Introduction
This is a Group assessment comprised of 5 Students. All group members must have to present their part in the demonstration/presentation.
Part A (Detailed Design): In this group assignment, you will assess the given case study to design a multi-level subnetting and provide a subnetted IP design plan. You must create a network topology using a network simulator (Cisco Packet Tracer) with the necessary labels and write a report on the design rationale. Each group must submit a report with the IP design plan, network topology screenshot and network design rationales.
Part B (Detailed Topology, Configuration and Demonstration): Using the network simulator (Cisco Packet Tracer), your group should configure the network designed for Part A. Each group must submit a report containing configuration commands and their descriptions and present the network demonstration.
Task
Mr. Sam, the IT director at Sydney Hospital, manages the network. Mr. Sam has requested your help proposing a network solution that meets the hospital’s requirements. The hospital is growing, and the management has approved funds for network improvements.
The medical staff would like to be able to access medical systems using laptops from any of the patient rooms. Doctors and nurses should be able to access patient medical records, x-rays, prescriptions, and recent patient information. Mr Sam purchased new servers and placed them in the data centre. The wireless LAN (WLAN) has approximately 50 clients, with about 50 more due in six months. The servers must have high availability. Furthermore, an IP Telephony solution will be deployed, and IP addresses should be allocated for the 50 IP phones per floor.
Patient rooms are on floors 6 through 10 of the hospital building. Doctors should be able to roam and access the network from any floor. A wireless radio-frequency (RF) survey report mentions that three access points placed in the main hallways on each floor can provide full wireless coverage.
The current network has ten segments, with LAN switches and fast Ethernet ports that reach a single router that also serves the WAN. Only a single link is used from the floorsto the core router. The router is running the EIGRP routing protocol, and they want to move to a standards-based routing protocol. The new back-end servers are in the same segment as those used on floor 1. Mr. Sam mentioned that users complained of slow access to the servers. He also hands you a table with the current IP addresses (see Table 1).
Table 1: Current IP Addresses
Floor
Servers
Clients
IP Network
1
15
40
200.100.1.0/24
2
0
43
200.100.2.0/24
3
0
39
200.100.3.0/24
4
0
42
200.100.4.0/24
5
0
17
200.100.5.0/24
6
0
15
200.100.6.0/24
7
0
14
200.100.7.0/24
8
0
20
200.100.8.0/24
9
0
18
200.100.9.0/24
10
0
15
200.100.10.0/24
Mr Sam would like a proposal to upgrade the network with updated switches that support Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop, redundant 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) fibre uplinks, and Power over Ethernet (PoE), and to provide 10 Gigabit Ethernet access to the servers. The proposal should also cover secure WLAN access with centralised management on floors 6 through 10. Include an IP addressing scheme that reduces the number of Class C networks the hospital uses. Mr. Sam wants to reduce the number of networks leased from the Internet service provider (ISP).
Provide the answers to the following questions/directives in Part A and verify them in Part B by implementing it in cisco packet tracer: 1) What are Sydney Hospital’s business requirements?
2) Are there any business-cost constraints?
3) What are the network’s technical requirements?
4) What are the network’s technical constraints?
5) Prepare a logical diagram of the current network.
6) Does the hospital use IP addresses effectively?
7) What do you recommend for improving the switching speed between floors?
8) What IP addressing scheme would you propose Based on the number of servers and clients provided?
9) What routing protocols do you recommend?
10) What solution do you recommend for WLAN access and the network upgrade?
11) Recommend and explain appropriate security measures.
12) Draw the proposed network solution.
