Network Design for Hospital: Hardware, Topology and Configurations

This report describes the network design created for a hospital, including hardware requirements, network topology, and device configurations. The report provides details of the network topology and configurations used in the network.

Running head: NETSIM
Netsim
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note

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Project Scope
The report has been used for the description of the network design created for the
hospital. The main aim of the project is establishment of the network according to the
requirements stated by the clients and also establishment of the efficient connectivity across
the whole network. The report provides the details of the network topology to be used for the
organization and also the details of the configurations used in the network.
Project hardware
For the development of the project various type of hardware are required and this
hardware are to be set up according to the requirement of the organization. The main
hardware requirements as stated by the organization are:
3 servers and 20 network points which would be used for spreading the network throughout
the building.
Hence, there would be requirement of CAT 5 cables for the connection from the machines in
the network.
Name of the network device with manufacturer’s name, series, model and ports
The name of the network devices has been provided for the network which includes
the name, series, model and ports:
Device Manufacturer’s
name
Series Model Ports
Building 1
Building 1
router
Cisco 800 Cisco 812 ISR Serial ports -3
Ethernet ports –
3

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Console - 1
Ground Floor
Switch
Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 1 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 2 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 3 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 4 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
PC 1 – 29 WinPC 3
Building 2
Building 2
router
Cisco 800 Cisco 812 ISR Serial ports -3
Ethernet ports –

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Console - 1
Ground Floor
Switch
Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 1 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 2 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 3 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 4 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Building 3
Building 3
router
Cisco 800 Cisco 812 ISR Serial ports -3
Ethernet ports –

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3
Console - 1
Ground Floor
Switch
Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 1 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 2 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 3 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Level 4 Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Server Room
Server Room
Router
Cisco UCS C-Series
Rack Servers
UCS C480 M5
Rack Server
Serial ports -3
Ethernet ports –

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3
Console - 1
ISP Cisco 3640 2811 Serial ports -3
Ethernet ports –
3
Console - 1
Server Switch Cisco Small Business
100 Series
Unmanaged
Switches
SG100-24 24-
Port Gigabit
Switch
24
Firewall 1 Ip Phone 7961 24
Firewall 2 Ip Phone 7961 24
Server 1 Cisco UCS C-Series
Rack Servers
UCS C480 M5
Rack Server
Serial ports -3
Ethernet ports –
3
Console - 1
Server 2 Cisco UCS C-Series
Rack Servers
UCS C480 M5
Rack Server
Serial ports -3
Ethernet ports –
3
Console - 1
Server 3 Cisco UCS C-Series
Rack Servers
UCS C480 M5
Rack Server
Serial ports -3
Ethernet ports –
3
Console - 1
Cables CAT 5

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Table 1: Network hardware requirements table
Source: (Created by Author)
In addition to this, there are a number of PC which are to be added to the in the
network. The system should be configured with intel i5 processors, 4 GB of RAM and 1 GB
of graphics memory would be enough for the PCs. The PCs would be running on the
Windows Operating System.
Network topology
The network topology has been set up for the organization according to the details
provided by them. It has been informed that the buildings are located 500 meters apart from
each other however both the buildings have the similar structure that would be 10 rooms each
of the floors and 5 wards for the patients where a PC each has to be attached. Additionally, it
has been informed that there are three buildings with identical configurations where the each
of the rooms would be having at least 2 points for the connection to the network. In addition
to this, each of the ward in the hospital should be having around three network access points
which would enable them to get connected to the network. Among the three buildings a
building is to be selected where the sever room is to be maintained and this room would be
consisting of three server machines. The server room should be having around 20 ports of the
network to be connected to the servers and the PC which have been installed in the system.
The internet is also to be made available in the system and the internet connection is to be
spread throughout the network.

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Figure 1: Network Topology
Source: (Created by Author)
Network device configurations
The network is to be configured according to the requirements provided by the
organization, hence the system which have been installed in the network and the addressing is
to be done accordingly which would be helpful for the whole network to connect with the
device and gain access to the network and the internet services running in the network.
a. Switch configuration
The switch is a very important device in the network. It is used for the connection of the
different type of peripherals and devices in the network. The configurations for the switch
used in the network has been provided below:

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Hostname
The hostname of the switch has been changed from Switch which is a by default to
the name XIAN by using the command hostname XIAN
Clock set
The clock on the switch XIAN has been set to 17:00:00 29 Aug 2018 using the
command clock set. The time in the switch has also been displayed using the show clock
command.
Display the name of the file and version of IOS
The file name and the version of IOS on switch XIAN has been displayed using the
command show version.

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All the current configuration of the switch XIAN has been show here using the
command show running-config.

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Display the name of the interfaces
The names of the interfaces are provided above which has been shown using the
command show ip interface brief.
Display 6 IOS modes
The IOS modes in the switch XIAN has been displayed using the command conf ter.
b. Router configuration
The router is very important device in the network which is used for routing the packets
in the network appropriately. The configurations used in the routers are provided below:

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Hostname
The hostname of the router has been changed from Router which is by default name
to the name XIAN by using the command hostname XIAN
Clock set
The clock on the router XIAN has been set to 16:45:00 20 sep 2018 using the
command clock set. The time in the router has also been displayed using the show clock
command.
Display the name of the file and version of IOS
The file name and the version of IOS on router XIAN has been displayed using the
command show version.

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All the current configuration of the router XIAN has been show here using the
command show running-config.

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Display the name of the interfaces
The names of the interfaces in the router are provided above which has been shown
using the command show ip interface brief.
Display 6 IOS modes
The IOS modes in the router XIAN has been displayed using the command conf ter.

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