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Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code MN503 – T1 2017
Unit Title Overview of Internetworking
Assessment Type Individual, written
Assessment Title 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.
Weight 15% of the total assessments
Total Marks 50
Word limit 700 (approximately 3 pages)
Due Date Week 7, 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-procedures-
and-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/about-
mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-
Academic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure. For further information, please refer to
the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.
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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.
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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
Challenges Write at least 3 appropriate challenges you might face
during network setup.
3
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.
10
2
2
Network Design in Netsim
You should not use packet tracer
Write justification for the selected network design
10
Outcomes Write at least 2 outcomes of the network. 2
Limitations Write limitations of the hardware devices used in your
design.
2
Conclusions Write clear conclusion of the case study. 2
Demonstration Demonstrate detailed network design on Netsim. 10
Reference style Follow IEEE reference style 5
Total 50
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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.
Challenges 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
in Netsim
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
Outcomes 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.
Limitations 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.
Conclusions 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.
Demonstration 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 errors
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Appendix
Business case study 11
1 https://www1.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/industry-solutions/service-overview-c22-736810.pdf MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 6 of 16
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2 https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/industry-solutions/at-a-glance-c45-737570.pdf MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 10 of 16
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3 http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/industry-solutions/openaccess-voc-case-study.pdf MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 12 of 16
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4 http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/industry-solutions/abmu-voc-case-study.pdf MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 15 of 16
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