NTC 411 - Week 2 - Individual & Team Assignments

Individual: Network Management Team Job Aid

Write a 350- to 700-word Team Job Aid in Microsoft^® Word describing the decision-making considerations for improving network services. Include the following in your paper:

• Guidance on how to choose network management protocols
• Guidance on in-band and out-of-band network management
• Provide examples of protocols or software to perform both out-of-band and in-band network management, and determine their effect on network traffic
• Describe how to apply the principles of network management strategies. Include how your decision will effect enterprise systems and how they may relate to, influence, or are influenced by existing business intelligence and decision support systems.
• Describe the value and importance of business intelligence (BI) and decision support systems (DSS) on business success

Learning Team: Network Drawing

Draw a 1-page network diagram using Visio^®, or any other freeware drawing software you wish to use, that provides a solution to one of the weaknesses identified in the International Plastics, Inc network.

Include a 1/4-page narrative or explanation using Microsoft^® Word on how the weakness is minimized by your solution and what network protocol is in play.