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ICTTEN622 Produce ICT network architecture designs Project Portfolio Student Version ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 2 CONTENTS Section 1: Preparation and design ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Section 2: Network design finalisation …………………………………………………………………………………………. 10 ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 3 Student name: Assessor: Date: ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 4 Section 1: Preparation and design ICT Network Architecture Design 1 Complete this section for ICT network architecture design 1. Ifyou are completing this in your RTO, information about the network and work details will be as per the information discussed at the meeting with your assessor. Ifyou are completing this for your own business, this will be as per the networks you are accessing. Work details Outline the details of the work as relevant to the networks to be designed. As aminimum this must include: ï‚· scope of the work to completed including overall objectives ï‚· the business ’specifications ï‚· timelines within which the work must be completed ï‚· budget allocated ï‚· procedures to be followed, including security arrangements ï‚· issues/problems/opportunities that the client has flagged ï‚· current and future traffic demands. Scope :Assess the existing ICT architecture at Innovate Enterprise, which needs to integrate improvements to resolve the identified issues in terms of data communication and relative activities. Business specifications: a. The company aims at providing database and storage services to smaller business across the area. b. The company islocated at asingle floor building with 4 departments namely, Accounts, Administration, IT Support and Customer service (Raza et al.2019). c. Employees require an active internet connection, wireless access and workstation to communicate with their clients on a daily basis. Timeline :30 days. Budget :$15,700. Procedures :Existing network will be analysed, and all the necessary improvements will be integrated into the new network design. Security is supposed to be considered to protect business and client data. Issues :Slower data transmission, inability to access network resource and breakage of communication during active conversations. Current traffic demand :25Mbps. Future traffic demand :180Mbps. Legislation, codes, regulations and standards Provide an example of each that you must adhere to whilst completing your work managing network traffic. Explain how each example you provide applies to your work. The following legislation and standards will be considered while implementing the proposed ICT network architecture, a. The client data should be protected at all times from any external access. b. Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and all of its procedures should be abided. ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 5 Site access Draft an email that could be sent to aclient to organise site access. To Chief Executive Officer Innovate Enterprise Subject: Asking for Site Access Respected Ma ’am/Sir, This isto ask for the permission to access the site of your premise to carry out an evaluation and determine the networking needs of your esteemed organization. Importance of the site survey will provide us with ahelping hand in appropriately determining all the required network needs and methods to meet them for your business employees and clients. Kindly, grant us the site access to proceed with the ICT architecture design and implementation. Regards. Proposed ICT network architecture design Document your proposed network design using anetwork diagram tool. Make sure you also document the hardware and software that will be needed. Attach the diagram of your design diagram to your Portfolio. The proposed network architecture will contain arouter for the building, which will be connected to one network switch that is present on the single floor building (Zhang et al.2019). The provided network switch will connect to 4other switches individually belonging to each of the 4departments at the company. The router will also be connected to all the required servers through afirewall for better protection against external data sources. The following network hardware has been used for the proposed ICT network architecture, a. Router. b. Network switch. c. Firewall. d. Server. e. PC. f.Wireless access point (WAP). g. Connecting cables. The required software for the proposed ICT network architecture ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 6 is, a. Operating System. b. Antivirus software solution. c. Database software. Network architecture design report Provide areport on the following: ï‚· Impact of the network design on the business requirements ï‚· Forecasted traffic and how the network design will be able to cater for this ï‚· Performance parameters which will be used to assess the network and the likely performance based on the design. Performance parameters must reflect standard industry benchmarks. ï‚· Costs of hardware and software proposed ï‚· Overall recommendations for preferred solutions including hardware and software. Impact of network upon the business requirements, ï‚· Fast data transmission. ï‚· Employees are offered with network resources required on adaily basis such as internet connectivity, email and data storage services. ï‚· The firewall will monitor incoming data traffic, detect and eliminate threats to protect the host devices and stored information. ï‚· Wireless connectivity to be offered through installed WAPs. Performance parameters. ï‚· The employees on all the 4departments will always have anetwork connectivity without