ICT703: Network Technology and Management Report for CAC

This report details a network design and implementation plan for the Color Ability Corporation (CAC), an advertising and marketing firm in Brisbane, Australia. Facing expansion needs, CAC requires a new network infrastructure for its four-floor office. The report addresses the statement of the problem, outlining CAC's objectives, including effective employee communication, universal computer system usage, and the procurement of at least three printers and specific networking devices. It follows a structured methodology, breaking the project into phases like feasibility study, planning, design, implementation, testing, documentation, installation, and customization. The report specifies hardware and software requirements for graphic production, film production, and data center departments, including processors, memory, storage, and peripherals. It recommends Kyocera multifunctional printers, Cisco routers, and Meraki switches, along with Cisco Business 100 series wireless access points. The report includes a project schedule, budget summary, and future plans, offering a comprehensive solution for CAC's network needs.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
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Executive Summary
Color Ability Corporation is one of the known companies for advertising and marketing in
Australia. The current space of Color Ability Corporation (CAC) for operation is not entirely
enough at level 10 and level 11 towers in Brisbane Central Business District and thus due to their
experience in advertising and marketing and having many new customers there is need for them
to enlarge their current space and go somewhere else where they will operate freely. This report
has majored on highlighting the way the network will be analyzed, designed and implemented on
the new premises. The report has based its arguments on the type of servers to be used, the type
of network devices to be used by the employees ranging from personal computers to printers and
the way such devices will be used in sharing resources across the entire network in the
organization.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.....................................................................................................................................2
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................5
Statement of the Problem...........................................................................................................................5
CAC Objectives............................................................................................................................................5
Methodology...............................................................................................................................................6
Project Schedule..........................................................................................................................................6
Activity One.................................................................................................................................................7
Activity Two...............................................................................................................................................10
Activity Three............................................................................................................................................11
Activity Four..............................................................................................................................................15
Activity Five...............................................................................................................................................16
Application Management....................................................................................................................17
Email Services......................................................................................................................................17
File Storage..........................................................................................................................................17
Internet Protocol Allocation...............................................................................................................17
Activity Six.................................................................................................................................................17
Activity Seven............................................................................................................................................19
Activity Eight..............................................................................................................................................20
Budget Summary.......................................................................................................................................20
Future Plans...............................................................................................................................................21
Conclusions................................................................................................................................................21
List of References......................................................................................................................................22
Appendix A. Subnet Calculations...............................................................................................................23
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Content of tables and Figures
Figure 1 Timeline schedule.........................................................................................................................6
Figure 2 KyoceraTASKalfa 8052ci...........................................................................................................10
Figure 3 Kyocera ECOSYS M8124cidn....................................................................................................11
Figure 4 Cisco Network Convergence System 5500 Series.......................................................................12
Figure 5 Cisco Switch MS225-48..............................................................................................................12
Figure 6: Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points..........................................................13
Figure 7 Backup Server..............................................................................................................................14
Figure 8 Three Layered Hierarchical Layer.................................................................................................14
Figure 9 sample of a network topology Diagram.......................................................................................15
Figure 10 ISP providers..............................................................................................................................16
Figure 11 Form of Network Planning........................................................................................................18
Figure 12 Network subnet.........................................................................................................................19
Figure 13 Internet Protocol Addressing table............................................................................................19
Figure 14 Budget summary.......................................................................................................................20
Table 1 Project schedule timeline................................................................................................................7
Table 2 Graphic production specifications..................................................................................................7
Table 3 film production minimum specifications and recommendations.....................................................8
Table 4 Data Center with mail and the File Transfer protocol Servers........................................................9
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Introduction.
The overall performance of an organization or a company can be enhanced by increasing its
productivity by having quality network designs which works together the network devices which
are of high quality and thus benefiting the organizations in so many ways (Merisa, 2017). The
selected topology of the network will highly affect the availability, reliability and the
performance of the network and thus if the selected topology is not the appropriate one to be
used for implementation then we may expect to have a network that will fail in ensuring that
network is well distributed and that the two features reliability and availability are well met in all
ways (Bird, 2010).
The current space of Color Ability Corporation (CAC) for operation is not entirely enough at
level 10 and level 11 towers in Brisbane Central Business District and thus due to their
experience in advertising and marketing and having many new customers there is need for them
to enlarge their current space and go somewhere else where they will operate freely.
Statement of the Problem
The problem statement that need to be solved in this report is that CAC is moving to a new office
in Brisbane which has a four floors and it is located in Brisbane Suburbs. There are some tasks
that will be associated with the migration of the company to the new premises such as the design
and implementation of the network infrastructure and how it will serve the entire organization
without problems and meeting all their objectives.
