APIC Branch Network

Running head: APIC BRANCH NETWORK
APIC Branch Network
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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Summary
The objective of this report is about representing the geographical expanse of the overall
network of APIC or Asia Pacific International College as also detailing logical and physical
design of their recently established Sydney branch while also talking about computing and
associated virtualization techniques. After illustrating the global spread of APIC’s internal
network, short notes are given about the backbone devices necessary for establishing the
internetwork of the company’s various branches. After that, the logical and physical design of
the network of Sydney branch is elaborated. This is achieved with the three-layer hierarchical
network diagram drawn in cisco packet tracer and the physical network diagram in Visio.
Thereafter the network requirements are mentioned including IP addresses, the allocation
method and subnet calculation in the form of a table. Then, after suggesting the appropriate
cloud services for APIC and virtualization techniques, dynamic scaling functionality is
discussed after which the report ends with observations in concluding notes.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Network Study...........................................................................................................................4
Scope of Overall Network......................................................................................................4
Backbone Devices..............................................................................................................5
Segmentation of Networks.................................................................................................5
Usefulness..........................................................................................................................5
Logical Network Design........................................................................................................6
Physical Network Diagram....................................................................................................7
IP Allocation and Subnetting.............................................................................................8
Cloud Services and Virtualization.........................................................................................9
Virtualization......................................................................................................................9
Dynamic Scaling..............................................................................................................10
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................11

3APIC BRANCH NETWORK
Introduction
This report assesses the geographical spread of the interconnect of networks
belonging to the different branches of Asia Pacific International College and after detailing
the logical and physical designs for the recently set up Sydney branch, discusses how cloud
services are being utilized by the branch. The report begins by illustrating the global coverage
of APIC’s overall network and discusses about the backbone devices required for setting up
the internetwork of the different branches of the company. Then, the logical and physical
design of the network of Sydney branch are provided and described. Cisco Packet tracer is
used to draw the three-layer hierarchical network diagram while the physical network
diagram in drawn with Visio. After which the network requirements are given and IP
addresses, the allocation method as well as subnet calculation is mentioned using a table.
Thereafter, appropriate cloud services for APIC is suggested and virtualization techniques
discussed. After talking about the use of dynamic scaling functionality, the report ends with
concluding notes.