each of servers (7 Centos server and 1 FreeNAS server).

Keiser Lab was pleased with the result and even provided Accend with additional work out of the original Statement of Work.