The report must follow the marking guide. Please note that citation of sources is mandatory and must be in the IEEE style. Submission Instructions
All submissions are to be submitted through Turnitin. Drop-boxes linked to Turnitin will be set up in Moodle. Assessments not submitted through these drop- boxes will not be considered. Submissions must be made by the end of session 9 and 12 Sunday 11:59PM. The Turnitin similarity score will be used in determine any plagiarism of your submitted assessment. Turnitin will check conference websites, Journal articles, online resources, and your peer’s submissions for plagiarism. You can see your Turnitin similarity score when you submit your assessments to the appropriate drop-box. If your similarity score is of concern, you will have a chance to change your assessment and resubmit. However, re-submission is only allowed prior to the submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed VIT’s late submission penalty applies.
Please Note: All work is due by the due date and time. Late submissions will be penalized at the rate of 20% of the assessment final grade per day including weekends.
Marking Guide (Part A): 20 Marks
Task
Description
Marks
Report Layout
The report layout, language and structure should be appropriate. The report should include title, table of contents, table of figures, sections and subsections heading and numbering, figures and tables numbers, citing tables, figures and references in the body text. The reference section will add the references in IEEE format.
2
Requirement
Analysis
Detailed Requirement analysis with justification.
2
Network Design
Detailed Network design considering all the questions/directives.
8
Critical Analysis
Critical analysis with a focus on the design of the network.
2
Constraints and Limitations
The constraints and limitations are explained exceptionally well, and a workaround is provided.
2
Conclusion
Provided an excellent summary of the assessment.
2
References
Follow the IEEE Style.
2
Marking criteria/Rubric
You will be assessed on the following marking criteria/Rubric:
Assessment criteria
Exceptional >=80%
Admirable 70% – 79%
Creditable 60% – 69%
Acceptable 50% – 59%
Unsatisfactory <=49%
Report Layout
2 points
Extremely well
structured and
organized report; use of professional language; guidelines have been followed.
Well-structured and organized report; use of professional
language; guidelines have been followed.
Structured and
organised report; use of language is
appropriate; guidelines have been followed.
Structured and
organised report; use of language could be improved; guidelines
have been followed partially.
Choppy and confusing; the format was
difficult to follow;
language needs to be proofread; Plenty of errors; guidelines have not been followed. or
Not Submitted or
Academic Misconduct.
Requirement Analysis 2 points
The requirement
analysis is in-depth and detailed. All of the
hospital’s requirements have been considered, and the functional and non-functional
requirements are
explained exceptionally well.
The requirement
analysis is in-depth and detailed. Most hospital requirements have been considered, and the functional and
non-functional
requirements are
explained well.
The requirement
analysis is provided; most of the hospital’s requirements have been considered, and the functional and
non-functional
requirements are
explained.
A requirement analysis has been carried out; some functional and non-functional
requirements have been discussed.
A requirement analysis has not been carried out; the requirements have been briefly
discussed or Not
Submitted or Academic Misconduct.
Network Design
8 points
The network design covers all hospital areas, is straightforward to understand, and is
exceptionally well
designed.
The network design covers all areas of the hospital; the network design is
straightforward; the network is well
designed.
The network design covers most hospital areas; the network is well-designed.
The network design covers most hospital areas.
The network design seems incomplete and does not cover all areas or Not Submitted or Academic Misconduct.
Critical Analysis
2 points
Provided an excellent critical analysis focusing on the network’s design; the critical analysis
provided great
reasoning for the
selection of the
It provided a good
critical analysis,
focusing on the
network’s design; the critical analysis
provided reasonable reasoning for the
The critical analysis focused on the
network’s design and provided reasonable reasoning for the
selection of the
The critical analysis focused on the design of the network; some reasoning was
provided.
The critical analysis lacks depth and detail and does not cover the limitations of the
proposed wireless
devices or Not
networking devices and the design.
selection of the
networking devices and the design.
networking devices and the design.
Submitted or Academic Misconduct.
Constraints and
Limitations
2 points
The constraints and limitations are
explained extremely well. A workaround for the constraints and
limitations is provided, and the effect of the constraints and
limitations is discussed.
The constraints and limitations are
explained very well; a workaround for the constraints and
limitations is provided; the effect of the
constraints and
limitations is discussed.
