IT Networking: Gradespire - ICT504 Assignment Help

IT Networking and Communication Assignment-3 (ICT504) Assignment Help

Referencing guides

You must reference all the sources of information you have used in your assessments. Please use the IEEE referencing style in your assessments in this unit. Refer to the library’s referencing guides for more information.

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Inclusive and equitable assessment

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Grades

We determine your grades to the following Grading Scheme:

Grade	Percentage
A	80% – 100%
B	70% – 79%
C	60% – 69%
D	50% – 59%
F	0% – 49%

Assessment 3: Case Study

Overview

Assessment 3*

Weight

Word limit

Due date

ULO

Submission File Types

Part A- Design

20%

1000

Session 9

ULO2, 3, 4

Word

Part B- Implementation

40%

1000

Session 13

ULO2, 3, 4

Word, Video

presentation,

Cisco Packet

Tracer file

Note: * denotes ‘Hurdle Assessment Item’ that students must achieve at least 40% in this item to pass the unit.

Introduction

This is a Group assessment comprised of 5 Students. All group members must have to present their part in the demonstration/presentation.

Part A (Detailed Design): In this group assignment, you will assess the given case study to design a multi-level subnetting and provide a subnetted IP design plan. You must create a network topology using a network simulator (Cisco Packet Tracer) with the necessary labels and write a report on the design rationale. Each group must submit a report with the IP design plan, network topology screenshot and network design rationales.

Part B (Detailed Topology, Configuration and Demonstration): Using the network simulator (Cisco Packet Tracer), your group should configure the network designed for Part A. Each group must submit a report containing configuration commands and their descriptions and present the network demonstration.

Task

Mr. Sam, the IT director at Sydney Hospital, manages the network. Mr. Sam has requested your help proposing a network solution that meets the hospital’s requirements. The hospital is growing, and the management has approved funds for network improvements.

The medical staff would like to be able to access medical systems using laptops from any of the patient rooms. Doctors and nurses should be able to access patient medical records, x-rays, prescriptions, and recent patient information. Mr Sam purchased new servers and placed them in the data centre. The wireless LAN (WLAN) has approximately 50 clients, with about 50 more due in six months. The servers must have high availability. Furthermore, an IP Telephony solution will be deployed, and IP addresses should be allocated for the 50 IP phones per floor.

Patient rooms are on floors 6 through 10 of the hospital building. Doctors should be able to roam and access the network from any floor. A wireless radio-frequency (RF) survey report mentions that three access points placed in the main hallways on each floor can provide full wireless coverage.

The current network has ten segments, with LAN switches and fast Ethernet ports that reach a single router that also serves the WAN. Only a single link is used from the floorsto the core router. The router is running the EIGRP routing protocol, and they want to move to a standards-based routing protocol. The new back-end servers are in the same segment as those used on floor 1. Mr. Sam mentioned that users complained of slow access to the servers. He also hands you a table with the current IP addresses (see Table 1).

Table 1: Current IP Addresses

Floor	Servers	Clients	IP Network
1	15	40	200.100.1.0/24
2	0	43	200.100.2.0/24
3	0	39	200.100.3.0/24
4	0	42	200.100.4.0/24
5	0	17	200.100.5.0/24
6	0	15	200.100.6.0/24
7	0	14	200.100.7.0/24
8	0	20	200.100.8.0/24
9	0	18	200.100.9.0/24
10	0	15	200.100.10.0/24

Mr Sam would like a proposal to upgrade the network with updated switches that support Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop, redundant 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) fibre uplinks, and Power over Ethernet (PoE), and to provide 10 Gigabit Ethernet access to the servers. The proposal should also cover secure WLAN access with centralised management on floors 6 through 10. Include an IP addressing scheme that reduces the number of Class C networks the hospital uses. Mr. Sam wants to reduce the number of networks leased from the Internet service provider (ISP).

Provide the answers to the following questions/directives in Part A and verify them in Part B by implementing it in cisco packet tracer: 1) What are Sydney Hospital’s business requirements?

2) Are there any business-cost constraints?

3) What are the network’s technical requirements?

