Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Network Design

Prepared by: Mr. Naveed Dilber Moderated by: Dr. SM Farhad, Nov 2018

Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines

Unit Code BN321

Unit Title Advanced Network Design

Assessment Type Individual written report and demonstration – T3 2018 (Assignment 1)

Assessment Title Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Network Design

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)

This assignment is designed to assess students’ knowledge and skills related to the following learning outcomes: b. Analyse network design requirements c. Develop appropriate frameworks and standards for network implementation

Weight 15% of the total assessments

Total Marks 50

Word limit 1000 - 1500

Due Date 9th January, 2019 (23:55) DD Demo: Week-8 Laboratory session

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, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. 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 description

ABC Internet Exchange Point (IXP) is a distributed exchange, currently present at multiple

independent colocation facilities in Australia (Perth, Sydney and Melbourne). Each site is equipped

with one or more access devices to enable connections to the ABC infrastructure. The current

implementation of the AMS-IX peering platform uses an MPLS/VPLS infrastructure. ABC network

connect with either Gigabit Ethernet (GE), 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE), 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GE)

or multiples of these on the access devices. ABC has 15 corporates and 100 local clients in Australia.

Now ABC is acquiring another site for IXP based in Adelaide. Projected growth is estimated to be

another 40 additional employees and 30 local clients in Adelaide IXP. The aggressive growth has

brought about some unique challenges and opportunities. In your role as a Network Manager for this

project, you are required to design a network for ABC Adelaide IXP which needs to be connected

through Perth and Melbourne IXP with optical fiber minimum 10 GE connection for redundancy

purpose.

Upon initial planning, you identified there are 40 employees at site in Adelaide. Site has 2 levels, at

level 2 they have core network setup of 10 network racks. Each rack has 10 routers, 1 switch and a

server. 30 Desktops are placed at level 1 with additional 10 laptops for Management staff. IP phones

are located on each desk to communicate to service desk. Also, 2 wireless printers are required at

Level 1. There is a conference room in which one display screen preferably smart is required for video

conferencing facility.

Site has lobby for employees which is 200 meters open space where wireless access is required. Only

authorized users should have the access to this site and biometric authentication is required as per

client requirements. Selection of appropriate standards and technology for network implementation

plays a vital role in this project.

Your task is to come up with a logical, efficient and scalable network design. ABC has allowed an

adequate budget to purchase any networking devices that may be required, yet obviously does not

want to spend more than necessary. In addition, industry-specific standards must be used and apply

to IT infrastructure and services.

Write a report and include:

1. Build a document giving all the necessary network designs (enough information should be

provided that will allow any technician to build your network structure from scratch).

2. Simple IP addressing solution (step by step workout of the calculations) that leaves room for

growth, is easy to administer and has the minimum wastage of available IP address space.

3. Write configurations of each networking device which are included in the network.

4. Configure two switches and two PCs on physical networking devices and demonstrate the

working model.

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Demonstration: Students should be ready with all setup and configurations before start of the

laboratory class. Tutor will ask 3-5 questions to each student to demonstrate any configuration of

the setup. Demonstration from each student should not be more than 5 minutes.

In your report include the following contents

 Project Scope

 Detailed Network diagrams

 Project hardware requirements

- Name of the network device with manufacturer’s name, series, model and ports

- Type of the cables used

- 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 studied from laboratories 1 to 6.

Marking criteria:

Section to be included in the

report

Description of the section Marks

Project scope Outline of the report 4

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.

6

Network Design

Include a diagram of your designed network, and

write justifications of your design

10

Network device configurations Configuration commands to configure network 10

Demonstration on physical

devices

Demonstration of configured network devices

during lab time

15

Reference style Follow IEEE reference style 5

Total 50

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Marking Rubric

Grade Mark

HD 40-50

DI 35-39

CR 30-34

P 25-29

Fail <25

Excellent

Very Good

Good

Satisfactory

Unsatisfactory

Project scope /4

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 /6

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 /10

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

Network device configurations - Switch configuration /10

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.

Network device configurations - Router configuration /15

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.

IEEE Reference style /5

Clear styles with excellent source of references.

Clear referencing style

Generally good referencing style

Sometimes clear referencing style

Lacks consistency with many errors