​​ MN503 Overview of Internetworking Assignment 2 Trimester 1 2016 Assignment 2: Written group assignment. Marks will be based on Individual Contributions. Report submission Due: Sunday 29th May 2016 at 23. 55 pm – Week 10 Submission: Online in a designated folder on Moodle in MS Word format. Total Marks = 100 for Report – (Report is 10% of total assessment includes NetSim/Packet Tracer demo plus Presentation is 5 % of total assessment i.e. Report + Presentation = 15 % of total assessment) Purpose of the assessment: Design, develop and build network systems. Description of the assessment: 1. Background This assignment will require students to work as a group of 2-3 people to design a network based on the given case study and illustrate a report on the proposed solution. The word limit is 2500 words. Lecturer will decide the Group size based on the class size. 2. Case Study SkyView Technologies is a reputed Quadcopter Drone technology Research and Development business that manufactures Drones for road surveillance, emergency services and national security. SkyView Tech was founded in March 2016 and currently has three city branches in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Canberra, with the Headquarters (HQ) in Sydney. You are hired by SkyView Tech. to carry out a top down network design by considering the company's requirements. You can assume that at the moment SkyView has no existing network as it has been founded only a month back. Each branch employs approximately 50 senior management staff and 450 other employees and it has 4 departments namely Engineering, Human Resources, Accounting and Sales. Each branch is to have a secure wired intranet network. SkyView business productivity is very important so it also wants to make sure that the network downtime is not more than 0.02%. SkyView Tech products are reputed worldwide because of their high quality and reliability. It has built a foundation of excellence and outstanding reputation with over a decade of research and development experience in Drone technology. As a result, SkyView Technologies is expected to expand their operations into different parts of the world. They MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 2 of 7 are soon expected to open branches in Hyderabad (Deccan), New Delhi, Karachi, Seoul, Singapore and Shanghai. SkyView Tech employee numbers are projected to increase significantly in the coming year. As a result, SkyView is planning to expand in Australia by opening another branch in Adelaide and also potentially increasing capacity in existing branches by 10%. Since SkyView is restricted in space in the current branches, so SkyView is planning to provide training to its staff via online video-conferencing technology. Initially SkyView will provide training locally within Australia to its employees in branches and as time passes this will be expanded to cover the branches in the international cities mentioned above. All the online training will be live broadcasted from Sydney HQ of SkyView Tech and all the training material will be made available online on its webservers. As the training material is very confidential in nature so the webservers need to be provided with a secure or a protected network. SkyView is also planning to implement desktop screen sharing and online meeting facility which will allow the staff in different branches to collaborate to develop, deliver and improve the SkyViews drone technology. This will reduce time and money spent in research and development and the cost of travelling. In creating the remote collaboration environment and to facilitate technology transfer, SkyView wants to properly equip meeting rooms at all four national branches and HQ and in future in international branches. In particular each branch office will have high quality digital video conferencing systems and remote desktop sharing facilities with a WAN to support it. Currently there is no provision for wireless access in the SkyView branches and HQ. Wireless access would allow the employees of SkyView to have Internet connectivity while on the move. This will also allow visitors to the SkyView to access the Internet wirelessly using their own laptop/tablet computer. An important issue that needs to be addressed is that the wireless network should provide support for casual visitors and a secure access to resources for the staff. This means that the casual visitors should not be able to gain access to the resources for the staff. Online training, remote collaboration and wireless access, all need to be secured so network security is another important issue that needs to be incorporated in the design. Requirements In a group of 2-3 students, you are to design the network create diagrams using a good drawing program and submit a report based on the above scenario. You have to submit a group report and specify each individual group member's contribution on the front page. MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 3 of 7 Submission Guideline: Your assignment should be completed according to the General Guidelines for Presentation of Academic Work. 1. Write a report based on the above Case study to address the following parts to demonstrate critical-thinking abilities: a. Top-down design: How would you carry out the process of top-down network design for the network in the above Case study. What possible disadvantages could arise if a structured design approach is not followed? b. Characterise the internetwork and network traffic in the designed network: Why is it necessary to estimate the amount of network traffic in the designed network? Explain with the help of research the process of estimating the average expected traffic in the SkyView Tech network. Also, research the different types of traffic flows expected to be present in the overall network of SkyView Tech. c. Network Design with security proposal: Network security is a major consideration that needs to be taken into account in the design. Research and explain technically the choices that you make to implement security in the wired as well as the wireless parts of the SkyView Tech network. Also, you need to critically review the case study and propose both the logical network design and physical network design. This section should have detailed diagrams on the layout of the overall network. Clearly show the building(s), the cabling layout, the devices and their location. Your design should also include detailed IP subnetworking and address allocations, design issues, and routing protocols selected for the proposal. The diagrams should be accompanied by a description of how it all comes together and works. How would you carry out a performance study of your designed network? d. Network applications: What are the expected applications to be used in the company's network and the user communities? How will this information be helpful in the network design? Your report should document the system requirements for these applications and if the system will meet the requirements or not. If not, then what is proposed solution? You should also prepare a table showing the name and type of the applications, their criticality and other