CSE5NEFAssignment,Semester2,2013

Due:10AMFriday25thOctober2013 Weighting:10%ofsubjectmarks
Description: Networks are fundamental to every aspect of our society. Designing a network that is both adequate to current and future needs is important. In this assignment, you are askedtodesignanetworkaccordingtoabusinessspecification. BusinessStructure:
Thebusinessinthisscenarioisconcernedwithonlineretailing.Itiscomposedofthefollowingdivisions. a) b) c) d) e) f) Onlinecontentdevelopers MarketingDepartment TransportandDistributionDepartment Management ITstaff Admin (25staff) (10staff) (50staff) (15staff) (10staff) (5staff)

The premises are located in the CBD across three floors of a rented office tower. The IT staff and online content developers are located in adjacent offices on the top floor. Management and Marketing are on the second floor, whilst Transport and Distribution are located on the ground floor, along with the admin staff. Separately, the warehouse for the business contains 30 of the 50 Transport and Distribution staff and is locatedintheoutersuburbs. Therequirementistobuildanefficientnetworktomeettheneedsofthebusinessandforitsfuturegrowth.

TheITspecificationsforeachdepartmentarethese:
15workstations+accesstocompany productdatabases b) MarketingDepartment 8workstations+accesstocompany marketingdatabases c) TransportandDistributionDepartment 30workstations(10inCBD&20inwarehouse)+access tocompanywarehousedatabases+10wirelessunits 10workstations+accesstocompany d) Management businessintelligencedatabases e) ITstaff 8workstations+accesstoallcompany ITassetsincludingwebservers f) Admin 4workstations+accesstoallcompany databasesviasoftwaretogeneratereports a) Onlinecontentdevelopers

As each department has fewer office workstations compared with staff, a requirement for offsite access is mandatory. For the warehouse, wireless network connectivity for mobile trackingisrequired. Your task: Using the information provided about the business, design a network layout to maximiseefficiencyandtoallowbothoffsiteaccesstothebusinessresourcesbyemployees andthegeneralpublicforecommerce.Youwillgenerateanetworklayoutusingatoolsuch as Packet Tracer. It is important to give labels to your interfaces, both name and IP, one suchexampleoflabellingisdisplayedinthefollowingdiagram.

 GradingCriteria: Toachievehighlyinthisassignmentyouwillneedtoincorporatethefollowingaspectsin yoursolution. a) Aneffectiveuseofaddressingthatissuitabletothesizeandorganisationofthe business (30%) b) Correctchoiceofequipmentanddesignprinciplesforthenetworklayout (50%) c) Planningdocumentationandjustificationreport (20%) SubmissionRequirement: The assignment is submitted in the form of a design report (printed document). This will have network design diagrams, implementation tables and a justification for the decisions you made during the analysis. It is expected this report will be a 2000 word equivalent assignment. In addition, you are strongly advised to submit electronic source files of your networkdesign,i.e.PacketTracerfiles.Thisisanindividualassignment.
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