MN506 Design, Installation and Configuration of Enterprise Network Servers

Running head: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
Design, Installation and Configure Enterprise Network Servers
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Requirement analysis and identification of server roles & technologies.....................................................2
Configuration process description...............................................................................................................3
Configuration screenshots or commands....................................................................................................4
Summary...................................................................................................................................................12
Demonstrations.........................................................................................................................................12
Conclusions................................................................................................................................................14
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
For the development of the report the first scenario of development of a local area network
(LAN) to support Windows Server and Client Environment is selected. Here the organization has a
requirement to develop a centralized authentication system and print server configuration such that the
users connected in the local area network can use the network printer for the management of their
printing jobs. The server is also needed to be configured with DHCP address pool according the number
of department and VLANs created for subnetting the network. There are some other serveries that are
needed to be configured for increasing the efficiency of the users and workplace environment. For the
configuration of the network for People Software a research is done on their requirement and Windows
Server 2012 R2 is used for its configuration.
The report is prepared with the documentation of the details of requirement identified for the
development of the Local area network solution. The process need to be followed for the development
of the network is described in the report along with screenshots and commands. A summary of the
steps followed for the configuration is attached with the report and a prototype of the network is
configured for its demonstration and understanding its implementation in the real scenario.
Requirement analysis and identification of server roles &
technologies
The requirement of the development of local area network is needed to be identified for
development of a user centric design for the network solution. The users of the local area network
should be involved in the design and configuration of the network for identifying their needs and service
essential for the configuration of the server. The identification of the roles and technology is important
for gathering requirement for the configuration of the servers and deploy in the organizational network
for meeting the needs of the users. The user should be divided into multiple groups according to their
requirement to access the server resources and active directory should be configured for management
of the access of the users. An Ip address plan should be developed such that it can be followed for the
configuration to the DHCP service and allocate the IP address to the host connected in the local area
network. The LAN is developed following a client server architecture and a powerful server is needed to
be used for serving as a file server, print server and management of the centralized authentication. The
server is also needed to be configured with AAA for enabling centralized user authentication for keeping
the logs of the user and management of the resources. Decision is needed to be taken for the allocation

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of different service and roles to the specific users and the users should be interviewed for identifying the
requirement and configure the server according to their needs.
The following are the identified services and rules that should be used for the configuration of
the network and given below:
 AD RMS (Active Directory Rights Management Service)
 Print service for sharing the printer that is connected with the local area network
 DHCP for automatic allocation of IP address to the host connected in the local area network
 Configuring the server with IIS service for configuring the server to host website
 Configuring file server and management of the access to the user following group policy created
for the management of the access of users
Configuration process description
There are different authentication method such as centralized or distributed authentication
mechanism that can eb deployed for increasing the security of the network. Since the network of People
software is located in a single location a centralized authentication would be more suitable for it. The
server is needed to be configured with AAA service and a role based access control I needed to be
configured for granting permission to the users to use the resource. The system administrator is
responsible to create group policy and exclude the specific group of members to access the internal
resources of the organization. The servers can also be configured with access control list and firewall
configuration should be followed for restricting the user to access the files.
A range of Ip address should be excluded from the DHCP scope while configuring the pool for
configuring the servers with static IP address and eliminating the risk of DHCP conflict. A prototype of
the network is needed to be configured in a network simulating tool and a role based access control
should be used for granting permission for using the resources. The system administrator should be
flexible for grouping the people following the organizational framework. The RADIUS protocol should be
implemented for allowing the user to grant resources for example sharing of files and printers. It can
also be used for configuring the server for accessing different networks such as VPN, local and wireless
access. TACACS+ configuration should be used for increasing the security and accessing different types
of network devices such as routers, firewalls for enabling device administration.
IIS components on windows server is needed to be enabled from the server manager for
configuring the server with WEB service. During adding roles and features different components are