Network requirement analysis and plan

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)

Main objectives of this assignment is to enable student to analyse a business case study, develop requirements, select networking devices for the given business case and plan a network design. After successful completion of this assignment, students should be able to:

a. Analyse and discuss the significance of internetworking for contemporary organisations.

b. Explain the role of internetworking to support business and technical goals through planning and design.

c. Develop architectural internetworking design for the business, information, technology, and application domains.

Assignment 1 Specification

Business case study: Choose one of the four business case studies provided in the appendix at page 5. You have to inform your instructor on the choice before start working on the assignment.

Description

For a chosen business case, write a report on the following points:

a. Analyse and discuss the significance of internetworking for the chosen business case.

b. Develop hardware requirements for a network with device specifications including series, model and features.

c. Draw architectural internetworking design for the business in Netsim.

Write a report with the following contents

 Project Scope
 Challenges
 Project hardware requirements
- Name of the network device with manufacturer's name, series, model, features and ports
- Type of the cables
- Name of the server, PC with specification such as operating system, RAM, hard disk etc.
 Network Design in Netsim (You should not use packet tracer)
 Outcomes / benefits of the proposed design
 Limitations and conclusions.

Project scope - Outline of the report ( in 3-4 sentences)

Challenges - Write at least 3 appropriate challenges you might face during network setup.

Project hardware requirements

- Name of the network device with manufacturer's name, series, model, features and ports

- Type of the cables

- Name of the server, PC with specification such as operating system, RAM, hard disk etc.

Network Design in Netsim

You should not use packet tracer

Write justification for the selected network design

Outcomes Write at least 2 outcomes of the network.

Limitations Write limitations of the hardware devices used in your design.

Conclusions Write clear conclusion of the case study.

Demonstration Demonstrate detailed network design on Netsim.

Reference style Follow IEEE reference style