Network Management Guide

For the assignments in this course, you will be developing a comprehensive Network Management Guide document which is the final Key Assignment deliverable.

Throughout this course, you will be working on several aspects of networking that will result in a complete Network Management Guide document for a scenario organization of your choosing. You will work extensively with the concepts of good networking practices in this project. Additional information and the deliverables for each Individual Project will be provided in the assignment description for that project.

Target Organization Selection

The first step will be to select a scenario organization as the target for your network management guide. This scenario organization will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course, and it should conform to the following guidelines:

• Nontrivial:The selected organization should be large enough to allow reasonable exercise of the networking principles in the course assignments.
• Domain Knowledge:You should be familiar enough with the organization to allow you to focus on the assignment tasks without significant time required for domain education.
• Accessibility:You should have good access to the people and other information related to the organization because this will be an important part of the process.

Select a scenario organization that fits these requirements, and submit your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within the first several days of the course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given for approval.

Assignment

For the assignments in this course, you will be developing a comprehensive Network Management Guide document. Your first task in this process will be to select an organization to use as the basis of your guide. You will also create the shell document for the final project deliverable that you will be working on during each unit. As you proceed through each project week, you will add content to each section of the final document to gradually complete the final project delivery. Appropriate research should be conducted to support your work, and assumptions may be made when necessary.

The following are the project deliverables:

Network Management Guide

• Use Word
• Title page
  • Course number and name
  • Project name
  • Your name
  • Date
• Table of Contents (TOC)
  • Use an autogenerated TOC.
  • This should be on a separate page.
  • This should be a maximum of 3 levels deep.
  • Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so that it is up-to-date before submitting your project.
• Section Headings (create each heading on a new page with "TBD" as content, except for sections listed under "New Content" below.)
  • Week 1: Identifying the Network
  • Week 2: Diagramming the Network
  • Week 3: Network Models
  • Week 4: Protocols and Agents
  • Week 5: Network Security
  • Week 5: Network Management
• New Content
  • Week 1: Identifying the Network
    • Give a brief description of the organization.
    • Include the organization's size, number of locations, and other information that is necessary to describe its networking needs as they relate to this project.
    • Material can be taken from the approved proposal submitted to your instructor.
    • Be sure that this organization is approved by the instructor.
    • Identify network servers that are used by this organization.
    • Briefly describe the roles performed by network personnel managing the target network.