Assignment 5

Midterm Exam

IT 505 Network Systems Design and Management

100 points

Please DO NOT repeat the questions. Submit a word document that contains your answers.

Please provide complete and detailed answer to each question. Your exam will be Unichecked.

1) List and describe the three different forces that have consistently driven the architecture and evolution of data communications and networking facilities. (15 points)

2) List and describe Key Benefits of IP Network Convergence. (15 points)

3) Define what does virtualization means in computing and define and provide examples and benefits of following virtualization categories: (40 points)

· Operating system virtualization

· Server virtualization

· Storage virtualization

· Network virtualization

4) Distributed data communications involves three primary components: Networks, Computers and Applications. There are Three corresponding layers:

A) Network access layer

B) Transport layer

C) Application layer

Describe the functions of each of these layers. (30 points)