4) What are the network’s technical constraints?

5) Prepare a logical diagram of the current network.

6) Does the hospital use IP addresses effectively?

7) What do you recommend for improving the switching speed between floors?

8) What IP addressing scheme would you propose Based on the number of servers and clients provided?

9) What routing protocols do you recommend?

10) What solution do you recommend for WLAN access and the network upgrade?

11) Recommend and explain appropriate security measures.

12) Draw the proposed network solution.

The report must follow the marking guide. Please note that citation of sources is mandatory and must be in the IEEE style. Submission Instructions

All submissions are to be submitted through Turnitin. Drop-boxes linked to Turnitin will be set up in Moodle. Assessments not submitted through these drop- boxes will not be considered. Submissions must be made by the end of session 9 and 12 Sunday 11:59PM. The Turnitin similarity score will be used in determine any plagiarism of your submitted assessment. Turnitin will check conference websites, Journal articles, online resources, and your peer’s submissions for plagiarism. You can see your Turnitin similarity score when you submit your assessments to the appropriate drop-box. If your similarity score is of concern, you will have a chance to change your assessment and resubmit. However, re-submission is only allowed prior to the submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed VIT’s late submission penalty applies.

Please Note: All work is due by the due date and time. Late submissions will be penalized at the rate of 20% of the assessment final grade per day including weekends.

Marking Guide (Part A): 20 Marks

Task	Description	Marks
Report Layout	The report layout, language and structure should be appropriate. The report should include title, table of contents, table of figures, sections and subsections heading and numbering, figures and tables numbers, citing tables, figures and references in the body text. The reference section will add the references in IEEE format.	2
Requirement Analysis	Detailed Requirement analysis with justification.	2
Network Design	Detailed Network design considering all the questions/directives.	8
Critical Analysis	Critical analysis with a focus on the design of the network.	2
Constraints and Limitations	The constraints and limitations are explained exceptionally well, and a workaround is provided.	2
Conclusion	Provided an excellent summary of the assessment.	2
References	Follow the IEEE Style.	2

Marking criteria/Rubric

You will be assessed on the following marking criteria/Rubric:

Assessment criteria

Exceptional >=80%

Admirable 70% – 79%

Creditable 60% – 69%

Acceptable 50% – 59%

Unsatisfactory <=49%

Report Layout

2 points

Extremely well

structured and

organized report; use of professional language; guidelines have been followed.

Well-structured and organized report; use of professional

language; guidelines have been followed.

Structured and

organised report; use of language is

appropriate; guidelines have been followed.

Structured and

organised report; use of language could be improved; guidelines

have been followed partially.

Choppy and confusing; the format was

difficult to follow;

language needs to be proofread; Plenty of errors; guidelines have not been followed. or

Not Submitted or

Academic Misconduct.

Requirement Analysis 2 points

The requirement

analysis is in-depth and detailed. All of the

hospital’s requirements have been considered, and the functional and non-functional

requirements are

explained exceptionally well.

The requirement

analysis is in-depth and detailed. Most hospital requirements have been considered, and the functional and

non-functional

requirements are

explained well.

The requirement

analysis is provided; most of the hospital’s requirements have been considered, and the functional and

non-functional

requirements are

explained.

A requirement analysis has been carried out; some functional and non-functional

requirements have been discussed.

A requirement analysis has not been carried out; the requirements have been briefly

discussed or Not

Submitted or Academic Misconduct.

Network Design

8 points

The network design covers all hospital areas, is straightforward to understand, and is

exceptionally well

designed.

The network design covers all areas of the hospital; the network design is

straightforward; the network is well

designed.

The network design covers most hospital areas; the network is well-designed.

The network design covers most hospital areas.

The network design seems incomplete and does not cover all areas or Not Submitted or Academic Misconduct.

Critical Analysis

2 points

Provided an excellent critical analysis focusing on the network’s design; the critical analysis

provided great

reasoning for the

selection of the

It provided a good

critical analysis,

focusing on the

network’s design; the critical analysis

provided reasonable reasoning for the

The critical analysis focused on the

network’s design and provided reasonable reasoning for the

selection of the

The critical analysis focused on the design of the network; some reasoning was

provided.

