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CSC73002 Network Management - Southern Cross University

Assignment - Network configuration management

Task Description

Imagine that you have been employed by XYZ Corporation as a junior network administrator. As part of your duty, you are requested to configure and manage a network lab to perform tests on before they are deployed to the real network. The network lab imitates a typical enterprise network with the Headquarter and two branches connected over the Internet. The high-level logical topology of the network is given in Figure 1 and the physical layout of the offices is given in Figure 2.

To study the network before the actual deployment, you will use a network simulator to complete the following tasks:

Task 1: Network simulation. In this task, you will create the network in a simulator from its logical topology and perform all necessary configurations for the network devices to make the network operational. Verify the network connectivity.

Task 2: Configuration management. In this task, you will document the network configurations following the network configuration management practice.

Task 1: Network simulation
• Physical network topology
o Suitable hardware configuration
o Suitable link technologies
o Correct physical topology with sufficient notation
• Device configuration
o Correct IP addressing scheme.
o Correct basic administrative configuration i.e. device name, time zone, clock and device access control.
o Correct interface configuration i.e. interface IP address and status.
• Internetwork routing configuration
o Correct configuration of either static routing, RIP or OSPF.
o Evidence of the network connectivity verification
Task 2: Network configuration management
• Document network physical and logical topology with sufficient notation
• Document network inventory i.e. detailed network hardware and software
• Document current configurations of each device in the network
• Configuration change management

Attachment:- Network configuration management.rar