Description
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For this week we only need to complete WEEK 1 assignment .
Project Description
As part of the final project, you will develop a comprehensive plan to manage, optimize, and troubleshoot an enterprise wide network for Roadster Corp., a fictitious leading car manufacturing giant. You'll analyze Roadster Corp.'s requirements and existing infrastructure to recommend the approach that Roadster Corp. should take to resolve its issues.
You'll complete this assignment in five weeks. Each week, you'll work on a small component of the project. By the end of Week 5, you'll have a comprehensive plan developed for Roadster Corp.
Description of the Company/Case
Roadster Corp. is a leading car manufacturing giant with a worldwide presence. Currently, the company has offices in 15 locations across the globe and headquarters in the U.S. The company has five regional offices in strategic geographical locations, five manufacturing plants, and five sales and marketing offices spread across the globe. With a recent increase in demands and sales, the company has established three more branches leading to congestion on the company's existing network. There has also been a series of intrusions and breaches in the last 8-9 months. In the near future, the company plans to add three more offices, but the current state of network performance has discouraged the company to expand further. The company anticipates that the network might virtually collapse. Assume that the company has hired you as a network administrator to manage, optimize, and troubleshoot its enterprise-wide network.
Specifications for designing the network are:
- Assume that the company headquarters has 18 servers including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), mail, application, and database.
- Assume that each location has 10 servers, 50 desktops, and 12 printers.
- Assume that all the locations are connected through Cisco routers.
- Assume that each of the locations has Cisco switches to create a LAN.
- Assume that an ERP application is running on the network because of the variation in the locations of branches.
Based on the description given, you will perform the following tasks as a weekly final project assignment:
Week 1
You will develop a project plan based on the specifications listed above. Elements in the project plan will include:
- Detailed requirements
- Detailed resources needed for the project
- Budget
- Milestones and their due dates
- Risks anticipation and their management
Week 2
You will develop the project design document. This document will include elements such as:
- Hardware and software components
- Tools used
- Technologies used and how they keep pace with future growth
- Security concerns
- Performance concerns
Week 3
You will extend the design document to include elements such as:
- SNMP agents
- SNMP traps
- SNMP security
- MIB object
Week 4
You will extend the design document to include RMON probes.
Week 5
You will develop the test plan document. Elements in that plan will include:
- Software components
- Hardware components
Explanation & Answer
Kindly check the files below. Let me know if you need any clarification. Thank you.
Running Head: NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN OUTLINE
Network Management Outline
Name
Institutional Affiliation
Date
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NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN OUTLINE
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Network Management Outline
Introduction
Thesis statement: Designing a network is a critical process and managing it is also key. Proper
design of a network lowers security risk which may arise from a poor design. Over the past years
network connection in organizations has increased due to the growth of devices such as
smartphones, IoT devices and so on.
Requirements
Answer
Resources
Answer
Budget
Answer
Milestones
Answer
Risks
Answer
NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN OUTLINE
References
List of referenced work.
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Running Head: NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN
Network Management
Name
Institutional Affiliation
Date
1
NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Network Management
Introduction
Designing a network is a critical process and managing it is also key. Proper design of a network
lowers security risk which may arise from a poor design. Over the past years network connection
in organizations has increased due to the growth of devices such as smartphones, IoT devices and
so on (Wu, 2017).
Requirements
The following are the network requirements of the company:
The company must have a fast internet connection of 10 Gbps or more in all offices. This will
make sure that all offices servers can communicate in time and sever the larger number of clients
who will be accessing the same servers. Note that clients of the company will also be accessing
the same servers over the internet so large bandwidth is required.
It will be necessary for the company to have DMZ in all offices. The firewalls in the DMZ will
have to be configured well to protect the internal network from external intrusions and breaches
(Dadheech, Choudhary, & Bhatia, 2018). Also, honeypots will have to be set so that hackers can
be attracted to them. This will capture the attackers’ attention and reduce the probability of the
internal network being compromised. The honeyp...
