The administration and business operation in the mall requires ten types of IT equipments.

• Fixed network, wireless network, fixed phone, network security;
• Video surveillance system, monitor center;
• Server and storage for application like CRM, ERP

In addition, the environment issues including waterproof, dustproof, lightning protection, heat dissipation also require big attention. The tradition way of building a separate datacenter normally takes several months with huge investments in equipments and the human workforce. The cost of maintenance afterwards is also a big burden.

To simplifies the work of building a traditional datacenter in a shopping mall, Huawei Retail All-in-one Cabinet solution integrates almost all equipments required in a tradition data center — router, security gateway, switch, video surveillance, IPPBX, server, storage, power supply, environment monitor — into one to three cabinets. All information source end-devices, including IP-phone, POS, PC, IP camera, wireless Access Point (AP), digit signage, are ultimately connected to the core switches installed in the All-in-one Cabinet via access switches deployed in each floor of the shopping mall. By this way, all data generated from these end-devices are forwarded to the All-in-one Cabinet for processing.

With Huawei Retail All-in-one Cabinet Solution, retailers needn’t worry about vendor selection or equipments delivery time. With one stop delivery, all the equipments can arrive on site at the same time. With pre-integrated equipments in cabinet, pre-installed and pre-tuned base software platform on boards, and easy-to-use configuration tools, the whole deployment cycle can be shorten to less than 1 week from several months of a traditional datacenter.

In addition, with local management suit, the All-in-one Cabinet can collect all the key environment information data, including electricity voltage, humidity, smoke, temperature, water, and magnet, trigger an alarm if needed and apply an automatic power shutdown in case of emergency, realizing unattended operation. The central management suit – ManageOne – installed in group or regional headquarter can realize remote management and maintenance, including applying the same security policy.

Retail all-in-one cabinet solution

The all-in-one cabinet can be divided into 4 layers:

• Central room infrastructure layer: mainly includes cabinet, power supply and distribution system, dynamic environment monitor system.
• ICT infrastructure layer: mainly includes server, storage, network equipment, security, IPPBX.
• Application layer: mainly includes file sharing, unified communication, virtualization, video surveillance, etc.
• Management layer: mainly includes the standardization of branches, quick deployment, remote O&M, security and data protection.

With Huawei All-in-one Cabinet solution, retailers can significantly simplify their work of building a mall datacenter, saving a large percentage of investments in both IT equipments and labor forces, realizing attended operation and remote management.

Simple planning

Due to fixed business model of shopping malls, we can infer requirements of computing, storage, network, security, power supply and equipment room according to a mall’s business scale. In addition, with long years of experience in ICT standardization and construction, Huawei integrates all the equipments into this all-in-one cabinet with a set of predefined rules. The standard design of this solution can significantly simplify the selection of vendor and model, and shorten plan and design time required in a mall data center.

Rapid deployment

Hardware and software are pre-integrated to speed the deployment process.

Easy movement and expansion

Pre-installed cables and reserved spaces in each cabinet enables it for quick expansion.

The omni-directional wheels on the bottom of a cabinet make it easy to move.

Unified management

Provides unified management of L1 and L2 systems, including IT equipment, communication infrastructure, the central room’s dynamic environment, and video surveillance.

For sales related information, please contact Mr. Jessen Li by email Jessen.li@huawei.com

For partner related issue, please contact Mr. Mountain Wang by email mountain.wang@huawei.com