An explanation of the constraints and
limitations is provided, a workaround for the constraints and
limitations is provided, and the effect of the constraints and
limitations is discussed.
An explanation of the constraints and
limitations is provided, and a brief
workaround is
discussed.
The constraints and limitations are hardly explained, a
workaround is not
discussed, and the
effects have not been highlighted or Not
Submitted or Academic Misconduct.
Conclusion
2 points
Provided an excellent summary of the assessment, covering all aspects of the
assessment.
Provided a good
summary of the
assessment, covering most aspects of the assessment.
Provided a summary of the assessment; somewhat covered the aspects of the
assessment.
Provided a summary of the assessment.
The conclusions failed to summarise the
assessment or Not
Submitted or Academic Misconduct.
References
2 points
The references followed IEEE Style; the
references were cited and complete.
The references
followed IEEE Style; most of the references were cited and
complete.
Most references
followed IEEE Style; some were cited and complete.
Most references
followed IEEE Style; the references were not cited.
The references did not follow IEEE Style and were not cited and
incomplete or Not
Submitted or Academic Misconduct.
Marking Guide (Part B): 40 Marks
Assessment
criteria
Exceptional >=80%
Admirable 70% – 79%
Creditable 60% – 69%
Acceptable 50% – 59%
Unsatisfactory <=49
Network
Topology
5 marks
It comprehensively explains the physical and logical structure of a network. It maps how different nodes on a network— including switches and routers—are placed and interconnected and how data flows.
Thoroughly explain the physical and logical structure of a network. It maps how different nodes on a network— including switches and routers—are placed and interconnected and how data flows.
Mostly, it explains the physical and logical structure of a network. It maps how different nodes on a network–
including switches and routers– are placed and interconnected
and how data flows.
Provide some explanation of how the physical and logical structure of a network. It maps how different nodes on a network– including switches and routers– are placed and interconnected
and how data flows.
Misconduct.
Not submitted
Poor or limited implementation.
Network design configurations
and testing of features
15 marks
Comprehensively
explain how your network is configured, including what the configurations are doing and alternative options.
Thoroughly explain how your network is configured, including what the configurations are doing and alternative options.
Mostly explain how your network is configured, including what the configurations are doing and alternative
options.
Some explanations of how your network is configured, including what the
configurations are doing and alternative options.
Misconduct.
Not submitted
Poor or limited implementation.
Discussion
5 marks
Comprehensive
discussion, evaluation, results and conclusion.
Very good discussion, evaluation, results and conclusion.
Average
discussion
Limited discussion, evaluation, results and conclusions.
Misconduct.
Not submitted
evaluation, results and conclusion.
Poor or limited findings.
Explain what you learned in this assignment.
5 marks
Comprehensively
explain what you learned from this assessment, ranging from new tools, routing, switching, addressing,
encryption techniques and implementation.
Sufficiently explain what you learned from this assessment, ranging from new tools, routing, switching, addressing, encryption techniques and implementation.
Some explanation of what you learned from this assessment,
ranging from new tools, some routing, switching, addressing,
encryption
techniques and implementation.
Limited explanation of what you learned from this assessment, ranging from new tools, some routing, switching, addressing, encryption techniques and implementation.
Misconduct.
Not submitted
Poor or limited implementation.
Demonstrate/pre sent your
network design
and be able to
defend your
configuration.
10 marks
Comprehensively
explained and successfully
demonstrated the implementation of at least his/her contribution/part/port
ion per group member.
Thorough explanation and successful demonstration of implementing at least his/her
contribution/part/port ion per group member.
Good explanation and some successfully
demonstrated
implementation of at least his/her contribution/part/ portion per group member.
Some explanations and limited success in the demonstration of the implementation of at least his/her contribution/part/port
ion per group member.
Misconduct.
Not submitted
Poor or limited implem