The critical analysis lacks depth and detail and does not cover the limitations of the

proposed wireless

devices or Not

networking devices and the design.

selection of the

networking devices and the design.

Submitted or Academic Misconduct.

Constraints and

Limitations

2 points

The constraints and limitations are

explained extremely well. A workaround for the constraints and

limitations is provided, and the effect of the constraints and

limitations is discussed.

The constraints and limitations are

explained very well; a workaround for the constraints and

limitations is provided; the effect of the

constraints and

limitations is discussed.

An explanation of the constraints and

limitations is provided, a workaround for the constraints and

limitations is provided, and the effect of the constraints and

limitations is discussed.

An explanation of the constraints and

limitations is provided, and a brief

workaround is

discussed.

The constraints and limitations are hardly explained, a

workaround is not

discussed, and the

effects have not been highlighted or Not

Submitted or Academic Misconduct.

Conclusion

2 points

Provided an excellent summary of the assessment, covering all aspects of the

assessment.

Provided a good

summary of the

assessment, covering most aspects of the assessment.

Provided a summary of the assessment; somewhat covered the aspects of the

assessment.

Provided a summary of the assessment.

The conclusions failed to summarise the

assessment or Not

Submitted or Academic Misconduct.

References

2 points

The references followed IEEE Style; the

references were cited and complete.

The references

followed IEEE Style; most of the references were cited and

complete.

Most references

followed IEEE Style; some were cited and complete.

Most references

followed IEEE Style; the references were not cited.

The references did not follow IEEE Style and were not cited and

incomplete or Not

Submitted or Academic Misconduct.

Marking Guide (Part B): 40 Marks

Assessment

criteria

Exceptional >=80%

Admirable 70% – 79%

Creditable 60% – 69%

Acceptable 50% – 59%

Unsatisfactory <=49

Network

Topology

5 marks

It comprehensively explains the physical and logical structure of a network. It maps how different nodes on a network— including switches and routers—are placed and interconnected and how data flows.

Thoroughly explain the physical and logical structure of a network. It maps how different nodes on a network— including switches and routers—are placed and interconnected and how data flows.

Mostly, it explains the physical and logical structure of a network. It maps how different nodes on a network–

including switches and routers– are placed and interconnected

and how data flows.

Provide some explanation of how the physical and logical structure of a network. It maps how different nodes on a network– including switches and routers– are placed and interconnected

and how data flows.

Misconduct.

Not submitted

Poor or limited implementation.

Network design configurations

and testing of features

15 marks

Comprehensively

explain how your network is configured, including what the configurations are doing and alternative options.

Thoroughly explain how your network is configured, including what the configurations are doing and alternative options.

Mostly explain how your network is configured, including what the configurations are doing and alternative

options.

Some explanations of how your network is configured, including what the

configurations are doing and alternative options.

Misconduct.

Not submitted

Poor or limited implementation.

Discussion

5 marks

Comprehensive

discussion, evaluation, results and conclusion.

Very good discussion, evaluation, results and conclusion.

Average

discussion

Limited discussion, evaluation, results and conclusions.

Misconduct.

Not submitted

evaluation, results and conclusion.

Poor or limited findings.

Explain what you learned in this assignment.

5 marks

Comprehensively

explain what you learned from this assessment, ranging from new tools, routing, switching, addressing,

encryption techniques and implementation.

Sufficiently explain what you learned from this assessment, ranging from new tools, routing, switching, addressing, encryption techniques and implementation.

Some explanation of what you learned from this assessment,

ranging from new tools, some routing, switching, addressing,

encryption

techniques and implementation.

Limited explanation of what you learned from this assessment, ranging from new tools, some routing, switching, addressing, encryption techniques and implementation.

Misconduct.

Not submitted

Poor or limited implementation.

Demonstrate/pre sent your

network design

and be able to

defend your

configuration.

10 marks

Comprehensively

explained and successfully

demonstrated the implementation of at least his/her contribution/part/port