Today I pulled the required fiber at the mid stations to connect the new network switches installed in the vacuum racks, and connected them to the core switch.  We now have network connectivity to all of the new switches in the outbuildings, so the next step is to migrate the vacuum, FMCS and any other ancillary systems to these switches so that the old legacy switching equipment may be removed.  Besides less (aging) equipment to support, this should also reduce our power consumption a bit.