necessary comments. e. Network Devices: Research the physical devices to be used based in your logical network design. Include the manufacturer and the model number. Explain the reason for selecting the network devices. You should also clearly state and show in diagram(s) where you would place the devices. f. Cabling: The proposals should clearly explain the type of cabling you plan to use. Make sure that you consider; media types, distances, numbers of switches, locations, network architectures involved, transmission speeds, cabling changes, and so forth. MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 4 of 7 g. Costing: This should contain a summary of the costs researched of hardware and software that this design would require the client to purchase. h. Test plan: This section should contain your plan for testing your network design. Details for testing of a prototype and scenarios considered should be provided. i. Is your design good?: You need to provide suitable technical reasons to convince SkyView Tech. management that the network that you have designed is good. j. Demo-Using NetSim/Packet Tracer create a short demo for the interconnection between two VLANs across a Router in a branch network of SkyView Tech. The demo will include Viva voce (Oral questions). 2. Accompanying documentation including a. A front page - indicating your name, b. Executive summary with a statement of what has been completed. c. Acknowledgement of the names of all people (including other students and people outside of the university) who have assisted you. d. Table of contents and page numbers e. Detailed report on the proposed solution f. List of references used (IEEE style) – please specify if none have been used. g. Conclusion h. Appendices: should contain any details pertaining to the understanding of the report, but not meant to be inside the main body of the report and detailed diagrams displaying sections of the network i. Glossary: this section should explain the technical terms / phrases / words/abbreviations. Marking criteria: Marks are allocated as follows: Report: 100 Marks Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Presentation (Table of Content, summary, figures, conclusion, references, appendices and glossary) The report should be well presented with all the component mentioned 10 A clear project requirements description As mentioned in the guideline. Detailed on business and technical goal, security provision, and characterising the network traffic loads and types. 15 Network and Security design proposal Detailed network and security design proposal supported by Research. 15 Clearly described Report should contain all the necessary diagrams 10 MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 5 of 7 Diagrams and it should be clearly presented. Network applications As mentioned in the guideline 5 Network Devices As mentioned in the guideline 5 Cabling Details about the chosen cable 5 Costing Details with research of the cost of the chosen hardware and software. 5 Test plan and Reasons why you think your design is good? As mentioned in the guideline 15 NetSim/Packet Tracer based Demo Interconnection of VLANs across routers. Demo using NetSim/Packet Tracer 10 Referencing style Appropriate references (IEEE Referencing style) 5 Poor writing Inadequate structure, careless presentation, or the report exceeds the word limit by more or less than 10% -20 Plagiarism Type of plagiarism - Copy from other student - Copy from internet source/textbook - Copy from other sources -100 Extensions: Requests for an extension, accompanied by supporting documentation, must be received by the student in writing before 3 working days from the due date else penalties may apply for late submission without an approved extension. Penalties: Academic misconduct such as cheating and plagiarism may incur penalties ranging from a reduced result to program exclusion. Marking for Assignment 2 (report) Total Marks=100 Student Name: Student Id: Submission Due: …./…../2016 Date Submitted:.…/…/ 2016 Marker's Name: Mark Achieved in report: /100 Excellent Good Unsatisfactory Presentation /10 All topics are covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated Most of the topics covered. Most of the topics are not covered A clear project requirements description /15 Provide realistic business goal, priorities, constraint, and technical goal in details, security provision. Excellent Provide realistic business goal, priorities, constraint, and technical goal in some extent. Good description of the Unrealistic business and technical goal and/or not enough details. MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 6 of 7 description of the designed network. designed network. Proposal /15 Excellent design proposal. Good design proposal covering most of the topics mentioned in the guideline. Incomplete/unrealistic design solution. Clearly described Diagrams /10 A number of wellpresented diagrams as required to clearly understanding the design document. Just adequate diagrams (well presented) Not enough diagram to understand the design. Diagrams are not clear. Network applications /5 Clearly mentioned a number of applications in details that will be used in the design solution. Clearly mentioned a number of applications that will be used in the design solution. Not enough details about the required network applications. Network Devices /5 Excellent description of all the devices chosen for the proposal and explain the reason for choosing/selecting the network devices. You should also clearly state where you would place the devices. Generally good description of all the devices chosen for the proposal and explain the reason for choosing/selecting the network devices. You should also clearly state where you would place the devices. Not enough details of the network device used and reason of using them. Cabling /5 Detailed information about cabling needed for the design. Generally good description of cabling needed for the design. Inadequate information about cabling. Costing /5 Detailed description about costing Generally good description of costing Inadequate information about costing. Test plan and reasons why you think your design is good ? /15 Detailed analysis of the provision of future expansion that has been taken care of in the design. Good description of the test plan. Brief analysis of the provision of future expansion that has been taken care of in the design. Generally good description of the test plan. Inadequate discussion. MN503 Overview of Internetworking Page 7 of 7 NetSim/Packet Tracer based VLANs interconnection across switches Demo /10 Detailed configuration and connectivity. Brief details regarding configuration of devices and connectivity. Inadequate or Ambiguous configuration and/or connectivity Referencing (IEEE style) /5 Clear styles with excellent source of references. Generally good referencing style Lacks consistency with many errors Poor writing Inadequate structure, careless presentation, or the report exceeds the word limit by more or less than 10% -20 Plagiarism Type of plagiarism - Copy from other student - Copy from internet source/textbook - Copy from other sources -100