Network Design for Office Building

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Guidance Note-Project 1 Harpal Dhillon Jun 4, 2020 4:11 PM 

 

I am reproducing below, the description of the deliverable items for Project 1, titled ‘Network Design for Office Building’.

The CTO has asked you to develop a network design that

provides the following:

A Microsoft word document that spells out your

network design, the recommended network cabling,

device(s), and connections between workstations,

device(s), and servers (in other words, summarize in

writing your recommendations to the above), and

develop

A physical network diagram that displays the

components specified above.

 

The instructions for the content of the MS WORD document/report are quite clear and do not require any explanation by me.

The physical network diagram will require some focused thinking prior to its creation.

We have been provided a layout of one floor of the building. It can be assumed that all three floors have identical layouts.

There are two options for the layout of the physical network diagram:

1. We can overlay the network on the building floor- plan. In this case, we should start with each floor

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plan, and lay-out the network on the floor plan. In this mode, we have to show the links (cables/wireless) connecting the network segments on different floors.

2. The second option is to lay-out the network, keeping the multiple floors in mind. After the network diagram has been completed, you should mark the floor associated with each part/segment of the network.

In both cases, it is going to be impossible to create a perfect presentation of the network. Please make sure that all components and cables are properly labeled.

It is also important to read the contents of the grading rubric, carefully, before you finalize the report and the network diagram.

Harpal Dhillon