NIKI Computing and Systems Development Unit Code

INTERNAL VERIFICATION FORM D1 Programme: NIKI Computing and Systems Development Unit Code/Title NIKI 143 / Networking Infrastructure Unit Credits/ level Credits15QCF LEVEL:5 Tutor: Internal Verifier Academic year 2012/2013 Individual Group Assessment Number 1 Guidelines for Assignment Submission The assignment has 2 PARTS and PART 2 has 5 tasks. The Interim submission will be draft of for both PART 1 & 2 The Merit and Distinction criteria will also apply to the Interim Submission. The Interim grade will contribute to the overall grade. The final submission will cover the all the tasks in the assignment. The attendance percentage and participation in class tutorials will contribute towards the achievement of Distinction grade. PART 1 In your own words answer the following questions: What is Network Infrastructure Management? What are the responsibilities of the network manager? PART 2 Scenario You are the Network Deployment Manager for a large IT planning and service providing company. You have been tasked by your company to lead your team to plan, deploy and manage the computer / IT network for a large financial company “First Finance” who are shifting their head office to a new building. The whole project has to be completed in 6 months. Task 1 List down all the questions that you will put forward to your client “First Financials” to understand their requirements and needs in terms of hardware, software, bandwidth etc. Task 2 Prepare a time line which will serve as a guideline for you and your client. Task 3 Prepare a budget for the whole project in terms of the cost of procurement, deployment, man power, scalability, security etc Task 4 Design the network: Topology, Servers,and Accessibility etc. and present it in the form of a diagram. Task 5 Develop a plan to provide good IT support to the client after deployment. Critically review and evaluate the proposed system Further Guidelines Problem 1 A well...