CAC Objectives
The following are some of the major objectives that the IT specialist will be required to achieve
for the smooth running of the organization when it comes to sharing of data and resources
transmissions.
1. A network infrastructure that is to be proposed should enable the employee to
communicate effectively.
2. The proposed computer system should be used by all.
3. There will be need to buy at least three printers.
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4. Networking devices to be purchased should be only used in implementation of the
network proposed.
Methodology
When a system is laid down one will ensure that the project is a success whereby one can
divide the project in to different modules just like it is done in the Software Development
Life Cycle (SDLC).
Project Schedule.
Figure 1 Timeline schedule
Phases Activity start date
(2018)
Duration Activity End
Date(2018)
Feasibility study 10th October 3 12th October
Project planning 13th October 10 22nd October
Project Design 23rd October 10 1st November
Implementation 2nd November 25 26th November
Project Testing 27th November 5 2nd November
System Documentation 3rd November 5 4th November
System Installation and
Customization
5th November 2 7th November
Table 1 Project schedule timeline
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Activity One
Graphic device used in Graphic Production department
Sydney and Brisbane Cities
The component involved Minimum specifications and Recommendations
Processor of the system Intel of about 3-4.0 GHz with an Expandable Turbo
Memory capacity 32 GB RAM which has expansion slot of up to 64GB
Hard disk Drives 2TB HDD which could be SATA SAN DISK.
Compact Disk-ROM/Digital Video
Disk DVD Recordable/Writable 24x
The USB Ports 8-18 ports, front-10, back-8
Video Card NVidia 950G with up to 8GB
Sound Card STX III ASUS essence
Internal and External Modem Internal modem 10000 bps
Operating System to be used Microsoft Windows 8 to 10 professional
Screens Size-33 inches, Resolution-8K, rate of refreshing of up to 120 Hz
Printer Kyocera Taskalfa 8052ci
Speakers Dell External Speakers
Internet Connection
100-1000 Base-T Ethernet with up to 10G switch supplying the network
all over.
Table 2 Graphic production specifications
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Graphic device used in Film Production department
Sydney and Brisbane Cities
The component involved Minimum specifications and Recommendations
Processor Core i7 of 8th Generation with up to 3.8 GHz
Memory capacity 16GB RAM of DDR4
Hard disk Drives 1TB HDD which could be SATA SAN DISK.
Compact Disk-ROM/Digital Video
Disk DVD Recordable/Writable 24x
The USB Ports 8 ports, front-4, back-4
Video Card NVidia 720 G with 4GB memory
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 professional of 64bits
Screens Size-24-33 inches, Resolution-8K, rate of refreshing of up to 120 Hz
Speakers External Speakers model HP 752701.
Internet Connection
100-1000 Base-T Ethernet with up to 10G switch supplying the network
all over.
Table 3 film production minimum specifications and recommendations
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Graphic device used in data center department
Sydney and Brisbane Cities
The component
involved Minimum specifications and Recommendations
Processor
Core i5 to core i7 of 7th Gen to 8th Generation with a processor speed of up
to 4.0GHZ if it is triggered.
Memory capacity 16 GB RAM
Hard disk Drives 10 TB HDD.
Compact Disk-ROM/Digital
Video Disk DVD R/W
The Universal Serial Bus
Ports 8-12 ports, front-4, back-8
Video Cards VisionTek Radeon 7750 SFF 1GB DDR3 5M VHDCI (4x DVI-D, miniDP)
Sound Cards Asus STX II Essence
Internal and External Modem Internal modem and external modem ranging from 10000 to 12000 bps
Operating System to be used Microsoft Windows 10 pro
Screens 24`` Resolution-8K, Refresh rate-160 Hz
Printer and scanners and
Photocopiers Kyocera ECOSYS M8124cidn
Speakers application External Speakers model HP 752701.
Internet Connection
100-1000 Base-T Ethernet with up to 10G switch supplying the network all
over.
Table 4 Data Center with mail and the File Transfer protocol Servers
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Activity Two
In any company when it comes to printing then there is no comprimisation, as it will be done on
daily basis and thus there will be need for CAC to have a multifunctional printer which will be
able to perform all the specific tasks without technical issues in all manners. . The increment
with number of clients working together with CAC has led them to migrate from their old office
to a larger office and since they will be required to hire more people then there will be need to
purchase quality and heavy duty multifunctional printers such as Kyocera Taskalfa 8052ci which
is a multi-functional and multipurpose printer.
