Advanced network design assignment

Word limit	2000
Submission Guidelines	· 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.

Assignment 1 Specification

Business case study: Local Area Network for a primary school.

http://www.rapid.co.uk/case-study-local-area-network

Description

Primary School Based in Liverpool

Number of Sites: One

SIZE OF COLLEGE: 1,200 people

Length of Project: Four Weeks Planning & Installation

Client's Requirements

The school required the conversion of an existing classroom into an ICT classroom. The school required the successful tenderer to provide a complete project management solution which was to include the delivery of the ICT Network, data cabling, electrics, furniture, security and audio visual facilities. 

Detailed school structure:

1. Each ICT classroom can accommodate 24 students and one instructor, total of 25 people.

2. Design 5 ICT classroom with 25 PCs, one whiteboard, one projector / Display monitor in the center of a wall.

3. Phone are located in each ICT room to communicate to service desk.

Write a report on a network plan and configurations.

1. Draw a complete network design for above scenario. (Include block diagram for each ICT room)

2. Detailed setup of one ICT room.

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

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

In your report include the following contents

· Project Scope

· Network diagrams (whole network, detailed one ICT room design)

· 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.

· 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 ( in 3-4 sentences)	2
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.	7
Network Design	Write justification of the network design	8
Network device configurations	Configuration commands to configure network	10
Network device configurations – Demonstration on physical device	Demonstration of various features	20
Reference style	Follow IEEE reference style	3
	Total	50