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The need
Each store had been cabled by whichever contractor was cheapest that year, so the chain held six different switch models with no remote visibility. Support could not tell whether a till outage was the POS terminal, the switch or the broadband line. Stores with a stockroom more than 100 m from the front counter had an extra unmanaged switch under a desk.
What was specified
| Model | Qty | Role in the project |
|---|---|---|
| RS1008K-8L-10S-M | 34 | One managed L2 switch per store, VLANs for POS, back office and CCTV |
| RS1024K-24L-2S | 2 | Head-office aggregation for the flagship stores and reporting server |
| RS1001G-1S | 9 | Fibre pair for stores with stockroom runs beyond copper distance |
Why that split
One store model means one firmware image, one spare on the van and one set of VLAN rules to audit. The 8-port managed model fits a counter cabinet and still leaves room for a back-office PC and a camera. Fibre converters went only to the nine stores that physically needed them, which keeps the standard build cheap for the other twenty-five.
Result
- Remote visibility per store, so a till outage can be attributed to switch, terminal or line before anyone drives out.
- Nine long-run stores stopped using desk switches, removing an unmanaged hop from the POS path.
- New openings copy one build sheet instead of a contractor's ad-hoc layout.
Client and locations are anonymised. The configuration is a reference design, not a quotation; store counts and uplink media are confirmed per rollout.
