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SBM4104 IT Infrastructure
Semester 2, 2018
Assignment 2: Proposal
Due date: Week 10
Group/individual: Individual assignment
Word count: 2000
Weighting: 40%
Rationale
Practical exercises assess students’ ability to apply theoretical learning to practical, real
world situations. This is Individual assignment that each student must design and configure
an IT infrastructure solution for a small organization.
A report of approximately 2000 must be provided to present your proposed ideas. The
eport must satisfy the following specific criteria:
1. Demonstrate ability to plan, locate information using the Internet, organisations and
publications and analyse this information.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of IT Infrastructure and design a network using three-layers
hierarchal model.
3. Simulate and configure network devices as one step towards network
implementation and testing.
4. Demonstrate the ability to determine cloud base services that suit enterprise
equirements.
Case Study
Each student has to select an organization with the following specification:
1. The organization must use information technology to implement its business
operations.
2. It must have a website to improve the organization marketing and customer
satisfaction through better services. The organization domain name is: www.
compName.org.au
3. Email services for each staff member.
4. More than one campus at different locations.
5. Wireless network services within the organization campuses.
6. Assume the organization has more than 3000 computers at each campus connected
in a network and have access to the Internet.
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7. Backup and file share servers for regularly backup staff important documents and
share files between staff, respectively.
Assume the head officer of the IT department wants to analyse cu
ent network design and
propose the hosting of some network services using virtualization and Cloud.
Analyse the cu
ent network by develop a logical diagram. Your diagram must base on
three-layers hierarchal model. The diagram should include the set of required servers,
network devices, and connections with justification. You may have to make some
assumptions with the required justifications.
Task Specifications
Prepare a report to propose a network design for the selected organization. Your report
should consider the followings:
I. Analysis and propose the organization IT infrastructure by:
1. Developing logical network diagram that includes the geographical scope of the
network explaining the network backbone devices and a categorization various
network segments, users, and applications.
2. Develop a detail logical design based on three-layers hierarchal model (Core,
Distributed and Access layers). The network should include in details the set of
equired network devices and servers, with the justification.
3. Based on your logical diagram, discuss the possibility of scaling the cu
ent network
for future services.
4. Specify the IP addresses, subnet masks to the various networks and control the
process by which IP addresses are assigned to individual clients and servers.
5. Use network simulator (Cisco Packet Tracer) to simulate part of the network. The
simulation scenario should include the access layer devices, web server, DHCP, and
DNS. Your scenario should demonstrate how the client computers dynamically
obtained IP network configuration including IP, DNS, and default gateway addresses.
In addition, you have to demonstrate how the client accessing the web server.
II. Assume the IT department of the selected organization wants to adapted
virtualization and Cloud computed for hosting some of the organization application
servers.
1. Propose two organizations that provides Cloud services for hosting the organization
servers. Justify your answer by explaining the level of services each company
provides that suit the organization requirements.
2. Outline the techniques of using service virtualisation in supporting and implementing
Cloud platforms.
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3. Demonstrate how the virilization and Cloud computing can support the dynamic
scaling of the selected organization applications.
You have to make some assumptions with the required justifications for your design.
Report Layout
The proposal report should be organised using the following headings and guidelines:
1. A Cover Title Page
2. Introduction
a. Should clearly define the aims and objectives of the project.
. Explain what contents will be covered in the report
c. Organization description.
3. Discussion on IT infrastructure components required.
4. The three-layers hierarchal model
a. Introduction
. Analyse the cu
ent IT Infrastructure requirements.
c. Geographical diagram of the network.
d. Discussion on the possibility of scaling the organization network.
e. Identify all the services and servers required.
f. Propose a logical network diagram supported with justification.
g. List of IP addresses and network mask for all the networks.
5. Cloud based design proposal
a. Identification of two cloud service organization with justification
. List of services the organization provides that suit the network design
equirements.
c. Dynamic applications scaling using virtualization and Cloud.
6. Network simulation.
a. Access layer diagram including web, DHCP, and DNS servers.
. DHCP configuration.
c. DNS and web server’s configurations.
d. Demonstration and explanation how the clients dynamically obtain network
configuration and accessing web server with the domain: www. compName.org.au.
7. Conclusions and Recommendations
8. References
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SBM4104 IT Infrastructure
Semester 2, 2018
Worth 40%
Marking Guide
Student Name: ___________________ Student ID: ___________________
Assessment
attributes
Level of Attainment Mark
Obtained
Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction
Classify the IT
infrastructure
components
and underlying
theory behind IT
Infrastructure
solutions in the
context of
Internet-based
environments
(30%)
Inadequate
understanding
of IT
infrastructure
components
and underlying
theory behind IT
Infrastructure
solutions in the
context of
Internet-based
environments;
cannot discuss
concepts in own
words
Basic
knowledge
only of IT
infrastructure
components
and underlying
theory behind
IT
Infrastructure
solutions in the
context of
Internet-based
environments;
limited depth
of basic
concepts
Exhibits
eadth
and depth of
understanding
of IT
infrastructure
components
and underlying
theory behind IT
Infrastructure
solutions in the
context of
Internet-based
environments
Exhibits accurate
and detailed
eadth and
depth of
understanding of
IT infrastructure
components and
underlying theory
ehind IT
Infrastructure
solutions in the
context of
Internet-based
environments
Displays exceptional
understanding of
concepts and their
practical application
of IT infrastructure
components and
underlying theory
ehind IT
Infrastructure
solutions in the
context of Internet-
ased environments
Analyse the
underlying
principles of
service
virtualisation
and virtual
computing
along with core
architectures
and
technologies
used within
Cloud Platforms
(30%)
Inadequate
understanding
of principles of
service
virtualisation
and virtual
computing
along with core
architectures
and
technologies
used within
Cloud Platforms;
cannot discuss
concepts in own
words
Basic
knowledge
only of
principles of
service
virtualisation
and virtual
computing
along with core
architectures
and
technologies
used within
Cloud
Platforms;
limited depth
of basic
concepts
Exhibits
eadth
and depth of
understanding
of principles of
service
virtualisation
and virtual
computing
along with core
architectures
and
technologies
used within
Cloud Platforms
Exhibits accurate
and detailed
eadth and
depth of
understanding of
principles of
service
virtualisation and
virtual computing
along with core
architectures and
technologies
used within
Cloud Platforms
Displays exceptional
understanding of
concepts and their
practical application
of principles of
service virtualisation
and virtual computing
along with core
architectures and
technologies used
within Cloud
Platforms
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Design,
architect and
plan an IT
infrastructure
solution for
usinesses,
allowing for
dynamic scaling
of applications
(30%)
Inadequate
understanding
of IT
infrastructure
solutions for
usinesses,
allowing for
dynamic scaling
of applications;
cannot discuss
concepts in own
words
Basic
knowledge
only of IT
infrastructure
solutions for
usinesses,
allowing for
dynamic
scaling of
applications;
limited depth
of basic
concepts
Exhibits
eadth
and depth of
understanding
of IT
infrastructure
solutions for
usinesses,
allowing for
dynamic scaling
of applications
Exhibits accurate
and detailed
eadth and
depth of
understanding of
IT infrastructure
solutions for
usinesses,
allowing for
dynamic scaling
of applications
Displays exceptional
understanding of
concepts and their
practical application
of IT infrastructure
solutions for
usinesses, allowing
for dynamic scaling of
applications
Written
Communication
skills and
citation of
sources and list
of references
(10%)
Proposal lacks
structure.
Most
components
present
Components
present and
mostly well
integrated
All elements are
present and very
well integrated.
All elements are
present and very well
integrated.
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