Prepared by: A/Prof Savitri Bevinakoppa Moderated by: Dr Khandakar Ahmed Nov, 2016 Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Unit Code MN621 Unit Title Advanced Network Design Assessment Type Individual written report and group demonstration – T3 2016 Assessment Title Local Area Network Design and Setup Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) Main objectives of this assignment is to enable student to understand networking devices, gather requirements for a given business case study, plan a network design and setup LAN appropriately using physical networking devices. After successful completion of this assignment, students should be able to: a. Analyse the need for advanced networks, standards and network solutions b. Investigate suitable network designs to match requirements. c. Create appropriate frameworks and standards for network implementation d. Produce detailed business reports for planning, designing, implementing and comparing networks appropriate to business requirements. Weight 15% of the total assessments Total Marks 50 Word limit 500 Due Date Week 8, demonstrate during laboratory class and submit report on Moodle Submission Guidelines  All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.  The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.  Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style. Extension  If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly to the School's Administration Officer, on academic reception level. You must submit this application within three working days of the assessment due date. Further information is available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-proceduresand-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment Academic Misconduct  Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/aboutmit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/PlagiarismAcademic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.MN621 Advanced Network Design Page 2 of 4 Prepared by: A/Prof Savitri Bevinakoppa Moderated by: Dr Khandakar Ahmed Nov, 2016 Assignment 1 Specification Business case study: Local Area Network design and configuration See pages 5 and 6 for case studies details Description Choose one of the case studies provided in this file. Design a local area network for the given case study. Write a report on a network plan and configurations. 1. Draw a complete network design for a chosen case study. 2. Detailed setup of network devices only for a LAN. 3. Write configurations of each networking device which are included in the whole network. 4. Configure two switches and two PCs on physical networking devices and demonstrate the working model. Demonstration: Students can demonstrate in a group of 2. Students should be ready with all setup and configurations before start of the laboratory class. Tutor will ask 2-3 questions to each student to demonstrate any configuration of the setup. Demonstration from each student should not be more than 3 minutes. Students should give their group members to tutor in week 7 during lab class. Students will get demonstration timetable before start of the week 8 lab class. In your report include the following contents  Project Scope  Network diagrams (whole network, detailed LAN network design)  Project hardware requirements - Name of the network device with manufacturer's name, series, model and ports - Type of the cables - Name of the server, PC with specification such as operating system, RAM, hard disk etc.  Network device configurations - Include most of the suitable feature which you have studies from laboratories 1 to 6.MN621 Advanced Network Design Page 3 of 4 Prepared by: A/Prof Savitri Bevinakoppa Moderated by: Dr Khandakar Ahmed Nov, 2016 Marking criteria: Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Project scope Outline of the report ( in 3-4 sentences) 2 Project hardware requirements - Name of the network device with manufacturer's name, series, model and ports - Type of the cables - Name of the server, PC with specification such as operating system, RAM, hard disk etc. 7 Network Design Write justification of the network design 8 Network device configurations commands Configuration commands to configure network 10 Network device configurations – Demonstration on physical device Demonstration of various features 20 Reference style Follow IEEE reference style 3 Total 50MN621 Advanced Network Design Page 4 of 4 Prepared by: A/Prof Savitri Bevinakoppa Moderated by: Dr Khandakar Ahmed Nov, 2016 Marking Rubrics Grades Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Project scope Concise and specific to the project Topics are relevant and soundly analysed. Generally relevant and analysed. Some relevance and briefly presented. This is not relevant to the assignment topic. Project hardware requirements Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriately Demonstrate d ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Network Design Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriately Demonstrate d ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Network device configurations - Switch configuration All elements are present and very well integrated. Components present with good cohesive Components present and mostly well integrated Most components present Proposal lacks structure. Demonstratio n Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed IEEE Reference style Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing style Generally good referencing style Sometimes clear referencing style Lacks consistency with many errorsRegistered FPAL Provista IP Communications 0845 642 4 642 www.provista-uk.com Copyright © Provista UK Ltd case study Background Dana Petroleum, a $3 Billion organisaton with over 19 years' experience in the oil and gas sector, have exploraton and producton operatons in the UK, Egypt, Norway and Africa. In Aberdeen, growth is now exceeding space and to accommodate this, Dana required help to develop network infrastructure within additonal real-estate. Having previously worked with Provista via the FPAL community Dana chose, once again, to call upon their expertse. Challenge The building that Dana Petroleum