IT220 COURSE PROJECT

You and your fellow team members are employees of a consulting firm called Network Solutions.
Your firms responsibilities include determining the following:
What type of network would best suit each particular customer (e.g. peer!to!peer or
client"ser#er$%
&oes the customer need a '() and"or a W()%
What type of network topology will best suit the customer%
Which cabling media will meet the customers needs now and in the near future%
*rands of hardware and software needed by the customer and translating that information into
the number of ser#ers workstations and licenses that will ser#e your customers business
network and wholly support their business.
(s a network administrator assigned to this team you are being sent to the site of a new business
named Retail/Wholesale Sales located in (tlanta +eorgia. ,he business sells #arious retail
merchandise. ,he business sells to both retail and wholesale customers so on any gi#en day they
ha#e customers who -ust walk in off the street as well as buyers purchasing merchandise for
numerous stores. ,hey want to be in#ol#ed in .nternet sales as well now so their network will need
to ha#e .nternet connecti#ity. ,hey also want to ha#e their own corporate e!mail ser#er.
,heir facility in (tlanta +eorgia is a /!story building with a full basement that will use the first
floor for retail and the second floor for management and other non!retail staff such as a call
center for personnel recei#ing calls from .nternet and catalog customers. ,he basement will be
for warehousing in#entory. ,hey really dont ha#e a dedicated ser#er room -ust yet only an area
in the basement where their current phone system and small .nternet connection comes into the
building the &emarc is behind the stairs. ,here are stairs connecting each of the 0 floors on
the west side of the building. 1etail parking is in the front while staff parking is in the back
thereby allowing each to easily access the building.
Your engineering responsibility is to design a fully switched network. You are to detail the necessary
costs in#ol#ed for all aspects of this pro-ect to include all drops runs and e2uipment. ,o price your
network solution your engineering 34W (statement of work$ and drawings will consist of the
physical layout network operating systems application software ,56".6 architecture ser#ers
switches routers (network infrastructure$ and all workstations and printers (user de#ices$. *e sure to
include producti#ity software client operating systems specific software for the #arious departments
such as anti!#irus software and uninterruptible power supplies. Your design should allow for a 789
future growth in the number of employees on the network. (:eep this in mind that when researching
switches;ensure there are enough ports<$.
Y4=1 &>'.?>1(*'>3 W.'' NOT .)5'=&> the 643: 6oint!of!sale software or hardware
because it is too speciali@ed and wont be co#ered in this pro-ect.
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Retail/Wholesale Sales will employ 86 people. Their roles break down as follows:
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Your Teams Skills and Deliverables:
&ocumentation B89
6ower6oint 6resentation 3lides 089
,eamwork 789
NOT: The !Teamwork" #rade will be determined by e$al%atin# ea&h team
member's parti&ipation in the pro(e&t.
Project om!onents:
7. .ntroductory letter and written 34W eCplaining what will be done and when. ,his is a formal
document re2uiring the printed name of e#ery team member and a signatory line for each team
member: signed upon deli#ery to your instructor.
/. DicrosoftE Word and ?isio drawings detailing the following:
o (rchitecture network components (hardware and software$ protocols use and sub!netting
assignments: all #ital details
o 5ost analysis
o *uilding layout with wiring and hardware locations
o )etwork access by subnet ?'() department securities
0. 4ptional 3er#ices"Functions
o Wireless ser#ices added
o 3tandards defined and security enhancements eCplained
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Project Documentation Deliverables "andout:
,his pro-ect is di#ided into three &ocumentation sections. >ach documentation portion of the case
study has defined deli#erables that need to be applied to the final presentation and the
documentation. *oth the presentation and the documentation must include all of the following and
will be graded accordingly:
Documentation Section #ne
7$ .>>> standard
&efine the .>>> standard that will be used in the 5ase 3tudy. 'ist the features of importance
associated with the standard and their associated benefits for your network design. (G8/.H and
G8/.77H$
/$ )etwork topology
?isio diagram of buildings and nodes
0$ )etwork components
'ist of network e2uipment software other
6ricing re2uired eCplore both higher!end and low!end e2uipment (5isco"I6">D5$
J$ )etwork protocols".6 addressing
3egment floors and buildings with router
=se three networks;subnet one * address
K$ 3tatement of Work (34W$
Documentation Section Two
7$ ,56".6 support protocols
'ist all ,56".6!based network ser#ices " protocols that are being used
/$ 5ost analysis to include your eCpected costs for this installation as well as the costs for e2uipment
and infrastructure.
Documentation Section Three
For this final section include the following components and place all three sections together as
one final document for submission:
7$ )etwork management and security
3pecify how security is applied
/$ &isaster reco#ery methods
*ackups redundancy practices
0$ )etwork applications
>lectronic mail;3D,6".D(6"6460
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Windows ser#ers designated
3oftware designated by licensing #ersion and where its used as client or ser#er
Power!oint Presentation Slides:
Your 6owerpoint presentation should ha#e the following slides:
,itle
)ames of team members
.ntroduction of network design
Iighlights of your written documentation in order
)etwork diagrams
5ost analysis
3ummary of your network design
N#T$: You will not be re2uired to orally present your network design. .t must be
submitted on an organi@ed neat report folder with a co#er page. ( reference page
should be included at the end that states the delegation of responsibilities of all
team members.
Re%erences:
Statement o% Work &S#W' $(am!les
+n e,ample of a #eneri& SOW:
http://www.%saser$i&es.#o$/pdf-do&s/toolkit/samplesow.do&
.%rther resear&h on the /nternet for more SOW e,amples0 espe&ially those
from pro(e&ts0 is en&o%ra#ed.
+t this point0 yo% sho%ld re$iew and st%dy the model to a point where yo%
feel yo% &o%ld be#in &reatin# yo%r own. + template do&%ment &an be fo%nd
at:
1S SOW template:
http://o2&e.mi&rosoft.&om/en%s/templates/T3411854*)14**.asp,
)earn how to use *icroso%t +isio:
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5reate a basic network diagram
5reate a detailed network diagram by using eCternal data in ?isio 6rofessional
5reate a rack diagram
5reate a directory ser#ices diagram
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(dd a title block to your network diagrams
3how .6 addresses on your network diagram
'ink your network diagrams together
3a#e your network diagrams as Web pages
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