fail. ï‚· Abandwidth of 25Mbps will be offered to all the employees in all the 4departments. Network component Type Cost Router Hardware $646.52 Switch Hardware $1147.29 WAP Hardware $504.78 Server Hardware $7403.88 Firewall Hardware $554.16 Connecting cables Hardware $67/m OS Software $14.11 Antivirus Software $18.45 PC Hardware $1545.19 Database software Software $1084.82 Attach: Network designs.vsdx Network diagram –Design 1 ☐ ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 7 ICT Network Architecture Design 2 Complete this section for ICT network architecture design 2. Ifyou are completing this in your RTO, information about the network and work details will be as per the information discussed at the meeting with your assessor. Ifyou are completing this for your own business, this will be as per the networks you are accessing. Work details Outline the details of the work as relevant to the networks to be designed. As aminimum this must include: ï‚· scope of the work to completed including overall objectives ï‚· the business ’specifications ï‚· timelines within which the work must be completed ï‚· budget allocated ï‚· procedures to be followed, including security arrangements ï‚· issues/problems/opportunities that the client has flagged ï‚· current and future traffic demands. Scope: Assess the existing ICT architecture at Technic Solutions, which needs to integrate significant improvements into the existing network architecture present at the organization. Business specifications: a. The company aims at providing software and cloud-based business solutions to the organization. b. The company islocated at a2-storey building with 2 departments on each of the floor. c. All the employees require aworkstation and internet connection to perform their daily assigned business responsibilities (Fang et al.2019). d. Security measures to protect business and client information. Timeline: 60 days. Budget: $30,000. Procedures: Existing network will be analysed, and all the necessary improvements will be integrated into the new network design. Security is supposed to be considered to protect business and client data. Issues: Slower data transmission, network threat occurrence and inability to communicate with the router during network faults. Current traffic demand: 50Mbps. Future traffic demand: 800Mbps. Legislation, codes, regulations and standards Provide an example of each that you must adhere to whilst completing your work managing network traffic. Explain how each example you provide applies to your work. The following legislation and standards will be considered while implementing the proposed ICT network architecture, a. The client data should be protected at all times from any external access. b. Any external intruder intending to connect to the network should be disallowed without an appropriate authorization. c. Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and all of its procedures should be abided. Site access To ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 8 Draft an email that could be sent to aclient to organise site access. Chief Executive Officer Technic Solutions Subject: Asking for Site Access Respected Ma ’am/Sir, This isto ask for the permission to access the site of your premise to carry out an evaluation and determine the networking needs of your esteemed organization. The site survey will also help us document the number of network hardware and network components required. Kindly, grant us the site access to proceed with the ICT architecture design and implementation. Regards. Proposed ICT network architecture design Document your proposed network design using anetwork diagram tool. Make sure you also document the hardware and software that will be needed. Attach the diagram of your design diagram to your Portfolio. The proposed network architecture will contain arouter for the building, which will be connected to two network switches, each for both the floors present in the building. Each of the departments on each of the floor will be provided with aswitch, which will connect to the PCs provided for the employees at each department (Ahmed, Islam and Ahsan 2021). The router will also be connected to all the required servers through afirewall for better protection against external data sources. The following network hardware has been used for the proposed ICT network architecture, a. Router. b. Network switch. c. Firewall. d. Server. e. PC. f.Wireless access point (WAP). g. Printer. h. Connecting cables. ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 9 The required software for the proposed ICT network architecture is, a. Operating System. b. Antivirus software solution. c. Database software. Network architecture design report Provide areport on the following: ï‚· Impact of the network design on the business requirements ï‚· Forecasted traffic and how the network design will be able to cater for this ï‚· Performance parameters which will be used to assess the network and the likely performance based on the design. Performance parameters must reflect standard industry benchmarks. ï‚· Costs of hardware and software proposed ï‚· Overall recommendations for preferred solutions including hardware and software. Impact of network upon the business requirements, ï‚· Faster data communication between the connected users. ï‚· Utilization of appropriate network resources to allow the employees work in an efficient manner. ï‚· The firewall will monitor incoming data traffic, detect and eliminate threats to protect the host devices and stored information. ï‚· Wireless network access provided through implemented WAPs. Performance parameters. ï‚· Each of the employee will likely to have an all-time connection to the network