Assessing and Summarizing Network Requirements for APIC IT Infrastructure

Running head: APIC IT INFRASTRUCTURE
APIC IT Infrastructure
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Summary
The objective the following report is to assess and summarize network requirements of the
new Sydney branch of Asia Pacific International College or APIC. Here the wide
geographical spread of APIC’s overall network is discussed as well as the underlying
equipment involved and the users are mentioned. The infrastructure of the proposed network
for Sydney branch is described through the logical and physical diagrams and the calculation
for the breaking of the primary network into multiple subnets are provided. Thereafter the
two cloud service providers are mentioned along with their solutions that can be most suitable
for APIC following which the appropriate virtualization techniques for APIC’s particular use
case are discussed. Also, the dynamic scaling functions of cloud services are highlighted and
how APIC benefits from it is explained after which the report ends with concluding notes.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Network Assessment..................................................................................................................3
Scope......................................................................................................................................3
Backbone Components.......................................................................................................4
Network Segments.............................................................................................................5
Uses Cases..........................................................................................................................5
Logical Design.......................................................................................................................6
Physical Network Design.......................................................................................................7
IP Address Allocation and Subnets....................................................................................8
Virtualization and Cloud Computing.....................................................................................9
Cloud based solutions........................................................................................................9
Cloud Virtualization Techniques for APIC......................................................................10
AWS Dynamic Scaling....................................................................................................11
Azure Dynamic Scaling...................................................................................................12
Advantages vs AWS........................................................................................................12
Conclusion................................................................................................................................13
References................................................................................................................................14

3APIC IT INFRASTRUCTURE
Introduction
This study assesses and summarizes requirements of the network for new branch at
Sydney of Asia Pacific International College or APIC. The report starts talking about the
entire global spread of APIC’s overall network, mentioning the underlying equipment
involved as well as their use cases (Hu and Brownlee 2015). The infrastructure of the
proposed network for Sydney branch is illustrated with the help of logical and physical
diagrams along with specifying calculations for breaking the primary network into multiple
subnets in tabular format. Thereafter two cloud service providers are suggested along with
their solutions that can be most suitable for APIC following which the appropriate
virtualization techniques for APIC’s particular use case are discussed (Arroba et al. 2017).
Also, the dynamic scaling functions of cloud services are highlighted and how APIC benefits
from it is explained after which the report ends with concluding notes.
Network Assessment
Scope