T2 2022 Formative Assessment 1 Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code BN321
Unit Title Advanced Network Design
Assessment Type Individual Submission
Assessment Title Local Area Network Design and Implementation
Purpose of the This assignment is designed to assess students' knowledge and skills related to
assessment (with the following learning outcomes:
ULO Mapping) a. Analyse the need for advanced networks, standards, and network
solutions.
Weight 5 % Formative Assignment 1
Total Marks 30
Word limit N/A
Due Date Formative Assignment 1 (due date 07 August 2022, 11:59 PM)
Submission • All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date and a completed
Guidelines Assignment Cover Page.
• The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Cali
i (Body)
font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section
headings.
• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension • If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration
Application must be submitted directly to the School's Administration
Officer, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit
this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment.
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Misconduct the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to
exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make
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Assignment Description
As a Graduate Network Engineer in Australia, you are asked to support the redesigning process of a
cost-effective network for a company to meet the new online requirements. As a part of the design
task force, you are required to come up with a network design proposal.
Consider that the company has six departments as per the names Finance, IT, Marketing,
Management, Customer Services, and Reception. The company requires to have seamless
communication with all the departments. You may assume that there are not more than 50 hosts in
each department for IP addressing design requirements.
Formative Assignment 1
The report should include the following contents:
1. Project Scope
• The project scope and requirement should have an outline of the project.
2. Project Hardware and Software requirements
• Name of the network device with the manufacturer's name, series, model, and ports
• Number and type of devices to be used
• Type of the media used, e.g., types of cables
• Name of the server, PC with specifications such as operating system, RAM, hard disk etc.
3. Approach for the design
• Discuss the approach you are taking to designing the network in clear terms. You may
discuss IP addressing design requirements. You may use bullet points whenever necessary.
• Note that network topology is optional, but you may include it for clarification purposes.
[Hint: The use of Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) for different departments could be
one of the preferences. However, you may have your approaches with justification/s.]
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Marking criteria
Section to be included in Description of the section Marks
the report
Project Scope Outline of the report 5
Project Hardware and List all network devices, hardware, and software
Software Requirements requirements for the network design 5+5=10
& their roles in
Establishing the Network
Approach for the Design Discuss the approach you are taking to design the 5+5=10
network along with IP addressing design in clear
terms. You may use bullet points whenever
necessary.
Referencing Style Follow IEEE reference style (you may have 3-5 5
credible and relevant references)
Total 30
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Marking Ru
ic
Grade HD =>80% DI = 70-79% CR=60–69% P=50–59% Fail
Mark <50%
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Project scope Concise and Topics are Generally Some This is not
5 specific to the relevant and relevant and relevance and relevant to the
project soundly analysed.
iefly assignment
analysed. presented. topic.
Project Demonstrated Demonstrated Demonstrate Demonstrated Did not
hardware and excellent ability excellent d ability to ability to think demonstrate
software to think critically ability to think think critically critically and the ability to
equirements and sourced critically but and sourced did not source think critically
5+5=10 reference did not source reference reference and did not
material reference material material source
appropriately material appropriately appropriately reference
appropriately material
appropriately
Approach for An explanation is An explanation An An An explanation
the design clear, and the is clear, and explanation is explanation is is not clear, and
5+5=10 logic is the logic is mostly clear, mostly clear, the logic is not
appropriate mostly and the logic and the logic is appropriate
appropriate is mostly not
appropriate appropriate
IEEE Clear styles with Clear Generally Sometimes Lacks
Reference an excellent referencing good clear consistency
style source of style referencing referencing with many
5 references. style style e
ors
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