chose to expand in to required a completely new local area network infrastructure and wireless access equipment that would be able to interface with their existng data centre core network whilst providing network access for the staff located within. The network would need to be able to support current business technologies and applicatons in use at other corporate sites and support existng wireless network infrastructure. Solution Selected to deliver the new LAN infrastructure and wireless LAN equipment in Grampian House, Aberdeen, Provista deployed a fullyfeatured, high performance Cisco network with 10Gigabit per second links between switches and 1Gbps access to devices. This network was designed to integrate fully with Dana's existng core, including IP addressing, allowing seamless connectvity to other corporate sites. Provista's network was designed to be fully resilient – eliminatng single points of failure in key areas, where possible. The design coupled together Dana's existng Nexus deployment with their new distributon switches in Grampian House, allowing for seamless connectvity between sites in the event of a core network device failure. The LAN was required to be highly available, extremely reliable and able to support the performance needs and features for next generation applications. By separatng voice, data and wireless trafc logically on the network, Provista were able to implement two things: new LAN switches that were capable of quality of service (QoS) – which prioritses voice trafc for clarity and performance purposes – and scalability, for future ease of network expansion. Also Included in the design was power over Ethernet capability – meaning a single wired connecton for powering and providing data to equipment like IP telephony handsets. Business Benefts » Staff have easy applicaton access and use due to network connectvity speed and industry leading speed (80Gbps) between sites. » The network includes seamless failover between sites should there be a single link or device outage and has a simplifed design for ease of operaton and integraton. » Network design is future proof and is designed to minimise capital expenditure and maintain low spending on operatonal expenditure. About Provista Based near Glasgow with a presence in North-East Scotland and Midlands England, Provista provide expert consultancy across a range of technologies and manufacturers including Cisco, Avaya, Meraki, Huawei, and other leading vendors. Their highly accredited team are specialists in unifed communicatons, data centre networks, secure public and guest wireless, IP security and IP LAN and WAN networks.Argyll Community Housing Associaton (ACHA) is a Registered Social Landlord providing over 5000 affordable homes for rent. ACHA was formed to take forward the transfer local authority houses from Argyll & Bute Council to a not-for-proft housing associaton. The Associaton is now responsible for the letng and maintenance of these propertes, along with a programme of new builds across approximately 7000 square kilometres of urban, rural and island communites. ACHA faced the challenge of becoming independent from the Council which included the migraton of their current IT infrastructure into a new system. That`s where Provista got involved to design and install the right soluton for the organisaton. When designing a soluton housing associaton's locaton - West Coast of Scotland had to be taken into account as it can be difcult to access. Another important factor was that ACHA has a small IT team and does not have an in house "Network Specialists" therefore soluton had be easy to manage and support without sacrifcing the variety of features. Length of deployment was also an important factor as the associaton could not progress as an independent entty from the Council untl the LAN and WLAN infrastructure was in place. The soluton designed by Provista is based on Cisco Meraki LAN & WLAN technologies and provides "Cloud Networking" where both the LAN & WLAN can be managed from a single feature rich dashboard accessible from any computer using a standard web browser. Soluton is also futureproof as all updates and new features will be deployed automatcally via the Cisco Meraki portal for the life tme of the product. To simplify the deployment all the APs and switches were pre-built in the Provista Lab for another ACHA contractor to deploy and install. Provista then assisted the contractor to develop, test and verify the confguraton for the correct operaton of LAN equipment and provide onsite resource for the installatons of several sites: Dalriada House, Lochgilphead and Lamont House, Helensburgh. To ensure the smooth and tmely running of the project Provista's professionals provide remote assistance for all other sites. As a result of the new Meraki soluton ACHA now has the appropriate infrastructure in place to support a fully functonal LAN & WLAN with access to easy to use Meraki Cloud Portal that allows the ACHA IT team manage all aspects of their network. As part of the project Provista is also delivering a fve year managed service where we can easily access the Meraki Dashboard and remotely support ACHA and thus freeing up the small ACHA IT team to concentrate on more strategic projects and tasks. By utlising Provista's soluton, ACHA were able to appreciate the following benefts:  High performance network with maximum uptme  Ability to easily control multple sites through the cloud managed dashboard  Ability to monitor and confgure network from anywhere where you can access browser.  IT team or external advisors can access remote diagnostcs that automatcally monitor and alert you of any problems or threats.  IT support available from any locaton.  Sofware & Feature updates automatcally applied over the 5 year term  Budget using Opex with Cisco 0% fnance Based near Glasgow with ofces in Aberdeen and Birmingham, Provista provide expert consultancy across a range of technologies and manufacturers including Cisco, Meraki and other leading vendors. Their highly accredited team are specialists in unifed communicatons, data centre networks, secure public and guest wireless, IP security and IP LAN and WAN networks.