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Assignment - Project Title - An Industry Trending ICT Complex Networking Project
In this assessment task, you are required to gather, determine and confirm client requirement and review available network technologies, devices and protocols to build a complex eWAN (Enterprise Wide Area Network) from an existing small office network by choosing appropriate Cloud Technology, hardware and software in accordance with business and technical requirements including installation plan, network design and security.
Company Profile - Nymum Tilesis a small but growing tiles manufacturing company. Currently, it has only one small office with 30 inhouse employees including CEO, Jonathon Nymum. It has been operating since 2000. Its main business is to manufacture tiles for local builders.The following departments work in the company at present.
- Bob Lawn is Sales Manager
- Coby Jaw is Administration Manager
- Decy Brown is Production Manager
- Jonathon Nymum is the CEO of the Management
Current ICT infrastructure: For your understanding, the following is the existing ICT infrastructure for the company, Nymum Tiles.
The company has spent about $45,000 in order to purchase PCs/Laptops, network hardware and software. With these hardware and software, the company is happy on internet speed and communication solution using exchange server 2016.
Part I - As we already know that the CEO of the company in Nymum Tiles is happy with their existing network performance. However, as an IT expert you are required to drag him to the emerging technologies for more productivity and security. Make a report covering the following key points-
Task-1: An overview of the existing network
a. Device names
b. Cable types Router Model
c. Switch Model
d. Interface IPs
e. Servers and services
f. Network topology
Task-2: Find some industry specific technologies and describe them with the benefits of using them
a. Some specific trending ICT cloud technologies
b. Some specific industry technologies, applications, portals
Task-3: Plan to implement industry specific technologies in the company Nymum Tiles
a. An approval of property access forms
b. Installation plan layout
Task-4: Requirements for implementing your suggested technology
a. Hardware and software requirements
b. Personnel requirements
c. Timeframe
Task-5: Describe how secure the technology you are proposing to the company
a. Firewall configuration
b. ACL/VLAN
c. Network Monitoring tools
Task-6: Describe how you are going to test your suggested technology in Nymum Tiles
a. Packet tracer stimulation
b. VMware Work environment
Task-7: Describe the plan to train up users in Nymum Tiles
a. Managers
b. Staffs
Task-8: Determine environmental considerations involved with using your suggested technology
a. Environment and technology
b. Nymum Tiles adaptation
Task-9: Name the suggested applications, costs and requirements
a. Not technical
b. Compare if you have alternatives
Task-10: Feedbacks collection
a. Ways of collecting feedbacks from users after network installation
b. Sample feedback form
Do not forget to cover the following access:
- Each staff member will have complete desktop, access to printer, WiFi Network
- Staff should be able to use the network securely.
- Network Drives for respective Department will be accessible to all Domain users
- CEO has to access all Drives
- Hardware and software should be of industry standards.
- AD and DC will be backed up.
Part II - Changed Scenario of the Company:
Nymum Tiles has now become a very popular brand in the field of tiles manufacturing across Australia and some overseas companies are asking to open the branches in at least five countries. Jonathan, the CEO of the company has decided to open the more four branches across Australia in the following states.
Adelaide (Existing Head Quarter)
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
First phase of the expansion of the network will be finishing at the end of this year. The CEO of the company Nymum Tiles wants to celebrate national business day for the company on the Christmas Party with the presence of all branch managers in Adelaide CBD head quarter.
Proposed National Network: From the following diagram, you will have a clear idea about the expansion of the business of Nymum Tiles.
Second phase of the expansion of Nymum Tiles will be held from the beginning of March next year. In accordance with the request from the big giants in four countries, Mr. Jonathon, the CEO of Nymum Tiles, has decide to extend his business in the following four countries.
India
Dubai
Washington
Kuala Lumpur
To complete this project, you have to cover both national and international phases of Nymum Tiles Business expansion. Apart from this, you have to migrate the existing on-premise network to cloud technology. Therefore, this network is a huge complex network. To be successful in this project, you have to cover the following key points.
Task-1: An overview of extended business of Nymum Tiles
a. Phase 1 and Phase 2 need to cover
b. Network diagram
Task-2: List down the possible requirements for WAN network
a. Hardware and software requirements
b. Engineer/technician requirements
c. IP subnetting requirements
Task-3: List down the possible requirements for eWAN network
a. Hardware and software requirements
b. Engineer/technician requirements
c. IP subnetting requirements
Task-4: Plan and design a complex network to meet business requirements
a. Identify how it is a complex network
b. Design and plan to implement it as a complex network
Task-4: Design and implement a security strategy
a. NACL configuration
b. Availability Zone configuration
c. NAT for inbound and outbound traffic
Task-5: Install and configure a complex network to meet business requirements
a. Physical diagram
b. Logical diagram
c. List down the business requirements
Task-6: Install and configure servers, routers, switches or other devices to provide name resolution
a. Write the steps to be configured
b. Do not forget to mention the models and capacity of the devices
Task-7: Install and configure servers, routers, switches or other devices to provide internet protocol (IP) addressing and routing
a. IP addressing
b. Mention from interfaces
c. Show in diagram
Task-8: Provide integrated network services across a complex network
a. How to connect all your sites with head office
b. How to use SSH services
Task-9: Plan, design and implement voice and video business communications system
a. Configure skype for business in your server to be used in client side or
b. Other communication solutions for Nymum Tiles
Task-10: Manage and support a complex network
a. List down the possible problems in complex cloud network
b. List the solutions for the possible network problems
Task-11: Set and monitor alerts and logs to capture and analyse network performance data
a. Use AWS monitoring tools
b. Use any other third-party tools to monitor the network
c. Show the snapshot of monitoring data logs
Task-12: Test network functionality and record results
a. Show how your network is working
b. Take snapshot from your working network
Task-13: Complete network documentation according to organisational standards
a. Create user manual for general staffs (just format)
b. Documentation of entire network