Figure 2 KyoceraTASKalfa 8052ci
Kyocera TASKalfa 8052ci is capable of doing duplex scanning and printing and at the same time
it helps in improving the workflow as expected. It comes offers specifications of MFP which is
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uncompromising. It has a speed of printing of about 80 A4 or A3 per minute may it be colored or
not colored. It can offer a maximum of about 7650 sheets capacity. Is has a fast performance as it
is secured with an 8GB solid state drive and a Hard disk drive of about 320 Gb capacity which
enables it to holds the printing speed even when one is printing high resolution images.
The managers in Brisbane will need a small printer which will cater for their office needs as
recommended. The printer that will boost their work is that which has the ability to print colored
pages, can print, scan and at the same time do copy. Another requirements that should be
available one which will allow the manager to print double sided pages and of which the quality
is very high (kyocera, 2017). The printer which will best serve is Kyocera ECOSYS M8124cidn
which can print up 24 pages per minute. It is highly recommended in terms of power
consumption as it saves energy and much more it is has components which are long life which
are known for providing efficiency and reliability which is unprecedented.
Figure 3 Kyocera ECOSYS M8124cidn
Activity Three
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The performance of the network will be greatly depend on the network devices kind, types and
quality being used in the organization. When the devices of the network are good and of high
quality there is an expectation to increase the overall performance and the business productivity.
There are two major devices discussed in this concept namely the switch and the router. In this
concept the company that will be selected for providing the router is Cisco which is known well
for offering quality networking devices. Cisco Network Convergence System 5000 Series will
be recommended to CAC to be used. This route is very intelligent in the manner that it is able to
detect and filter anything which is suspicious from the traffic that gets in or go out of the network
by either allowing or blocking it before it enters to the internal network (Cisco, 2016).
Figure 4 Cisco Network Convergence System 5500 Series
Cisco Meraki MS225-48 Switch should be recommended to the CAC management when
network is set up. The reason for its recommendation is because it has 48 ports which have
crossover which are Auto-MDIX and can supports all the BaseT Ethernet connections
from10/100/1000 respectively (Cisco, 2018).
Figure 5 Cisco Switch MS225-48
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It applies the 802.3 security standards and can be used in supporting the power over the
Ethernet within its 48 ports.
Another feature of this switch is that it’s may be used in supporting remote management
through the dashboard of Meraki which is known for being user friendly and much more
very efficient when it comes easy to use.
There are other features such as dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), hostnames
which can be applied fingerprinting, remote diagnostics and notification alerts which are
done via the email and the SMS.
The above feature helps in ensuring that there is high performance of the network through
which the flow can control support and thus helping in the switching capacity.
WAP (Wireless access points) can be used in facilitating the connection of wireless connections
to the devices of the employees such as the smartphones, Laptops and tablets among others. In
this case since CAC has limited resources and a constrained budget it will be recommended for
them to use Cisco Business 100 series.
Figure 6: Cisco Small Business 100 Series Wireless Access Points
Cisco Business 100 series WAP installation is very easy as the setup wizards for integrations and
web based setup intuitive are already configured for you. It has a very high speed connection as
it uses the security standards of about 802.11ac/n which may help in improving the range and the
productivity.
Backup Server.
A backup server will be required in the institution as in case there is a problem with the system
in the entire network then it will not affect the backup server which could be set somewhere it is
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not easily accessible. Film and graphic department is a field that really need a lot of storage and
space as each and every day they must capture and store all what they have captured.
Figure 7 Backup Server
Backup Server consists of lot of space may be 200TB which is used by the Film crews for
backup. The backup may not applied immediately but it may be applied in future may be when a
file misses or when there is a system failure. The backup server can only be accessed by the
Admin and incase the employees will need access then the admin has to give them the rights
with close supervision to what they are doing.
Three-layered hierarchical design will be appropriate for this system in that it will help the
devices to perform effectively. This model ensures that the network is divided in to three major
layers namely
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Figure 8 Three Layered Hierarchical Layer
Some of the benefits that will be associated with network design models are such as scalability,
redundancy, performance, security and manageability.
Distribution layer is used for aggregating the data from access layer. Core layer is responsible for
the high speed which is used in switching the networks. This layer is the one that have the
different switches that are used for offering high bandwidth. The following figure shows a
sample of what is expected in the network topology of CAC.
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Figure 9 sample of a network topology Diagram
Activity Four
When a network is set, the next phase is to get the internet connection. The company has to
select the best provider who will give them the best services with considering their set budgets
and thus helping them in determining the performance of the overall network in terms of the
speed of the network. The internet’s service provider should be in a position to help on assuring
that there is high availability that there will be always minimal or at no cases of downtime
experienced in the organisation with regards to the internet.
