Scenario #7 – virtual infrastructure for hotel industry

The key requirements for this scenario are as follows:

• Centralized IT infrastructure management.

• Dedicated secured Wi-Fi access for guests.

• Secured private Wi-Fi access in restaurants and bars for menu tablets only. The Wi-Fi needs to talk to the restaurant and bar servers.

• All staff must have remote desktops for day-to-day work.

• The video surveillance system should be integrated with the virtual environment.

This is a scenario for a typical hotel establishment with an in-house restaurant. This example uses a central virtualized database server to store all information. Although it is an unconventional way to connect all departments with a single database, including the surveillance system, it is possible to use an all-in-one single solution to reduce the cost and management overhead. In a typical scenario, separate software is used to handle different departments without data portability. In this example, unified management software connects...