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COIT20264 - Network Design Assignment - Central Queensland University, Australia
Objectives - This assessment task relates to Unit Learning Outcomes 3 to 5 and can be undertaken in a group of up to 4 students or individually. Distance students can form groups with on-campus students as well. In this assessment task, you will complete your final network design report for the scenario given on page 3 based on the feedback you received on your Assessment Item 1 report. You are also expected to contribute to the Group Discussion Forum in Moodle by finding the answers to the recommended weekly group discussion questions.
Assessment Task - Starting from the logical network design that you completed in Assessment Item 1, you are required to undertake the physical design of the network taking into consideration the feedback that you received on your Assessment Item 1 report. You are also required to complete your final network design report.
Your report should include the following:
1. Executive Summary
2. Table of Contents
3. Project Goal
4. Project Scope
5. Business Goals and Constraints
6. Technical Goals and Tradeoffs
7. Table of User Communities, Data Stores, Network Applications and Traffic Flows
8. The explanation and justification of your logical network design
9. The logical network diagram(s) including addressing and naming
10. The list of routing and switching protocols, and security mechanisms
11. The physical network diagram
12. The table of networking & communication devices and applications required, including the cost of each of them, the IP addresses, the product numbers as well as the approximate total cost
13. The explanation and justification of the networking & communication devices and applications required (as mentioned in 12 above)
14. A test plan that can be used to test the new network
15. One detailed test script for your test plan
Note: You must follow the Harvard citation and referencing guidelines when writing your report.
Assessment Criteria - In this assessment task, you are assessed on your ability to undertake the design of a network containing logical and physical designs for the given scenario using the top-down network design methodology, and prepare a complete report of your design.
The Scenario for Network Design Assessment Tasks -
Your company in Australia specialises in designing networks for local and international clients. Your company has signed a contract to design the network for Farmers 4 Farmers (F4F), a cooperative society of farmers located in Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
F4F was established to supply fresh produce from the farmers to the clients who are retailers at a cost-effective and efficient manner. A second objective of F4F is to provide better prices for the produce to the farmers. A third objective of F4F is to provide fertilizer and other required items for the farmers.
The Brisbane office of F4F consists of the managing director, a data analyst, a logistics manager and an accountant. The data analyst will need to deal with large volumes of clients and sales data as well as product information of the farmers.
F4F has a fleet of delivery trucks that operate in various regions in QLD. Clients should be able to place their delivery orders for produce and pay using the web interface of F4F. Delivery vehicles collect the produce listed in the delivery orders from the closest farmers and deliver them to the clients. The clients can communicate with the delivery trucks and view the produce on line before giving their approval to purchase them. A software program ensures this whole process.
All servers of F4F should be located in the Brisbane office and F4F does not support a cloud-based solution. All financial transactions related to the farmers and the clients are handled by the Brisbane office. For the protection of client and business information, a highly secure network should be designed for the Brisbane office and the delivery trucks.
Using the top-down network design methodology, you are to design the network of F4F. You are allowed to make assumptions in relation to business and technical goals if they are really required for undertaking your network design. Each step of your network design should clearly explain and justify how you satisfy the business and technical goals.
Note: This scenario was created by Dr Rohan de Silva on 3rd January 2020 and no part of this scenario should be reproduced by any individual or organisation without written permission from CQUniversity, Australia.