ISP Features Cost
($)
Technical Capabilities
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Modem fee of
$150
Activation and
installation fee
of $200
Broadband is
unlimited
200 Upon signing the Foxtel broadband and
the Environment bundles one will get a
stress free connection which has a
dedicated squad.
Foxtel don't supply cable broadband.
Minimum speed for watching in Foxtel is
about 3.0mbps for the Standard definition
and About 7.0 Mbps for the High
Definition.
When video streaming Foxtel is
unmetered.
Internet speed is
premium
Subscription fee
of about 200$
which reduces
up to $0 after 3
years
90 It is flexible and scalable.
Vodafone commits about 99.5 % of its
uptime with respect to the Customer’s
service each time.
There is port freedom in Vodafone unlike
in Foxtel. It has a 3rd party router which
uses PPPoE.
Once can be able to forward the router
ports to a computer on the network.
Easy to establish a wireless connection to
the internets and thus helping one to
optimize the WI-FI signals.
Figure 10 ISP providers
Activity Five
CAC can apply some services which will help in increasing the productivity of the organisation
internally. Some of the services are explained below.
Application Management
This is a service that uses the application server device in offering the management and
centralization of the application in the administration
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Email Services.
This service uses the mail server in sending and receiving of emails in CAC Company. The idea
that CAC has sales, marketing and advertising departments there is expectation of emails to be
sent and received across all the departments.
File Storage
This is a service that uses the file server which has centralized storage which is used for sharing
the files and ensuring all the staff having access in completing and updating the files at all times.
Internet Protocol Allocation
This is a service that uses a dynamic host configuration protocol in allocation of IP addresses to
the users thus dynamically enabling them in accessing the internet and other resources used in
the network.
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Activity Six
Requirement Question The Number and reason Justifying that
Any need for Wired
connections?
There is need of wired connections in about 200 in number shared between the
two regions so that the workstations, printers and laptops used by the users can
easily share resources and communicate easily. (Gorges, 2017).
Are wireless connections
required?
Wireless connections will guarantee the people can connect to the network using
their smartphones, laptops etc. there will be 160 connections needed for each and
every Wireless Access Point.
What are the recommended
Wireless standard for the
WAP to be applied?
802.11ac is the recommended security standard as it is very stable, reliable and
thus very secure.
Is there a need for a
firewall?
Yes it will be needed as it will be protecting the network from the traffic attacks
and any malicious (Kuipers, 2016).
Will ISP be required in
connections of the internet? For providing the connections of the internet to the company.
Are there any types of ISP
connectivity’s?
DSL connection is the recommended because of its stability, speed, and minimal
downtime.
Is there need for any
internal or even an external
modem?
External and internal modems will be used in improving the network performance
and connectivity.
Are cables required?
Recommended cable is Cat6e which is used for internet connections and network
connections.
Will there be need for a Yes as it will help in preventing the power surge that damages the network
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backup battery?
devices which are connected to the power surge and thus this may help them in
completing their work and save (Shin, 2010).
Figure 11 Form of Network Planning
Activity Seven
Figure 12 Network subnet
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Figure 13 Internet Protocol Addressing table
Activity Eight
There are so many situations when the company may opt to use both the public and the
private IP as it enhances the security of the network as it shields the private access of the IP from
the outsiders. People will only see the public Ip when devices are connected to the internet and
cannot use it to trace the private IP thus making the network more secure (Yang, 2014). This will
help CAC maintain data security and ensure that they are not accessed by unauthorized users
from external networks. Thus, CAC should use both private and public IPs in order to make the
network more secure and prevent external attackers such as hackers from gaining access to the
internal network.
Budget Summary
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No Item Quantity Budget ($ dollars)
1 Personal Computers 100 14000
2 Graphics Production Personal
computers 6 4000
3 Film Production Personal
Computers 4 4500
4 Servers 8 4800
5 Wireless Access points 10 4000
5 Cisco Routers 3 3500
7 Kyocera and HP Printers 3 6000
8 Cisco Switches 8 4000
9 Vodafone ISP 1 600
Total Estimated Cost 45,400 Dollars
Figure 14 Budget summary
Future Plans
The growth of CAC in the next 10 years is expected be rapid in the next five years and thus the
expected network design is required to cater for the concept of flexibility that will help in
allowing future extensibility and scalability. As the network will be increasing thus the proposed
network design should be set in a manner where it will accommodate all the users without
affecting the network infrastructure and the performance. If CAC would consider the proposed
design, then it will have a benefit of extending its network in an easy way if there is need be.