without fail. ï‚· Each of the employee will receive aminimum bandwidth of 100Mbps for their daily business activity. Network component Type Cost Router Hardware $646.52 Switch Hardware $1147.29 WAP Hardware $504.78 Server Hardware $7403.88 Firewall Hardware $554.16 Connecting cables Hardware $67/m OS Software $14.11 Antivirus Software $18.45 Printer Hardware $68.33 PC Hardware $1545.19 Database software Software $1084.82 ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 10 Attach: Network designs.vsdx Network diagram –Design 2 ☐ Section 2: Network design finalisation ICT Network Architecture Design 1 Final design feedback Outline the final feedback you received from your assessor and how you will incorporate this into your final design. Provide your final design and attach itto your Portfolio. With respect to the obtained feedback, the designed architecture should be 3-tier to eliminate single-point of failure and increased end-to-end connectivity across the network. Training and support Outline the training and support requirements that will be needed to implement the new design. Training upon designing a3-tier network architecture isrequired in specific terms to appropriately design the proposed ICT network architecture. Hardware and software suppliers Based on the hardware and software solutions you identified in Section 1of your Portfolio, contact two possible Network component Supplier-2 Supplier-2 Router Cisco Netgear Switch Cisco Netgear WAP Cisco Netgear Server Cisco Dell Firewall Cisco Dell Connecting cables Cisco Fedus ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 11 suppliers. Contact can be completed through areview of the supplier ’s website and identifying the specifications and costs for the equipment that will be required as part of the network you have designed. Provide screenshots of the information you research. OS Windows Linux Antivirus McAfee Kaspersky PC Dell HP Database software Oracle MySQL Final design Include a request for approval for your design here. To Chief Executive Officer Subject: Asking request design approval Respected Ma ’am/Sir, The proposed network architecture diagram has already been provided along with the necessary details of the various network components that will be used to implement the network. All the basic business demands have been met through the proposed network solution as provided. Kindly, approve the request for us to proceed with the implementation of the proposed network. Regards. Attach: Final design 1 ☐ ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 12 Network designs.vsdx Screenshots for supplier information ☐ ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 13 ICT Network Architecture Design 2 Final design feedback Outline the final feedback you received from your assessor and how you will incorporate this into your final design. Provide your final design and attach itto your Portfolio. Based on the final design, the feedback received isthat the final network design architecture appropriately meets the business demands and has successfully incorporate the necessary changes based on the previous feedback. However, for increasing the bandwidth, acloud ISP can be implemented. Training and support Outline the training and support requirements that will be needed to implement the new design. For implementing the design, training to obtain knowledge of data communication, network connection and database integration on real- time network isrequired. Hardware and software suppliers Based on the hardware and software solutions you identified in Section 1of your Portfolio, contact two possible suppliers. Contact can be completed through a review of the supplier ’s website and identifying the specifications and costs for the equipment that will be required as part of the network you have designed. Provide screenshots of the information you research. Network component Supplier-2 Supplier-2 Router Cisco Netgear Switch Cisco Netgear WAP Cisco Netgear Server Cisco Dell Firewall Cisco Dell Connecting cables Cisco Fedus OS Windows Linux Antivirus McAfee Kaspersky PC Dell HP Database software Oracle MySQL ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 14 Final design Include arequest for approval for your design here. To Chief Executive Officer Subject: Asking request design approval Respected Ma ’am/Sir, The final network design based on all the feedbacks have been used to design the final ICT network architecture. All the necessary needs have been met successfully. Kindly, approve the request for us to proceed with the implementation of the proposed network. Regards. ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 15 Attach: Network designs.vsdx Final design 2 ☐ Screenshots for supplier information ☐ ©International Institute of EducationRTO:45150 |CRICOS:03838G File Name: ICTTEN622 Project Portfolio Revised Date: 9/12/2021 Version: 1.0 Page: 16 References: Ahmed, F., Islam, M.M. and Ahsan, S.M.M., 2021, December. Building Infrastructure Classification with Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network Architecture. In 2021 5th International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. Fang, C., Guo, S., Wang, Z., Huang, H., Yao, H. and Liu, Y., 2019. Data-driven intelligent future network: Architecture, use cases, and challenges. IEEE Communications Magazine ,57 (7), pp.34-40. Raza, N., Akbar, M.Q., Soofi, A.A. and Akbar, S., 2019. Study of smart grid communication network architectures and technologies. Journal of Computer and Communications ,7(03), p.19. Zhang, Q., Jiang, M., Feng, Z., Li, W., Zhang, W. and Pan, M., 2019. IoT enabled UAV: Network architecture and routing algorithm. IEEE Internet of Things Journal ,6(2), pp.3727-3742.