Russian Post will purchase almost 15 thousand more units of Russian network equipment to replace Cisco and other imports

2024: Russian Post will purchase almost 15 thousand more units of Russian network equipment to replace Cisco and other imports

In 2024-2026 Russian Post plans to purchase more than 14.7 thousand units of network equipment for import substitution on the corporate data network at communications offices. Dmitry Ilyin, Deputy General Director for IT and Development of Digital Services of Russian Post, spoke about this on May 22, 2024 at a conference in Nizhny Novgorod.

According to the plan, in 2026, over 35 thousand units of domestic equipment from the developer Eltex and other domestic manufacturers will be used on the corporate data network of Russian Post.

source = From Dmitry Ilyin's presentation

At the moment, our network at 70% is replaced in terms of the number of devices, says Dmitry Ilyin.

In total, Russian Post has 38 thousand points of presence throughout the country, its corporate data network is one of the largest in Russia. Since 2015, the company has come to the conclusion that its network needs to be completely modernized and at that time - with the participation of Russian manufacturers. Together with Eltex, in particular, Russian Post, back in 2016, began developing devices for the corporate data transmission network (KSPD).

As a result, a device was developed that combines a router with firewall function, telephony technology mechanisms, and others in one box. The price of the product at that time was not inferior to a foreign analogue from Cisco, which was present on part of the network.

source = From Dmitry Ilyin's presentation

In addition to communications offices, Russian Post also has larger facilities, such as logistics centers, large branch offices. There, the company also interacts with Eltex and uses a more powerful device.

But there are also problem areas. So, for example, while the Russian Post is not ready to seriously move towards the modernization of large routers and switches that work in data centers, and fortunately, there is some time in stock. There are still no domestic solutions for high-performance systems with increased reliability on the market, Dmitry Ilyin noted. I would like to see the so-called "helmets" for use in data centers.

Russian Post is somewhat lacking in domestic wireless solutions for corporate Wi-Fi networks, especially for large facilities. Now the organization is conducting joint activities to test the applicability of Eltex Wi-Fi solutions for building wireless local area networks on its logistics facilities. However, as noted by the deputy general director of Russian Post, there are no comprehensive wireless solutions on the market that are comparable to solutions from such world leaders as HPE, Cisco, Huawei, etc.

2022: Acquisition of 8500 Eltex routers

On February 7, 2022, Russian Post announced the acquisition of 8500 domestic Eltex routers for implementation in its branches . More than half of them are already connected in test mode, and in 2022 it is planned to purchase almost 8,000 more units.

One of the main tasks of the Mail Russia is to increase the fault tolerance and availability of its own network throughout the territory. countries Therefore, devices including a number of functions were needed: the ability to connect terminal equipment, IP-telephony availability ON for centralized monitoring and configuration management, support for dynamic routing protocols, as well as functions for monitoring the quality IP of channels (). SLA

Eltex has proposed a ESR-12V for implementation - a router with integrated telephony services. Thanks to the built-in FXS ports, it allows you to install up to three analog phones and connect them to the telecommunications network without using separate telephone gateways. In addition, the FXO port allows you to reserve a telephone connection on an analog line if there is no communication on the central exchange.

To control the routers, ECCM is used - software that allows you to track the state of network equipment in real time, display online device accidents in text and graphic forms, and also restore the network after replacing the faulty equipment.

ESR-12V is included in and unified register of Russian radio electronic products of the Ministry of Industry and Trade ECCM is included in. register of Russian software Ministry of Digital Development

Our partners from Eltex have done a great job: not only have they helped seamlessly switch to proprietary routers, but they have also trained our employees. In addition, they finalized the software during testing, filling it with new functions that we needed, - said Vadim Gavrilenkov, head of the department of IT infrastructure and technological platforms of the Russian Post.