Conclusions
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On the basis of the justifications given and provided, it will suitable for CAC to adopt the design
which has been proposed and the network infrastructure to the Brisbane New building. The
performance of the network will entirely depend on the network choice, cables used and the ISP
vendor. There are some several key network determinants which help in designing a quality
network with good performance overall such as the reliability, Extensibility, availability and
security. On the basis of the mentioned determinants the discussed and proposed network devices
will help in ensuring that the requirements of CAC are met.
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Appendix A. Subnet Calculations
Address: 192.168.0.0 11000000.10101000.00000000 .00000000
Netmask: 255.255.255.0 = 24 11111111.11111111.11111111 .00000000
Wildcard: 0.0.0.255 00000000.00000000.00000000 .11111111
=>
Network: 192.168.0.0/24 11000000.10101000.00000000 .00000000
Broadcast: 192.168.0.255 11000000.10101000.00000000 .11111111
HostMin: 192.168.0.1 11000000.10101000.00000000 .00000001
HostMax: 192.168.0.254 11000000.10101000.00000000 .11111110
Hosts/Net: 254 (Private Internet)
Subnets
Netmask: 255.255.255.224 = 27 11111111.11111111.11111111.111 00000
Wildcard: 0.0.0.31 00000000.00000000.00000000.000 11111
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Network: 192.168.0.0/27 11000000.10101000.00000000.000 00000 (Class
C)
Broadcast: 192.168.0.31 11000000.10101000.00000000.000 11111
HostMin: 192.168.0.1 11000000.10101000.00000000.000 00001
HostMax: 192.168.0.30 11000000.10101000.00000000.000 11110
Hosts/Net: 30 (Private Internet)
Network: 192.168.0.32/27 11000000.10101000.00000000.001 00000 (Class
C)
Broadcast: 192.168.0.63 11000000.10101000.00000000.001 11111
HostMin: 192.168.0.33 11000000.10101000.00000000.001 00001
HostMax: 192.168.0.62 11000000.10101000.00000000.001 11110
Hosts/Net: 30 (Private Internet)
Network: 192.168.0.64/27 11000000.10101000.00000000.010 00000 (Class
C)
Broadcast: 192.168.0.95 11000000.10101000.00000000.010 11111
HostMin: 192.168.0.65 11000000.10101000.00000000.010 00001
HostMax: 192.168.0.94 11000000.10101000.00000000.010 11110
Hosts/Net: 30 (Private Internet)
Network: 192.168.0.96/27 11000000.10101000.00000000.011 00000 (Class
C)
Broadcast: 192.168.0.127 11000000.10101000.00000000.011 11111
HostMin: 192.168.0.97 11000000.10101000.00000000.011 00001
HostMax: 192.168.0.126 11000000.10101000.00000000.011 11110
Hosts/Net: 30 (Private Internet)
Network: 192.168.0.128/27 11000000.10101000.00000000.100 00000 (Class
C)
Broadcast: 192.168.0.159 11000000.10101000.00000000.100 11111
HostMin: 192.168.0.129 11000000.10101000.00000000.100 00001
HostMax: 192.168.0.158 11000000.10101000.00000000.100 11110
Hosts/Net: 30 (Private Internet)
Network: 192.168.0.160/27 11000000.10101000.00000000.101 00000 (Class
C)
Broadcast: 192.168.0.191 11000000.10101000.00000000.101 11111
HostMin: 192.168.0.161 11000000.10101000.00000000.101 00001
HostMax: 192.168.0.190 11000000.10101000.00000000.101 11110
Hosts/Net: 30 (Private Internet)
Network: 192.168.0.192/27 11000000.10101000.00000000.110 00000 (Class
C)
Broadcast: 192.168.0.223 11000000.10101000.00000000.110 11111
HostMin: 192.168.0.193 11000000.10101000.00000000.110 00001
HostMax: 192.168.0.222 11000000.10101000.00000000.110 11110
Hosts/Net: 30 (Private Internet)
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Network: 192.168.0.224/27 11000000.10101000.00000000.111 00000 (Class
C)
Broadcast: 192.168.0.255 11000000.10101000.00000000.111 11111
HostMin: 192.168.0.225 11000000.10101000.00000000.111 00001
HostMax: 192.168.0.254 11000000.10101000.00000000.111 11110
Hosts/Net: 30 (Private Internet)
Subnets: 8
Hosts: 240
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